In a way, reading all the negative reviews of Crowe's singing helped, because he was nowhere near as bad as one might have expected based on what some people were saying. I'd rate his contributions as ranging from adequate to good, depending on the song; he's no Philip Quast, but he serves well enough, and in a few…

In a way, reading all the negative reviews of Crowe's singing helped, because he was nowhere near as bad as one might have expected based on what some people were saying. I'd rate his contributions as ranging from adequate to good, depending on the song; he's no Philip Quast, but he serves well enough, and in a few…

I happen to be the sort of demographic you would expect to show up at a movie like that.

I happen to be the sort of demographic you would expect to show up at a movie like that.

Killer Joe was one of my more memorable theatre experiences in recent memory.  I saw it on the last day, so initially it was just me, an older guy, and two college-aged girls.  Then a seventysomething woman ambled in and sat down, and she stayed through the whole thing.  For much of the running time, I was distracted…

Killer Joe was one of my more memorable theatre experiences in recent memory.  I saw it on the last day, so initially it was just me, an older guy, and two college-aged girls.  Then a seventysomething woman ambled in and sat down, and she stayed through the whole thing.  For much of the running time, I was distracted…

Wouldn't his plan just redirect the mass-shooters somewhere else?  How is that a solution?

Wouldn't his plan just redirect the mass-shooters somewhere else?  How is that a solution?

I recall reading somewhere that Capra said the Mary librarian bit was the only thing he would change, since it detracted from what was supposed to be the point of that scene, George's horror that his wife doesn't recognize him.

I recall reading somewhere that Capra said the Mary librarian bit was the only thing he would change, since it detracted from what was supposed to be the point of that scene, George's horror that his wife doesn't recognize him.

Capra was a Republican, but it was a strain of populist Republicanism that has pretty much vanished these days.

Capra was a Republican, but it was a strain of populist Republicanism that has pretty much vanished these days.

Though given that God Himself describes Potter as "the richest, meanest man in the county", I don't think Potter's future prospects are especially good, unless he's visited by three ghosts very shortly thereafter.

Though given that God Himself describes Potter as "the richest, meanest man in the county", I don't think Potter's future prospects are especially good, unless he's visited by three ghosts very shortly thereafter.

Lincoln - this is a movie that is really composed of strong individual scenes, but my choice for the best would be Lincoln's meeting with Preston Blair on his return from Richmond, as the old man begs Lincoln to make peace now.  What Blair wants would have been a terrible decision, historically speaking, but you can't…

Lincoln - this is a movie that is really composed of strong individual scenes, but my choice for the best would be Lincoln's meeting with Preston Blair on his return from Richmond, as the old man begs Lincoln to make peace now.  What Blair wants would have been a terrible decision, historically speaking, but you can't…

Those are both good choices for whole scenes, though my personal favourite moment is the exchange over the dead dog:

Those are both good choices for whole scenes, though my personal favourite moment is the exchange over the dead dog:

Rosamund Pike is one of those people who deserves to be more famous than they are.  She never quite seems to get the spotlight.

Rosamund Pike is one of those people who deserves to be more famous than they are.  She never quite seems to get the spotlight.