Anyone else watching the Gabriel Byrne therapist show IN TREATMENT? It's the only show I've ever known to drive me to drink, Dan-Backslide-style. Seriously, I almost can't watch this show while sober. And even then, it hurts ( Read more... )

I've discovered a new cliche, for which I need help coming up with a name. It's that subplot character in thrillers, the one for whom a whole major chunk of the story is dedicated to tracking down the killer (and thereby saving the terrorized victim), until the character finally encounters the villain... and is promptly dispatched ( Read more... )

An observation on Heath Ledger's Joker.

Some people seem to think he's channeling Jack Nicholson, perhaps with bits of Mark Hamill thrown in (I'm a firm believer that Hamill's vocal performance is the greatest depiction of the Joker to date, whereas Jack Nicholson was dazzling to watch, but just as Jack, not the Joker). I disagree. I mean, ( Read more... )