Pantaliano is a dirty cop who uses Leonard to make money by killing drug dealers and the like and taking their money. Decent enough character motivation and the character seems sleazy enough for it to be believable. Pretty much all complaints about the plot of that movie are the result of people not paying attention.

Pantaliano is a dirty cop who uses Leonard to make money by killing drug dealers and the like and taking their money. Decent enough character motivation and the character seems sleazy enough for it to be believable. Pretty much all complaints about the plot of that movie are the result of people not paying attention.

@avclub-f7f8eb12e0f61a9321597157c0d61791:disqus I think the Academy is surprisingly fond of Tarantino actually: his films really aren't the usual Oscar material at all but he's won best original screenplay, been nominated twice in the same category, and nominated for best director twice. Considering he's essentially a…

@avclub-f7f8eb12e0f61a9321597157c0d61791:disqus I think the Academy is surprisingly fond of Tarantino actually: his films really aren't the usual Oscar material at all but he's won best original screenplay, been nominated twice in the same category, and nominated for best director twice. Considering he's essentially a…

It's great to see all three stop motion films in the category this year: for once CGI animation is in the minority (though I'm sure there was plenty of CGI used in all three films). One good thing about the advanced technology is that it makes that form of animation a lot more practical and quicker to film. I'm…

@avclub-5dedb42b34e50082065a783265ce28a8:disqus Jones had two good major roles in 2007 with No Country For Old Men and In the Valley of Elah, and was nominated for the latter, so it hasn't been too much of a dry spell for him. It is hard to tell whether he or De Niro will receive the "lifetime achievement" nod though.

@avclub-f121d09285898f1c66d66f1e6f0455a6:disqus Yeah Cotillard was definitely involved in one of the best scenes of the year acting wise, and what has to be the worst performance from a major actress in years with that death scene. Though I'm assigning part of the blame for that one to Nolan for a. writing such a…

Yeah it's pretty crazy that she wasn't nominated for that: it seemed like a tailor made Oscar role, and she was great in it. I guess the Academy figured that one foreign language best actress nominee was enough?

Not a single nomination for Atlas is pretty sad, though incredibly predictable (I doubt many of the voters even saw it).It really should nominations for Director, Editing, and at the very least supporting acting awards for Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent and Doona Bae, not to mention Best Picture, Best Production Design,…

I think you mean James Spader? I'm quite sure that James Caan did not have a role in Lincoln, though I can't be too sure with that film.

I'm thinking it's going to be De Niro: didn't Arkin already win Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine? I thought that was kind of his lifetime achievement award. De Niro on the other hand hasn't delivered anything in the ballpark of a Oscar worthy performance since the mid 90's and isn't likely to again.

I've been telling everyone that Lincoln is going to totally sweep the Oscars this year but everyone kept going "What about Silver Linings?", or Zero Dark Thirty, or The Master, or whatever. Of course Silver Linings Playbook does still have a good shot, but I'll be surprised if it wins anything outside of maybe Best…

@avclub-42763705844bf5e2af4abd6c898f8dcb:disqus I saw a post from her somewhere on this article, and she mentioned Enlightened specifically. I have a bad feeling she could ruin the Enlightened boards this season, which would be a pity because it's my favorite show on the air that isn't Mad Men or Breaking Bad.

What?! But I've been holding off on season 3 this whole time waiting for it… ah well at least now I can safely dig into that. I did think those articles ended up running a bit overlong and repetitive, as insightful as they were. I wonder if that was part of the reason they were so unpopular?

Gordon Liu also plays different characters in each of the two Kill Bill movies: he's the leader of the Crazy 88's in the first one and Pai Mei in the second.

Gordon Liu also plays different characters in each of the two Kill Bill movies: he's the leader of the Crazy 88's in the first one and Pai Mei in the second.

You realize that Pulp Fiction was well over two hours yes? Actually his only movies under two hours (counting the Kill Bills as one movie) are Reservoir Dogs and Death Proof, which are probably my least favorite movies of his.

You realize that Pulp Fiction was well over two hours yes? Actually his only movies under two hours (counting the Kill Bills as one movie) are Reservoir Dogs and Death Proof, which are probably my least favorite movies of his.

I actually quite liked season four for the most part, even though it had a lot of issues: a lot of the main plot was really muddled and confused, but they finally started to nail the MOTW's and make them feel like an essential part of the show, and the character work and acting was quite strong. I didn't really mind…

Honestly I'm enjoying this season of Fringe a lot less than the last season of Lost, and can't imagine I'll be rewatching it (and I like the Lost finale for the most part). Then again I'm not a big Fringe fan: the last eight episodes of season 2, and the first eight of season 3 is the only run of the show that can…