I wasn't there, but I met Keckler for lunch at the Ferry Building a year or two ago. I met Charlie Jane at WonderCon (and I also ran into her after the Terminator Salvation screening).

And so was Andy Garcia (the young version).

Oh, the young Andy Garcia was, indeed, quite beautiful. I will watch The Untouchables every single time it's on, for that reason alone.

Gotcha. It was in 2003, I think. Quite a while ago! When she and Mark first moved out from Massachusetts.

When Branaugh says he's quit, Williams responds to the effect of "No you haven't. Look, you're either a smoker or you're not. Pick one and be that."

Which was then beautifully countered by when he sees Andy Garcia's character inhaling off the cigarette through his trach box. What does he say? "Keep 'em. I just quit."

I just(or rather, finally) saw Marie Antoinette. Lovely to gaze at, but at the same time, I had one thought: "Como se dice Medellin en frances? Marie Antoinette!" Except Ms. Dunst did not look like Tony Clifton. Ari Gold was right...a sexy trailer can hide a lot of shit.OTOH, I should have known a Best Costuming winner would never, um, blow my skirt up.

I will watch The Untouchables every single time it's on, for that reason alone.

I love The Untouchables! For the pretty that is Andy Garcia, the fun that is Charles Martin Smith, and the awesomeness that is Sean Connery. NSM for Kevin Costner--just about anyone could have played Ness at the same level if not better than he did.

He really blew the delivery of the big speech to the judge at the end of the film, when he says (IIRC), "I have become what I have beheld, and I am content to have done so." That was a key statement for Elliot Ness, and he buried it in the midst of the rest of the monologue.

Gotcha. It was in 2003, I think. Quite a while ago! When she and Mark first moved out from Massachusetts.

Then I definitely wasn't there! I moved here in 2006. And aha, I met Keckler on February 18, 2007. I have not seen her since, sadly.

There's a line that Robin Williams had in Dead Again that has always stuck with me. When he notices Branaugh chewing on his pen, he grills him about being a smoker. When Branaugh says he's quit, Williams responds to the effect of "No you haven't. Look, you're either a smoker or you're not. Pick one and be that."

That always stuck with me, too. It actually helped me quit smoking for awhile (4 years) because in my brain I decided I was a smoker who didn't need to smoke. And actually, I find my one cigarette a day now (with a glass of wine) to be very enjoyable-- much more so than smoking a lot.

I just watched Dreams With Sharp Teeth. It's quite fun. It's more about Ellison as a person than his work, which is fine since the work speaks for itself. One of the extras is footage of the premiere screening, and afterward Ellison says something like "That's about as close as you'll come to what it's like to hang out with me for a couple of hours."

Oh, and the other extra is an extended recording of Ellison & Neil Gaiman chatting over pizza. During which Ellison makes fun of Gaiman's "costume." Though Gaiman spoils the punchline to a terrible joke Ellison's telling, so it balances out.

When I first saw The Untouchables and set mine eyes upon Andy Garcia, my pre-teen self went "WANT".

His aquiline nose, his deep dreamy eyes, his mysterious voice, and hair I want to run my hands through.

Excuse me...