Shakespeare in Love is another example of this. I've seen it a dozen times and it never gets old. I actually think it might be better than Saving Private Ryan, which has some stunning moments but gets a little bit lost in easy sentimentality. I recognize that I am in the minority. I also really like Ordinary People. I…

My favorite sonnet is 130, which is only slightly less famous than 18. I guess I just think it's so amusing that Shakespeare could make a backhanded compliment so sweet.

Normally, I prefer not to link to Buzzfeed, but this expresses my reaction to the election more perfectly than mere words can capture: http://www.buzzfeed.com/dan….

Kinduva rough week. I've lost a lot of friends in the last six months. I don't mean that they've died. I mean that I've realized that A) they're good people, but we've grown apart; B) they were okay people once, but I've grown, whereas they have not; C) that they were never all that good to begin with. I think what…

Well, I'm around that age now, so…I don't have a point, really.

Well, he's terribly mysterious.

"those of us who survive it will forever after show our scars with pride"

As somebody else notes upthread, it's really funny when you're twelve, less so when you're older. I must have watched it a million times in my early adolescence. Hey, it was on TV a lot.

I don't know if his race was a factor in his casting, but it amuses me that a Native American actor who often plays elder chief roles spoofs the wise sage types in this one. He has so many good lines.

The main thing that the New Series has lost is the sense of time and place. People complain that Classic Who is too slow, but I like the way that in the old serials, the first half hour would usually consist of nothing more than the Doctor dropping in somewhere and realizing that something is…amiss. The New Series…

One of the things I think the New Series has gotten right is the structure of the seasons. We get episodic adventures along with the occasional reminder of some big mythology, and the finale ties it all together (or at least tries to). "The Key to Time" was basically a McGuffin hunt, and it barely even tried to…

I'm still conflicted on whether "Warrior's Gate" is brilliant or too damn dense for its own good, but the E-Space trilogy definitely gives us a 4th Doctor who is more engaged and rational than anything you'd see here. Also, I like showing it to 5th Doctor fans who hate Adric. Because he wasn't so annoying in his early…

She makes it a lot.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? works largely because of the deep animosity between Davis and Crawford. I know acting is all about faking it, but I'm convinced that movie would not have been as good had those two not hated each other with a white-hot passion in real life. They were also great actresses to boot.…

Maybe it's because I've seen Holy Grail too many times, but the parts of Spamalot that work best for me are the ones that aren't taken from the movie. I like the way that they actually find the grail in the musical. The film's ending wouldn't work onstage. Break a leg.

That shows a certain amount of emotional maturity. You're right that she is seeing things in extremes, but if you can't allow yourself to feel sad, you'll never feel happy. (I want to say that's a Buddhist belief, but I could be wrong.)

I thought that was good. Good performances by Campbell Scott and Bruce Davison. A little heavy-handed in its overall message, but affecting stuff nonetheless.

My first comment as Robot King (I posted on a few older articles under a different name, but it was nothing significant) came a little over two years ago on a Classic Doctor Who review. I disagreed with the critic over just what worked and what didn't on a particular storyline. Seems like a fitting way for me to make…

Dustin Hoffman said he knew he had to do that movie when he saw himself made up as a woman and realized that he wouldn't talk to her if he saw her at a party because she wasn't pretty enough. There's some real bite to Tootsie, it's just buried under a lot of silliness.

When Elementary was first announced, I had that "What is this, the American Sherlock?" reaction that so many others had. Of course, Sherlock began to decline in quality after its fun-filled first season and doesn't hold up too well to repeat viewings. It still has its charms, but I defy anyone to find something in it…