The Siskel & Ebert balcony archives have opened. Witness Roger Ebert dismissing Full Metal Jacket as “too little and too late” and lesser than Platoon. And recycled basic training scenes? Not visually exciting? WTF? (And here they are on Blue Velvet.) (via Hollywood Elsewhere)

As Josh Glenn observes, it would appear that Anthony Lane does not know his science fiction film history, presumably because such knowledge would get in the way of additional quips.

Slate critic Dana Stevens has discovered that Bergman helmed soap commercials to make ends met. (via Cinetrix)