And we, the living, have to suffer through the recurring ritual of Bette Midler whipping us with scourges, whilst the dead are blissfully insensible.

Yeah, Jim Carrey kicked it off with his really bizarre presentation. Everybody keeps looking so.. confused.

Benedict Cumberbatch has got a bit of the Ant-Face in him.

Yeah, it looked like an all consuming robot. Good look for Hollywood

So, I'm guessing it's obvious that all of the presenters are stoned out of their gourds.

Yeah, it does sound awesome. when you realize it was spoken to Jar Jar Binks, that might make you weep at the wastage of great talent. But I prefer to remember the talent itself, and the delivery, and make up my own favorite story to go with it.

Scorcese did make The Last Temptation of Christ, too. He's used to rattling the fundies' cages.

And now, our Liam Neeson interchangeable movie quote moment!

Spike Jonze?
Although I will accept Where The Wild Things Are, I guess, as evidence to the contrary. Also, he ain't exactly prolific…

I agree, I was struck by how well Llewyn was portrayed as a "lovable asshole" - we all know some guys of this type, and maybe we all have a little of him in us as well. I liked the nuanced fact that he went from incident to incident, through ups and downs, and we got a sense of the life he's going through so we really…

Good points. I wasn't aware that Mumford & Sons had contributed to the songs, so I further retract my snarky-ass comments about them. I really enjoy folk music from all ages and haven't gotten into the New Americana stuff much yet, so I was just being a jerk.
As for the Barton Fink comparison.. I totally get the…

Except that "Llewyn" is a better movie than "Fink" and the songs in it are better than anything by Mumford & Sons (not that it has to be, or is, spectacular examples of folk music). So your comparison kinda works, but only superficially.
Kinda like Mumford & Sons are folk musicians, only superficially.
OK, that last…

Agreed with the review, enjoyed the film a lot, probably more than any Coen flick since Fargo actually. My only 2 cents vis-a-vis the critical assessment here is that I was pleasantly surprised to see that the John Goodman side-plot actually wasn't too goofy or distracting from the mood of the flick. The bros. really…

I can agree with the Good Day to Die Hard honor. I saw that movie for some reason I can't even remember, and now I can't remember anything about it at all. It was probably the blandest thing ever poured into my eyes and brain, and the latter sensibly purged it completely from my memory.

Good stuff.

Wow, I can't imagine what would cause a D among the usually bland reviewers of American Dad; but, considering that this was the one I laughed at spontaneously the most this season so far, I am kinda shocked to see the good old AV Club gave it a D.?! Come on, at the worst it was moderately predictable, a C+ at the…

Miss Clarke's eyebrows are too brown. What I'm saying is, "the parlor rug matches the awnings." I prefer my Sarah Connors disgruntled, Oedipal, and naturally blonde.

Well, if Bound gets thumbs up from gay males, gay females AND straight males, I'll have to check it out! It may be the only human cultural artifact that satisfies everyone.
… Oh, damn, I forgot about straight women! FACEPALM!

Another way to make sure that Statistics enacts its cheery reputation as "Totally Funnest" of all social sciences!
(Also, apparently, as an American Dad fan, this confirms that I negotiated just about the appropriate salary for my current job. Thank you, Science!)

Yeah, because werewolves are such box office gold, right? Eternal sidekicks, people. The only time they get an audience is when they're fighting vampires. They're the Detroit Lions of monsters.