Yeah. I don't think he understands American politics or cares and it shows. Stewart/Oliver had a sense of righteous indignation about certain things which cut deep. Noah just seems like some kid mugging and making silly jokes. Most people seem to think he's fine, if mediocre, but I actively dislike him. His…

Zack and Miri was really good.

Same with Red Lobster biscuits.

I loved the first half, which was bizarre and unpredictable and completely unlike anything I'd ever seen. It takes a nose dive into tedious torture porn in the second half. The explanation of the cult and transcendence is kind of interesting, but not enough to save the awful second half which seems really mundane…

I loved Monsters. It subsists almost entirely on atmosphere, which it has in abundance. I didn't like "Godzilla" as much (mostly because of the boring lead character), but like "Monsters" it at least looked gorgeous and had tons of atmosphere. That director really knows how to milk a lot from very little. Which…

Attractive people are just attractive, regardless of what they do. Tom Hardy would still be hot, even if he had a comb over and giant 1970s pedo-glasses. It's not fair, but such is life.

That's how I feel about most Todd Haynes films. I absolutely LOVE R. W. Fassbinder and Haynes rips off Fassbinder at every turn, so I should love Haynes, but his movies don't have the rough edges, stylistically or politically, that Fassbinder's did. Fassbinder's films always seemed intensely personal, even when…

I saw the film this past weekend when it was -5 degrees out. Which made that scene where DiCaprio swims down the icey river, washes up on shore, and then it cuts away for a scene at the camp, and then cuts back to Dicaprio with a fire started and sitting under his "wet" bear skin in the same clothes play as way more…

They were characters, anyway, which can't be said of the film's protagonist. The biggest problem with the film is that we know nothing about Dicapprio other than the fact that he has an Indian son. And nothing he says makes me want to know anything else about him. Which makes all the scenes were he implausibly…

It looked noticeably CGI to me. But animal CGI is getting really good, so for split seconds at a time it looks real. Kind of like "The Life of Pi." The animals in that looked completely real in stills, but something about how they moved would give it away from time to time.

I read some Bobsey Twins as a kid. I realized they were awful at the time, but read them anyway. The worst/best part was that every chapter had to end with a cliffhanger. Which was such a bizarre restriction to place on writers, mainly because in the first chapter or two before the mystery gets started it's really…

I've lived here 12 years and I've seen him once. At a Tori Amos concert. He was sitting just two rows in front of me. It was way more exciting than seeing Tori Amos. Apparently he thought so too, as he left after 4 songs.

He really doesn't anymore, though. You can tell he's had work done. He's starting to get that "caked with makeup" look that Little Richard had in his later years.

Paul Giamatti is sadly underused of late. See also John C. Reilly (who I like even more than Giamatti, but he at least has Steve Brule who might be the most brilliant thing he or anyone has ever done).

The premise is completely different now. William H. Macy's character cleaned himself up and went to police academy. Now it's mostly a procedural.

If I was an actor I would want to do a Showtime show. It'd be a steady paycheck for at least a decade.

Yeah, I just point it out because I've never known the origins of feminists (supposedly) advocating for the use "womyn" rather than "Women." I suspect some might have at some point, but literally the only time I ever hear "womyn" used is by anti-feminists making fun of feminists.

Act of Killing is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen and one of the most important films culturally at a time when terrorists are aestheticizing violence to the point that they practically art direct beheadings. Everyone should see it now if they haven't. It's on Netflix.

I don't like "Extras" much at all, but in regard to this scene in particular, I agree its hatefullness is why it's not funny. It's too over the top, almost to a broad and sitcomy level. Plus, completely predictable. As a show, "Extras" was basically just this scene over and over and over again, with the occasional…

I've read so much feminist theory over the years and I've never seen anyone unironically use the word "womyn." Just an observation.