Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

Ah, the Nornheim drafts. Those were fun. But expensive. Really expensive.

Given that Hogarth's last words to the Giant are a quiet, beautifully understated "I love you," that's actually quite on point.

YOU HAVE FIFTEEN SECONDS TO COMPLY.

Patricia Clarkson: America's own Helen Mirren.

There are few things more annoying than someone who grew up in a rural environment making it out and then shitting all over the place he or she came from and people he or she grew up with, for the benefit of other urban sophisticates.

The Rogue/Wolverine relationship was the emotional heart of the first two Singer films. I'll be sorry to see less of her in Days of Future Past.

Folks, I was there when Branagh was casting Thor. The dude knew what he was doing, swatted down the idea that he should get "names" and instead cast two relative unknowns who aced their parts and launched themselves to stardom.

I was waiting for someone to point out that 28 Days Later lifted its opening from Day of the Triffids. Bravo.

The quality of The Walking Dead since its premiere has literally nothing to do with the merits of Darabont's suit, so why is it even under discussion except as a cheap shot?

You guessed it. Actually, the show will feature Pugsley and the german shepherd. It'll be like Homeward Bound with killer robots.

I read the script for the Bioshock movie when we briefly met with the producers. It was very well-written (by an Oscar winning screenwriter) but had the problem that a lot of game-to-movie adaptations have. There was no reason for the hero to be in the story (unlike a game, where the player is motivated by wanting to…

I've been resisting the silliness of this, but you've kind of sold me. Also, I love that Lady Jayne uses a kukri, which is what Jonathan Harker used to cut Dracula's throat with in the novel?

Tolkien has his characters smoking tobacco and eating potatoes and tomatoes— all New World plants. So the anachronism horse is already out of the barn.

Middle-Earth like the old Norse "Midgard" or the Chinese "Middle Kingdom"— halfway between the heavens and the underworld.

I asked JJ about the Star Trek Beastie Boys paradox on my first day of work at Fringe and he looked at me like "Who the fuck let this nerd into the room?" Good times.

We had so many Norse mythology in-jokes in our drafts of Thor. It actually bummed me out to lose them.

Chomsky's importance as a linguist long predates his political activism, and is widely acknowledged in the field even by scientists who oppose his political views. You're being either stupid or obtuse by claiming otherwise.

Your opinion about the quality of Diablo Cody's films has literally nothing to do with the issues she raises.

What a dumb, click-baity subtitle for that Slate article. How about "Is America ready for a musical about the complicated relationship between a daughter and her strange, distant father?" Because that's much more the tone of Fun Home (which is terrific and everyone should read, BTW.)