That definitely would have worked better, but the advisory committee still would have made more sense to me if everyone's roles were reversed: Lorelai gets a kick out of it and everyone else (except Taylor, naturally) thinks it's garbage. Come on, there is no way on earth that Gypsy and Sophie would like that show,…

This. The original Sundance response made a lot more sense to me when I read that the initial screening audience was made up largely of friends and family of the cast and crew. Gee, no wonder they loved it! And the original reporting on the movie was as much about the response to the film as the film itself (which, as…

She's my second favorite lead actress performance of the year (after Isabelle Huppert), but I don't see it happening for her. The buzz seemed to fade almost immediately after Sundance, and the distributor didn't seem to care about it that much; I think the trailer and official release date were only posted about a…

That's what I thought at first, but he's apparently supposed to be Theodore H. White.

Yes, there were. Ben Foster probably wouldn't have been nominated anyway, but it's unfortunate that he's being pushed out of the supporting category by a lead actor from his own movie.

In the DVD commentary, Branagh mocks his German accent. It's great.

The accent wasn't great, but the vocal fry was even worse. It was painful to listen to him.

I can't even figure out what he's going for in Byzantium. The character grew up in the U.S. and England, but that accent didn't sound American, English, or anything in between.

I managed to miss the announcement that Kevin Kline is playing Maurice. I knew he was in it, but I guess I just assumed he was going to be Lumiere. Whoops.

Yeah, I saw it back in July (where I was literally the only non-Asian person in a roughly half-full theater).

STUCK's question actually made me think of Ask a Manager! Every once in a while, she'll get a question that's basically, "My boss rejected my two weeks notice. Do I have to keep working for him?"

My friend likes to mess with racist people the same way.

That "worst attack since 9/11" thing really bugs me. As you said, 9/11 would be a minor annoyance compared to something like this. "Worst terrorist attack ever" or even "Biggest government crisis since the Civil War" would be more accurate.

He sounds congested.

John C. Reilly is hilariously miscast in that movie, not just as Ezra Miller's father, but as the whole character in general.

To be fair, Amazon is actually good about pairing with distributors and getting theatrical runs for their movies. Hell, The Neon Demon was released in almost 800 theaters on its opening weekend, which was admirable but not a brilliant financial move.

Yeah, I didn't get the love for Stewart's performance either. Macon Blair was the MVP.

My brother watched the 1959 movie for the first time recently and was indeed surprised to learn that his first name is Judah, not Ben. He really did think the character's full name was "Ben[jamin] Hur."

Not unless we're talking about Casey Affleck.

I watched every single episode of Burn Notice, and I still never figured out exactly who burned Michael.