“Can I borrow ten fraaaaaaaaaaancs?!”
Of all the Oscar wins, Marion Cotillard’s is apparently the one people have taken the most issue with. Joe R hated her performance, and in fact the entire movie, and he’s …

TWoP’s Oscars coverage is up, including the real-time blog, featuring Matt Zoller Seitz, Odienator, Joe R, and myself; and the post-telecast Galaxy Of Fame, written by me with assists from Wing and Joe.

As I just said in the Michael Clayton comments, sometimes a movie I go into expecting two hours of torture will fare better in my esteem merely by not sucking as much as I’d expected …

“Maybe if you’d gotten a pageboy you’d have a snowball’s chance in hell at Best Supporting Actor, crazy.”
This is a really well-built movie. You can’t see any of the joints or threads until the end, …

“That hat better get itself correct.”
Any rise-and-fall-of-the-gangster movie made after GoodFellas has a problem, namely that it is probably not GoodFellas, so even if it’s pretty good, it’s going to suffer by comparison. American Gangster …

Dear Sars,
Quick question for you: My mom has always said you don’t tip the owner of a hair salon if he or she cuts your hair. This does make sense to me because they often …

Great documentary; it won the Oscar twenty-odd years ago. I knew who Milk was, and what had happened to him, but not the details, and my God what a crazy story — did you know …

It’s time once again for the annual Dewey Donation System book drive. My mom used to tell me, “Books are treasures,” and it may have been her profound aversion to the sight of a hardcover …

My recap of the Knight Rider pilot/reboot is up on TWoP now.

Okay, bad guys of television and film, listen up: if a given hostage is the only means you have of attaining your goal, and …

“Har dee har har.”
I just ate a package of Chuckles, and I hate myself a little bit for settling, because I didn’t really want Chuckles — I didn’t set out for the deli on a …