I hope you’re kidding. I just got done reading your Reel Deal column [Spring 1998] regarding The Object of my Affection. For anyone to use “Aniston” and “promising film career” in the same sentence is a sure sign of armageddon. Not only is she a poor actress at best (wow, what range on “Friends,” she can go from pretentious to snotty and back!), but that damn movie was already made. It was called Chasing Amy, remember?

Only Kevin Smith had the balls to make it brutally honest and hilarious, and it was made for about one half of one percent of the cost. It’s a real shame that just because a movie has a familiar face and a bottomless budget, it gets kudos from you. Show some opinion that’s against the norm, and then you’ll fully be supporting your readers.

Brian Murton, U. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh