Oh, and I should add that I thought "The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" (written by Jennifer Lynch) was much better at getting inside the young girl's head and was pretty damn scary to boot. That also affected my impression of the film when I saw it sometime after.

I saw "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" shortly after it was released and would like to see it again for the inevitable reassessment. As a big fan of the show, there were two things that bothered me about the movie. Lara Flynn Boyle was replaced by Moira Kelly in the role of Donna Hayward, and Benjamin Horne was…

As a big fan of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," there were things I loved about the show and other things that really disappointed me. If I had a problem at all with Season 7, it was just that I was coming up with better ideas just prior to that season airing. My vivid imagination was my own undoing, I suppose. My one…

It's definitely in a class by itself!

Sorry, but I'm going with the punk band, and so is my favorite Sacramento teen sister pop-punk duo Dog Party. They covered "Los Angeles" a few years ago, and legendary critic Everett True subsequently referred to them as The World's Greatest Rock Band. I've been an X fan since the early 80's, and it's wonderful to see…

And here's another one just hot off the presses. I quite like Sam Raimi's "The Gift" from 2000. Now I'm seeing commercials for a new thriller also called "The Gift," which will almost definitely be the one that people will think of since the earlier movie has already been forgotten despite the excellent cast and…

Another one that I just remembered is "The Avengers." My family has a personal connection to the original cult British TV series. (My grandmother was Patrick Macnee's nanny when he was a little boy.) But I'm also a great admirer of Joss Whedon, writer and director of the superhero blockbuster that sports the same…

I mentioned it well after you knowing a few other people would've already referenced it. That particular "House" is the real standout for me even though it's the least known.

Oh, and I assume someone has mentioned the third "House," the wonderful 1977 Japanese horror film that I like more than the other two combined. It's also known by the title "Hausu," which distinguishes it just a little bit more.

Got a few of my own. I'm a big fan of Atom Egoyan's early work, and his first feature was called "Next of Kin" (1984), which sported a title that became better known when it was used for a Patrick Swayze film in 1989. I always thought "Next of Kin" would make an interesting double-feature if paired up with "Back to…

Yeah, it became just a more respectable variation on "Three's Company."

Tatiana Maslany and Tatiana Maslany as twins Sarah and Helena, "Orphan Back."

Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein (AKA Super Dave Osborne) are brothers.

You make a very convincing argument. I was merely annoyed by it, but your absolute disdain has convinced me that it deserves as much loathing as I am able to afford it. Thank you for showing me the way!

My ex loved it, and when I finally saw it with her, I really didn't get the appeal of watching those annoying kids go off on their fantastic adventure. I bought "Stand By Me" shortly after and showed it to her as an example of a film that I found much more relateable despite all the weepy confessionals. I think those…

This episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" isn't specifically about jizz, but "Doublemeat Palace" sure has one hell of a cumshot! A very phallic-looking creature protruding from the top of a woman's head (which I like to refer to as The Penis Monster) paralyzes Buffy by squirting a fluid on her. This creature then…

Yeah, I don't get that either. As an image for an album cover maybe, but I'm gonna be eating myself an avocado any minute now and LOVING IT!!

Two clips that show just how smitten Dave was with Phoebe Cates. In the first one, you can sense his frustration that the adorable creature sitting in front of him was no longer available for courting:

The mock auditions for "Would you like to buy a monkey?" was hilarious, but it probably appealed more to people who were used to that sort of thing on his own show. Screw everyone else!

I was hip to Dave near the start of his NBC show in 1982. I just began my first year at U.C. Davis, and Dave seemed like every college student's best friend at the time. The apartment I was living in included cable, so I soon discovered that I was able to watch porn for the first time in my life and was understandably…