"Important" is a tough call (in terms of the industry, you can easily argue that Michael Bay is more important), but I do think he's one of the few international filmmakers who's genuinely marching to the beat of his own drum.  Don't get me wrong: there are a lot of brilliant people working today, but even the best of…

Gawd, Hurt is amazing in The Proposition (although so is Ray Winstone, and not much else.)

Gawd, Hurt is amazing in The Proposition (although so is Ray Winstone, and not much else.)

That my be true re:earthbenders, but it still makes the design of the trap a little silly, right?  Why build a wall to stop the people who can go right underneath it?

That my be true re:earthbenders, but it still makes the design of the trap a little silly, right?  Why build a wall to stop the people who can go right underneath it?

This was my least-favorite episode so far.  There were some great moments (I'm still thinking B-), but the pacing was so bad that all the important information had to be doled out in really awkward, direct chunks.  Conspiracy search, red herring, overheard conversation, friendship ruined, conversation reinterpreted,…

This was my least-favorite episode so far.  There were some great moments (I'm still thinking B-), but the pacing was so bad that all the important information had to be doled out in really awkward, direct chunks.  Conspiracy search, red herring, overheard conversation, friendship ruined, conversation reinterpreted,…

Fun fact: 1984 is loosely based on Zamyatin's We, which is a better novel in every single respect.

Fun fact: 1984 is loosely based on Zamyatin's We, which is a better novel in every single respect.

the last kids to exit the bus apparently live 50+ miles from their high school, commuting over 90 minutes)

the last kids to exit the bus apparently live 50+ miles from their high school, commuting over 90 minutes)

Nope, other way around: look up the history of the name, and you'll find that its earliest uses were as given names (it was popular in medieval Europe, for example.)

Nope, other way around: look up the history of the name, and you'll find that its earliest uses were as given names (it was popular in medieval Europe, for example.)

Gawd, I love Tina Fey: her 'stop, drop and roll' moment at the beginning, and that genuinely sweet ending, really made this episode for me.

Gawd, I love Tina Fey: her 'stop, drop and roll' moment at the beginning, and that genuinely sweet ending, really made this episode for me.

Yeah… As much as I hate to say it, I don't know if any of the teams this season would have had much of a chance in previous, tighter seasons.  I dug some of the ideas behind the challenges, but overall, it was a bit ol bag of mediocre last night.  And I'm well-inclined toward Fanny Pak because I love team that aim for…

I think everyone other than Eva Marie Saint knows that the movie is propaganda.

Which is why what really makes me cry buckets is (Spoiler?) the ending, when they're reunited in the afterlife.  Because that part is purely fictional: he's creating this whole work hoping that he gets to see her again.

I'll check it out.  The Return might be my favorite Russian film in the last ten years.

Can we get a reverse version of the interview where Miller asks Caelum about working with Guy Maddin?  Because I want to read that, too.