I never thought Season 1 or 2 Betty could've been as gentle and as kind as she was in the final kitchen scene with Glen. Maybe she's finally learned some appreciation for human frailty/fallibility—or maybe she was just moved by the tragedy of Glen's life. January Jones handled some potentially tough scenes (like when…

And lest we forget, I think Cher still holds the record of the oldest person to have a US #1 single ("Believe")—some 30 years after she sang backup on "Be My Baby."

My nirvana is when the woman wins the showcase…and faints:

I'm blanking on Sam Rockwells character in "The Way Way Back" but oddly he was the first one I thought of. Yeah, all he does is odd jobs and manage a water park and keep the one liners coming for the first hour-then comes the early morning scene where he consoles our teenage hero, and the way Rockwell praises the kid…

Godard is an important and innovative filmmaker, but I can't stand his movies. Give me a decently made biopic with great acting over Godard's navel-gazing any day.

If Adam gets this wigged out by "Transformers," I really hope "Return to Oz" in on the docket for "The Goldbergs" at some point. I was 18 and took my 6-year-old sister to that summer of '85, but I'd read her a whole bunch of the Oz books so we knew what we were getting into. Man, when that scene with the heads…

Yes. As do episodes from "The Tick" "Party Down" "Trophy Wife" "Andy Richter Controls the Universe" "Suburbia" and a lot of other brilliant-but-cancelled comedies. "Better Off Ted" is going to be a candidate for future cult-dom.

It holds up really well—the only problem with it is Jeremy Sumpter is just good (especially his non-verbal facial reactions), whereas Olivia Hurd-Williams and Jason Isaacs are extraordinary. It's also a little too long. But the rest of the casting, score, special effects, production design, etc. are all terrific (and…

What are some of your kids' favorite movies? "The Wizard of Oz" "A Little Princess" "Peter Pan" (2003) "The Iron Giant" "Ella Enchanted" "The Borrowers" "Harry Potter" and things of that ilk indicate one kind of mindset; things like "Zookeeper" "Cheaper By the Dozen" "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and stuff with an…

Generally, it seems like a possible solution to both men's careers is: Rodriguez needs to direct a smart movie with real characters and tangy dialogue to go with his amazing visual style, which has been coasting on fumes for awhile now. Smith needs a filmmaker with visual panache (and the ability to edit down his…

Anyone who sets "Sweeny Todd" in an elementary school talent show for its climax has a sensibility that has taken the leap from juvenile and crass to truly, brilliantly warped. Pity the rest of the movie isn't as gutsy.

I completely disagree with your comments re: Tarantino—he's a brilliant talent, but he's also a tool. His maturity level is around the level of a precocious 13-year-old, and inevitably he resorts to gunfire and splatter because, well, that's what adolescent boys love. I can applaud his use of mise-en-scene, his…

"Crazy For You" "Into the Groove" "Live To Tell" "Mysterious Stranger" "Who's That Girl" "Causin' A Commotion" "Masterpiece" and I believe "Die Another Day" were all eligible to at least be nominated. I'm not a fan of "DAD" but those others are some grade-A pop. (And the first two, from 1985, would've certainly been…

1982 was kind of nadir for this category—the "winner" was "Up Where We Belong," which defeated the cheese-tastick "Eye of the Tiger." The other three slots were cluttered with goopy soft-rock ballads: "How Do You Keep the Music Playing" "If We Were In Love" "It Might Be You." This eliminated Journey (!), which had a…

I'd nominate four gay-themed films which tragically seem to have fallen off of the radar (except the last one): "Love Is Strange" "Lilting" "The Way He Looks" and "Pride." "Love Is Strange" is a moving meditation on marriage and long-term coupledom, and what happens when a couple is forced to temporarily separate due…

Three words: "Return to Oz." Box office disaster, now a cult favorite.

Walking out of "The Shawshank Redemption" into the street, my partner and I not saying anything at all, until he finally said, "Well, what did you think?" And in front of the San Francisco AMC Kabuki, I basically screamed at the top of my lungs, "OH MY GOD, THAT WAS SO F___ING GOOD!" And it was, too. (A few…

Yeah, I've seen a bunch of disturbing movies in my life, but the ending of this one was so horrifying, I've never been able to watch the movie again. It's a brilliant work of art and a staggering achievement of imagination, but when it's done you feel like you've been steamrolled. (However, why has Kate Winslet not…

Yes Mickey?

And that restaurant tango scene—anyone who doubts Morticia and Gomez are one of pop culture's best examples of a loving, passionate marriage holding up over time needs to go back and watch that again.