Pure bubblegum, even more so than its contemporary Threesome (aka "That other gay love triangle movie with a different Baldwin brother and a different chick who was also in Twin Peaks").  It fails to confront the emotional complexities of ambivalent phases of relationships, but maybe you don't really want it to.  Most of us watch movies with lesbians as pure escapism, and that's sort of what this is as well, only for romantics.  Sorry, guilty.

The Terry Gilliam film that will turn off more people than any others he's made, and that's saying quite a lot.  I have mixed feeling about its sheer cartoonishness and pointlessness (i.e., it's a character study with next to no plot, and I hate movies like that) while dealing with dark subject matter and some absolutely amazing visuals.  Tough call, really.  I'm only recommending it to connoisseurs of f'ed-up cinema.

Great stuff.  I hope you got that memo already.  I'll see that you get another.

More a prank on the secretive ratings system than an actual documentary about the system, it's still entertaining, just not as satisfying as I'd hoped.

I've always presented this as one of the best shows on the social sciences, but, seriously, this is a must-see disc if only for the episode in which they went to Russian during one of the chilliest points in the Cold War.  It is absolutely amazing.

Yeah, it's a junk martial arts cop movie, but it's got Michelle Yeoh, so, duh!

Okay, the audio quality on the copy they used for the dvd was so poor that it's almost unintelligible to all but lip readers, but it was interesting to see the efforts Hollywood put into producing big-spectacle sci-fi, especially considering this one had a significant plot (based on the HG Wells novel; production was overseen by him as well).  Michael Bay obviously skipped this lecture in film school.

Not nearly as clever as the first season even though the storylines are better than the abysmal second one, but you'll FF through most of this to save time to get caught up on the housework these supposed housewives never seem to do (except that OCD redhead).

There is so much that's funny here and there's so much that's sad.  There's a lot you didn't know that will make you angry, and not at Michael Moore.  It's easy to see him as a goofball, but he makes damned good/effective movies.  This is a must-see.

I really only watched this because of some references to Django Reinhardt.  Really, that's the only reason anyone should other than to see a decent cast struggle to make something out of a script with all the depth of the call sheet they were on.  Yes, the Nazis were bad, but they didn't hit anyone over the head as hard as the director does with the heavy-handed moralizing.

The book is a terrific read, especially if you're in rehab (just saying), but the Neil Diamond soundtrack and pointless/endless footage of seagulls in the middle of the film will drive you to drink.

You would think a movie about Hitler dying and Germany losing would be really happy, but it's from the German perspective so, no, very much not so much.  However, it is one of the best "almost good as being there" historical films about a period you'll be very happy you weren't there for after seeing it.

For T.S. Elliot fans only.  Anyone?  No.  Thought not.

Seriously, back in the day Tom was a genius at elliciting reactions from strangers.  You watched the show to see him freak people out, not to make a fool of himself.  If your interest was strictly the latter, you're an idiot.

I can't really say it's all that realistic, but I'm sucked in.  That's the MO of most serial killers anyway, isn't it?  So maybe they're onto something.

It's rare that I'll give up on a show, but in this case I was happy when it turned out the disc was irreparably scratched.  I hated (HATED!) the stupid little bitch played by Claire Danes.  All emotion, no brains, just a bundle of never-ending PMS.  I wanted her to die.  Cult show?  Why?  If you're a member, please follow the lead of Heaven's Gate and enjoy your Kool-Aid.

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