I vaguely recall tales of the wacky Mars family from back in the ‘80s. Thanks for filling in that piece of the puzzle.

I think the Reese’s Pieces that were a plot point in ET should merit mention here, if only because that was apparently their fallback after M&M’s turned them down (probably having something to do with Amblin wanting their chosen candy to spend $1 million on tie-in advertising).

I’d gone for years without hearing Menahem Golan’s voice in my head. And today my streak is broken...

+1 for Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Arguably an even more obscure, though thoroughly justified, ‘80s movie crush than Catherine Mary Stewart.

“Among other things, I hear there had been multiple complaints of abusive behavior filed against Schneider filed by members of his staff,”

His ironic battle to the death with country legend Carl Perkins was a highlight.

Outside of his music, casual fans of cultural icon Davie Bowie likely know him from one of the following: Labyrinth’s “Magic Dance”; Fire Walk With Me’s best scene; or his brilliant cameos in both Zoolander and Extras.

When one hates a creator’s body of work, and his new work seems radically different, doesn’t that give some hope that the new work might actually be worthwhile?

I’m reminded of the Mad magazine parody of that, where Ali McGraw’s character’s terminal disease is described as making her “gradually more and more beautiful, until she dies”

A great line, and certainly applicable to many of us, but I’m not sure Holmes would ever say such a thing. He seemed to assert almost the opposite — that he had no use for some knowledge (such as the heliocentric universe), but carefully compiled useful things... like soil types and cigar ash characteristics...

Good catch. I apparently misread Wikipedia on the “which came first” issue.

Given the... intensity... of Kubrick fans, and his propensity for destroying all trace of his film memorabilia, surely this would raise more than $3,700 at auction.

I immediately remembered him as one of the host panel on NBC’s early-’80s That’s Incredible clone, Real People, which I watched regularly in my high school years, because I was a hard core geek.

I seem to recall a discussion of the “firework ending” on some making-of anniversary special, to the effect that Spielberg had explained that if you can ratchet the tension high enough, the audience will love you for giving them release, no matter how absurd the mechanics. That particularly resonated with me when I…

Definitely a bigger box office film, but not the best showcase for her. I recommend Night of the Comet highly.

A friend of mine having a major crush on Catherine Mary Stewart at the time (probably best known for 1984's far superior Night of the Comet), I too saw it in a theater at the time. It was enjoyable in an ‘80s B-movie sort of way . I thought it was largely kept afloat by Stewart’s charisma in the lead, and Michael…

So essentially the answer to the headline question is: “Don’t use it!”?

I recall reading years ago that the elder Netanyahu had been behaving kind of cavalierly about his own safety when he caught that bullet... in the true B-action movie tradition of “Hurray! We won... Aack!” and a needless death at the end to bring the stakes home.

Lee lost $1.4 million due to a technical issue with a wire transfer

Ever ride a motorcycle on the salt flats? It’s pretty much like that, only not so dry.