Exactly, which is why the Democrats need to be crushed on the economic issues if this country is to ever have a hope.

I think most people want to work, but the state makes it difficult for any business not in the financial sector to prosper.  Take a look at what's happening to the street vendors who use to operate on Lower Sproul Plaza in Berkeley.  Also, our tax system is a joke and needs to be gutted.  Carried interest should be…

David Cameron is Tony Blair with a giant forehead.  Think for yourself, just because someone calls themselves Conservative does not make them conservative.

Make your own movie then.  Worthwhile criticism examines a movie's failings, not its thematic choices.  The everyday cruelties are not relevant to the story because Django Unchained IS NOT A STORY ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE.  I am not the biggest QT fan, most of his movies just do't do it for me, but "Some compassion would…

The bigger question is, what difference does it make what a movie says about ANY issue?  ZDK is an exception for practical reasons, but otherwise the question "is violence necessary," is so vague, and not at all related to aesthetics in any significant way, that I wonder why anyone is trying to answer it.

And it was a constitutional monarchy that gave the world jury trial and an independent parliament.  The only way in which we beat the Brits is, save for slavery, our class system was never quite so vicious, and we used to have a pretty remarkable variety of educational systems.  Also, we got rid of those bullshit…

The Monarchy is the only part of Great Britain's bloated, worthless, and socialist government that gives the taxpayers any kind of return on their contributions.

"Groan-inducing one-liners"???!!!!  Why do you hate America so much Mr. Tobias?  You're fired…cut to missile with Tobias strapped on, hitting AV Club command center.

Look harder then.  I do not know why Tobias and his ilk keep bringing it up.  I understand that by portraying torture, (misleading portrayals by the way, where were the American doctors making sure the prisoners' hearts were still working so that the torture could continue?), Bigelow thinks of herself as being "raw"…

Autism shmatism, The Big Bang Theory is still the worst show I have ever seen.

Hypnomatic, In theory they are, but in practice the tax code in America is a barbaric institution.  Taxes for most people are going to go up, while children are killed with million dollars missiles in Afghanistan.  Either way, there are far greater evils than Scientology out there, and I would argue that there IS a…

Dude, you have to get over yourself. Yes, Scientology is bad, and you are a better person than all of us, because you have taken the morally courageous path, and refuse to watch his movies.  Do you still pay your taxes?  Cause babies are being murdered in Pakistan and you're helping to pay for it if you are.

We will remember Pitt.  Outside of Fight Club, his best performances have been recent: Burn After Reading, Moneyball, and The Tree of Life.

Amen on this.  Seriously, what the fuck is up with the hating.  I am not even a fan of the MI movies, but: Risky Business, The Firm, Jerry Maguire, Minority Report, Magnolia, Eyes Wide Shut, Collateral, and Tropic Thunder are all solid to great performances and movies.  Haven't scene Reacher and probably won't cause I…

I was never in Irag, (only Afghanistan), but yeah I never saw a single humvee move on its lonesome anywhere.  Maybe within Embassy grounds or at the pit, but otherwise no.  And yeah, The Hurt Locker was major league bullshit.

Most of the intelligence report is blacked out, and the wikileaks cables are far from exhaustive.

Take that back!  Mickey Rourke was an acting genius.  He was even better in Rumblefish where he basically IS a fallen god.

What outfit were you with?  And I don't know jack shit about the CIA either except the one guy I met was such an oily little shit, but I can imagine the scene where Maya basically tells her boss to fuck off was pretty much total bullshit.

I loved Coll's comparison of the torture debate to the "both sides have an argument" portrayal of Global Warming in the lamesrteam media.

Leon Panetta has gone back on his remarks.  Nobody outside the circle jerk he moves through takes the guy seriously anymore, and Feinsten and McCain did not lie.  You are the one lying if you claim that they lied.   Lying liar