That girl was Michelle Yeoh, and that stunt was the first thing I thought of for this topic. Supercop is probably my number one Jackie Chan film...which makes it one of the greatest action films of all time.

Oh, man...that is so sad to hear, and the statement from the family is so touching.

The film does not get talked about much, but Under the Tuscan Sun is one of my favorite woman-centered films of the last 20 years. Like its heroine, it is defiantly intelligent, and cleverly uses the trappings of modern-day rom-coms to…

Loveline started locally in L.A. at KROQ radio, and DAG’s visits to the Kevin & Bean morning show on that station are some of the best radio I’ve ever heard. He’s so funny and so quick. (And yes, they still have him on from time to time, so now I can look forward to him promoting this new show.)

...in the present day, Erin is a brittle husk of a woman, whose bloodshot eyes and papery skin betray not only decades of hard living, but a certain spiritual poverty as well.

Just watch Without a Clue, starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley, instead.  Still my favorite comedic interpretation of Sherlock Holmes.

Compare and contrast with National Geographic’s Mars, which may be more narratively stunted, but it has scientific bona-fides, and a *great* find in series lead Jihae Kim (in two roles). Most importantly, the series opens with the crew going to Mars.

I’m being partially facetious in that The First sounds genuinely…

I freaking hate this movie, and that is saying a lot, because I adore Kate Hudson. (McConaughey ain’t so bad either.) Hell, I actually enjoyed Fool’s Gold...that’s how much I like her.

I think the problem is that I don’t like contrivances, and rom-coms seem to be the most likely to rely on contrivances or other awful…

I understand that being locked in a cage for 27 years would take a serious mental toll on anyone, but his demeanor is so different he’s basically a completely different character.

Solitary confinement in modern prisons consists of the prisoner being housed in a small, lighted cell, receiving meals from guards, and…

None of these can be worse than the monstrous remake of “Maria Maria” by that unmitigated buffoon, DJ Khaled.

Whoa! The name “Lazlo Woodbine” jumped out at me...and yet I could not *quite* place it. Was he a detective from a Robert Rankin book, by any chance?

I sure wish AMC would fucking let me watch this show. I get AMC through a paid tier on PlayStation Vue; but The Terror is not available on AMC On Demand, it’s not available on the AMC app (for Vue users), and it’s not on Hulu. I don’t pirate media myself, but this is the sort of thing that makes me SO glad that other…

The Week Of still has vaguely cheap-looking Netflix lighting...

I saw The Ridiculous 6 (I’m sorry, I’m sorry!) and remember thinking, “Why the hell does this look so good?” End credits come up, and the thing was shot by Dean fucking Semler.

I have to see if his films are available on streaming. I haven’t seen Trouble in Mind since it came out. 

Mrs. Parker had the strange distinction of being a serious film about one of the funniest people of the 20th century. The tone is just very sad...there are plenty of jokes, but each one either causes or reveals…

“I think you have a gimmick. I think not having a gimmick is your gimmick.”

The Burrowers is legit one of my favorite westerns of the modern era. So well-written and acted. It’s like Unforgiven meets Tremors.

I have not heard about any such criticisms, so I wonder how widespread it may be. However, this reminds me of the most poignant (!) scene in White Chicks: One of the undercover brothers (as a girl) is in a dressing room with an actual white girl, and as she strips to her underwear he says, “Damn, you look hot.” And…

Most of my favorites have already been spoken-for here: Deadpool, Watchmen, North by Northwest, Catch Me if you Can, etc.

I’m not ashamed to say that I laughed a lot in Goldmember, but that was absolutely the best line in the film, and one that I still try to work into conversation.

There was an interesting, ostensible rom-com called Little Black Book, starring Brittany Murphy and Ron Livingston. It had all of the hallmarks of those awful rom-coms like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days...such as the supposed protagonists doing hateful things to each other for contrived reasons.

This interview was such a pleasant surprise to me, because I’ve always thought that Costello/McManus has a reputation as being a legendary grouch. And not just toward dimwitted media people who possibly deserve it, but to actual collaborators, etc. But I didn’t get a sense of *anything* like that here.