I have never read Beowulf. I own a recent paperback translation (w/ explanatory footnotes) by Howell D. Chickering, Jr. but owning is not the same as reading. For one thing, I don't even like regular…   Read Story »

For the record, I like Crispin Glover. A lot. I really like River's Edge, and there's this movie called Twister that is not the storm-chasing movie, but is a really weird "comedy" from 1989 with…   Read Story »

Alice in Wonderland trailer, you guys: Well, that looks neat, I guess. (You say you did all of that with a what now? A computahuh?) Also: unnecessary. Did we need Tim Burton's Charlie and the…   Read Story »

Crispin Glover is objectively awesome, but this is actually FOR kids, so it's kind of strange. This would kind of scare me: I've never been afraid of spiders, until now. (There are other nursery…   Read Story »

The whole "is Joaquin Phoenix really retiring from acting to become a rapper?" and/or "hoax?" debate was getting so Joaquin Boring. People claimed he made it all up. He claimed those people were just…   Read Story »