I suppose you could argue that Sheldon is the lead of The Big Bang Theory and that's who the audience watches the show for. I don't know if I agree, but it seems like there's an argument to be made there.

I'm a little surprised that Sam considers "The Namesake" Nair's best film. It's pretty good (although it loses a little something when it shifts to the younger generation), but "Monsoon Wedding" is glorious.

When Roger stopped the others from cutting Harry off after he stormed into the conference room, I felt a wave of evil glee wash over me. I was greatly anticipating seeing Harry get utterly destroyed.

I love Parks and Rec and like Go On well enough, but I really think NBC should just start over on Thursdays, with at least three new sitcoms. I'd put money on next year being P&R's last, so put that in the 8pm hot seat and pair it with something compatible. Then Michael J. Fox plus their most promising (or…

And pancakes soaked with rum.

I've long thought that it's going to be a single, fifteen-second shot of Harry sitting at his desk and eating a sandwich while slowly flipping through a magazine.

I thought the same thing. I get why some people think that Nick wrote about a real relationship and Jess wrote about just having a good time, but my first thought was that they wrote the same thing and Russell didn't want to tell them either because he would look like a jerk or because he honestly thought they weren't…

I know you said television, but the overall gold standard for Philadelphia accents has to be Toni Collette in "The Sixth Sense," right?

I've been trying to figure that out too. I thought maybe he was just over-enunciating, rather than (trying) to adopt a specific accent, but I really don't know. It's very, very strange.

I think the release date is linked with what you initially pointed out: the reviews seem to be somewhat divisive. Some say masterpiece, while others say overblown slog. When Focus Features picked it up at Toronto last year, they probably took a cue from the early reviews, saw that it wasn't going to be a slam-dunk…

Yes to "Love's Labor Lost." I think it's also been somewhat diminished (in the public perception, at least) by the fact that practically every long-running medical show that came after ER did a variation on that episode, but nothing compares to the original. A true landmark.

@avclub-ffc905126015cdc6758873970fb59828:disqus Room with a View has to be a contender for the title of "movie with the most unexpected male nudity."

Silent killer.

I'll take The Rapists for $200, Alex.

Bernard Boursicot got caught in a honeypot trap with a Chinese man he thought was a woman. One of those examples of truth being stranger than fiction.

I literally recoiled from my computer screen when I read that. Ick.

Halfway through his first scene, I said out loud, "That's gotta be Seth." I listen to him all the time on the Broadway channel on Sirius. It's strange that I never heard him say anything about appearing here, but I might have missed it. There's no mistaking that voice, though.

Straight lady here, but I would absolutely go with Russell in this case. Rhys isn't bad-looking, but I can't help thinking every time I see him that I would rather be looking at James McAvoy. They look weirdly similar to me, but on different attractiveness levels.

@avclub-2699a553580f039ce51cb742ed676ad2:disqus Chris should take up every spot on that list. I honestly don't know if I've ever hated a TV character more (and I've seen every episode of both Lost and The Killing). And it doesn't stem from some TWOP-esque demented Luke/Lorelai shipping obsession on my part. I just…

Yes, it won two (only one fewer than Crash!), for makeup and for Streep as best actress. The makeup is okay (although it makes old-lady Thatcher look pretty ghoulish), but I think Streep is pretty terrible, particularly in the flashbacks, where she stops just short of camp. Her award was no less an Oscar injustice…