I'm of a slightly older generation because I remember been a young fan of HBO's "Dream On" who was not really interested in the comedy or classic film clips but was waiting for the almost guaranteed gratuitous nude scene featuring an improbably attractive twentysomething actress that Brian Benben was sleeping with…

My teenage mind was blown by "New Paths To Helicon". Mogwai were my introduction to the whole "Quiet/Loud" music genre and for that I'll always be very fond of them. They are also an ace live act.

Well the reviewer was berating the film for appearing at Cannes instead of focusing on the film itself. Maybe it would have been better received if it had premiered elsewhere.

As for the question as why did this hack film mange to end up in Cannes? Maybe the producers were well connected and they managed to pull some strings. Or maybe the frogs go nuts for Liev Schreiber which bodes well for Ray Donovan's chances on French TV.

Plus he can a bit of an entitled dick. Been born a billionaire can do that to a man.

Or IPad.

I can't imagine that too many state prosecutor's socialize with people that they tried to send to the chair. Small talk over the canapes can be slightly awkward in those circumstances.

Bitchy Oliver is a lot of fun. I can now picture Stephen Amell guest starring on a sitcom as a catty queen who calls everyone girlfriend during the season hiatus.

It was called Defense Of The Realm and Byrne was indeed great in it (as was Denholm Elliot). That film does a great job of capturing the appealing grottiness of Fleet Street bars and Newspaper offices of the time.

McAnally did an excellent Northern English accent in the original while Byrne plays the first ever English PM who has a polished Dublin accent. Go figure.

Indeed. But then again he has written a lot of good roles for actress's over the years. Which makes those kind of one dimensional bitch girlfriend parts even more grating.

Exactly. I realised what a fan of McAdams when watching the film because of how frustrated I was with how one dimensional and shrewish her character was. The old Woody could have given her some dimension and nuisance but that didn't happen here.

I finally got around to watching Woody Allen's Midnight In Paris and I was surprised at how disappointed I was with the film. My expectations were high because of it's great success at the box office and a 81% score at Metacritic. But It got off to a poor start with a cheesy montage of picture postcard Parisian…

Good to know, thanks.

That's some comprehensive speculation. Nice work man.

Exactly. She's gorgeous, she has screen charisma and she can sing. If that's not enough credentials for a successful Hollywood career then what exactly is?

There could be a fun article about some poor writer at the AV Club watching a marathon of Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies. They are a bizarre sub-genre made up of toxic sentimentality, awful scripts and slumming TV actors whose show was just cancelled and they really need the paycheck in order to pay for their…

Has anyone actually seen the original films? Are they worth watching or have they fallen into obscurity for a good reason?

I really liked the original synthesizer score that was used when Reese was attacking the Marshals. It had a cool 80's throwback sound, kind of like a ramped up John Carpenter score.

The implications of a grain would be interesting in how they would affect politics and national security. I'd imagine that the world of espionage would transform considerably if there was a 24 hour recording of people who had access to sensitive information. Plus the grain could be used to prosecute crooked…