I just want to point out that of the last four Sparks movies, three have had a brunette/blonde pair of leads. Also the only person of colour in this one is a Hispanic cop who has but a handful of lines.

It doesn't really look like a home video. It just looks like 80s news (which are the kind of cameras it was shot on). It blends seamlessly with the archival footage and if you look up one of the actual "No" TV spots, the one in the movie looks near identical.

I saw it on Tuesday and guessed she was a ghost when she magically warns Hough about her crazy husband at the 4th of July thingo, but I STILL I went into hysterics as the credits rolled. It was almost worth sitting through just for that one piece of sublime bullshit (there are a few other laugh-worthy moments in the…

This is an A grade film for me. I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. I think this may be, perhaps, because it succeeded where ARGO most notably failed. Since both are politically-charged recent-period dramas based on true stories, I think the comparison is vaguely appropriate. In any case, NO's political intellect and…

GOD FUCKING DAMN GEOBLOCKING. Even my usual tricks can't bypass it. Urgghhgh.

I've never really heard it used much as an insult, at least, barely anymore. And I don't get the "pointing out abnormality" angle because, well, it isn't the norm? No matter what word we use, there's an element of difference to it/us.

May I ask why? I get that it does get bandied about as an insult, but I don't know why that should make any difference.

The only sex ed I was ever taught was in grade 7, and in the form of a stack of books on a table which I studiously read. I don't remember if there was anything but straight nonsense in there but it did spur me to go online and track down info more pertinent to my interests. Not that that is an ideal process but I…

I identify as a queer person more than as a gay man. I get too fed up with the way so many gay men act like they're above other members of their community, so i enjoy the solidarity of something more general. And really, as far as a catch-all term goes, it's about as good a word as you're going to get.

I don't see how Kenya is less hyper than ANYONE, but I get your point.

I kinda think this week and last week's grades are the wrong way round, but damn, Bunheads is on a hot streak.

I don't understand this. How is stubborn refusal to engage in a piece of television a more appealing option to you than watching and very possibly greatly enjoying it? Like, if 20 people told you to watch whatever your favourite movie now is, and then you finally did, wouldn't you be grateful? Drop the crippling…

Except, you know, the story about possible molestation?

What classifies as nudity here? Because if showing her breasts = nudity, then shouldn't we get up in arms with the same fury about guys on CW shows spending so much of their screen time shirtless? No one's complaining about Patrick Wilson's "nudity" here because societal conventions of the naked body dictate that male…

It's just a naked body. It's really no more or less weird than a clothed body. I do not understand why, or how, it would "bring the show down" when it's a very, very clearly long-established aspect of Hannah's character.

@avclub-7531a93baf5da0105892793cdeaf8cf8:disqus Dude, she's naked all the time because it's a character trait. You've watched all of the show, how is not obvious at this point that being naked is just something Hannah likes to be? She's trying to be a sponge for experience, she says so in this very goddamn episode.…

@avclub-07b683aaf8286790f471dc144f596a33:disqus To you, maybe, but why do you get to decide what male characters in the show find attractive? Not everybody is solely attracted to nice, conventional people. And it's the writers' prerogative to tell us stories and that sometimes involves putting Dunham with a male…

@avclub-cb0e59b8f769a8698b9f7154dd8809b5:disqus That's pretty dumb.

We're going to Red Lobster, Andre.

Veep got plenty of attention when it was actually airing, but it hasn't had a new episode since June. It's not really a fair comparison, since Enlightened was completely off the radar during the same period (aside from a few critics championing it on catch-up on Twitter). Remember that Veep was a multiple Emmy nominee…