…that happened. (tm State And Main)

The genius behind “Wake Up Cat” is back with “Let Me In.” Miss Alli had it on in the bullpen, and I heard that distinctive “mrow” and without even looking up asked her, “‘Wake Up …

After posting about the Dewey Donation System last week, I got an email from Logan Kleinwaks, the president of an organization called Book Wish Foundation. Logan asked,

Dear Sarah,
I just found Tomato Nation through an article …

I first saw these boots on the train; a Gothy sort of girl had on a green pair of them, a mid-calf boot in a light, distressed forest-meets-Kermit color, very thin (almost cord) laces, and …

My apologies to central and western PA, but for years, I thought they were two different towns: Wilkes-Barre, pronounced “Wilks Bar,” and “Wilkesbury,” like the Traveling Wilburys.
And if someone could please remind me how “Nogales” …

The word is not “preg-net.” The word is “preg-NANT.” “-NANT.” When you pronounce it “pregnet,” you sound like a five-year-old. Stop it.
The fact that it’s 90210 reruns of the Jackie-and-Mel-spawn era that drew my ire …

“Can I borrow ten fraaaaaaaaaaancs?!”
Of all the Oscar wins, Marion Cotillard’s is apparently the one people have taken the most issue with. Joe R hated her performance, and in fact the entire movie, and he’s …

TWoP’s Oscars coverage is up, including the real-time blog, featuring Matt Zoller Seitz, Odienator, Joe R, and myself; and the post-telecast Galaxy Of Fame, written by me with assists from Wing and Joe.

As I just said in the Michael Clayton comments, sometimes a movie I go into expecting two hours of torture will fare better in my esteem merely by not sucking as much as I’d expected …

“Maybe if you’d gotten a pageboy you’d have a snowball’s chance in hell at Best Supporting Actor, crazy.”
This is a really well-built movie. You can’t see any of the joints or threads until the end, …