Yeah, I would've taken him over Jon Bernthal anytime as a regular. This show really lacks direction. I'm looking at you, showrunner(s).

Yeah, but wasn't he helped by Paul Thomas Anderson, because of insurance worries, of something like that?

I agree. It boggles my mind to think that 'Shutter Island' had some good reviews. But without that scene, without Williams' performance, what would that movie be? That scene grounds that horror emotionally, and actually calmed me down (I was fuming at the manipulating bullshit that was the movie until that point)…

I think the problem with 'King Kong' is that only Kyle Chandler strikes the right tone for the movie to be enjoyable. Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts and Jack Black are all on a mission.

Good point.

I consider 'Shutter Island' atrocious, but it is redeemed and held together by Michelle Williams' performance. Without it, I dare not think what the film would have been like. Her 5 minutes onscreen justify all the previous bullshit by giving you the unbearable horror that fractured DiCaprio's psyche, and rendered the…

Well, you could argue that some parts of the Spiderman trilogy were visually inventive. And I really like the idea of a foreclosure horror film with 'Drag Me to Hell'.

And I guess in 'Land of the Dead' the zombies can even represent the Iraq and Afghan wars!

I agree with you about 'Ghosts of Mars'. And also it's a lot of fun, mostly by its use of multiple POVs. If I remember correctly, Henstridge's character is dosed out when the initial attack occur (or knocked out) and we get the backstory through retellings by Grier, Statham and Ice Cube's characters. Fun with…

I completely disagree with your point about political messages.

BBC One. Hehehe.

This show is utterly ludicrous (as is Idris Elba's career path post-Wire).

Is this the show with the TV version of Emma Stone?

One of the reasons why Fillion and Lehman had some chemistry is that they both starred in Tim Minear's 'Drive', back in 2007.

I found your observation about the 'womb ghost' spot on, what with the overloading of the spiritual plane through all the unborn of the past millenias. It demonstrates just how ridiculous the premise is. But it's also an ideological statement, by the show.

That 'Journeyman' theory holds up. 
Poor 'Journeyman', so badly paced and written, it was depressing.
But it was the first show of Kevin McKidd after 'Rome', so you NEEDED to give it a chance.
Kind of like '2 Broke Girls', after Kat Dennings' part in 'Thor', I guess.

Haven't seen 'They Live' yet, I gather?

The Chicago Code : an objectivist tale of a beautilful, powerful woman devoid of any charisma striving for personal vengeance by aiming to rid Chicago of an Irish mob led by Delroy Lindo, mostly through the exchange of sub-Mametian dialogue with a 2nd generation polish lieutenant with a suspiciously Aussie accent.

I watched all of the episodes up to this point, and I still cannot fathom how Karine Vanasse got her role. Couldn't they find a french-speaking actress with more warmth (and talent)? If it's a 'a real french accent is too grating for network primetime' thing, couldn't they get Caroline Dhavernas?

There is something vaguely grating with the prose in this recap. Can't exactly be more constructive right now. I'll observe and report in a few weeks.