Oh I see. Amy Winehouse is relevant because white folks listened to her. Gotcha.

True, being evil and being troubled are not at all one and the same. But I think Winehouse is deserving of some of the spite being sent her way in the wake of her demise. It's not that she was evil, it's that she had all the resources, opportunities, and talent in the world and ignorantly, apathetically, obnoxiously…

I know I'm a being a callous prick by pointing this out, but Sharon Jones was rocking ass before this little junkie was a name. Please note that the Dap Kings left Sharon Jones for Amy Winehouse, realized they fucked up and came running back.

Keep in mind, too, one of the show's major themes regards the deterioration of purity. By having Walt and Jesse as the sole possessors of the recipe, Gus controls his product entirely and can promise its unerring purity. By introducing Victor as a new agent of the recipe, that introduces another variable that he…

In the past month, I have pulled both Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X off my DVD shelf and found that they both hold up splendidly. Do the Right Thing was, is, and continues to be a truly great American film.

Oh, shit, was The Marine Biologist in the covered episodes?

I did the second season of Heroes (I work on-set, not above-the-line or "creatively"), and I can tell you, the delirium you see from writers and producers sometimes is maddening. The really disgusting ones are the dipshits who talk down to the crew like every goddamned word they fart out is sacrosanct.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.

@CookingwithCranston -
Couldn't agree more. It actually makes me think of Gone Baby Gone (spoiler), the realization in the very last scene of Casey Affleck and the little girl on the couch, and the dawning understanding that had the girl actually died, yeah, that would be the HAPPIER ending. Instead the child lived,…

Back to the original topic, I think this is all misdirection. I doubt they'll even come close to having Walt pulling the trigger on Gus. Even if that would provide some of the most mind-blowing catharsis imaginable.

So to turn off a big chunk of commenters, I should admit first that I regard The Wire as our greatest cinematic achievement yet. Pretty much 1) The Wire, 2) Citizen Kane. But the big difference that I've always seen between The Wire and Breaking Bad is simply that what The Wire did exquisitely was create a…

Yeah, I know I fall lock stock into the category of naively idealistic Hollywood liberal, and while I am glad something… anything… got passed on the Health Care front, I fail to see where Alan Grayson's summarizing the GOP's healthcare plan as "Die quickly" is really empty, dunderheaded bluster and actually…

We love those assholes like Weiner and Grayson and Feingold because they're the only people who actually will fight for things like gay marriage, abortion rights, and the idea of single payer healthcare, instead of sitting idly by while the nation falls apart.

This description of great tv gives me faith in the American way.

@Roy Munson -
If you're a gimmick poster, and that's your schtick - coming into hostile situations and defusing them by drawing a comparison to strains of weed - sign me the fuck up.

Uh, has anybody SEEN Hall Pass? I fucking hate the Farrelly's, and not simply for that back-alley-abortion of a movie. Look at any of their work - even Kingpin or Something About Mary - and they've aged horribly. Like the lady in the bathtub from the Shining. Sure, Bill Murray's still golden, but there are moments…

As an American, I gotta ask, what kinda body's that blonde packin'?

That was actually just a cameraman hunched in the passenger seat while Walton was driving. The stunt, fx, and transpo guys bore a few holes in the truck door and safety chained the stuntman in. You'll notice it was shot in three segments, one, mostly from either the passenger seat or truck bed (it had a hardtop…

Unfortunately the big trend in tv these days is shooting every driving piece on a soundstage with green screen. You can always see a ratty line of demarcation around the window frame, and the reflections and backgrounds really never work just right. Sadly though, Breaking Bad is really the only show I can think of…

HD & "Strong visual style"
I agree that there's some really good HD work on Justified (not simply because I worked there and Francis Kenny is a close friend - motherfucker shot How High and has only the nicest things to say about Meth and Red, by the way), but what I would always get up on my soapbox about was the…