Just saw this and really liked it, even if it was a bit more pedestrian than its two predecessors (at times it felt like an exceptionally strong episode of "Longmire") and did go a bit overboard painting Jeremy Renner as the ultimate white savior (I mean, he literally spends half the movie in white snow-camouflage). …

Disagree, she was terribly cast and completely unconvincing in American Hustle - can't believe she got an Oscar nod out of that. On the other hand, I thought she was quite good in Joy.

I *thought* that was Sterling K. Brown! But I missed the credits (or I think my DVR cut them off) and his IMDb page doesn't list this appearance, so I then I thought it must just be someone who looks a lot like him. But it was him!!

Ok, haven't watched tonight's episode yet (in part because FX is fucked up on my FiOS, will have to watch in non-HD or on demand), but can I just propose the *perfect* song to close out the series - or at least use during the last season? Queen's "Hammer to Fall." I was listening to it the other day and the lyrics,…

The glasses line still gets me teary-eyed just reading about it and remembering the scene. The only death scene line from a movie that's made me bawl more was "Mo cuishle" in "Million Dollar Baby."

I remember Batman Returns much better than I do Batman, although that's mainly because of Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman. A performance for the ages, that one.

Methinks this movie will not be playing in the New Ottoman Empire.

Sigh, I was hoping against hope this would be better than the buzz, if only because (1) I love Isaac and admire Bale, and (2) genocide-deniers - fuck 'em - seem to be coming out of the woodwork for this movie, irrespective of its merits (of which sadly there seem to be few, at least artistically).

This guy agrees with you: https://www.washingtonpost….

Dammit, I wanted to go to that screening but it was all sold out by the time I tried to order tix. Did you stay for the Q&A with Gray?

That moment when we see him looking up at the Lincoln Memorial somehow felt like the most profound moment in the entire series. I'm not kidding.

This show. I love it so. I don't watch everything so I can't say whether there's a better drama series out there right now, but I would be very, very surprised if there's a better *acted* one. A-plus caliber across the board.

She's wired to reject anything "squishy" and Western like psychotherapy, EST, etc…and yet, deep down, she's proving the psychiatrist right. Spending a lifetime stoically repressing everything hasn't left her in a good place, even if she's not quite at the breaking point Philip is.

Thank you for mentioning Starting Out in the Evening, it's the one that really turned me on to him as an actor (starting out in the evening, indeed!) - a performance for the ages.

Absolutely thought the same thing re: Renee / Kathleen Turner, and blonde / Ivanka.

Sort of related to that point, is anyone else distracted by the fact that Sarandon looks WAY too young and hot (even at age 70, yowza) for any of Joan's putdowns about Bette's haggard appearance to make any sense? If we're supposed to be buying that Joan still has more of her looks left at that point than Bette, this…

Couldn't have said it better than myself. You can have an opinion on what *sounds* or *looks* good to eat, in fact that's how you choose what to eat! And the descriptions of Shirley's nearly always appeal more to my gut than Brooke's.

How many Asian mothers do you know? All the ones I know, including my own, are *extremely* stingy with praise for their children - no matter how well you do, their reaction will nearly always be trained to what you could do better; and god help you if you didn't do your best. So when you do get the "I'm proud of…

It means more coming from an Asian mom. Trust me.

That's not always a good thing. I thought it looked like there was a little too *much* going on, though I guess the judges thought it all came together well. And simplicity can be beautiful.