Yes, Sheen is a devout Catholic (he took his stage name from Bishop Fulton Sheen). He is also unquestionably a liberal—check his arrest record. On this matter, the former seems to have outweighed the latter. He is good on gay rights, though.

It might be relevant that Lena Dunham, in her new book, reproduces a GIRLS writer's room discussion—and it happens to be about a proposed plot line concerning rape.

If the DVD is really called "Kotch," then no, it is about "that" mayor, becaue NYC has never had a mayor by that name.

I will just throw in the observation that replacing John Gielgud with Helen Mirren was a mistake. It was unremarkable that a man in Arthur's social position would have a valet; we could accept Gielgud's presence without question, and only gradually realize that he was also the closest thing Arthur had to a father. …

Well, THE SOCIAL NETWORK was about real people, so one could reasonably demand some verisimilitude in the dialogue.

"Prep and Landing" is a series of animated Disney Christmas specials, about two elves who get houses ready for Santa Claus's visits. Disney made a strenuous effort to turn these into a beloved holiday tradition, but no one really cared much.

You perhaps slightly exaggerate Loden's obscurity. She was not a household name, but she had had a prominent role in the very popular movie "Splendor in the Grass," and she had received a lot of attention for playing the Marilyn Monroe surrogate in Arthur Miller's "After the Fall." Also, she was married to Elia…

There was at least one good result from Kubrick's involvement: he met Slim Pickens during the casting of the film, and so knew just who to call when an injury prevented Peter Sellers from playing Major Kong in DR. STRANGELOVE, as originally planned.

But you can claim that for ANY movie with Rickman.

The British Board of Film Classification defines a feature film as anything over forty minutes—or, it did once; perhaps that changed at some point.