1. Mike acknowledged Skolimowsky's pedigree as a director.
2. He analysed the film as much as he needed to in this format.

So…take your theme from a well-known piece of classical music, often with minimal change in instrumentation, and that's original. Write a completely new score but have the director add a few pieces of pre-existng music to titles or to set a scene, and that's unoriginal. Got it.

Yeah, but so did everyone.

The American poster for The Handmaiden seems to be full of spoilers!!!

Agreed. It's not the most visually elegant poster, but it's absolutely perfect for a doco about De Palma.

Spoiler: John Cena was the sniper all along.

If Lou Reed and Eric Clapton choose the same song, Clapton is the one who should have changed.

The answer is: both.

I'm glad to hear it.

Would you have a grilled Cleese sandwich?

Hey there. While you're here, is everyone in Taiwan happy about Trump sticking up for them against China or terrified that he's about to trigger an expeditionary force?

From Wikipedia*: "The ancient inhabitants of its coast perceived the Caspian Sea as an ocean, probably because of its saltiness and large size."

They don't have cable?

He'll be first in line when they open the embassy in Metaguay.

Finland, Finland, Finland,
It's where I want to be.

Alaska? What's that?

Especially easy if you leave from Alaska.

That is what is called a false equivalence. Just because we can't be certain about some things doesn't make all beliefs about them equally valid. We still don't know exactly what happened to flight MH370, to choose a non-religious example, but "the pilot's brain was taken over by a homicidal invisible alien telepath…

They've changed the thumbnail and edited the comic. Excellent decision. But now half of the commentary makes no sense!

Kate Beaton lets the occasional spelling mistake slip through, but it's never as bad as "farse". That, and her comics are so good I would love them even if she couldn't spell her own name.