It's like when the president lets his heavily-vetted security detail carry a weapon, but then suggests not letting mentally ill people conceal carry rocket launchers in elementary schools. Hypocrisy!

Every time I see or hear Whitney Cummings, I think of Maria Bamford's closing bit on Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome, where she dons her "I'm empty inside, I can't feel my hands!" road comic persona. (Surprisingly I can't find it on YouTube, but she performs it here: http://www.cc.com/video-cli… )

Most people I'm aware of like Punch Drunk Love, and consider it Sandler's best role. Though I confess a certain fondness for Click.

I read The Great War For Civilisation by Robert Fisk, and I can't recommend it enough. Mind-blowingly good first-person account of the last 3.5 decades of Middle Eastern history. (I wrote a review here)

Something about Bergdahli and the Serialist art movement

I'm not finished with it yet, but I'd like to throw Eugene Rogan's The Fall of the Ottomans in as a nonfiction pick. Enormously interesting to see how WWI and its aftermath led to the current crises in the Middle East. As someone who's slowly trying to gain some perspective on the region, it's been a great addition.…

Room's lead character is also named Joy, to complicate the matter

Mockingjay: Tu-cci 2 Furious

Part 1 was so bland and tedious, it counts as two movies.

I also think it depends heavily on whether you see the show as the story of how Ted met the mother (in which case it is unbearable bloated and roundabout) or the story of how Ted learned to roll with the punches without losing his romantic spirit. But that's probably a conversation for some other, spoiler-y forum.

This is a common refrain, but — as an admitted fan of the finale — I just don't feel it. The first five seasons of the show seemed like a perfect setup to the final twist of the show, and the themes of love growing and changing and foregoing obvious trajectories. Only the (increasing, as the show went on) references…

Dear god, I've been writing it wrong my entire life.

Haters can hate, but HIMYM remains one of the most imminently re-watchable shows I know. I'm surprised they'd shoot for something so similar on their second outing, but I wouldn't discount them outright.

I wish that one panel hadn't been the only part of the cartoon that got shared. The whole 13-panel piece is beautiful.

John Wick as a Charlie Chapman silent film

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I think it's a semantic distinction. The word "PC" is usually only lobbed as an insult when it's meant as "disingenuous", in which case yeah, they're against the whole of it. But if PC culture is meant to say "be mindful of others", I think it's precisely the phony variety Parker and Stone want to tear down.

I suspect it does revolve around the show, but it feels like they've been playing a long game. I remember his remarks about feminism way back in March stirring up articles too. Which is great, of course. But they always felt like they were giving him a bit too much credit for saying something obvious, like a branding…

I like Aziz, and I tend to agree with his views on political/social issues. But I can't shake the feeling that the past few months have been crafted by some PR team who decided he needed to look more "socially conscious" in the most inoffensive way possible. Feels like every day there's another…

I love Schwarz on the show, but to each his own. I do think they both have an uncanny ability to Yes And before the sentence is even finished.