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I needed some pure escapism this week, and I'm a total sucker for time travel stories. As others have said, this is delightfully insane and embraces that full force. Great leads, and I was surprised at how genuinely creepy some of the imagery was, especially the blurry demon in the mirror. I'll watch again to be

I agree, and I also liked the cold open of this episode where she was happily selling a clown figurine on ebay to help with family finances and picking out names for her baby. She has certainly had many difficult moments over the series and made bad decisions, but it was a good reminder that at one time she and Walt

Well, I am firmly in the camp that noticed Walt's abusive phone monologue would make it very easy for Skylar to cut a deal based on the idea that she feared Walt, thereby leaving Walt Jr. with a mother he can forgive and Holly a mother to raise her. It may have been a bigger sacrifice than offering up the 80 million

Oh, Mr. Hill knows that nothing is lower than a housewife. A FEMALE that has given birth automatically loses all ability to have taste, agency and not be an appendage of her husband and children. Dave Hill, on the other hand, is a peach.

I haven't seen this movie in years, but I always remember the scene where she confesses to Matthew Modine about her former life and how she's trying to live a better life with her son, and he realizes, without dialogue, that he and the FBI have misjudged her. He plays it so well, and she is utterly adorable. 

Hiddleston was great in the tv movies of the history plays. He got to play Prince Hal/Henry V. I enjoyed every minute of his performance. Haven't seen the Avengers so no opinion on Loki.

When someone I know made the argument that Firefly is an apologia for the Confederacy while blatantly wiping away all the evils of Confederacy can making the Union -sorry the alliance - evil, I've had a hard time watching it. I simply wasn't able to distance myself from the imagery, especially when there are so many

Oh, I can see that happening. I can also see her turning against Skylar in a huge, massive as in Skylar ends up in prison way, and she raises Holly way.

The one thing that broke me out of the narrative was Walt's 70s cop show brandishing of the gun through the house. I kept humming The Beastie Boys's "Sabotage" during that scene. I just felt like that's not how Walt would have handled it.

It seems like a small thing, but Marie asked Jesse how he likes his coffee. Hank only strapped Jesse in the car because he's a valuable object and a means to an end, but Marie sees Jesse as a person who has been hurt by Walt. My guess is that Marie is going to be more effective than Hank in figuring out how to use

I always had a feeling Marie would become essential somehow. I'm now seeing that she's the analog to Walt in the Schrader house. She's the one who is smarter than everyone gives her credit for, has buried her boredom and restlessness under quirky purple and kleptomania, but now that she has a goal and little to lose,

While you make fair points, Anna Gunn has had to be under guard at various times because she's routinely threatened by "fans" of the show who want to do things like rape and kill the actress because they don't like the character's "attitude" or actions. All the characters on Breaking Bad have done unpleasant things

I thought both Hank had the opportunity to win Skylar over. When he blew off getting her a lawyer, that was a huge red flag to her that he didn't have her interests at heart, didn't have a good deal of hard information in general and certainly didn't know her involvement. Then, Marie tries to take the Holly. It

From this review, it seems like the filmmakers are convinced of their superiority over Austen fans and Austen herself, and yet seem totally oblivious to the fact that Austen herself engaged in satire. And that Austen did so should be obvious to anyone who has read her books, rather than seen a film adaptation or two.

I now resent Lionsgate for greenlighting Ender's Game simply because I don't want to hear about what this worthless troll thinks. I wouldn't pay to see the original cut of The Magnificent Ambersons if I thought a dime might go to Orson Scott Card, let alone a slick, well-plotted SciFi movie.

Damn, Farley Granger was a dreamboat. Handsome, charismatic and talented. I actually met him when he was an older man and I was in my early 20s, and he had his long time boyfriend with him. My knees turned to jelly, and I think at that point I had only ever seen him in one movie. 

So much of what makes Broadchurch is Ellie's ordinary world and how Danny's death creeps into it. Unfortunately, Jodie Whittaker looks too much like an actual working class police officer for Fox. They will probably cast a sex kitten.

I also burned through it for similar reasons, and I realized very quickly that you aren't meant to figure out who did it. There are so many clues that take you down a different subplot/rabbit hole, there's no way to know except be a good guesser.

I'm glad the writer gave a shout out to the amazing production design. Every home has its own personality, reflecting the character and/or family who lives there in really lovely detail. There's so many little "ordinary suburban family" touches in the Latimer house that are heartbreaking. 

I remember that now! I've only seen all the episodes once, but I do think we are meant to believe Gus was more competent than Walt at running the operation.