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This is a bit of spoiler space. Don't read further if you don't want spoilers because this is your last chance to avoid 'em. ***********SPOILERS TO FOLLOW************* Last week's episode pumped up the drama by a hefty margin. Now this...

I'm probably halfway through it, and so long as it doesn't pull a fucked up ending like Le Pacte des loups, I will be recommending it often.

By far my favorite type of movie is bank robbery type movies. I enjoy the planning, the execution, and the possibility of a large payoff compared to an even larger risk. Off the top of my head, I've seen: Italian Job: Mark Wahlburg was...

Certainly high on the list is Bambi. I have never seen it. But I can tell you that Bambi's mother dies. I think she is shot or something, I don't know. How do I know this? Dumb question - everyone knows this. It isn't even a spoiler any more, it...

No Cafe Society forum would be complete with at least one House thread in it, so I'm happy to oblige. Originally when House was created it was based (at least in part) on Sherlock Holmes. I'm curious how does it seem to be sticking to that idea?...

Welcome to another round of Culinary Capers™. As always, everyone is invited to contribute early and often. Having an edit function is certainly going to help with clarity. I'll be starting with some brand new recipes and then begin bolstering the...

This thread is for TV characters you loved that just disappeared from the show. Big Gay Al, you are missed. South Park isn't the same without you. Anyone else?

There may be a 9th season in the offing, at least according to one of ABC's presidents in charge of entertainment. Ratings in the coveted male 18-34 demo have better then expected this season for the show, and that along with improved storylines and...

Any style, any components...it's all good. The Perfect Hamburger 1/3 lb. patty comprised of 30% hot Italian sausage, 70% 80/20 ground chuck, cooked medium Kaiser roll, toasted mustard, bottom bun, Plochman's Firehouse lettuce, one leaf,...

The first one was washed in from Lake Michigan, rolling along the shoreline of Chicago's Lincoln Park. The body, a girl of perhaps fourteen, had been in the water several days. The cause of death was strangulation by ligature; there was evidence...

You guys are getting all up in my Canadian dandruff these days. :) Darby Conley's "Get Fuzzy" from March 24 is bugging me - I can't figure out if the book Satchel is reading, "From Curling to Ice Hockey - Famous Canadians" is supposed to written by...

If you haven't seen it already, I recommend this flick. It has great horror qualities and suspense. The ending, although surprising at the time, makes a lot of sense.

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I know a lot of posters use Netflix. Anyone interested in collecting some Domers (is that what we're calling ourselves?) as friends? If you befriend someone, you'll be able to see the number of movies you have in common with them and the...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is high up there with me.

So, I'm going to be starting dinner soon, and I was checking my available ingredients. I was planning on saute-ing mushrooms and onions in olive oil, and then mixing with pasta. And...I have some fresh green beans, and was looking at them and...

I'm not talking about stuff like, "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy"* or "We are the Mormons"*. I'm talking about music that never had any lyrics to begin with until some wisenheimer decided to make some up, or the little devil that lives in your...

In the behind the scenes stuff for movies like CEofTK and the documentary on Kubrick he comes across as funny,informative and very knowledgable. I can't believe that it's a time issue, as in he couldn't slot in a couple of hours to do it. Does he...

Randy tries to save the economy, but fails miserably. Best part, IMHO, was when they asked the reporter about the economy and he committed suicide. Though seeing how the folks at the Treasury department consulted the chart was pretty good too.

I have read "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" a dozen times at least, and as a result have actually figured out, and understand, the English pre-decimal coinage system. That said, there's still a bunch of stuff I need to work through, like...what is...

No, not that you pervs. There is an actor on "The Office" called B.J. Novak. He's also listed as a "co-producer" and occasional writer. In the opening credits, there are 5 names "above the title"; that is, prior to the words "The Office"...

The local radio djs use various audio clips during their shows, and one of them has a guy saying "I love the nightlife. I like to boogie." (He might be saying something other than "like" in the second half. I think the song lyric is "got"...

Okay, in the last playlist challenge, we came up with bands and songs with animals in the names. That was fun. I bet everyone who participated has caught at least one song on the radio (or somewhere) since then, that had animals in it, and you went...

I just watched the pilot of "Better Off Ted," a sitcom from ABC. Anyone else see it? (It's available on their website.) I really enjoyed it. Very silly stuff, especially Ted's boss, Veronica. I don't tend to be a sitcom watcher, so I don't...

This episode blew chunks, IMO. Badly edited, poorly directed, and the actors seemed lost, trying to compensate for the lack of direction by over-the-top performances. The plot turned unbelievable, with Bill directing and participating in DA office...

It should have been called "I used my boobies to transport the hay." Delayed, I assume by basketball. Grr. Lots of people sounded dismayed to go to India. I think India looks amazing. Yes, poor and chaotic in so many of the places they go,...

Hope this is the right forum... I took kind of a break from watching hard core porn for a few years (I never watched a lot, but some). In the past year or so, I've watched a few again ...maybe a dozen, I dunno. When last I watched, condoms...

I'd like to set up some general guidelines for The Guggenheim, and your input will be appreciated. There's just one hard-and-fast rule: No threadshitting. For example, if a group of posters are discussing a TV show or a series of books, you may...

Maybe I've been living under a rock and everyone else has heard of these, but they were new to me and I want to spread the word. The other day a friend showed me The Visitor, a brilliant little film about an economics professor in Connecticut who...

Spring is here, according to the date and according to the weather until today, when the temps dropped into the low 40s, but I digress. Spring is here! I feel the urge to bake something, but all my go-to recipes seem too heavy, and I'm not...

In the past month, I've noticed that on many "real life" television shows about prison (MSNBC especially) and street gangs, whenever a black person speaks, subtitles appear on the screen. However, when a white person speaks, there's no subtitles. ...

There are many fiction genres. You've got your comedy, your tragedy, your drama, your mystery, your romance, your horror, your thriller and so on. Then there are a few genres that aren't genres at all but settings. The three that come to mind are...

The year 3642. Earth has been absorbed by force into The Empire. Oh, it has a longer name, but that's what people call it, because it's the Empire, ok? Humanity is a very very small minority in this Empire, one of only a handful or humanoid...

I really enjoyed tonight's episode. It had an emotional core, a couple of surprises, and I was really tense about what would happen to a couple of characters I've really started to like. Is anyone still watching?

A spin off of this thread -- what did you all used to read, but get tired of? I'll quote myself, from that thread: Is still worth reading? I haven't read it in years. Not that I stopped, per se, but I could NEVER follow the storylines as they...

I know what you're thinking. "Skaldie," you're saying to yourself, "you're just trying to trick us into discussing the books of Robert Heinlein." Well...duh. Anyway...the Master was fond of giving his characters not-quite-super powers. Oscar...

Getting things going early for tonight's episode. According to my TV listings (roughly, working from memory): Dean is asked to use the torturing skills he picked up in Hell. Sam doubts that Dean is up for the job. Speculation? I haven't...

I was watching The Incredible Hulk last night, in which Tim Roth plays an aging Special Forces tough guy obsessed with being as powerful as the Hulk: he shoots up Gamma Serum , illicitly gets himself irradiated, and turns into the Abomination, an...

I've just finished reading Around The World In 80 Days - for the first time (for me). Before I read it, I thought I knew quite a lot of the details in it, but I was wrong. So I thought this might be interesting: 1. Have you read the book, if...

Anybody know of a good website that has examples of religious iconography drawn from a broad spectrum of faiths, and not focusing strictly on Christianity or a subset of it (like say Catholicism or Lutheranism, for example)? My googlefu is weak,...

Man, JT is hard-core.

Did anyone catch Hell's Kitchen last night? I've had it with that effing Lacy. What a lazy bitch. How can she be so inept, yet be annoyed when her team tries to tell her what she needs to do? I can't believe that he kept Lacy on for...

That would be so awesome. I can understand the problems with having a premiere there, since they don't actually have a movie theatre, but it would still be awesome. I think we would drive there for that (especially if Leonard Nimoy actually showed...

I'd do Amazing Race. And that's about it. All the others I've seen are either not applicable or make you look crazy and/or stupid. You?

I don't know anything, but I suspect much. Please spoiler tag any info you have gotten from other sources, but feel free to pull stuff out of your ass about how you think this will all end. Ron Moore is an evil son of a bitch, so I have my...

Which movie has virtually no redeeming artistic or entertainment value despite the presence of the most talented performers? (I'm talking quantity of actors you consider to be worth watching. I'm watching ABSOLUTE POWER, which should have been...

My niece, enterprising darling that she is, has set up her very own shop on Amazon for selling confetti eggs. I've been encouraging her to find ways to make money where she can, since finding a job for a teenager right now is next to impossible...

I read a lot of blogs during the day (well when I'm in the mood) and I've run into some great posters. Here are a couple of mine, and I hope you'll share a couple of yours. captainsmack elle the pirate elaine

They've been playing this older song a lot on my radio station lately. No idea why but this is bugging me. In the song "Always" by Erasure, the rhythm does something that strikes my ear as very odd. It goes: "Always I want to be with you...

She suffered a head injury after a skiing accident. How horrible and tragic for her family.