This had some great scenes (like the robbery), but overall it didn't work for me.  At every stage I got what it was trying to do with its various digressions and wheel-spinning characters, but I don't really think it pulled it off (particularly notable with Gandolfini's character, who just stops the movie cold).  The…

This had some great scenes (like the robbery), but overall it didn't work for me.  At every stage I got what it was trying to do with its various digressions and wheel-spinning characters, but I don't really think it pulled it off (particularly notable with Gandolfini's character, who just stops the movie cold).  The…

Love the way Barrymore delivers that line.

Love the way Barrymore delivers that line.

Last Christmas I learned that one of my visiting cousins had never seen It's A Wonderful Life.  There wasn't time to correct that at the time, but I'm planning to get her to see it this year.

Last Christmas I learned that one of my visiting cousins had never seen It's A Wonderful Life.  There wasn't time to correct that at the time, but I'm planning to get her to see it this year.

Mitt Romney thinks that sounds like dangerously un-American socialism right there.

Mitt Romney thinks that sounds like dangerously un-American socialism right there.

@avclub-776e9111d31a090979dd9fc5f382651c:disqus , I believe he's already given knowingly false evidence to the SEC, so he's screwed without needing to take the stand.

@avclub-776e9111d31a090979dd9fc5f382651c:disqus , I believe he's already given knowingly false evidence to the SEC, so he's screwed without needing to take the stand.

No, that's definitely stealing.  And, among other things, Potter is a member of the Bailey B&L board, so he's also breaching his fiduciary duties.

No, that's definitely stealing.  And, among other things, Potter is a member of the Bailey B&L board, so he's also breaching his fiduciary duties.

Yeah, I thought it was overrated as well.  Not a bad movie, but the wild tonal shifts really annoyed me

Yeah, I thought it was overrated as well.  Not a bad movie, but the wild tonal shifts really annoyed me

Red Sorghum by Mo Yan — Part 59 of my ongoing quest to read all 109 Nobel Laureates.  I've already bought a second of his books, so sufficed to say I liked this one.  Certainly more comprehensible than Soul Mountain by China's other Laureate.

Red Sorghum by Mo Yan — Part 59 of my ongoing quest to read all 109 Nobel Laureates.  I've already bought a second of his books, so sufficed to say I liked this one.  Certainly more comprehensible than Soul Mountain by China's other Laureate.

It's not like the dramas of the incredibly rich have ever been a hard sell to the American public.

It's not like the dramas of the incredibly rich have ever been a hard sell to the American public.

The Age of Innocence: The Series.

The Age of Innocence: The Series.