Rey was/is a terrific character.  What frustrated me about TFA was it felt so similar to ANH in terms of story and structure.  Rebels are still rebelling, and some vague new empire has replaced the old.  I felt like there was a real opportunity to flip the script in a big way.  If I could’ve written the script, I…

And the thing about fan service is, it does the opposite in the long run. It’s just catering to existing fans, but not creating new ones. I doubt any younger people who didn’t grow up with the Ghostbusters will see this film and think, “Yes, this is the franchise for me!” It will just seem weird and inscrutable, full…

God, both those movies are excellent and definitely star-studded! I feel like Murder By Death fell off the face of the Earth as it never gets mentioned anymore and it’s so funny (though, yes, the Peter Sellars’ scenes are dated). And The Great Escape is so enjoyable, it’s easy to watch over and over.

Mine’s a tie between Young Frankenstein and Galaxy Quest. Second place would be Ocean’s 11, the 2000 version. That cast gelled so well. My guilty pleasure third place-ers are Mystery Men, Rat Race (yeah, I know, but my two favorite British comedians are in the same flick!) and Snatch. 

The Royal Tennenbaums was my first thought, and Mars Attacks is a solid second, but how about some old-school love? i’ll add Murder By Death to the list -- or even the 1978 version of Death on the Nile.

Kicking it old school here, the first movie that popped into my mind was The Great Escape. 

I have an oddball choice: Peter Bogdonavich’s Noises Off.

I will throw in my vote here for one of my all-time favorites: Silverado. Kevins Kline and Costner, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Jeff Goldblum, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt, John Cleese (of all people), the list just goes on and on. Everyone turns in a magnificent performance and it is SO MUCH FUN!

I have made the effort in life to make sure I do not live anywhere near a scorpion. Climate change is gonna change that isn’t it? Two decades from now we are going to have Northern Illinois Giant Scorpions aren’t we?  

Richard Donner personally told me to remake The Omen with an all Muppet cast (except for the Satanic nanny, who will be played by Imelda Staunton). Where's my money?

oh also, just before anyone else does it:

I watched Joe Versus The Volcano recently and really liked it. Dare I say it’s my favorite of the Hanks/Ryan collaborations. Doesn’t really have anything to do with this article. Just wanted to share. Carry on.

I’m glad he mentioned Cloud Atlas. It’s a film that takes some big swings, and it doesn’t always connect, but I love its ambition. I think it’s really underrated, and I had an absolute blast watching it in theaters.

I brought the book with my to a birthday party my daughter had to attend (this would have been Sunday of that weekend), the other parents all looked annoyed that they had not thought to do the same thing. What else were we going to do at Gymboree? Anyway, I started to cry when Dobby died, and then quickly went outside.…

It doesn’t seem like the tone the film goes for, but the concept of someone trying to create a robot to care for their dog after their death, since there’s no one else to do so, is about the most brutally depressing thing I can think of.

I have still not found anything better to listen to on long car rides

I hear Winds of Winter is coming out any day now...

I’m a pro wrestling fan on top of a “Potter” fan, so at this point, art-from-artist is basically part and parcel of being both. Chris Jericho is a great performer, so I have to bury the fact he’s a very close, public friend of Don Jr. and shares many of his viewpoints if I’m going to enjoy what he does.

“And while the dog’s admittedly adorable, Finch’s desire to ensure that it’ll be cared for after he’s gone doesn’t exactly make for high drama.”

I was basically the ideal age to absolutely adore the books as I graduated high school the year book 7 came out so literally “grew up” with both the characters and the books. They were my first introduction to real online fan spaces and while I’m not one of those people who acts like Harry Potter shaped their entire…