You are quite correct—that scene was in the official (read the "let's try to make this dud look like SHERLOCK HOLMES") trailer. And that scene was what made me say hell, no.

Gah—Van Helsing was one of the movies that cured me of that "maybe it will be worth seeing for bad laughs" attitude. The pits.

Oh, phooey. Go check out cassowaries, then get back to me…http://io9.com/the-absolute-worst-…

Agreed—MIMIC had an ace feel for NYC. It was also 1) darn good; 2) enough to make one wish del Toro had tackled Preston & Child's RELIC instead of Peter Hyams.

Though one can make a good argument that the Hobbit trilogy is reason enough to put Jackson in temporary movie lockdown if he keeps on his current overstuffed path. :P

Hee—Dad has a lot of reasons not to contribute to roof repair.

As well, as Balzac noted, behind every great fortune is a crime. Gothic horror is about what happens when those crimes come home to crazy, bored, white people with more money than ethics.

Heh. "…one of those mansions that serves as a tomb for its inhabitants and a monument to their ambitions." ;)

Seriously—by the second act ("the Turn?"), I desperately wanted these guys to get a frickin' hobby or something. For a movie ostensibly about obsession, this was one bloodless, dispassionate flick.

Gah—totally agreed on Inception. One of those movies you'd rather play than watch. :P

But are they more tedious than MINORITY REPORT's duo? Cagematch of the Tedious Detectives in three, two one…:P

This show would be vastly improved if Ice-T's character did a crossover.

Boooooooo….:)

…or "Carter Beats the Devil."

I really really tried to get through this but was soundly defeated by the footnotes' endless discursiveness. As well, unless you read it all the way through in one sitting, you risk forgetting what the hell is going on. I was happy to see Stephen King had the same problem with it. :)

IIRC, Branagh really wanted to do DA even in the face of studio reluctance. It was his chance to do his version of a Hitchcock '40s glossy thriller.

I'd say that's a good bet. What the Ring trilogy was to Jackson, Batman was to Nolan.

The Country Girl still packs a punch. Added bonus—seeing Bing Crosby as the weak abusive creep he was in real life.

One gorgeous-looking movie, to boot. If only the kids playing Will and Jim had been up to snuff, this would have clicked as well as it should.

Most great supervillians have emergency identities they either use for their nefarious plans—or as an escape hatch. Moriarty wouldn't be much different than Fantomas or The Shadow, for that matter.