she’s listed as Lady Gaga, though I read that her initial credit was going to be under her birth name. Not sure why she changed it.

to be fair, he does have an advantage.

I know there was a lot of snark about A Star Is Born but I’m glad it’s been such a big hit. Say what you want, but there was a high degree of difficulty, and it stuck the landing.

the bathroom scene in The Master. You know the one.

none actually. I’ve tried, but every rabbit season, I discover it’s actually duck season. 

hey-yo!

i watched every WB cartoon many times as a kid and have yet to drop an anvil on anyones head.

first time I saw Amy Adams was in Junebug. Her line reading of “you where not...” when her sister-in-law tells her that she was born in Africa, was brilliant, and feels like the audition for this role.

this feature is so good - this and Age of Heroes is some of the best movie criticism around right now. And well done AVClub too - this is exactly the features we want on this site.

Disney think that Mary Poppins and Han Solo have the same audience? Goddam Mary Poppins, perhaps, but not Emily Blunt....

even better: make a new playlist, add all of these volumes, hit shuffle, and groove for 65 hours. You’re welcome.

This. And I think it actually would have made Solo better - it came out too soon after the last one, and I really do think a bit of fatigue had set in.

the show was always enjoyable, but I just hated that it ended with a real commercial. They never did that before, it took me out of the experience and it felt like cheating.

good shout on Sopranos. In fact, just the final shot (no pun intended)

the first three seasons of that show are my favourite tv drama ever. The last two where enjoyable but just threaded water. The Coke ad final scene was just so out of character with everything else in the show, it just jarred. (See also, Sopranos)

It was disappointing because it was just mediocre.

is St. Elsewhere’s still the worst season finale? Off the top of my head:

and think of how much classic British tv was very short seasons, and only a few seasons too. 

and please tell me that Benicio del Toro is darkening his brows just for this role. Cos that looks odd...

I assumed the murk in Escape At Dannemora was about the murk in upstate prisons in any era.