it becomes a job for them regardless of (at least the more professional actors treat it as a job) and there are good jobs (free gourmet food, goodie bags, wrap party, free condoms, coconut oil, spanx - this is a very interesting movie set it seems) and horrible jobs (no crafts table, no free water, shitty EVERYTHING).…

I get that artists experience their job satisfaction differently from most, but something feels terribly conceited about someone who gets paid a hojillion times more than most people who NEVER expect their jobs to be fun, complain that it wasn’t “fun.” Work isn’t always fun, even (and maybe especially) when you’re a…

This is going to be REALLY controversial, but I’m gonna name Wes Anderson. He has an impeccable eye and sense of design and style, but at the expense of anything approaching warmth or spontaneity, because it is all so designed and arch and calls attention to itself, and more and more he has become wrapped up in…

As good as Heath Ledger was, I’m pretty sure this is way more depth/credit given to Goyer’s script than it deserves.

Does he also look slick in a cowboy hat? That’s definitely an Olyphant trait. Justified is awesome. Season 1 is good, all the rest are perfect.

In Deadwood perhaps. On “Justified” he sort of leans at a rakish angle against everything. Still looks like a boss though.

Charismatic and edgy? Perhaps.

Can we get Olyphant and Goggins back together?

And just imagine if it is. Or that hug with Paige... wow. Sometimes you go into these things knowing it might be risky and all. But even then, it doesn’t mean you give everybody the goodbye they deserve.

It’s not uncommon for teenagers and their parents to go through some rough patches communication-wise. But yeah, the call between Henry and Elizabeth seemed to be more on the sad side than anything.

The fact that she seems to genuinely know nothing about her own son really hit me.

I agree as I “harrumphed” earlier.

I just binged the first two seasons (after reading all the books) and caught up in time for the premiere. Sad that this won’t be getting regular coverage!

This show, which inspires lively and interesting discussion, gets dropped from episodic coverage. But presumably “Modern Family” will get episodic reviews forever.

I know I shouldn’t care at this point, because while the original trilogy was a really important mythology to me as a kid, it’s just another giant profit-driven media franchise that sometimes manages to tell a decent story with fun characters and excellent production values.

I really enjoyed this movie. It felt new while also having the nostalgia touches that Star Wars should have. It worked thematically and the story was good.

Ren works for me because he’s the first of these cinematic “Dark Lord” figures that didn’t try to out-Vader Vader. The recent sci-fi/fantasy boom has brought all these characters out of the woodwork in menacing black armor, who speak in intimidating tones about “Plans, plans, darkness, Yesssssss”, and since Ren is…

The existential crisis I have that keeps me from continuing to see these movies, or the Marvel movies for that matter is that lack of stakes or resolution.

I wonder if part of the problem is also that when you get down to it the plot of Murder on the Orient Express isn’t really very cinematic. Once you get past the opening build-up, it’s basically “Poirot interviews someone — they act eccentric — M. Bouc says “it was them!” for whatever reason — rinse and repeat until we…

Serious debate I’m having with my friends right now in response to the tepid reviews for this: what is Branagh’s appeal? How does he keep getting directing gigs? How does he keep getting away with casting himself? What films has he done where either his performance or directing is noteworthy?

I love detective stories,…