Part of that is regional - I listened to Classic Rock stations growing up in the Midwest and California. You’d hear Springsteen a fair amount of the time, but not nearly as much as, say, Van Halen. I took a couple of trips to the mid-Atlantic in the 90's. Nonstop Springsteen. There was also a ton of Billy Joel being…

I’m not sure the term “noir” really applies to this. It seems like noir gets used to describe any moody, atmospheric mystery/crime/thriller these days. Of course, the term has always been a slippery one, there are as many exceptions as there are rules, and scholars would remind us that noir isn’t really even a genre.

So basically they took He-man from looking cartoonishly roided-out to being ludicrously roided out.

Well, as there’s no official designation it varies. However, I do tend to think of the “silent era” as distinct. Then there’s the awkward transition to talkies of about ‘29-’31. The “Golden Age” of the high studio system is generally agreed to run from about ‘32 (when MGM came out with Grand Hotel) to about 1948 (the…

Lifetime must be cutting back on their original movie production schedule.

He was definitely one of the major subjects of, “Whatever happened to....?” articles 3-4 years ago. Then even the people who write those things got tired of asking.

If his character and Elijah Wood’s had somehow traded identities ala Lost Highway in The Ice Storm, it would have made that film a lot less pretentious and stultifying. Wait... no, it wouldn’t have.

Conan going to a variety show format is the right move. In fact, he should have done that when he took over the Tonight Show. When Steve Allen started the show, it was much more variety than talk. It was Jack Paar who took it in the talk direction, refined and institutionalized by Carson.

Look, JJ Abrams is a terrible storyteller who couldn't plot his way out of a paper bag. That's the problem with Star Wars AND his Star Trek films. But as long as his movies keep making boat loads of money, Hollywood will keep asking him to make more of them.

First, “heist film” and “World War II movie” aren’t terribly different beyond setting. In both genres, you’re bringing together groups of different people to achieve a difficult goal.

Nothing lasts forever, and very few dynasties (in music, or film, or sports, or whatever) last more than 8-12 years. In fact, about when they talk about something reaching it’s “imperial period” is almost exactly when the rot has set in on the inside.

Talented yes, but so was Roman Polanski.

Honest to goodness gelato after dinner on a warm summer evening (as opposed to the ice cream branded as gelato you get at most places these days) is one of life’s most sublime experiences. Not quite as decadent as frozen custard, but perhaps a bit more sophisticated.

Went to the one in Chicago when it opened. There was sort of a “theme restaurant” area going in that part of town back then - in addition to Hard Rock, there was a very elaborate “Rock ‘n Roll” McDonalds with lots of 50's and 60's pop culture memorabilia. Both were very popular lunch spots on school field trips. I…

I’m not going to argue that Clapton wasn’t/isn’t a skilled player, but as others have said I really never found him to be particularly interesting from a style perspective. If you look at the Yardbirds, the stuff after Jeff Beck replaced him is just so much more exciting and innovative. It seems that all Clapton…

I think that all the statements in the interview point to is that they have two different approaches to the creative process:

With all due deference to Jeremy Brett, Peter Falk as Columbo is the best portrayal, and the most fully realized detective character in the history of television. If I had to give a reason as to why, specifically, Falk’s Columbo beats even the best portrayal of Holmes, I would probably point to this (unfortunately…

You know, I have just never gotten all the Death Proof hatred. It will never be ranked among some of the more super ambitions pseudo epics he’s put out there, but it was never meant to. It really comes closest to being exactly the sort of thing that has inspired so much of his work: a modest, low-budget exploitation…

Probably not, but it would be fun if he did.

What’s the point of having a single season arc if you don’t resolve it at the end of the season.