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Hard to believe I’d never seen it before; my previous sense of it as The Outsiders Go All Mad Anthony Wayne On Soviet Invaders means I should have watched it a dozen times as a …
No real surprises here. Into the next round go cookie dough, chocolate, cookies and cream, mint chocolate chip, strawberry, peanut butter and chocolate, vanilla, and peanut butter cup. Only that last one is …

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Cookie dough v. butter pecan. I’ll be a broken record this round, but, for the first of several times: I do love and order both! Well, …

UPDATE: At The Death House Door is airing on IFC on Monday September 1 at 9 PM, with other airings to follow.
Speaking of famous boyfriends…I recorded At The Death House Door when it first aired, …

Matt Zoller Seitz imagines Kong’s farewell via Chet Baker. I like that it’s the 1976 version, because Kong is climbing the Twin Towers.
I haven’t forgotten the NC Double Scoop; polls for the Round Of 32 …
Damn Hell Ass Kings is back up!
Reader Karen tipped me to the fact that I’m nominated for the Hot Blogger Calendar. So is Ann Coulter, though, so: grain of salt. Thanks to the nominating party for the compliment, …

Maybe, back in 1980, Dressed To Kill got over via shock value.Almost 30 years later, in a world that’s more savvy about trans issues, the “twist,” such as it is, doesn’t do much to hide …

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Strawberry vs. pistachio. This is a hard one for me, actually, because I really like both flavors. Hell, I’ll even have them together in a …

The Bridge is sporting a 70% “fresh” on the Tomato-meter as of this writing, but the 30% who dislike it do so with a virtuous dudgeon. “This could be the most morally loathsome film ever …