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I think I may have found it more funny if I'd been able to read subtitles of what was being said. Parts just felt unintelligible. (Seeing it at an Alamo Drafthouse, where there are occasionally servers running around taking orders, probably didn't help.)

"Q" is a very strange name for a movie.

When I first read the spoilers of what the episodes were, I momentarily was confused and thought "Yongary" was that North Korean kaiju film made by the kidnapped South Korean producer. Turns out I was thinking of "Pulgasari." I guess we can only dream of that one making it onto "MST3k."

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Jaime King: Pearl Harbor
John Oliver: Writer, The Daily Show
Michael Moore: Producer, Bowling for Columbine
Jan Hooks: Batman Returns
Roy Orbison: Soundtrack, The Hateful Eight
Sergei Prokofiev: Soundtrack, Avengers: Age of Ultron

This last week in Sillstaw’s entertainment:

This month's "astronomy picture that looks like a prog-rock album cover" shows a man walking his dog in front of the sun:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/…

Last week I wrote that I had the dilemma of seeing "Free Fire" or "The Lost City of Z" this Saturday. Then I discovered that my local Alamo Drafthouse was having a preview of "Free Fire" on Thursday, complete with livestreamed Q&A with Ben Wheatley. So I arranged to go see that (which happened to be my first Alamo

Is it me, or is he nowhere nearly as over-the-top as Alex Jones?

It's a play about assisted suicide, so presumably there's a book published with the title. Quite a stretch, though, to call it a book. And given the film adaptation came out in the early 80s, it definitely doesn't count as a "recent" book.

Quite the departure from yesterday's porn plot.

And of "The Apple," quite probably my favorite bad movie ever.

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Jeffrey Dean Morgan: Watchmen
John Waters: Actor, Hairspray
Peter Frampton: Soundtrack, Click

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Gugu Mbatha-Raw: Concussion
Patti LuPone: Driving Miss Daisy
Robert Smith: Soundtrack, American Psycho

I had to wind back the DVR to write down the clue about Florence + the Machine for one of my old friends on Facebook. (She loves Florence + the Machine.)

Yet another reason not to get too invested in VR.

The tabloids really seem to be in with Trump. It's sad. ("SAD!")

J6:
He & Cheri Oteri played Craig & Arianna, the Spartan Cheerleaders
A: Who is Will Ferrell?

Today in "what the IMDb thinks they're best known for":
Jessica Lange: Big Fish
George Takei: Mulan
Adolf Hitler: Miscellaneous Crew, Triumph of the Will
Luther Vandross: Music Department, The Goonies

Today in "insultingly easy J6 clues":
That's Show Biz, "Boy": Patricia Arquette starred in this 2014 film that lost Best Picture to "Birdman"
Saturday Night Live: He & Cheri Oteri played Craig & Arianna, the Spartan Cheerleaders
Potluck: This term for manipulating political boundaries is named for a Massachusetts governor

My rule would be if the seat isn't occupied by the start of the movie, it's open. But if someone comes in late asking for it, you let them have it.