We had one of these when I was a kid. To quote my mom, it had the aerodynamic grace of a cardboard box in a wind tunnel. Probably would have offered the same protection in a crash. ND.

Also, can I get out of the grays please?

For most Pennsylvanians this wouldn’t even crack the top 10 craziest things they’ve seen in a Wawa parking lot. 

Which is a bit above my reading comprehension level apparently. Whole article makes a lot more sense now. 

I read the first Wings of Fire book and while it was mostly at about the register of early Harry Potter in terms of the maturity of the themes, it was punctuated by scenes of just jarringly brutal violence. I haven’t seen the graphic novel, but if you’re saying 4 to 8, it must soften the gory stuff by a lot.

Agreed. I liked it though. I left Hereditary thinking “yes, more of this please” and that’s basically what Midsommar delivered.

What the fuck is going on? What is this all about?’ We could not wrap our heads around Pennsylvania

Even the idea that you “buy” media on physical formats is a little misleading, at least insofar as your rights to do what you want with your copy are limited.

That intercom sounds like a great feature. I have a ‘13 and half the time I can’t hear wtf the small people in the back row are saying.

Them: [unintelligible] [something about minecraft] [unintelligible]
Me: WHAAAT? *turns up radio*

I’m sorry you have to go through this, but as a fan of your write-ups and as someone who also recently impulse bought a haunted e30, I can’t wait to see what comes of this.

No Mister Babadook?

With movies, my ideal approach is to sort of obliquely hear something is good - usually through festival reviews or seeing the letter grade here on AVC - then studiously avoid learning anything about it. I avoid trailers and try to not even know the basic premise or the genre if I can help it.

I was like 100% on board with this movie up until the credits music cue... and then I was like 200% on board.

Fuck how cool this is.

I’ve owned an e30, an e34, and an XJ, each purchased for sub-$4,000. None were pristine, but even in semi-beater form they allowed me to fulfill a dream I’d had for a while—and subsequently determine that if I’m honest with myself, most days I’d rather drive a car from this decade.

I wasn’t with him until vuvuzelas.

I have the same vision, but different execution. Instead, they’d visualize the onset of the disease by having characters (ideally long departed ones) and scenes from the past randomly intrude into the main action.

I never looked at it this way. To me, the series’ long history always seemed like a liability, in that after so many big plot moments and catastrophes, it strains believability that yet another horrible thing would happen to these poor cursed, sexy doctors.

As a fan of ultra-minimalist, generic branding/packaging, I think a 100% unbadged car takes things too far. The lack of branding is, counter-intuitively, a very conspicuous and aggressive branding strategy. For me the ideal of generic/normcore aesthetic lies in stuff that is branded, it’s just a brand no has ever…

I remember liking this book when it came out, but for the reasons noted in the review it seems like an odd choice to adapt as a film. McEwan is one of those writers where the magic is all in his execution of his ideas. The premises of most of his books sound contrived if not borderline unreadable in summary, but he’s…