Agree. The fun of Logan is the fantasy; I would never date him personally, nor encourage a friend to do so, but I love watching a TV character fall in love with him and weather epic/nonrealistic drama together.

Good point re: Marisa Tomei. No one ever heard from Mercedes Reuhl—aside from a brief stint on "Frasier"—after her Oscar win.

Helen Hunt should probably also be added to the "people who made terrible choices after winning Oscars" list, since even she admitted people were sick of her (in a People magazine interview, I believe).

"Is there anyone in the 86-year history of the Academy Awards who reacted as badly to winning one of the big prizes as Spacey?"
-Renee Zellweger and Cuba Gooding Jr. come to mind; it's like the music that played them off the stage never stopped playing after winning Oscars, as neither have really been heard from again.

I want a compilation of every time a TV/movie character passionately says "COME ON" while giving CPR. It happens all the time (likely to fill silence while waiting to see whether the recipient of CPR will live) and drives me nuts.

I wanted to like Amy Adams, but it's now kind of to the point where she's stacked the deck against herself with so many other strong performances. She was good, but just not nearly as great as I expected since folks are saying this is her Oscar movie. I thought she's been a lot stronger in other projects (especially…

I liked "American Hustle," but it was not nearly as great as I'd hoped and thought it would be. Lawrence and Cooper were the best actors in it, but the film, as a whole, wasn't nearly as cohesive as David O. Russell's previous work.

Someone recently blew my mind and told me that, many many years ago, "goodwife" was the honorific for a female attorney (though now women and men both use "esquire"). That took the title to a new level for me.

My fiance and I watched "Buried Alive" a few weeks ago and laughed our asses off over the bit about "how weird it would be if marriage didn't exist." It was so so funny, and I agree that it was a more mature outing than Ansari's previous work. "It's a cake with two little dolls on it that look like us. EAT A SLICE!"

So glad to see "Moonlighting" on a list like this. I adore that show after marathoning it a few years ago. It really suffered after the Writers' Strike in the 80s, but the first three seasons—and especially the third season—are just fantastic.

Absolutely agree. My mom and I read "The Reader" and went to see it together, and we were both surprised by how much they altered the book.

Completely agree. The character of Death is haunting and poignant in the book, tracking the escalating horrors of WWII with despondent yet unsurprised sorrow. The language is just lovely, and I agree with another commenter who alludes to Vonnegut: Death understands the inevitability and savagery of life, yet still he…

Agreed. An incredible novel. I finished reading it on a plane and remember awkwardly-but-unstoppably crying in the baggage claim at Logan Airport.

This is one of my absolute favorite novels, and I am terrified to see the movie because—much like "Cold Mountain"—some of the literary flourishes that make it so lovely are all but impossible to capture on film. The personification of Death is beautiful on the page, but I can see how it might be clunky on the screen.…

I like the 1994 one, but I have nice memories of watching the grainy Katharine Hepburn version on TV as a kid.

Agreed. Such a bitch move.

I think that plot point was a bit more believable in the 1970s version, when sex-ed was likely far less common than it is now. Updating the movie to present times and expecting the audience to believe Carrie *never* heard anyone talk about it is a bit of a stretch.

Equally insulting was the notion that Lea Michele is an "other" or "ugly" because she wears weird (yet clinging) sweaters and knee socks on "Glee."

SO glad to see someone say something nice about "Ladykillers." I adore that movie—and Hanks' role in it—but it seems like people always have negative comments about it.

It didn't really bother me. I rewatched "Cast Away" the other day, though, and laughed at how Helen Hunt selectively adopted a southern accent.