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Glad to see Oslo, August 31st getting attention, though sad it didn't make the main list. My favorite film of the year.

Glad to see Oslo, August 31st getting attention, though sad it didn't make the main list. My favorite film of the year.

Most if not all were talked about here. The only one to place high which didn't get discussed all that much is the Hertzfeld, which I'm sad to have missed when it played near me.

Most if not all were talked about here. The only one to place high which didn't get discussed all that much is the Hertzfeld, which I'm sad to have missed when it played near me.

The Clock is one of the best movies of every year.

The Clock is one of the best movies of every year.

This is equally true of the original. I like most of Haneke's stuff, but the Funny Games movies are just didactic, childish haranguing, and about as subtle as a sledgehammer.

This is equally true of the original. I like most of Haneke's stuff, but the Funny Games movies are just didactic, childish haranguing, and about as subtle as a sledgehammer.

Going to movies alone is one of the great pleasures in life that so many people feel weird about. Embrace it, it's awesome.

Going to movies alone is one of the great pleasures in life that so many people feel weird about. Embrace it, it's awesome.

You're a terrible lawyer, presenting Xzibit to counter your own argument…

You're a terrible lawyer, presenting Xzibit to counter your own argument…

Is this due to a scarcity of crawdad?

Is this due to a scarcity of crawdad?

Or even remotely good in a bad film, for that matter.

Or even remotely good in a bad film, for that matter.

Speaking of The Golden Child, who has made more worse films, Schneider or Eddie Murphy?

Speaking of The Golden Child, who has made more worse films, Schneider or Eddie Murphy?

Incorrect. The goat humping was in the test screened initial cut of Schindler's List. Spielberg later removed it—something about the tone not being right.

Incorrect. The goat humping was in the test screened initial cut of Schindler's List. Spielberg later removed it—something about the tone not being right.