People like Glen Beck go way back. Father Coughlin started well before WWII. I don't when the first U.S. secular hate radio started, but I know it was well established (as a fringie thing) by the 60s.

Yeah...I could see that, although I don't think Tim Robbins quite carried it off...or the script wasn't as good, maybe. Do not remember which, but "Face" had a powerhouse screenwriter.

Does anyone know enough about the movie Savages to explain why Blake Lively's face is obscured in the poster? Firstly, she's a hot chick. Secondly, I didn't think the drug dealing kids were the savages, ergo wearing the "tribal" (or do I mean "ethnic"?) mask. Or, if they are, why aren't the other two masked?

What's up with her character, and assuming she shares that with Benicio's...

I mean, shouldn't it be Taylor's face they're hiding, just in case he's recognised by potential viewers?

Aww, poor Taylor. I'll always love you, 33.

He is totally having a Medellin period now...which made me picture him all "Tejas!Siempre!"(you're welcome...) If it gets bad enough maybe he'll sing at the next f2f... (/geeky Entourage references) But if Vinny can come back, maybe he can, too.

Photo of Tom Hiddleston in a damn-near see-through t-shirt. It's been distracting me all day, so I figured I might as well share.

Oh, look, he's wearing glasses.

ON TOPIC, HEY!

Gaaaah, Mirkwood. Not looking forward to that part.

Sits with Jilli.

FURY: Left a couple of magazines in there for you. Try the Highlights for Children. Great comic in the back. About a guy named Gallant and his dumbass fuck-up brother.

Cleolinda rocks.

So, we saw Spider-Man last night. I'm still trying to sort through how I feel about the film, but I guess I'll just type and see how it comes out. Not too many spoilers below so I'm not going to white font.

My reaction overall: the movie was just okay.

Beau liked it a lot and felt that it did justice to Spider-man. He never did like Tobey Maguire.

So the long and the short of it: if you are a FAN of the character, you will probably like film better than someone who is a fan.

I thought the movie was kind of boring the first 2/3rds in. I lay the entire blame of the movie's faults on the director. Period. In the hands of a better director, I know I would have enjoyed this movie a lot more. The writing wasn't STELLAR, but it was serviceable and got the job done. Garfield as Spider-man? Eh. I think he could have been better if the director helped him not be so repetitious in his facial movements and gestures. If it makes sense, at times he seemed to act younger than his character and that threw me out of the movie.

However, Emma Stone is the business. She fucking stole that show. She has more charisma than any fucking person in that movie and that's the truth. I haven't seen her in much, but I am now a fan. Unfortunately, in just about every scene, she seemed much older than a high school student. There is a part at the end where I'm like: okay, so she's an 18-year-old postdoc, right?

I am not much of a Denis Leary fan, so there was too much of him in this movie.

Overall, I wish they had spent less time on the origin story. I think I was bored because I feel like this is the third time I have seen Spider-man's origins in a film with version a being the first Tobey film, version b being the 2nd, and this version (which also changes the origin story in ways I do not prefer).

There were kids at my viewing (like 4 year olds) and the material is just not appropriate for kids that young at all. I can't even imagine bringing a child that young to this movie. Almost all of the themes discussed in the film were adult emotions, complex. The child in my aisle didn't know what was going on in the movie at all. She asked from the first moment in the film: "who is that?"

I also didn't really find the film that funny. It probably didn't HAVE to be funny, but it should be if you are pitching it to a pre-teen (or younger) audience.