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Horrible Bosses made $117 million in theaters (on a $35 million budget) in spite of the fact that large numbers of people actually do have horrible bosses, and don't find the real-life equivalent funny at all. Mocking a miserable situation you've been in yourself can be cathartic. Also, this movie bears no resemblance…

Seriously, THE NINES. She gets to show a lot of range in that movie and pull off drama even more than comedy. It's an immense pity that movie hasn't gotten more play.

YMMV, but I personally liked The Magician King BETTER, primarily because I found the characters in a later state of maturity to be less whiny and to make more interesting and justifiable choices that I was more interested in.

That's a terrific book, and so profoundly knowing about the relationships between women, from just-past-infancy up to late adulthood.

I was SO disappointed by Seven Wonders that I elected not to review it. The incredibly inconsistent characters and not very believable character turnarounds really annoyed me.

I didn't care for those first couple of Discworld books at all; for me, the series hit its stride later. Rowan said pretty much exactly what I think in his Pratchett Gateways To Geekery, in terms of the strongest books in the series:

There's also a lot of really great Margaret Atwood out there. The Blind Assassin is a particular favorite. I'm hugely looking forward to the third Oryx And Crake book later this year.

I would love to do a retrospective on Locke & Key leading up to its final book. I would also love to see Oliver tackle Astro City with other people.

INVISIBLES was the plan, but that was going to be Keith's baby, and his departure makes it less likely we'll tackle that one. The next series hasn't been planned yet.

My final verdict was "There was SO much more to this series than I appreciated when I first read it, and while I knew I liked it, I never realized how smart and meticulous a craftsman Neil Gaiman is until this run-through and discussion." YMMV.

Or cheerily threatening to turn anyone inside out. The resemblance is largely physical.

No. The whole idea of the Boneys as trainers and priests and lawmakers and enforcers is entirely lost, sadly. They're just snarling monsters.

I'm really curious about it; Netflix has it, so I queued it up right after writing this column.

Hey! I've missed…

Yeah, we didn't get into the Corinthian at all, did we? Good call. He almost seems like Morpheus making a test run for his new self, especially given that like Dream, he goes from a black palette to a white one.

I think it's more like, he's tired of studiously abiding by the rules and living up to what he sees as his responsibilities. As he says, they've become a cage. Nonetheless, in this incarnation, he's made himself into something that can't break the rules, no matter how much he might want to. He says as much in his…

I also like the "It's all Merv" idea, largely since I never found his character very interesting, and found the whole repeating gag of him bitching about Morpheus while Morpheus is behind him kind of grating and obvious. If you're specifically created to be an empty-headed, griping employee, how bad can you feel about…

How would turning Daniel immortal bring about Dream's destruction? If he's hoping to follow the convoluted path of kidnapping Daniel to spur Lyta to call up the Furies — and if so, that seems like an immensely backhanded way to do it, given that the Furies have no actual interest in Lyta or Daniel, and apparently just…

Ah, I see — it isn't coming up on the TV Club page, it's coming up in the Homeland features roll. Which it's supposed to because of the link, but the problem with the image not showing up should definitely be addressed. And that's happening because reviews don't have main images, but it needs to be addressed. I'll…