That is one of the strongest ensembles ever assembled, and he was able to be mesmerisingly charismatic and convey the sense of being one second away from violence exceptionally well.

Ernest Hemingway once wrote that Pitt's not a great actor, but that he makes great movies. I agree with both parts of that.

But the actual Pixies reunion (meaning with Kim Deal) only lasted about one tour. I was able to see them on that tour, thankfully.

T-Rex is a great choice, I am forever grateful that I got to see Bowie, Joe Strummer, and Prince in concert.

I'm going to say…course.

Indeed. I would have been proud to have been conceived during that trip to the drive-in, but the math doesn't work out. 😊

I'd use the word "wallowing" rather than slogging. It is such a grimy, sweaty film. Peckinpah captures the desperation perfectly.

My parents saw a drive in double bill of Young Frankenstein and Phantom of the Paradise. That's a good combo.

Ooh, he card reads good.

Ridley did a couple of fun novels about police who were trained and equipped to go after rogue superhumans, sort of Blade Runner meets Marvel. The first was Those Who Walk in Darkness.

Bruce Greenwood does a good JFK in Thirteen Days, and Edward Herrmann was a great FDR.

Yes. No character, fictional or real, can ever choose to do the right thing simply because it IS the right thing. So every hero has now got to be motivated by some trauma or past failing. Thank God, that IRL someone can see a child in the path of a truck and pull it to safety. In modern fiction, the truck would have…

If Mandy Patinkin was a horse, I mean, girlfriend.

I got a community booze notification for this?!

I do. So much of Lang is really great stuff. The first two Mabuse and M are my favorites though.

The first Mabuse is also great. Really needs to be remade as an HBO show. Weimar Germany backdrop, not sure which of are main characters is the Doctor in disguise, rise of fascism, gratuitous HBO nudity due to cabaret decadence. Ratings gold.

I would have gone with Pins and Needles. Or maybe that's more for phlebotomists.

John Doe's got the upper hand!

Harrumph.

Pale horse equals death.