theghostofoldtowngail
The Ghost of OldTownGail
theghostofoldtowngail

Imagine calling the Copacabana, one of New York’s most famous venues, “a mediocre looking Italian comedy club.”

Hansel? HANsel?

Morgan Freeman or GTFO. 

Hell no. Eliot’s names are fun to say, and it’s obvious that they were coined by someone with a love of the rhythms of the English language. They fit really well with the meter of his poems.

It’s TS Elliot. He’s one of the greatest writters of the last century for a reason. The original book of poems even has a whole poem that describes why cat names sound crazy to humans. The source material is very charming.

Starlight Express. Roller disco meets show tunes.

Cats is the one that least lends itself to being turned into a movie”

I don’t have anything made with leather or canvas. I have a degree in art history, an eye for design and I’ve been collecting 50ies pieces for years. I know what I’m doing, but thank you for mansplaining something I’m an expert at

What if the mid-century stuff you have aren't knock-offs but originals from the 50ies carefully collected over years?

The point is that the Dr. knows that gun is there but can’t move because he doesn’t move, the only reason he knows it’s there is because he’s going to be shot by it.

sailors and criminals really love baby yoda it turns out

The only problem I have with Fury Road is that it came out after my mom passed away. She was a kick-ass woman, and she raised me on sci-fi and Sarah Conner, Ellen Ripley, and even Tank Girl were all a huge deal for her. As a little’un, seeing characters on screen that reflected my tough-ass mom helped reinforce that

I know Baumbach makes a habit of borrowing touches from other great works of art, but deciding to co-opt “WE WERE ON A BREAK!” is bold even for him.

I find the reviews relying on Peteypedia to be more frustrating than relying so much in the reviews on the original comic.

Gonna hard disagree on that one.  The level of ominous tension that the soundtrack is bringing to the show suits the dark themes perfectly.

It’s a punmanteau.

Crouching Tiger was a movie for people who couldn’t be bothered to watch Tsui Hark, Ching Siu Tung, Yuen Woo-Ping, and the rest of the HK new wave.

Now let’s forget all our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream.

The following contains spoilers for Untitled Goose Game.”

Jesus, what a weird age we live in, where a sentence like this is possible. 

I think Noel’s saying the same thing, just in a vaguer way. The financial transaction would change their relationship... in that she would feel like a prostitute again.