"We hired Barbara Stanwyck, and here we get George Washington." It really says something that her hair in that movie bothers me so much when all women's hair styles back then already had a special…swoopy oddness to them.

Yep - Leopold and Loeb. Very famous case.

But what's so great about Rope is that while Granger's character is the one falling apart, it's actually John Dall's character that screws them because his ego wants recognition so badly he can't shut up already about the whole thing.

Yeah, if any part of that build-up is silly, it's Bruno reaching through that sewer grate where his arm suddenly stretches an extra several inches to reach that lighter. Otherwise, Strangers on a Train just gets forgotten because Hitchcock has so many Great films that they overshadow the Really Good films.

It's bizarre to me how The Shield is mostly forgotten when it definitely is one of the great cable dramas of the modern era. It was very similar to Breaking Bad in that every season was better than the last and it had fantastic continuity and character building. Walton Goggins' performance as Shane is one of the…

"The Twilight of the Gods"? How spectacularly dramatic. Norma Desmond would love it!

That's depressing, but if you need another source I get most of my movies from the local library. In fact, it's why I finally dove into my list of classic Hollywood flicks, because my library has a huge collection of old movies. Great selection and completely free (and legal)!

I've been watching a ton of classic Hollywood this year, including film noir, which I absolutely love. I also highly recommend "Double Indemnity," "Touch of Evil," "Gilda," "The Narrow Margin," "White Heat," "Laura," and "The Third Man." Also, "The Stranger" isn't too bad (how could it be, when it has Edward G…

The movie was not a good representation of the series. The biggest strength of Veronica Mars was its strong character writing. Logan is one of my favorite written characters because you hate him, you sympathize with him, you love him, you still kind of hate him, and so on. Veronica's backstory is brutal. All the class…

Me too, but it bothers me that someone with that username could forget the Christmas connection. Okay, the book takes place over a LONG period of time, but the movie condenses it way down and 'Rollo Tomassi' is purely from the movie, not the book.

I expected Dodd to show up in the reflection of one of those framed pictures she was lingering in front of. In my mind, Dodd woke up to find Peggy gone and figured Ted Danson might be hiding her out at HIS place now.

Hey, at least your relative has advanced beyond calling all Asians "Orientals."

That's definitely the most jarring censorship for me. I was watching "All About Eve" the other month (I believe that's where this memory is from) and the husband and wife get a phone call in the middle of the night. The wife answers the phone by her single bed, then the husband wakes up and answers the phone next to…

"I know a few maneuvers, we'll lose em!"
"Uh, that was your maneuver? Moving slightly to the left?"

We got two really characterizations for Ed and Peggy tonight. Peggy has the fantastic scene where she explains why she buys the magazines and how trapped she feels in Ed's dream house. Meanwhile, Ed (correct me if I'm wrong) completely misunderstands the story of Sisyphus. Ed interprets rolling the boulder as some ode…

I was surprised by how much I didn't loathe her in this episode. The whole thing about being trapped in that house was touching. Ed sees it as his ideal while Peggy is suffocating in her designated domestic role. She's so damn desperate to "actualize" I can't help but feel for her.

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll have a Sonny Corleone-esque death scene, since that's the role he's filling even if he thinks himself the Don.

Marge Gunderson, tying together the murders - "And for what? A little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Dontcha know that? And here you are, and it's a beautiful day."

Exactly. Ed poured a ton of straight bleach on that floor. And then going into the house, if you're looking for a sign of evidence being disposed of, a fireplace is a natural place to check. The beginning at the diner frustrated me though. Between that and the stray gun, did the cops bother going over the crime scene…

This would make my life if they had an army of Meeseeks cheerfully carrying out a prison break in Season 3's premiere. If they can bring back Squanchy, Birdperson, and Mr Poopybutthole, they can bring back the Meeseeks one more time.