The scene with the Asian friend from high school is thematically important, in that it highlights the currents of self-deception and sadness that run beneath the lives of some of the cheery, midwestern facades of the people.  The Asan friend from high school is a LOT like William H. Macy's character, which, as alynch3…

You're entitled to your opinion, but I must say I completely disagree.  Greengrass gets a lot of flack that is really directed at his imitators and the 'shakey cam' technique more generally, and I think it's unfair.  The 2nd Bourne film was by far the best, I thought— and I remember there being a car chase involving a…

Still funny.  I'll allow it.

'He was the only person I’ve ever met who was working toward his master’s in poetry, not that there was necessarily any connection between that and the personality that was his affliction.'   
Now THAT is a sentence.  Cap doffed.

Agreed, agreed, agreed.  Stuart is way too inconsistently written.  I understand that many people (including myself) are more honest, genuine, and at ease interacting with people once sex is off the table (or the sexual tension has been… ahem…resolved).  But Stuart is SO much less cloying, uptight, and petty with…

See, that line didn't make me laugh because I'd heard it before.  This was waay back in the 20th century when I was in my teens.  There was a semi-famous incident when MTV News reporter Tabitha Soren asked Bill Clinton about his favorite musicians.  Upon hearing his reply, she asked 'who's the Loneliest Monk?'

Hey, aren't the Canadians still subjects of the queen? Why isn't it SIR Christopher Plummer? What does a n#%%*r have to do to get knighted in this bitch????

Correct, I just watched this on Netflix.  Plummer is the master of playing the Elegant Evil Motherfucker.  There's a standard 'Hi I'll be your villain this evening' scene with Dennis Quaid in an MRI machine that Plummer stretches out into sheer uncomfortable poetry.  At the end of the movie I was daydreaming about an…

That's funny, I thought I was the only one who has always seen Young Christopher Plummer in Michael Fassbender.  They would easily pass as father-and-son.

Also, no 'Dreamscape'….  This shit just goes beyond disappointing.  The funny thing about Plummer is that he oozes so much class and talent, yet has the awesome habit of showing up in the goofiest movies.  

NO mention of 'The Silent Partner' or GODDAMNED DOLORES CLAIBORNE?????

Hey you guys!  Check out this dude who read an article titled 'Gwar's Oderus Urungus on why he hates "Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car"' and expected thoughtful music criticism!

I'm going with 'Long Goodbye', followed closely by 'Three Women'.

You, sir, have my thanks for the above.  Snyder's particularly dumb brand of sexy violence is the very reason why he was so wrong for 'Watchmen'.  Despite being a much, much, much more violent and dark property than Superman, the original book was entirely about the consequences of violence and Moore was meticulous in…

*gulp*  Thank you, internet.  That was delicious.

whoops, Asperger's it is.  My apologies, and I don't mean to paint everyone with Asperger's as being dead-eyed sociopaths like Todd, but I have known a few people with similar disorders and some of them have demonstrated difficulty with the 'lying/misrepresentation-as-humor' mechanism.

It is delicious.  Todd knows his Ben & Jerry's.  Also, I wonder if Todd watches Stephen Colbert?  Since it seems likely that Todd suffers from something like Asberger's, I doubt he would 'get' it.

'After the second season, though, the character’s rough edges were steadily sanded off, until he turned into something of a riff on Spider-Man. He was your friendly neighborhood serial killer.'

Is there any way that 'Night of the Hunter' does NOT show up this week?

I only recently discovered this film, and it is fucking mesmerizing.  Noonan has always been one of my absolute favorite character actors (Oh how I wished there could have been a buddy western starring Noonan, JT Walsh, Philip Baker Hall, Nicky Katt, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, and Michael Parks….