Why Jurnee Smollett, why? Admittedly this is the first major film I've heard of her starring in so I guess that's why. She was never my favorite on Friday Night Lights but she was still pretty excellent, hopefully she won't get stuck doing this kind of thing the rest of her life. The FNL cast isn't doing so hot these…

This sounds like a James Franco painting or something. Just a print of Mindy's face with the word "Art" splashed on top of it in red.

That one was mentioned aaaaaaages ago buddy.

Didn't he hit his wife or something? I barely remember that movie but I seem to remember him becoming mustache twirlingly evil towards the end.

Thanks for your contributions! It's always interesting to see movies like this from the other perspective. It would be interesting to see a movie about how the woman in this kind of relationship feels, I have noticed that men tend to like this movie more than women which probably says something about the writer's…

Thanks for your awesome and articulate response @Scrawler2:disqus ! I definitely see what you're saying, and I agree it's not that great of a movie (the opening title seems just kind of hateful, the little sister and friends are indeed terrible characters straight out of a bad sitcom, Summer should be portrayed as a…

Oh I totally get that reaction, and I imagine I would feel more that way now that I'm closer to Tom's age. He does seem very naive for the supposed amount of life and dating experience he's had. But I did pretty much the exact same thing in my first relationship (my girlfriend wasn't that up front with me but I…

A website is art now?

That show really captured the uncomfortable social dynamic between me and my friends during my stint in prison.

I think I relate to pop culture a lot less (or less directly) than I used to these last few years, because my life is such a weird combination of of different things right now: I'm basically an aimless twenty-something making just enough to get by but my job is basically on track with what I want to do with my life,…

You are not alone @avclub-011d0b4fe6835bb3d37ef4e0ea713de6:disqus , Cloud Atlas is my favorite movie of the 2010s so far and blows everything else the Wachowski's have done away. The sometimes strange makeup effects at least are there for thematic reasons, and the continuity between actors actually helps make the…

I feel like I imagined a sequel to the book once (I was/am reeeeeeally into that book) but I have no idea what my concept entailed… probably something horrible.

Ugh, could we cool it with the spoiler warnings guys? It's become so tiresome. "Here's this review. By the way don't read it, spoilers". "Here's this preview… by the way you might not want to watch it, spoilers". Meanwhile posting Newswires about every single detail of the new Star Wars/Batman/Avengers movie. I get…

How weird, I was sure before I saw your post that Joe Johnston made the G.I. Joe movie and Sommers did The Wolfman, when in fact it was the other way around. Apparently I mix up directors who have alliterative names and both direct mediocre to bad adapatations of Universal horror movies, who knew! Joe Johnston did…

Reruns of FNL and Farscape is definitely a good start qualitatively, but will that really attract a lot of eyeballs? People who are interested in reruns of FNL are probably just as likely to stream the show on Netflix.

No, at least that would have some story value and add something to Norman's background. If you really want to know SPOILERS some random guy that we've only seen in one other scene randomly breaks into the house and rapes Norma because he's mad because she took the motel from his family or something. Norman's supposed…

Indeed, it's fascinating how much people disagree on Kubrick. Eyes Wide Shut is my favorite Kubrick film, I think 2001 is his best (maybe a tie with Dr. Strangelove), A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket are mostly loads of crap, The Shining is the greatest horror movie ever made, Lolita and Barry Lyndon are…

Whoa slow down there buddy. This crazy flashback structure is WAY too complex for Meyers to handle.

That doesn't really hold water if you actually remember the book though: Jack was pretty obviously a manifestation of King's dark side and the book is quite clearly an example of King trying to work through his alcoholism. If anything that is much more explicit in the book than the movie. I suspect King's issue was…

It did get a pretty chilly reception at the time of release, and Kubrick and Duvall were nominated at the first Golden Raspberry awards, though there were certainly critics who stood up for it. I think it was generally considered one of his weakest films for a few years though, which is insane.