I'd say this is Cruise's best dramatic performance in a walk (though I appreciate the heavy lifting he does in "Rain Man" opposite Dustin Hoffman's one-note stunt, and a script that paints him as a 2-dimensional jerk; he actually makes the movie about at least one recognizable human being). And I adore his cocky,…

And he's very generous—or maybe it was Scorsese's influence—in the way he hands most of his scenes over to Newman and Mastrantonio, even as Vincent seems to be showboating. He's not afraid to look stupid and two paces behind the other two characters, who have his number and a whole lot more going on in their…

That's a really solid "big 5" list ("The One Where No One's Ready" was always one of my favorites), but I'm glad folks called out the one with the backpacking in Europe story and the videocassette—and the delicious double-twist ending. Also, the one where Courtney Cox-as-Monica goes through the seven erogenous zones…

I'm gay—but certainly not blind—and I still remember Aniston cocking a hip in that form-fitting pale green dress. Yowza.

Just saw it via DVR, and many comments spot on: Walken was embarassing, neither scary nor funny. Williams did just fine and actually got better and better as the show went on. Borle, O'Hara, Driver and the kids were all aces, especially the adorably dim but enthusiastic Lost Boys (too old, but gave the show pep and…

I've always thought Wiig was hit-or-miss as a comedienne—some stuff she just nails to the wall, and other times she seems infatuated with her own self-congratulatory adorability. (Gilly!) However, she had some truly remarkable dramatic scenes in "Friends With Kids" as one-half of an unhappy couple (opposite Jon…

Oh dear God. Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes.

Rivers, on Elizabeth Taylor in the early 80's: "She pierced her ears, and gravy came out." "Mosquitos look at her and scream 'buffet!'" "Her blood type is Ragu!" Mean. But funny.

Haven't looked at all of the comments, but not sure if anyone mentioned "The Swimmer," a dark classic based on John Cheever's story from the 60's with the buff, beautiful Burt Lancaster literally swimming his way home from neighbor's pool to neighbor's pool…until the twist ending. In one remarkable scene, he tries to…

I've got to give credit to a singer-songwriter with a disarmingly sweet voice ("Vincent" "Castles In The Air") deciding, after the tumult of the late 60's and Hendrix, the Doors, Clapton, Joplin, et all, that he was going to do an uptempo folk song about the musical and metaphoric loss of American innocence. Purple…

I appreciate your effort, Brian. :)

The Seattle Times critic John Hartl called it "the best Disney movie of the 1970's." True, the competition was a little thin, but…

Never let her read Dodie Smith's original novel—there's a whole subplot with Cruella having a white cat, whose kittens she regularly drowns. The cat's revenge on her (not in the movie) is…delicious.

Lynn Holly Johnson also had the lead in "Ice Castles." Please, don't let this feeling (or movie) end!

I was really surprised watching it again, as several people have noticed, that "innocent" people get bumped off in it with unnerving regularity for a comic book movie more or less targeted at kids. (The Christmas Princess falling off the roof and triggering the mechanism that released the bats was notably twisted.)

I worked for Red Robin (in Eugene and at Bayfair Mall in San Leandro) in the early 90's for a few years—the Eugene store was pretty cool (largely awesome staff), but the San Leandro one was hell. I should've gotten out early on when a security guy posted in the bar gave us a demo on how to duck in case gunfire broke…

They're both designed to reduce you to rubble; it's just that the original is all slow-build terror, like in a haunted house movie, and the second (once you get past the first 1/2 hour plus) become a much more relentless roller coaster of one adrenaline-packed set-piece after another. Though the original is…

Yes, they're downplaying the music. Yes, this is not a multi-ethnic production, which will rankle in some quarters. Yes, this is going to be dinged by know-nothings for ripping off "Once Upon a Time" (when it's actually the other way around, "OUAT" has been pilfering "Woods" for the past four years). With that cast…

So I'm sensing a strong "Empire Strikes Back" movement amongst the comments, that Burton's 2nd movie, "Batman Returns," and Nolan's 2nd movie, "The Dark Knight," are the best of their respective runs, minor caveats/flaws aside. (Not coincidentally, that means that Pfeiffer's Catwoman and Ledger's Joker are the most…

I'm an Xer who loved this movie for its sharply witty script; then one day I noticed how everyone in it is white, straight, and financially comfortable, and can now only enjoy it for its superficial pleasures. Even Kline's smugness about there being ""no other music in his house" is now a turnoff.