More '50s sci-fi.  There's a lot here to keep you interested, but the filmmakers don't do anything with it, so it builds up to nothing, sort of the like Cold War that informed much of the feel of the movie.

Not what I expected and therefore surprisingly effective.  That's a good war strategy, by the way.  Clint knows what he's doing.

Two thoughts: This is unbelievably corny and yet in spite of this, I can't get over how much like I liked most of it.  Really.

Only Peter O'Toole could be charming playing what would otherwise be the part of a creepy old man.  Very cute, and I'm not just talking about the girl.

It's hard to hate a movie that has a point to make, but I think it's fair for me to be ambivalent about it on the basis of it not finding interesting ways to fill its time.  If you're having trouble in that department, this would not be a good candidate for that position.

Documentary about the real-life Jack Black from School of Rock.  You'll find you can't decide whether you kind of like the guy or completely hate him.... kind of like the real Jack Black.

This would have been almost better than Goodfellas if Treat Williams was as good as Ray Liotta.  It's still worth a watch, but it's uncomfortable how this falls short of being an awesome movie on account of one performance.

The early episodes of some tv shows make you squirm in that they aren't really sure yet what they're going to do with this cast they've assembled.  This is one of those.  Fortunately, the show didn't take itself anywhere as near as seriously at this point as the fans ultimately would, so I'm giving it a chance.

Gary Oldman excels at playing fucked-up, tortured souls, but his performance is second only to Lena Olin who excels at playing the most fucked-up dangerous women you want fuck/avoid.

More of the same.  And with it coming at you so fast, you get burned out on it fairly quickly, which is probably why the episodes are only fifteen minutes.  I just don't typically take it out of the dvd-rom after doses that short.

Not a bad thriller, although there are a lot of mediocre contenders in this particular category, so you'll probably just it based on how burned out you are on how many of those you've seen.

Speaking of mediocrity.  This is like one of those live-action Disney movies for grown-ups.  It's cute, but I can't think of any reason to recommend it even with Drew Barrymore in it.

As the hosts point out in the very first episode, the nice thing about cable is that they get to call all these piece of shit con artist fucks exactly what we would.

Good one, but not an easy journey (nor a short one, btw).  Although presented as fiction, there is a significant factual basis if you history buffs are interested.

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