Well, I finally made myself watch the rest of House Of Cards first season. Ended well enough, I suppose. Watched the first episode of the second season, and now I'm not sure if I'm going to go any further with it. Although I felt it jumped the shark, I will admit the final scene did make me laugh o...

Tippy and Scott, I will not defend what Woody Allen did with Soon Yi (meaning that it was stupid and wrong, based on the fact that she was the adopted daughter of his long time girlfriend) but there are inaccuracies that have been floating around on this subject for years. Soon Yi was NOT Woody's ad...

My objections to the Woody Allen article, is the Woody Allen article, rather than the sentences contained within. The whole situ makes me verily confused. I try not to give Woody a free pass because I've been a fan of his. I have to say, though, that I've read quite a bit about this situation and t...

stonemonkts wrote:I'm ready for my daily dose of Soma.

The first hit suggests that this is women's lingerie.

Okay, the second hit makes more sense.

Pete C wrote:The placebo effect is a good thing for the supplement companies.

And Pharmaceutical manufacturers too. The placebo effect is big business.

Came on to say that I was devastated for 3 or 4 days after watching Blackfish. Don't know why - I mean there's so much more human turmoil to be troubled over, but for whatever reason, this one absolutely slayed me. Me too. It was hard to watch but I hope people keep seeing it. There continues to be...

Ain't them Bodies Saints - I hereby give this the 2013 award for most Terrence Malicky. Yeah I also thought of Mallick. It wasn't a bad film. I like Casey Affleck, most of the time. The one where he played an evil cop was good. And I loved him in that Jesse James movie with Pitt (he was good in it ...

crawjo wrote:I just registered. You can't kill it now.

What made you join now, crawjo?

Glad you're here, of course.

I'm 36. When I joined JC in 2003, I was 26. At that time much was made about my age. (I remember that when I turned 27 Clint Hopson made a joke that he had pairs of underwear older than me.) I think it's probably a bad sign for the music (or for the community) that I still seem to be basically the ...

That's unfortunate, Scott. Thanks to you, Ron and Justin for all of the effort. I have to admit that I do get bummed when I see reference to dust ups but have no idea what occurred. This has happened several times. I check in here every day and usually multiple times and I somehow managed to miss mo...

Scott Dolan wrote:I always found Ferrell funny as hell on SNL, but his movies have been busts.

Haven't seen Anchorman 2, but the first one was horrendous.

Talladega Nights is a classic. I can live without the rest.

Did you like the first one, Monte? Me not so much.

I've seen a couple recently:
Don Jon - Joseph Gordon-Levit is the writer/director/star. Pretty good first effort.

Ain't them Bodies Saints - I hereby give this the 2013 award for most Terrence Malicky.

Valhalla Rising is awful. I liked it the first time I saw it, when it had energy but no Vikings and was called Apocalypse Now. Even the sequel, Aguirre, Wrath of God had something going for it. But this? No. I saw it a couple of years ago. I got through it. I didn't think it was awful but I'd say a...

Good summary of Drinking Buddies , walto. That film stuck with me for a day or so. They didn't doll Olivia Wilde up at all and she still looked terrific. By 10 minutes in or so, I recognized the improvised style; Lynn Shelton ( Your Sister's Sister ) and others are using a similar technique these da...

I agree that Matt Smith sucked and the writing during his tenure did as well ("fezzes are cool!". No, they fucking aren't. Especially when you are wearing one). I started watching the last season on Amazon streaming and gave up a few shows in. There's better stuff available to satisfy my s...

I've read that Scorcese's taking a few hits due to the subject matter and the way it's depicted. This really makes me laugh, as if the subject matter in his greatest movies was ever g-rated. People really are ridiculous. How anyone could watch this film and come away with the notion that the depict...

I thought about baiting you by asking about Amy Adams' s cleavage. But I'm too mature for that ;). There are five reasons I want to see American Hustle. One of which is it looks like a good movie. You dog! I was just thinking that I was going to see yet another 2013 film, Ain't Them Bodies Saints ,...

walto wrote:

Amy Adams's English accent was a mess, but of course she wasn't supposed to be English.

Right. I think Adams' accent was intentionally awful.

I thought about baiting you by asking about Amy Adams's cleavage. But I'm too mature for that .

I didn't think the biz about the Bale character "doing a solid" for the DeNiro character at the end made much sense (I think he'd still be on a hit list), but otherwise I enjoyed it. Yeah, a very minor modification to the script could have made that go down easier. I've been known to nitp...

Went by myself yesterday to see American Hustle. Didn't meet my expectations, some of the reviews I read actually were comparing it to The Sting, not even close! When it ended I was like; "that's it??". The actresses were nice eye candy but I don't know, I was expecting something smarter....

Kelly fully implemented electronic records in her department years ago. It's probably been 6-7 years since they went live. I went to a doctor's office a couple of years ago. I walked into the office and reported to reception. I had barely sat down when a nurse arrived at a door with a laptop in her...

I'm not sure what it would have to do with Obamacare, specifically, Monte. The drive to get it in the first place might have been driven by "Meaningful Use", which incents medical facilities to make patient health records electronic. Federal dollars have been made available, in stages, and...

I really miss going to the movies alone. The little mom and pop theater I frequented (like you guys, empty weekday matinees) has been closed now for years... I didn't even realize until recently that we do have an art house theater in Wilmington, DE. I haven't had a chance to go there yet because t...

Last night we watched Drinking Buddies on DVD. The title and the fact that Olivia Wilde is in it might give you the impression that this film is something it's not. It's definitely an independent film and you can tell that there's a lot of improvised dialogue. It turns out that Olivia Wilde can actu...

Why, stone? I often catch a 1, 2 or 3 pm showing at a multiplex and I'm almost always alone in the theater. Where is the TV thread? I've started watching Louie and I can't stop! That's my experience, too. I went to see American Hustle in a new Imax theater (15 screens) on the Friday it opened and t...