I'm pleasantly surprised by the lack of "why you choosing hipster movies over [INSERT POPULAR BUT NOT-BEST-OF-THE-YEAR GOOD MOVIE]?!?!?!?!?!?" or "you should only choose movies that I've heard of!!!" comments.

Also, I'm still horribly disappointed that this year was shaping up to have three Lubezki movies come out (this, Knight of Cups, and Last Days in the Desert) and now only one is, and that one not even being seen by most until next year.

Can I be frank? Okay, you be Dino, and you be the other guy, and tell Blakey Davis Jr. that he's dead-wrong.

I want me that Emmanuel Lubezki goodness, and I can't wait until January 8 to get it. Put it in my veins!

It's not like this review is any more negative than most of the reviews of it out there.

Saying that he's only not keeping up with the subtleties is giving him too much credit. He's not keeping up with anything.

I knew it, I fucking knew it.

I have a sinking feeling The Knick is getting shut out altogether here.

Best Shows

I have no complaints with this list, solely because the official best scene of the year is included, that being the one from Magic Mike XXL. Although perhaps I do wish the list was made up of nothing but scenes from Magic Mike XXL.

I saw Fifty Shades of Grey. That scene is the best in the movie, but other than it looking mighty purty, it's not great.

I have a feeling you are going to be a fan of Eros. Just a hunch.

Waiting to see Carol and The Revenant is lit'rally going to kill me.

Tell them to get off their asses and watch Side Effects.

This is only slightly tempered by me being able to see The Hateful Eight in 70mm. I may see the large-format western, but I want my aching period lesbian romances, goddamnit!

We can be thankful John Seale came out of retirement to pull it all off. Because of the results and because it meant his last film was no longer The Tourist.

Fuck, really? Fuck that shit. Fuck.

It's like those fuckers don't even know that Ed Lachman is the fuckin' man.

I heard that it's expanding to about 150 theaters on Christmas, which would make the odds of it playing anywhere near Chicago very good. Still bullshit that the Weinsteins are making us wait this long (first The Immigrant, now this shit).

Everybody here needs to watch Phoenix. It's so so so good.