Has anyone seen Ruby Sparks? I have thoughts, and also some rage, and would love to talk to someone about it. I wish I could recommend it - it is well-written and thoughtful and has some great performances but it has one big gaping hole that it refuses to address that I think is a moral lack, big time (on the part of the filmmakers, not the ( Read more... )

We will not be traveling for the holidays, because of tl;dr reasons, so I am toying with the idea of starting a new-to-me TV series on DVD with some of my free at-home time. I started thinking about it and I've managed to avoid a lot of critically acclaimed shows in the past few years, because I tend to be a completist if I start something so am ( Read more... )

1. Watched Elementary last night. It was... fine? I mean, I'll always have a soft spot for Jonny Lee Miller (Hackers for the win) and there was nothing really to hate. There was nothing really to love, either. None of the actors seemed to have chemistry together and the plot was just meh. I'm glad they're not trying to make it into Sherlock, the US ( Read more... )