I would have made a note to that effect, but it's actually also possible it was Man Of Tai Chi, also supposedly coming out this year, also starring Keanu Reeves as a martial artist — and marking his directorial debut.

Thank you for today's comment-driven laugh.

Do you want to go get some milkshakes, in case there are no gay people there?

My favorite Across The Universe sequence was "Dear Prudence," hands down. As overly obvious as the whole "hiding in the closet" thing is for the sad gay character, that moment when the walls start to dissolve makes me tear up every time.

To this day, I can't believe Disney did a song about how much a priest wants to fuck a gypsy and/or condemn her to burn in hell for making him want to fuck her. I love that sequence, though. The fire and smoke versions of Esmerelda are some amazing animation.

Ever since GK answered this question with that link a week ago in our email chain, I've been watching that clip over and over. I clearly need to be in the room for one of those sing-alongs.

I was in Oliver in junior high. Still have a huge soft spot for "Who Will Buy?" and anything Fagin sings, but especially "Reviewing The Situation."

Not at all. The only definition of a "great movie" I suggest here — because defining it fully would taken an entire additional crosstalk — is that it should have "a positive legacy and a lasting effect." Claiming a great movie has to take everything seriously would preclude comedies, and no one's arguing that comedies…

It's for Beasts Of The Southern Wild. Annoying that the caption isn't showing up.

Agreed 100%. Over Pirates, I would say. Sorry, Will Harris.

Hasn't had a U.S. release yet. History with Ghibli films indicates it'll be nominated the year it finally turns up in America theaters, not the year it came out in Japan.

Read it two more times.

The game has slightly less stabbing. Or at least according to the actual rulebook, it does. House rules may vary.

Like. Double-like.

Yeah, I passed that around to some of my Dread players and we joked about how it would add to the atmosphere of, say, a survive-the-slasher Dread story if we were all pulling grey tiles out of the Death Star while cranky pigs watched us. Angry Birds… confuses me. I just don't see the appeal.

"Nose-sniffing"?

Piers Anthony and Mercedes Lackey collectively cured me of the urge to compulsively finish book series. Everyone has a breaking point somewhere. You just need to find your own personal Anthony.

Um, yes, Jenga.

It's very comparable to Shadows Over Camelot, in the fight-the-board mechanic, the secret traitor, and the sense of crises popping up constantly. For people who've watched the show, though, it often tends to bring in an unplanned role-play element. The first time I played, we asked a vet how long it would take. He…