@avclub-cfe912f5cb3aa572bd1c9ae2a9b82207:disqus Gold Rush is the most touched title by Chaplin. For his other silent films, he wrote a score. On Gold Rush, he wrote a score, replaced the intertitles by a voice-over narration he did himself and re-edited the film. Apparently, he was also driven by a real concern: some…

Kudos for the Chris Elliott mention.
Shannon was actually in a comedy cult show, Delocated. He was the guy in the park with whom "Jon" swaps clothes in the first season finale, "Sick of It", and who naturally gets murdered soon after. They talk about their favorite subs and other important things in the Delocated…

And The View.

Given the new team in charge of the film section, they're technically replacementies.

Mario van Peebles, Jaws : The Revenge, theatrical cut.

It would be a rehash of A Talkin' Cat !?!.

Current season has fixed a few things (the rain, the red herrings at the end of every episode), and the new characters appear to be balanced and interesting. I even had hope by the end of the season premiere but the 17 bodies dumped at the same place are classic The Killing bullshit.

I was hoping so much he would actually be Malin Akerman in drag, as Lane Pryce's illegitimate daughter who wanted to chastise the firm for what they did to her father.

"The Wire's Dominic West to star in another cable series where his character screws people over in pursuit of his own ends"

Yes for one, even if they'll have to tone down the dean's clothes compared to season 4.
Nay for two. It will be for the movie after season 6.

Harmon had one year to clean his act, doesn't have Chevy Chase on set anymore as a source of tension and may be aware he was given a rare second chance from Sony for his show. And he will have fewer scripts to write and rewrite anyway. Steve Jobs had improved as a human being when he was asked back at Apple. But he…

@avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus From what I know (actually from what I've read on Wikipedia and similar sources), Harrison Ford (and the producer) felt that Deckard was human, the original screenwriter (and presumably David Peoples) preferred ambiguity, and Ridley Scott is now pushing for the replicant…

Kingdom of Heaven is actually quite good in the director's cut, even if Bloom can't hold enough gravitas for the part.

And this time, Eric Roberts' voice will be totally suited to the project.

@avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus Good and bad.
The franchise may not have been an auteur stronghold but Terence Young and Sean Connery are jointly responsible for the definition of Bond onscreen as Connery was still a slightly stiff actor before taking the part and Young taught him many tricks to look…

@avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus My bad… Like Liam Gallagher, I get confused with too many letters. Of course, it was Christopher Wood and The Spy Who Loved Me.

@avclub-2abf2b82c099047f2d089c7e7abe42b1:disqus As OHMSS was supposed to follow-up Thunderball.
That said, I doubt that the 1979 version of FYEO would have been very different from the actual Moonraker, apart from the space sequences. At that point in the franchise, the novels or short stories were just titles.…

There has never been an American director for Bond (outside of the non official films). One of the things that Mendes did actually right on Skyfall is that he re-established the connection between the Bond character and Great Britain. You can't say the same about Guy Ritchie and Sherlock Holmes.

Yep. All Brosnan entries were directed by different directors, while stability had been one of the defining things in the franchise up to Timothy Dalton.

They can only do these once in a while, as a fun diversion from a somewhat serious background. The team that made "The Spy Who Loved Me" followed up with "Moonraker", which is one of the worst in the entire franchise.
As Peter Hunt (who edited, or directed the second unit for most of the Connery episodes, and directed…