There's also the fact that for all his manipulation and mind games, he seems to genuinely believe he's in the right. He plays an incredibly complicated game, but underneath his motivations seem fairly simple. Of course, that doesn't mean he won't do terrible things, but his end-justifies-the-means attitude is shared…

The Inventory of late-period Simpsons episodes made me think of this, but the hardest I've laughed at a recent Simpsons episode was the Sundance one, where Jarmusch goes to a screening with Lisa and won't stop talking to the screen.

Boogie Nights just seemed a tad too disjointed for me. There are some excellent long-take, free-flowing scenes, like the party or the first shoot, but the shifts of mood between them felt extremely awkward. William H. Macy shoots himself, and then it's COKE! REAGAN! THE 80s! and everything goes wrong! In its ambition…

The remade Dawn of the Dead only rents it. Generation Kill OWNS it. In fact, Generation Kill OWNS full stop.

Showgirls
Appropriate film to end the piece on, Amelie, as I believe Kyle McLachlan spent his entire performance dreaming that he was in a better film.

Considering the title implies that the "dawn of the dinosaurs" happened AFTER mammals were established on earth, it's historically illiterate enough to play very well in Kansas.

I saw it last night too. Here's to reviving long-dead comments sections!

"Punk Dog (a brewery from scotland)"

I got a copy of The Onion in print when I was in New York! That was about 2 years ago, and I'd been a fan of the Onion/AV Club for years, so it was a nice thing to do, and a little more personal than all the other touristy stuff.

A Mann-Mamet collaboration would be excellent - they seem to mine similar territory, dealing with machismo and professionalism. I think the extent to which you enjoy Mann's films depends on what you think of his style and themes. I love both, and even when the tough-professionals-playing-for-high-stakes stuff seems a…

I'm fond of Miami Vice too, but it seems to be a minority opinion.

about *how* to get around that.

The first two seasons were very good (and 3 had some flashes of brilliance). Past that, it got self-consciously wackier and harder to watch, and eventually I just gave up. I think it's a bit much to expect a show to stay on the air for seven or eight years while holding to the same formula, and to Lawrence's credit,…

YES on Public Enemies. Even if I wasn't a big Michael Mann fan, this would still be the most promising film of the whole crop.

I was once on a day-long hike with someone who described the plot of a Jodi Picoult novel in endless detail to us (It may well have been the one in the article - something about a kid with a terminal disease?) Sweet mercy, did I want that hike to be over.

I think I read that too, Evel. However, dinsoaurs vs. napalm would have made it a lot more awesome.

It's more the fact that these bigots will be confronted with an out-and-proud homosexual in a public role* that doesn't consist of light entertainment. It will blow their minds and/or freak them out, and the worse effect it has on them the more I will admire this decision.

When they mention "concern that her sexuality would alienate some U.K. citizens" they mean her sexuality would "alienate" ignorant bigoted fuckheads who read the Daily Mail. And trust me, those specimens need to be alienated as much as possible.

Re: Morris - A lot of people didn't like Nathan Barley when it first aired. Those people are idiots.

Maybe in a few years Kristen Bell can play an actress who gets mocked for being in a terrible show about superheroes.