I'm thinking Saul might be too dumb for this job.

it's become a slightly different show, a little more ripped from the headlines. It's genuinely exciting like "24" in its prime, and while it's still crazier than that show, it's less crazy.

This song is not "sappy." It is a love song, to be sure, but it is a sophisticated piece of music. The hipster take on Paulie is so BORING. He wrote some of the most complex music of his era, not just musically but lyrically, exhibiting a lot of dry wit. Yes, he did open his heart from time to time, but generally not…

I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard it was quite good, but got run off the air for political reasons.

Inside Out looks to me to be an all-time classic. You mention several others that with time I believe will be seen that way — American Hustle, Social Network, Drive, Silver Linings Playbook, Winter's Bone, Django Unchained, Zero Dark Thirty. I have no argument with the rest as good popcorn movies that were worth the…

Depends who you ask, I suppose. But I know lots of people who think it's a classic. Maybe it's an LA thing.

Ah, but what are the "great films?" And are any of the "great films" of today also big earners at the box office?

Footnote to the 1975 list — Shampoo was an artistic triumph, on a par with the four in front of it. It made money despite having zero appeal to kids. I wonder if the Rocky Horror Picture Show numbers include all the midnight screenings that, to my knowledge, still happen, but were a very big thing later in the 70s and…

The other reason Hoffman has the better of this argument with AV Club is the economic incentives are different between the movie and the TV business models, especially cable TV.

Clearly the latter. But AV Club will deny it, because they fight for equality with every breath.

Hey, I'm wondering if AV Club is teeing off on Dustin Hoffman because something something racism, sexism, homophobia. That seems to be Vulture's latest obsession about culture generally, so maybe AV Club is making a move on the kooky left PC warrior readership. Is Dustin being accused of wanting Hollywood to be more…

Remember, the mid-1960s was the era of "Dr. Doolittle," but also the beginning of the countercultural influence on Hollywood that led to films like "The Graduate" and other anti-heroic classics of the late 60s and early 70s. This spirit now exists on "quality" TV, and not so much in Hollywood except for independent…

I guess you really like that classic Simpsons' chestnut, the "Old Man Yells at Cloud" thing. That makes you guys old, ironically. But it doesn't really apply to this story. At all.

The potential for getting cancer from something like a metal guitar pick or electromagnetic waves is, at worst, in the 1 in 100,000 or 1 in 1,000,000 area. For smokers, it's more like 1 in 10. But I know a lot of American Spirit smokers who think it's the GMOs that will kill them. SMH.

Yeah, this is Morning Phase/Sea Change, only louder and with a beat. The melody is downbeat, and the singing style remains inspired by too much cough syrup.

wait a minute, Henry is perfect! Final scene, Paige staring horrified at the FBI AGENT!!! having dinner with her SOVIET SPY PARENTS!!!, is going to have the deal with the fact that Henry is HANGING OUT WITH THE G_MAN!!! who could PUT HER PARENTS IN PRISON FOREVER!!! No, seriously, think about what they're setting up…

Makes me think this is more about selling tickets in other states than about boycotting Indiana. Wilco's cachet pretty much vanished about 10 years ago.

No, I recognize that is the case. But it seems odd to assume that, in the absence of a law telling Indiana florists and bakers not to discriminate, that their default would be to do so.

You're amazing. You say it's stupid to overlook the intent of the law, then you allow as to how Pence has said anti-gay bias was not the intent of the law. Can you prove the intent of the law or are you just very confident in your mind-reading abilities?

I haven't spent much time in Indiana, but why do you assume its florist and bakers are all a) haters and b) able to prove their hate is based on religious commands?