I've always put him in the same category as Billy Zane - actors who were clearly being groomed by Hollywood to be major stars but never really reached critical mass. Not because there was anything really objectionable about them or their abilities, just because they seemed to lack that hard to define whatever it is…

"The fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean film highlighted the unusual paradox of B movies successful enough to get the franchise treatment. Sequels have to top the previous entries in scope…"

I call B.S. The "hypocrisy" or "dilemma" between being against widespread or unrestricted gun ownership on one hand and enjoyment of movies featuring gun play on one the other is a false one. As the author himself alludes towards the end, people who enjoy slasher movies generally don't do so because they endorse or…

All of the stills and promotional excerpts I saw from this film make it look really dour and dull. I mean, I recognize life in middle age Europe was pretty bleak in a lot of aspects, and everything doesn't have to be a dazzling Technicolor spectacle like the Errol Flynn "Robin Hood." But if I'm going to pony-up $20…

Much like "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," which was initially kind of a cold war espionage and speculative fiction themed series, but then ended up devolving into a "monster of the week" show.

My Dad and I would watch one a week on VHS as well. Basically, I caught Moonraker when it was re-run on ABC one night, and was enthralled. I know… but to a seven year old who was obsessed with the Space Shuttle it was maybe the coolest thing I'd ever seen. From that point on my dad probably decided I needed to see the…

The series had kind of vacillated in and out of Blockbuster territory. Nobody really predicted "Goldfinger" would be the megahit it was. But the follow-up, "Thunderball", was the first film that was really designed to be a blockbuster (I think it still has the highest inflation adjusted gross). "You Only Live Twice,"…

It's what I'd call a "near great" Bond. On the plus side, it's got a more realistic, down to earth story-line, a heroine (Carol Bouquet) who manages to thread that tough needle (for Bond films, at least) of being sexy, mature, intelligent, and capable (and again, in a realistic way, not "Bond capable" ala Denise…

The Hall of Presidents is an example of taking a good idea - Disneyland's Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln, an attraction where guests can spend some time with the greatest President in U.S. History - and expanding upon it into absurdity. I get that the whole point was to show that Disney World was going to be much more…

Not seen mentioned yet: Jack Soo on "Barney Miller." I believe this was one of the first where the producers made an actual retrospective show with clips and cast member tributes.

Gold's take did turn the character into more of a nag and a busybody. However, you did feel less bad about seeing Endora or Uncle Arthur or Serena torment her. Funny side note: My mom would sometimes imitate the shrill way she said her husband's name ("Abner"), which would drive our cats crazy.

I do recall it being regarded with almost mythological status in my dorm when it came out, particularly among people who'd never even heard of David Lynch and for whom it was like nothing they'd ever seen. I'd already watched everything from Eraserhead forward by that point. So while I enjoyed it, it wasn't quite as…

Wild At Heart strikes me as what it would be like if a 20-something fanboy made a David Lynch "type" movie, albeit in a mostly awesome way. Ladd and Dern are wonderful. There's also Harry Dean Stanton (always great) as a sleazy PI who's also Ladd's lover. Unfortunately, in a film with as much going on as this one the…

Aren't Paramount and CBS technically separate now? Doesn't Paramount control the Trek films and CBS control Trek related TV shows?

So now we know - "Discovery" will finally show us to the event Trek fans have been speculating about for years: The founding of Paradise City on Nimbus III, Planet of Galactic Peace.

Eh, it's all about the A.V. Club's new policy of diverting editorial resources to pretty much anything imaginable besides movies, film, television, and music.

"Peak man-child."

I think we need to go back to the 40's-50's concept of the jacket, button-up shirt, and slacks being the basic male "uniform." The jacket (not necessarily a formal suit coat, but generally a blazer/sportcoat) is actually pretty utilitarian: There's lots of pockets to squander away all the gadgets we cart around with…

You know, there's actually nothing inherently funny about a mismatch - generational, ethnic, income-based, whatever. In fact, the "mismatch" comedies that actually do work aren't really about mismatching at all. Lucy and Desi, Oscar and Felix, are actually perfect matches in the sense that they're made for one…

There's already ample proof in the daily headlines that Americans are basically morons. No need to pile on further. But, since I guess the damage is done, why not share some of our own experiences with inane baby names? My example: