the first movie is full of these lines that don't seem particularly memorable but that you find yourself saying again and again. who among us hasn't yelled "Buzz, your girlfriend! woof!" or "Kevin, what did you do to my room?" or been told by a loved one, "You're what the French call les incompetents?"

my favorite was the woman who claimed JK Rowling stole Harry Potter from her because she had once published a novel called "The Legend of Rah and the Muggles," which is virtually unreadable. Apparently the story begins with a nuclear war that wipes out most of civilization and then segues into a multi-chapter rant on…

every few decades he just crawls back into his coffin and sleeps for a hundred years or so.

this is basically my favorite movie and belongs on any list of the dozen or so greatest films ever made.

I adore Midsomer Murders - though to be fair, I've only seen the beloved early seasons. I know I'll have to abandon ship around the time John Nettles leaves (supposedly there's a whole episode in the seventh or eighth season about an alien abduction, and another where the detectives are cowboys in an old west theme…

it's a shame Seth McFarlane died on 9/11 because the show was just finding its feet. if it had lasted a bit longer, it might have had real potential.

Vampire Willow's mild surprise when she returns to her own dimension and is immediately staked: "Aww."

and if you've seen the new Doctor Who spinoff, Class, set in a British high school, the writer (Patrick Ness) is a Buffy obsessive who wanted to make a Buffy-type show in the Whoverse.

Children of Men and, increasingly, Fahrenheit 451.

Before Midnight
Vertigo
The Philadelphia Story
Casablanca (probably the most romantic movie ever made)
Pride and Prejudice '95
Black Narcissus
Les Miserables

Narnia's the only safe place these days.

I've been thinking about V for Vendetta in light of recent events, and it is the most 2000s movie you can imagine.

it is. just ask Charles Dickens, Jr. and Martin Van Buren, Jr.

she and Eddie Redmayne were, easily, the best thing about Fantastic Beasts.

I hope Aranofsky's Mother is just a feature-length version of that Monty Python sketch about the visitors who show up and wreak havoc.

I'm surprised to see Everybody Wants Some!! on the list, as it was one of the more overlooked films of this year, but I loved it. It's such a delightful, dreamy, quirky film.

I'm glad to see The Good Place in the top 10, in only its first season. and glad to see Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Better Call Saul up there, too.

shall we try to guess what shows made the top 15? I hope The Crown is on there somewhere.

likewise for Chris Hedges' Empire of Illusion, which feels like it could have been written this week. it's one of the few genuine works of prophecy in modern American writing.

Foyle's War! Poirot! Midsomer Murders!