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Nazis: 1, Allies: 0. That's intense.

I think it's okay to turn off our moral compasses while watching Twin Peaks. We won't get lost.

My favorite Mary Tyler Moore thing is "Just Between Friends," from the 80's. It's a soap opera story, but the cast is great (Ted Danson, Christine Lahti, Sam Waterston), and it has a warm, low-key vibe.

In this context, I think sane is simply being used as a synonym for reasonable, rather than being a literal reference to mental health.

I saw this at a film festival in the fall, and I loved it. It's a tense, trippy, emotional adventure film. I didn't find it to be heavy-handed at all. I suppose if you go into it just looking for metaphors and symbolism about colonialism and indigenous culture, you will find those things. But it's a strong human

The best part of Death Proof is when the bar music fades out for a moment, and Julia enters her own private world with dreamy music and close-ups of her texting, and then the bar music comes roaring back in again.

I always come back to one of the all-time great Marilyn lines, from this movie:

An important key to the film is the use of symbolism related to the four ancient elements - fire, water, air, earth, which appear in that order. After the opening sequences, the film is basically divided into those four sections.

I reckon we'll all have to go back and watch that Julianne Moore/Eddie Redmayne incest scene from "Savage Grace" again, to see if it plays any differently now…

The "50 Shades" writing reminds me of the way Sarah Palin speaks. It's the idea of how language is supposed to flow - a descriptive term here, a conditional clause here, a figure of speech there, etc. But the words are all misplaced.

It's cool that Malick has been quickly making this series of "autobiographical" films. Tree of Life reflecting childhood. To the Wonder reflecting romantic/marital life. This seems to be his reflection on Hollywood. Malick has often self-identified with fish/water imagery - in his older films, too. So the title Knight

More Lena Dunham, please.

I've always liked the line, "I get the time too often on AM radio…"

I feel the same way, but at least there's still something off-kilter about his presence. Now he seems like some kind of collective hallucination.

More strange, unnecessary literalism here.

I think the breaking story being watched in the background is McGovern dropping Eagleton as his vice-presidential pick, due to Eagleton's mental health issues. Or something to do with the Democrats being a mess.

I will forever be dismayed and perplexed by the anger and disgust directed toward the final season and the finale. In the earlier seasons, we have a survival story, mystery, action/adventure, and science fictions elements. Then the last season moves into a mythic realm, and wraps up with a metaphysical/spiritual

With Megan's star shirt, plus Don mentioning Conrad Hilton last episode, they may be hinting that Megan will soon get back into advertising, writing copy for the Hanoi Hilton account.

This was the best episode yet. Going in, I didn't know any details about this series, nor the British original. But I have thoroughly enjoyed it. After all the episodes of buildup, with their hints of darkness and conspiracy, I have loved the strong shift in tone from political drama to political thriller.

More Linda Cardellini, please…