Ratatouille is a near perfect film, especially in the scene near the end with the food critic. I’ve been a professional chef for over 20 years, and I’ve only had a few instances in that period where the food took me back to a different, better, time and place.

“Is Ian MacKaye punk?”

I would pay good money to see a fight between Danzig and Morrissey. Like, front row seats for $20,000. If someone doesn’t bite an ear off I’d be disappointed.

Thanks for reminding me of that idiocy. Was raised full on fundamental christian and that BS of “quiver full” is just plain dumb. 

I was gonna say the same thing, and then did the spit-take after reading your comment.

That there is an adaption of this book when the original film was perfectly fine (check out the cast...no joke) is odd. I’m a Paul Theroux apologist for sure, but if you were gonna adapt any of his work it should definitely be Hotel Honolulu. It’s literally set up to be a series, and they all flow together, and it’s a…

Nah. Just park behind them. 

Who hurt you??

I’ve been a big film goer all my life, but the whole “magic” of it got lost on me sometime around the last decade. I think it’s because I got spoiled for a couple years, I had a friend who was a manager for -deleted- cinemas and he and I would watch not yet released films in entirely empty theatres at midnight or…

I love how his niche seems to be body horror, but he’s also proven to be so diverse in his filmography. The essay that DFW did on him in the late ‘90s really encapsulated the director. Aside from the upcoming Dune, this may be the only film I’m really looking forward to, especially since it gets Cronenberg and…

OMFG. Helicopter parenting needs to end. Just. Stop. 

How he didn’t move into Spielberg levels is surprising. 

Deen really isn’t so bad. She came into my restaurant back in 2012 (right before the shit hit the fan with her) and was beyond cordial and nice. She was with a few of her lady friends (two white, one black) and treated the server with respect. This was in the south of Savannah, GA, and she left a $100 tip on a bill…

My psycho ex-gf got me into him back in 2007. His schtick has not aged well. I tried watching one of his shows from maybe 2015 and, no. I’ll continue to give him another chance but the likelyhood is low.

Same. Articles load with half a screen of white. The last paragraph has a blue line through the top line. It’s bizarre, in a way that the AVC hasn’t done before (remember the pre-Kinja days lol). As an old time AVC-er, I honestly can’t recall why they did away with their own in-house commenting system. It worked…

“...the early part of his filmography was essentially nothing but fast-paced popcorn fare like Seven, The Game, and Panic Room”

My official residence is in L.I., and I had to travel for work upstate a couple times a year, and nothing ever made me happier than when I would pass the exit for Utopia Parkway. That album was part of my traveling music for years, just immensely great pop and driving songs from start to finish. Same with Ivy’s…

Holy crap. I had no idea he was still alive. And I forgot De Haviland finally passed. 

Entirely my point. Crazy how the older they get, the better they get.

I’d counter that the reason for declining ratings is that folk can just stream it or watch clips online the day after rather than watch it live. I can say with no doubt in my mind that watching the Oscars was dedicated prime TV viewing for myself and a bunch of friends through the ‘90s up until probably ‘05. The last…