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We're reaching the law of diminishing returns on nostalgia TV revivals.

After the first minute watching the gossip and her coworkers I thought "Oh, this is going to be 'Murder on the Orient Express' where EVERYBODY did it." This show was never really about solving the case, its mostly about watching the actors having fun.

I'm reminded of the old Towering inferno rule of thumb that say the higher the number of guest stars cluttering a film project the worse its probably going to be. What 'stars' today would be this generation's equivalent to George Hamilton and Susan Blakely? With no offense meant to Ms. Blakely of course, though she…

Let's recall Papa Murdoch bought his 'American citizenship' simply so he could legally build a media monopoly in the US, then he forgot all about being an American after that. Its becoming apparent the Murdoch offspring are not merely clones of the old man. The company's no longer being controlled by a bitter…

I get the impression he hired Olivia Pope to help him spin the story in the media to avert the scandal.

The biggest disappointment of Prometheus was we literally go to the far side of the galaxy, find an entirely new form of life, and inexplicably the story still turns out to be all about us! It was as though Scott had spent the intervening years between films rewatching old X-Files episodes over and over.

Let us recall the Britney biopic not that long ago that was notorious for it awfulness.

'Swimming To Cambodia' is a special film. It owes a lot to the 1981 film 'My Dinner With Andre' which I still carry with me 36 years later. That film showed that two friends in simple conversation can be riveting cinema. I certainly brought more away from that film than any Chuck Norris action film of the era. I don't…

TV is THE place to be for women-over-a-certain-age in Hollywood. You'll note AV Club gives a lot of As and Bs to women-lead prestige TV series while over in the movie section you see a lot of films ranked C and D, and not many woman onscreen over the age of 40. Where have Cathy Bates and Jessica Lang found their best…

Bernie Sanders is pro NRA and against women having control over their own bodies. You should have never considered supporting him to begin with.

Your line: "Ignore the gender-neutral “he” (a convention that was then just falling out of usage)". An earnest question - What is the proper gender-neutral substitute currently? I struggle with this. The phrase "he or she" is clunky. 'That person' is serviceable but seems cold. And people tend to get angry if you use…

I watched it and felt unexpectedly cold. I had been expecting to love it but the pilot seemed a combination of derivative with a big helping of generic thrown in. Why was the camerawork nothing but extreme close-ups? The 2nd episode, though, did go some considerable way towards rehabilitating the show. Big surprise,…

Ghost snake:

Sigh. Effete college humanities professors teaching in the snobbiest school in the most class-stratified society in Europe.

Moving sports to pay-per-view, premium channels, exclusive package deals, licensing agreements means sports has been progressively pushed outside of mainstream culture. I'm old enough to recall when baseball and basketball meant EVERYTHING to your typical American male. Now? I heard someone joke "I went to a…

I wonder how much of this is the fault of comic book fans. They heard 'DC universe' and immediately got all giggly over the prospect Batman and X-men showing up, then were disappointed when they didn't. They never seemed to get the show's central gag about work-a-day sad sacks in a minor city beset by 3rd tier…

Between the eleven month wait for the new season and Natalie only briefly appearing quite early in the last season it feels like they waited too long to return to this story line. I'm thinkin' "I think I recall that character. Is that the same actress as last year?"

I am expecting a big Joss Whedon-style twist to the story later down the road a la Buffy & Spike. Keeping Blain bland is either a short-term character arc leading to a big twist or is just a mistake. Bad guy Blain was half the fun of the series. They've written themselves into a bit of corner, though, with the story…

You want major fucked up movies by genuine fucked up people? Check out the films of Vincent Gallo, the self-proclaimed warrior for the right wing.