It does seem questionable…but I could buy it, as both comedy and character beat, because it demonstrates the distance between what Ruth thinks she can do as an actor (Be such a convincing "Russian" she fools actual Russians) and what she can actually do (Make people say "Who the fuck is this crazy person"?).

Yeah, Marc Maron's essential "Marc Maron-ness" works like gangbusters here.

Seems on-point to me.

Joel Grey?

Auditioned for a role in this movie. Didn't get it. The screenplay didn't read particularly well, so I'm not surprised by this review, but still bummed that I missed out on getting to work with Elliot.

For a second, I was tempted to ask for further explanation…then realized I didn't really give a shit about your opinion.

Yeah, I was touched on one level, but it also gave me an "It's us against everyone" feeling that was sad, because it's hard to imagine them winning that battle.

Cool Hand Luke would definitely be on my list of "perfect movies". And that's a great scene - Makes me wonder if it started the trope of "loser wins everyone's respect by not staying down in a fight"? Cause I hadn't seen it before, but I've definitely seen it since.

Maybe so, but I'm always happy when she shows up in a movie or TV show.

Batman and Robin,. Godfather III (Which I saw on Xmas Day). Two If By Sea, with Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary, Superman III. The 1979 "horror comedy" Mother's Day…I'm sure there are others I've blocked from memory…

Your "worst" movies are pretty good, relatively speaking.

It sure had that feeling, didn't it? And it would have been a great gut-punch - Stan goes out on a limb to protect Oleg, but Oleg doesn't know it, and kills himself - but I'm glad things didn't go that way…at least not this episode.

I wondered if there was another layer there as well, basically giving her a communist "reading list" without saying so.

Thanks! Loved "Lonesome Dove" (Have read a lot of McMurtry since then), rented the mini-series as soon as I finished the book, and loved that too (Had the pleasure of meeting Duvall some years back, and when I told him it was my favorite of his roles, he said, "Me too!").

I don't think I've seen the original since its theatrical run, but I remember it as a real movie, with a streak of genuine melancholy that touched me then (I would have been 18 or 19) and is mostly what I remember about it now. It was one of those rare movies where I walked out having gotten more than I expected when…

Wondering if we're going to have an "infidelity" plot-line, which would be kind of fascinating, considering part of their job description is to have sex with people- Seemed Elizabeth was attracted to :Wheat Guy (Don't remember his name) but for his evil mission to starve Russia, and now that's off the table (On the…

Love George Carlin, but he basically gave up on jokes years before he died. I liked listening to him still, because he was smart and I agreed with a lot of what he had to say, but he more commentator than comedian at the end.

Definitely.

Everyone else is right and you're wrong. "Over-rated" means nothing other than "I don't like him, and nobody else should either", which is the textbook definition of "feeling superior".

I have not, but I understand it happens. Do you think the majority of women who get hit by men provoked it?