Best movie of that year was "Ikiru", though I'm biased since that's my favorite film of all time.

I would also say Jonathan Pryce does a fantastic job. It's one of his very best performances.

I'm both surprised and more than a little disappointed that "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" isn't mentioned anywhere here (despite garnering an A grade), It easily makes my top ten for the year and is one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. But that Hercules movie with the Rock gets the headline photo? What…

Mineral!

I'm actually on the completely opposite stance when it comes to "Walkabout" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth". The former is effectively haunting and gorgeous in the way it captures the Outback as this place that almost doesn't seem to exist on the same planet as ours. I felt the latter had a great idea but got bogged…

No, that's "The Witches". Obviously.

I associate it with "Louie".

I never thought I'd live to see "Captain Underpants" deemed inappropriate for their children moreso than "The Bluest Eye". Because I'd much rather have my kids read a book where the young protagonist is driven insane after being raped by her father instead of giggling at the name Professor Pippy P. Poopypants.

I can see how the more story-driven second half might let down some (if I recall correctly, Wenders felt the first half was superior to the second), but I still think even that second half is full of some truly unforgettable sequences, even moments. Like when Stanton finds his wife at the strip club. Instead of…

Correction, George_Liquor, you're the second.

Too bad this is getting middling marks since this looks like "Peabody and Sherman's Excellent Adventure". I'd enjoy the shit out of a movie like that.

Honestly what was more shocking about that whole thing with "The Color Purple" was that of those nominations, Steven Spielberg for Best Director wasn't one of them.

Saw it a few years back and fell in love with it, partially because I lived in Houston for the first few years of my life, and while it certainly wasn't like anything that happens in this movie, there was nevertheless so much in this film that reminded me of Houston. The hot, muggy nights, the abandoned neon…

Lubezki's deserved to win the last few times he's been nominated. And each time he's lost has either been mildly annoying ("The New World" losing to "Memoirs of a Geisha") or downright infuriating ("The Tree of Life" losing to "Hugo").

I wasn't crazy about "The Social Network" when it came out and haven't seen it again since, nor do I think it's anywhere near as good as "Zodiac". However, I think it does work as part of an informal trilogy with "The Game" and "Fight Club".

Shit, he should've been nominated for "Django Unchained".

Honestly, if it weren't for a little juggernaut called "Spirited Away", Sanders would've had a reasonable shot of winning with "Lilo & Stitch" and would've absolutely deserved it.

How could anyone possibly overlook his masterful late-career performance in "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure"?

I second the idea for a feature film set years after the characters graduate. I think if Feig and Apatow put some serious thought into their characters, where they would be years after High School, and how their relationships changed in the years after graduation, I think it could be all kinds of wonderful.

I love how Neal spews his spiel about relationships as if he's no doubt learned it from watching countless films/shows or even from his philandering father. It draws a nice parallel to Cindy, who recites Republican jargon about not "giving handouts" to poor people that she doubtless learned from her parents.