Friday night fortune cookie: Rick Blaine says…
“There are certain sections of New York that I wouldn’t advise you to try to invade.”
“There are certain sections of New York that I wouldn’t advise you to try to invade.”
This is a cat who loves stairs more than most…

It’s absolutely worth seeing… if only for the intriguing debate to be had afterward, if it wouldn’t be an even stronger film were the last five minutes or so to be chopped off.
I will remind everyone, however, that Peter Davison wore sneakers — or trainers, or plimsolls, or whatever you want to call them — long before David Tennant did.
I have no doubt that when historians look back at us from two thousand years in the future, they will sneer and express shock at reality television in the way that we sneer and express shock at the Roman spectacles of throwing Christians to the lions.
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a TV show on DVD. Guess the TV show — you don’t need to guess the episode, just the show. And if you assume it’s something I’ve said I’m watching or said I like, you’re not necessarily on the right track. NEW! Now with prizes! Guess correctly, and … more…
This is how you do it. More like this, please.
Don’t ask what the title refers to: You don’t want to know. You’ll find out at the end of the film. Which I cannot recommend highly enough…
Today’s question comes from reader Left_Wing_Fox, who wants to talk about Japanese anime director Satoshi Kon, who died this week from pancreatic cancer at the too-young age of 46.
Ah. I always knew Hai Karate was kind of a joke, but now I understand why: It was the Axe body spray of my father’s generation.