Reel Aficionado Gifts

'Well, I thought crankbaits made really great stocking stuffers.'

Robots search for people's personal information in the cloud.

"Bond James, Bond."

Screenwriters pitch movie to studio boss: 'It's a reinterpretation of Bicycle Thieves, that classic of Italian neo-realism. We're calling it, Dude, Where's My Chopper?'

"I caution everyone to avoid taking the first field reporter job that comes along."

"There's smart phones and smart cars, so why can't there be smart rooms that clean themselves?"

'We have 800 beers on tap. If you want to hear all of them, you'll have to get here earlier, we close in six hours.'

"I'll do the movie but I want to be highly compensated and highly acclaimed."

"Meet the author"

'First you forget logarithms. Then you forget how to do long division. Then the multiplication table begins to go...'

"He's taught himself work-life balance."

"I need a deeper access to his brain. Only google has the records."

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

"Don't worry, Ref, just shock, it's his first save all season."

'...and in 1/100000 of a second, it can compound the programmer's error 87,500 times.'

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"If you're smart enough to design a robot to do your homework, then you're certainly smart enough to just do your homework."

"Seth, here, is one of the best young creative compromisers in the business."

"Hey, remember a few days ago, when all this was unacceptable?"

'Have you been 'helping the environment by supporting local produce' again?'

"Bloody hell!"

'The World will speak hip-hop tomorrow.'

Rap music

"I fear one day our jobs will be taken over by technology."

"Listen to this: 'Technology reduces the time we spend on a given task, but increases the number of tasks we're expected to do.' Sounds like a no-win situation to me!"

Waiter, what's this fly doing in my soup? A scene from an Esther Williams movie.

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the heck else are you talking... you talking to me?"

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

Kritik's Korner

Driverless cars rage.

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

Man with 'Real Ale' written on t-shirt, woman with 'Real Pine' written on rolling pin

Beer Stall

'And if you can't find the microbrew you're looking for here, you might want to try our other store: Microbrews C to E.'