Agreed. And honestly, Dafoe's Goblin as well. The only thing I can really say for the new Spider-man iterations is that the heroes are slightly better acted than those in Raimi's, but that consideration in no way extends to the villains. Dafoe and Molina are splendid.

Likewise. I haven't seen "Dead Man," but all accuracy aside, that's one of my very favorite bits of Ebert's writing.

What about Doc Ock in Spider-man 2? I may be revealing my geekiness, but that's the first thing I think of when I think of Alfred Molina.

In a creative writing class, I was told that two basic endings to a character's internal plot are: a) learns something and b) fails to learn something.

Minor not miner!

Heck yes! I like it better than Casablanca. Key Largo is rather underrated, in my opinion, and Bacall is fantastic in it. That performance alone might make her my favorite actress from that era.

This reference makes me want to fence again.

Really want to see Grand Budapest Hotel (GBH ?) again, for the reasons you mention.

Finishing up the third season of The Killing. Dashed if that show didn't pull a 180 and go from the abysmally slow and pointless second season to a remarkably solid, compelling, borderline-great third season. Saarsgard, Enos, and Kinnaman deserve recognition. Probably the writers too.

Since I've been aware of late night hosts as a thing, and a thing which could be measured against itself, so to speak, he's been my favorite late night host. Which is to say, I don't immediately and vehemently change the channel when I see him.

Still uncertain and reserving judgement on this one. Certainly looks like it could be good, but it also could be a sentimental, vague, gloopy mess. Props to Nolan for going for emotion instead of his usual intricate puzzle-plots, but then again, he has previously shown himself not terribly adept with emotions, and…

4. Edge of Tomorrow (btw, the ending makes zero sense; it's still an excellent movie)
3. Grand Budapest Hotel (my first Anderson film; loved it)
2. Maleficent (weirdly underrated! really good! captures that faerie-tale feel)
1. Inside Llewyn Davis (saw it in January; hey, I was catching up; really great film)

King Kong ain't got nothing on me.

"I Hung My Head" is dashed gorgeous.

I feel like a lot of Cash's renditions are the definitive versions of songs he did not write or even originally perform. Case in point, I love his "Heart of Gold," but rather dislike the original (I think?) Neil Young version. (Also, I almost typed Neil Simon by mistake; apparently my knowledge of the Neils of pop…

The phrase "elf-parkour," which in any other context might be cool, in the context of Tolkien quite neatly conveys the problematic tone of large chunks of the Hobbit movies (and, let's be honest, medium chunks of the Two Towers and Return of the King movies).

Ron Swanson is . . . Dracula.

Ah! Two of my favorite things.

Just finished this (catching up on Netflix), and need to make a point. Possibly been made by someone else elsewhere or here before, of course, but: Joe Morton, the actor who plays Rowan Pope (brilliantly if you ask me), bears some resemblance to Bill Cosby. My theory is that Shonda Rimes is aware of this and is using…

I'm glad this looks like it will allow Plaza to do her deadpan hate-everything (but vulnerable) shtick. Upon hearing the premise initially, I was concerned it was just going to restrict her to gnawing at human flesh while covered in zombie makeup. It appears we will get a bit of both.