Seven: The Backwoods, Depression, and Carrying Your Own Shotgun

An eerie discrepancy begins to eek into your head. Who the heck is this whiny Paddy Considine guy? Why does HE get to carry the shotgun out of the woods? It was supposed to be me!

Six: Lost in Space, villainous career advice, and life lessons from Vincent Price

You know who IS trying here, though? Gary Oldman. Gary Oldman is trying.

Tiny Gary has Big Weekend Plans

Preview of coming attractions. I don't think Real Gary would be as pleased about Lost in Space as Tiny Gary apparently is.

Three: Track 29, The Love Ladder, and the Unexpected Value of Ugliness

Something about this relationship made me think about Plato's The Symposium. Stay with me, here

Two: Robocop, Reinvention, & Nostalgia

Gary Oldman, in his little round spectacles, probably deserves better lines than the following: "Aleeeeeeeex! ALEX! Alex. Alex! Alex! ALEEEEX CAN YOU HEAR ME? Alex! Alex! Alex! Alex, no!" (Clearly he cannot hear you, Gary, or he probably would have mentioned it by now).

One: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Character Building, and The Gift of Loss

We inevitably hope the best for Harry because time and time again the boy is subjected to the loss of those he loves.