The problem is that the endings of Unbreakable and Signs are very much telegraphed as twists, complete with dramatic music, flashbacks, and the all important monologue explaining the "twists". I really think if they had just been plot points dropped in towards the end of the movie, without being built up so much,…

Lee pretty much gets a pass for life after Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Lust/Caution, and especially Brokeback Mountain. I don't think he's ever actually made a bad film either: the hate for Hulk and Life of Pi is completely overblown, though they are probably his weakest films…

She was actually in The Help with Jessica Chastain, proving that they are actually different people.

I just know I am going to end up seeing that for some reason… my inexplicable love of Pitch Black runs deep.

Ah okay, I really need to get caught up on Egoyan. I didn't even realize she was in that one.

Yes, that is the joke. You're welcome.

I don't really understand the fuss about Sarah Polley: what has she been so great in? She's got a lot of talent as a director (though I pretty much hated most of "Take This Waltz") but I've never seen her act in anything where she really stood out. I guess she was okay in Dawn of the Dead and Splice… that's all I've…

Of course the difference is that whereas in a Batman movie people want to see Batman run around and do awesome stuff, people mostly go to Iron Man movies to see Robert Downey Jr. be awesome and snarky. I always thought that was kind of an issue with the series: when it comes time to blow stuff up, the movie's main…

@avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus I'm not sure about that: he actually did a great job with the second half of Romeo and Juliet where everything starts unraveling. The final scene with the two of them is really beautifully staged, and I love Juliet's desperation waking up, and the way she watches Romeo…

I completely agree with you: I passionately hated McCarthy after seeing Bridesmaids but then I was really surprised at how charming and funny she is on Gilmore Girls when she's playing an actual human character, rather than some nasty caricature of a obese woman straight out of a bad SNL skit. It's kind of bad that…

I'm excited for it: I loved all of Luhrmann's other movies, including Australia (though I realize it is an extremely flawed movie). Sure, most of the casting sounds terrible on paper but I have faith that it will somehow work out on screen, and I enjoy his style so much I'm sure I'll get something out of it. On the…

@avclub-33807fbc68d335db8080d3c10cb78822:disqus I am enjoying the confusion over which movie Lindelof did rewrites on. A Great Gatsby/Lost mashup parody could actually be weirdly amazing.

Are you people just so intent on hating the movie that you are incapable of actually watching the trailers? Tobey Maguire is playing Nick (still not great casting, though I just don't like him as an actor), whereas Joel Edgerton is playing Tom.  While he's a bit too old, I'm pretty sure he'll be excellent in the role.

I think they just assume no one is going to actually click on those things.

Uh… Triumph of the Will anyone?

@SisterMaryFrancis:disqus Really? How did you get that from the trailers?Every scene in there seemed to be straight from the book, just Luhrmann-ified.

In what universe was that Black Widow introduction "great" and not "mindblowingly terrible"? I was groaning every time ScarJo came onscreen pretty early on, and her "badass" shtick was utterly unconvincing. I was honestly surprised Whedon was able to salvage that character/performance as much as he did in The Avengers.

Rockne S. O'Bannon sure is getting around a lot these days isn't he? Weird how he did virtually nothing for ages after Farscape, and this year suddenly created Cult, helped develop Defiance, and joined the writing staff of Revolution. Though I'm not sure his reputation will be improved at all as a result.

Yeah I was sad Mockingbird Lane didn't get picked up at first, because I figured more of Fuller's style would come through than on Hannibal. But Hannibal is about a gazillion times better, and manages to retain a ton of Fuller's style while adopting it for a very different kind of show. I think the main reason…

Match Point just felt like a humorless, dry remake of Crimes and Misdemeanors, which already is far from my favorite Allen film (though it's quite good). I still find it worth seeing due to some nice photography and good performances, and it's got some kind of bite and substance to it, unlike many of Allen's recent…