“That hat better get itself correct.”
Any rise-and-fall-of-the-gangster movie made after GoodFellas has a problem, namely that it is probably not GoodFellas, so even if it’s pretty good, it’s going to suffer by comparison. American Gangster …

Great documentary; it won the Oscar twenty-odd years ago. I knew who Milk was, and what had happened to him, but not the details, and my God what a crazy story — did you know …

It’s time once again for the annual Dewey Donation System book drive. My mom used to tell me, “Books are treasures,” and it may have been her profound aversion to the sight of a hardcover …

My recap of the Knight Rider pilot/reboot is up on TWoP now.

Okay, bad guys of television and film, listen up: if a given hostage is the only means you have of attaining your goal, and …

“Har dee har har.”
I just ate a package of Chuckles, and I hate myself a little bit for settling, because I didn’t really want Chuckles — I didn’t set out for the deli on a …

Let me just ask right up front: what is going on with Elizabeth’s hair? I get that it’s a wig, but then, when she’s reviewing the troops and it’s down on her shoulders, all lank, …

I’ve got to put the book on my wish list; I could swear a friend of mine gave it to me as a gift, and I just hadn’t gotten around to reading it, but I’ve …

But it’s jury duty which the United States Postal Service chooses to honor with a stamp.
Hundreds of thousands of species of flora and fauna. Dozens upon dozens of minor holidays; myriad dead Americans of significant …

“‘The world needs gravediggers too’?   What the hell is THAT supposed to mean?”  
Not a perfect effort, but still impressive. Ben Affleck has historically struck me as a lot smarter than his career choices …

I felt like I’d seen it before — the neurotic adult children whose non-specific damage is played for laughs; the deprecation of certain arts/academia “types”; the warm, helpful immigrant/minority who opens the eyes of the …