@Scrawler2:disqus Doomsday was quite good, but I generally like this show's finales, and RTD did some very good ones early in his run. Rose getting stuck in the parallel universe was a very sad and surprisingly dark twist, and I kind of wish RTD had let it be, though the episode still didn't quite have the emotional…

Really? I was groaning with embarrassment at every second of his screen-time. That whole subplot was just such painful and obvious padding and McCoy stopped the movie dead in it's tracks every time he appeared.

While I do think Blink is slightly overrated (i.e. in the top ten but not top five), it's a fantastic introduction to the show, and dodges a lot of things about the show that people find offputting. It's also probably the best introduction to the character of the Doctor in the new series, maybe second to The Eleventh…

Seriously, I saw the first nine minutes at the Hobbit something like six months ago. And maybe all the time that's passed since the first one made everyone realize they couldn't remember a damn thing that happened about it or why anyone liked it in the first place.

Definitely in theaters. The 3D was actually some of the best I've ever seen, up there with Avatar and Coraline.

But he didn't even indicate what movie he's talking about. All you can infer from that comment is that in some Greta Gerwig movie she gets shot in the head. I mean, I guess this could mean you'll be watching every movie she's in on the edge of your seat or something, but it seems unlikely.

Even my Dad wants to see that one, and he barely even knows who Joss Whedon is.

I really think more people around here should check out Gatsby, the reviews struck me as far too harsh. Maguire doesn't work as Nick, it has a goofy framing device, and it hammers in a lot of the symbolism too hard, but it's an entertaining, extremely well acted (particularly by DiCaprio and Joel Edgerton),…

It's not quite the same as Game of Thrones though, because 1) we don't know if that will even happen in the unlikely event that the show gets to Red Dragon, given how much this show strays from the story of the books and 2) it's pretty darned unlikely that will ever be depicted on the show.

But that's because, unlike The Sopranos, this is basically a soap that doesn't operate on any level other than the surface level. And it can only get by so far on character development because only about 25% of the characters are actually interesting… the plot needs to keep moving or it does get dull, since this is a…

@spinycreature:disqus Uh, actually it's a little less than five hours. The show is 30 minutes long.

I'm sure I remember her saying "remember me" in Asylum of the Daleks?

That credit was kind of intriguing, but the dumb thing about it was, didn't we just establish that he's the one regeneration of the Doctor who doesn't go by the name "The Doctor"? Contradicting that seconds later was a bit confusing.

That article is pretty terrible, but does make an interesting point about the complete lack of female writers. The only female writer that's ever written for the current show was Helen Raynor… I wonder if there's some reason for this or if Britain is just short on female tv writers.

They said they were in The Snowmen… I thought that was pretty dumb too. It really just goes along with the general ridiculousness of those characters.

Not to mention that apparently Amy basically created the universe that the show is currently set in…

@avclub-4c22933415130955839224009df8641f:disqus Walking out a movie at a film festival is not at all the same as walking out on a movie normally. If you're a critic and want to cover the major films, and realize that a certain movie is not major and probably a waste of precious festival time, you have every right to…

Phipps gave Angels in Manhattan that ridiculous A, not Wilkins.

Skipping episodes is not an option. Even the missing ones… track down the audio and production stills bitch.

I wouldn't say skip them entirely of course: obviously if you like the Smith stuff you should go back and watch the rest. Starting with S5 just has a bit more instant gratification, since it starts out with quite a strong run of episodes and looks much more like a professional, 21st century production than the early…