First off, as a big Who fan, I loved the use of Who music in Summer of Sam. Second, I also really loved Summer of Sam as a movie. And Richie was a pretty enjoyable character; his faux British accent and general poser-ness; his bizarre side career as a rent boy/stripper. Maybe the Who would have been too mainstream,…

Just read about him
He was highlighted in an article in this week's Entertainment Weekly for supreme bad career moves (quitting Bonanza). I think the bad press killed him.

I love me some Ewan McGregor. That's all.

Farscape rules, you frelling cretins!

Right, the general gist of the movie is that the Japanese are unmitigated evil, and it bothered me.For me, the first 1/2 of the movie was really good, and then I felt it went off the rails. But that may be because of my previously stated bias.

Mixed feelings…
I had mixed feelings about this movie. As a Japanophile, and a huge fan of samurai movies etc., I had a hard time getting into the "the Japanese are unmitigated evil" feeling of this movie. OTH, I think the Japanese were evil in WWII; and I'm perfectly happy to see movies about evil Nazis and such. So…

Plus, you know the only reason she was dating Larry was to go to the concert…

First Spike, then Riley; now we need a Bones crossover
If we can just get David Boreanaz on this show, we'll have the trifecta of Buffy boyfriends.

Ellie, it sounds like you just don't like sci fi; there's a difference between having come to something like sci fi too late to have it inform your general tastes, and having read sci fi as a youngster and just not enjoyed it.

The Who WERE great in middle school.

You should see all of Mike Leigh's movies, but definitely Life Is Sweet for another terrific David Thewlis role. They're not all relentlessly depressing, BTW. High Hopes, fir example. A lot of his films have harsh things happen, but often end on hopeful notes. Love Mike Leigh.

As we've learned, grade ratings between movies aren't comparable. It's all about, "Is it a good movie for its genre and expectations?"

I also really liked Nacho Libre. It's so silly, and buoyant. My 13-year old son will probably like it. Remember the terrible movies you liked when you were a kid? I sometimes like dumb comedies, and I thought the Year One trailer looked funny, so I'll probably see it. For example, I actually liked Strange Wilderness,…

This one's probably too long…
The Sotweed Factor by John Barth. I've been meaning to re-read it for awhile.

Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
Black Swan Green was wonderful. I also loved Cloud Atlas. He's a really good current writer.

I'm with you; Intolerable Cruelty was very funny. I think it's highly underrated. The asthmatic hit man was hilarious.

Theater. Twice. The second time, my husband and I dragged my father-in-law along. I don't think he got it. But we loved it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I've seen every single Coen brothers movie in the theater, even the Ladykillers which really sucked. But everything else they've done has been…

I saw this movie in the theater when it came out, and it's very good. It was the first time I saw Tim Roth, and he was pretty memorable. I've always had a soft spot for Terence Stamp because I'm a big Who fan, and his brother Chris was one of the Who's first managers.

I just got my vodka, grapefruit juice, and cranberry juice…

Angel is playing constantly on TNT; right noiw, they're at the end of season 2. Just start watching it now, and it'll prob. wrap around at the end and you can watch season 1 and the beginning of season 2.