What has happened to Aiden Gillen? Is he going through some kind of long-term personal crisis that's throwing him off his game? He used to be good in most things, and now he's shitty (or, to be generous, WTF-y) in almost everything. At this point, I'm hoping that Calvary is actually his nadir.

Most unexpected movie featuring full-frontal male nudity ever.

The latter. It would have been eligible as Germany's submission last year, but they picked Beloved Sisters. I'm not quite as crazy about Phoenix as everyone else, and I don't think Beloved Sisters is as snoozy as its reputation, but Phoenix still would have been the better choice, both quality-wise and…

I always find it a little creepy when spouses have joint social media or e-mail accounts. My friend is a hiring manager, and she sees resumes with e-mail addresses like "johnandmichellesmith@gmail.com" way too often.

The list of exceptionally good-looking directors is, admittedly, not very long, but he's definitely near the top of it.

I was really annoyed by Hooper's whole tilted-angle/wide-angle-lens schtick in John Adams, even though no one else seemed to mind, and I felt vindicated when everyone started turning on him after he made the jump to movies.

I'm not sure which one you prefer, but vista screentime is almost certainly going to win out there. I've read a number of reviews that note how small Gyllenhaal's part is. In fact, Peter Bradshaw from the Guardian is kind of upset about it: http://www.theguardian.com/…

The only good thing about Macbeth's release date is that it's then supposed to be available on Amazon for streaming in early 2016. But I have a feeling that Amazon deal is just going to cut into the movie's theatrical release, which really sucks. The trailers make it look like the kind of movie that demands a…

My favorite example of this is the film version of State of Play, with Ben Affleck and Russell Crowe as former college roommates. I wonder how Crowe explained to his future employer why it apparently took him 12 years to graduate.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's face looks like it's been CGI'd onto his body in that trailer. I don't know how its possible for a real person to look computer-generated, but I'm sure if anyone could figure that out, it would be Robert Zemeckis.

I'm a big Joe Wright fan, so I'm going to see it no matter what, but I have to admit that my heart sinks a little every time I see the trailer. "Slightly off" indeed.

It's not about the Pankhursts. For some reason, multiple movie-related websites are insisting that Emmeline Pankhurst is the main character, but reports from screenings state that she's only in the movie for a few minutes. Carey Mulligan's character is the lead, with Helena Bonham-Carter (Edith New) having the next…

When I saw this trailer before another movie, I heard someone behind me say, "What a stupid title."

Loving this series, but is it bad that my favorite part of the whole thing will likely be Nick's Ed Koch impression?

My friend said exactly the same thing. That's the first time I've heard anyone say that 1) in total seriousness, and 2) about a movie other than Leonard Part 6.

I don't understand why this isn't coming out until 2016. By then, it will have been over a year since the movie premiered at Sundance and got a ton of buzz. Why not release it in…oh, I don't know…October 2015? I know the distributor has another movie coming out that month, but it seems pointless to wait so long and…

I think I read somewhere that Robert Vaughn's health isn't good, so I wasn't expecting to see him, but I was sure that David McCallum was going to pop up. Guess not.

I saw the movie, and both you and Dowd are sort of right. The rumored incident is clearly referred to as molestation, but Gordo was then bullied and beaten by his father because everyone assumed he was gay. Maybe I'm underthinking the whole thing, but it doesn't seem like that big a leap to me. (I mean, that big a…

I was looking forward to Out of the Furnace so much, and I know people who really loved it, but I thought it was such a huge disappointment. I don't think originality needs to be the number-one priority for a film, but every single second of that movie just reminded me of other, better movies that I would have rather…

The sheer amount of slow-motion in The Passion of the Christ is truly mindboggling. It makes 300 look like a Benny Hill episode.