The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version), Super Mario Bros… To this day The Killing Fields is mentioned before Roland Joffe's name to prove that he's done anything of legitimate quality.

The Scarlet Letter (Demi Moore version), Super Mario Bros… To this day The Killing Fields is mentioned before Roland Joffe's name to prove that he's done anything of legitimate quality.

September: Where the studios put Oscar-bait movies they suspect might actually be crap.

September: Where the studios put Oscar-bait movies they suspect might actually be crap.

Ehh… I dunno. I don't think that was done with "prestige picture" in mind. Plus, it actually got a ton of nominations.

Ehh… I dunno. I don't think that was done with "prestige picture" in mind. Plus, it actually got a ton of nominations.

Kevin Smith had a joke in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" about Matt Damon's trifecta of Oscar-bait movies.

Kevin Smith had a joke in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" about Matt Damon's trifecta of Oscar-bait movies.

I was working in a movie theater showing it. I always struggled to describe the plot when people asked what it is.

I was working in a movie theater showing it. I always struggled to describe the plot when people asked what it is.

What about The Human Stain, with its Oscar-bait casting of Anthony Hopkins as a secretly black college professor and Nicole Kidman as his illiterate janitor girlfriend?

What about The Human Stain, with its Oscar-bait casting of Anthony Hopkins as a secretly black college professor and Nicole Kidman as his illiterate janitor girlfriend?

I'm anti the bratty Wayans offspring responsible for "Dance Flick".

I'm anti the bratty Wayans offspring responsible for "Dance Flick".

Generally months that fall right at the start of a school semester have lower theater attendance, since teens are otherwise occupied, so that's when studios dump movies that for one reason or another they have little faith in.

Generally months that fall right at the start of a school semester have lower theater attendance, since teens are otherwise occupied, so that's when studios dump movies that for one reason or another they have little faith in.

I don't like the way they do the immunity challenge when it's more than 2 tribes, because it lowers the stakes: You don't have to come in first, just don't come in last.

I don't like the way they do the immunity challenge when it's more than 2 tribes, because it lowers the stakes: You don't have to come in first, just don't come in last.

Only Lena Dunham would ACTUALLY have sex in a gutter. (See: Tiny Furniture)

Only Lena Dunham would ACTUALLY have sex in a gutter. (See: Tiny Furniture)