If you want to do a musical, there's always "Hunchback!" - the "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" of Seattle musical theater to serve as inspiration. I lived in Seattle at the time it played and still regret not seeing it. http://www.thestranger.com/…

I read that in Ian McShane's voice.

My wife and I still make that gesture whenever we're really excited about something.

I think this is a budget issue more than anything.

I think it started with his struggles to get his cut of Brazil out, when Universal and Sid Sheinberg were threatening to bury it or put it out the "happy ending" version. At that point movie critics really began to champion him. I agree 12 Monkeys is a high water mark, but I will forever love his "Dreams" trilogy and…

Tideland is excellent, risk-taking cinema that rewards. It's grim as all hell, but it's very good. However, it should be noted that I gave it a glowing review on my super-obscure movie blog and I was somehow quoted in the press materials, so, yeah, it must have been slim pickings for them. It will be rediscovered and…

Seriously. This movie is ripe for rediscovery.

The TV show was my first exposure to it too (though my friends had been telling me about it for years). In college a friend rented the TV series on VHS and we watched the ENTIRE THING in one sitting. By the end I was exhausted and a little tired of it, but I honestly thought the ending was brilliant. To this day, I…

I remember when the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" comic came out (which was just as its fanatical popularity had begun to wane), I thought, "I read the book and saw the movie and then saw the American remake…why the hell would I want to read a comic of the same story?" And then the Game of Thrones comic came out, and…

That caught my eye too. Way to sell one of Robert Altman's most sleep-inducing films!

In all fairness, he was talking about a Helen he knew in Troy, Michigan.

We went to Boogie Nights…and we've been married 17 years. Choose your date movie carefully.

Just realized I really want to see this film done as a Documentary Now parody. Bill Hader as Billy Mitchell.

Thanks for giving me my biggest laugh of the day.

Yeah, I don't know why, but I can read these personal stories for years.

In all fairness, that cartoon is still pretty cool. They included the cartoon as an Easter egg in the last Star Wars Blu-Ray set.

I hear you. Age is everything. I was 7 when I saw Return of the Jedi in the theater and had my own stuffed Ewok, collected Ewok comics, watched the Ewok cartoons, had the Ewok village…

It's true, Jabba would laugh at all your jokes. Slowly, but still…a good pal.

I loved those cassette (and record) storybooks. Although "Return of the Jedi" was spoiled for me by the Scholastic picture storybook which I devoured. The title of the book was "Revenge of the Jedi," so I wish I'd kept it. I bought it from one of those bookmobiles they brought to schools.

My biggest wish about this film - which probably won't happen - is that they keep Ilyana's origins as Magik intact. Because it's a very disturbing concept but key to her character.