In the actual fairest possible world, Winslet would have shared her theoretical Oscar for Heavenly Creatures with co-teenage murderess Melanie Lynskey.
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"Spendthrift" actually refers to someone who is reckless with money. Ben is more of a penny-pincher.
"Illicit" and "elicit" are not even the same part of speech. Come on.
The "atone" thing, right down to the setting and angle of the shot, is an homage to this scene from the movie "Network." (the exact line is at about 1:53) https://www.youtube.com/wat…
I'm partial to El Rey - the mythical South American criminal haven which was the intended destination of both Doc McCoy in Jim Thompson's "The Getaway" and the Gecko Brothers in "From Dusk Till Dawn"
Battle Creek is the home of the Kellogg's corporation so the Cereal Killer thing might not be just gratuitous punning.
My first reaction to "Loser" was something like, "Wow, Ween meets Lenny Kravitz - big deal." It was only after happening upon the shoe-throwing interview - which struck me as sort of dada and definitely refreshing as opposed to ANOTHER earnest wannabe pop star interview, yawn - that I decided to give Mellow Gold a…