The harrowing short story "Lazarus" by the Russian writer Leonid Andreyev argues that Jesus didn't really do the guy any favors. Once the abyss stares back…..

"people knew how a real fight between experts might look, and how it didn’t have anything to do with flying kicks"

Bruce Lee was probably as responsible for that as anyone. But from what I've read, he had to be talked into including kicks above the waist in his fights because they were more "cinematic."

Until they start telegraphing fighting tactics in exposition. Seriously, George, what the hell was that?

I think Bond was disqualified in the initial column's rules. But you're 100% correct. If we're going to have Bourne, Casino Royale should be in there.

Swinton single-handedly raises that movie to a cult classic. I'd always liked her before that, but her Gabriel is one of my favorite supporting characters ever.

Rumors keep floating around of a Flux reboot. Since Deadpool showed hard R can make a bunch of money, the suits are dusting off a lot of stuff that got short shrift the first time 'round. Flux is one of the only reboots I would be wholeheartedly behind.

I'd like to say it's Sting, whom I've seen twice on solo tours, twice with the Police, and once with Paul
Simon.

But to paraphrase Jules from Pulp Fiction, "my girlfriend is a Parrothead, which kind of makes me a Parrothead, too." I stopped counting at 12 Buffett shows.

Or, you can be like Steven Moffat and write an awesome, detailed set-up to a mystery, and then solve it with "and then a miracle happened." And hand wave when anyone calls you on it.

That, to me, is where Thrones painted itself into a corner. Many of its surprises have been based on subverting the hero narrative. But if you continue to do that to its ultimate conclusion, that means the bad guys win, or, even worse, the bad guys win and then the ice zombies wipe everyone out. It might be…

"Is…is that Dean Cain?"

I've made sausage with mine twice. It's a huge pain in the butt, but boy does the sausage come out great. I might just stick to patty sausage from now on.

Pro tip: save stale bread and/or the heels of bread loaves (if you don't eat those) and use them to clean the grinder after you're done. Run it through the grinder and it picks up most of the meat trapped inside. And if you're making meatloaf or meatballs, just toss the ground bread in to the mix.

Exactly. Star Trek, Blues Brothers, Silence of the Lambs.

Just for Papillon and Omega Man alone!

Yeah, had Marvel made a deal with Fox first, that kid would have been a young Johnny Storm.

Random Roles is always best when it's a professional trooper like Lance who is so dedicated to "doing the work." He has no illusions about some of the stuff he's done and it's awesome.

It's a shame AV Club wasn't around in the 70s when actors routinely appeared on dozens of different TV shows. It' s not unusual to see…

Particularly since the Pumpkinhead beast is in the photo at the top of the story!

You probably missed him because of how young he is. During the "gallery of faces" at the end as the Mothership is closing, he gets a prominent closeup. Once you know it's him, he's impossible to miss.

Honestly, I probably replied to the wrong comment. Having grown up outside Chicago, and being descended from German immigrants, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I actually meant to comment on the trend in these articles in general.

I know someone who works for one of the companies portrayed in the opening and watching what happens next to their employer is one of the highlights of the show for them.