Frozen was really great — if you ever had a soft spot for the Disney Silver Age (Bronze? Whatever) of the early 90s, that's clearly the well they're drawing from here. Just well-executed and fun throughout.

You're from the generation where nobody can ever transcend a first impression?

I've also been calling the end of Hobbit 2 the "Final Boss". Is there anything more video-gamey than having to time a lever-pull in order to use your special attack?

Once in a while a movie's ending will somehow work better than the rest of the movie, so you leave the theater saying "that was alright!" But then you think back and realize that the end was the best part. I remember feeling that way about the movie Big Fish: the ending tugs out an "awww!", but then later you realize…

I'm a big Ritter fan. There's something super-compelling about her face.

I should also add that I of course love any and all discussions about the Science Oven. I mean, I'm not a monster.

Part of it was the age of the kid, but mostly it was her character — she seemed like a nutty housewife, not a 22-year-old trophy wife.
But I really can't complain, because she was the best thing in the movie.

I liked the Smaug section of the movie because it's fun to watch a giant dragon. But it's odd — in the book, the conversation between Bilbo and Smaug is laced with the dread of knowing that Bilbo would be killed instantly if he were to take off the ring and become visible. Smaug toys with him and banters, but only to…

It's funny — think about how weird it is that in 1995 Martin Scorsese made a movie that was considered "too much like Goodfellas," as if that's a bad thing.

"He's not gonna do anything — he's sitting by the phone like a dumbbell!" - Lester Diamond.
James Woods is hilarious in Casino.

I'm way over in the minority on this one, but American Hustle did not work at all for me. I saw it on New Year's day, and my wife liked it, but I just couldn't buy any of it.

It's actually sold separately in seven volumes.

Carl and Sarah had a baby together when they were younger, but Carl wasn't ready to take responsibility so he skedaddled. But now he's back! And his super-overbearing blue-blood parents want him to do the right thing and marry the mother of his child. So even though Sarah has a long-simmering romance on the…

Why does Drew get all the girls?

I was wonderin': How come the "Best Podcasts of 2013" feature states in the intro that local radio shows that are released as podcasts are not eligible, and then "The Best Show on WFMU" turns up near the top of the list? Isn't it a radio show? If not, then I'm confused as to how the call-ins work. My hunch is that the…

He's supposed to be fun. He's a guy who swings around from building to building. Y'need a road map?

Ellipses may not be your friend.

Oh, me too. Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish? I got no complaints. I'm just making an easy crack.

The "public in the Marvel U hates mutants but loves Spidey and the FF" issue is such a silly thing to get caught up on because that's exactly how the real world works. The "public opinion" is fickle in exactly this way all the time in the real world. Why wouldn't there be fear and prejudice with regards to people with…

I never thought I'd say this:
Agents Doggett and Reyes would really add a lot to this show.