Oddly beautiful and adult and engaging, even for the one person on the planet (me) with absolutely no knowledge of the books or movies.

Comforting - or disturbing - to see Chinese kids match the cruelty and innate wickedness of American politicians. Great evidence that democracy’s probably a terrible idea.

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/pleasevoteforme/

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i70Tqkm1lkQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Vote_for_Me

Paints mundane family life really well; spends too long doing so. Works its predecessor in interestingly. Last twenty minutes turn out to be pretty scary.

John Woo’s directing is annoying for most of the film, but the last third’s pretty satisfying. Rarely original. yet works. Tony Leung’s still damn fine.

Sad that the show’s canceled, but this worked excellently as an unintentional series finale. Will gets answers, bad guy gets confronted, things change but don’t.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/10/17/rubicon-finale/

Still great, still compelling… but not doing as much fresh innovative stuff, and the characters - except his wife and his old partner - leave me meh.

Documentary’s not great, but the subject matter is utterly fascinating. Iran is weirdly okay with transsexualism and trans surgery! Because the Koran doesn’t forbid it.

http://www.belikeothers.com/

Does everything the zombiepocalypse genre demands, then does more. Him going back to kill the legless zombie convinced me they’re trying something new, and deep.

Where’d they get this Phaedra lady? They found the tackiest woman in all of Atlanta, for the rest to tear apart. And it’s AMAZING.

Season’s weak so far, but HERE’S the show I love. Hilarious, uncomfortable, inappropriate, and then - suddenly - deeply moving. Michael’s voice mail to Holly is incredible.

Delightful and utterly insignificant. What, I have more words? Damn. Predictable, unambitious, amusing but never quite funny. “Like a water-flavored Now and Later” - J.

Overrated because foreign. Buildup/story strong enough to make interminable financial debate (and gross violence against women) bearable. Then it all goes to shit.

Surprisingly unterrible. Lotta clever lines poorly delivered by Ms. Fox. Not groundbreaking or even fresh, but fun. Reminiscent of Ginger Snaps, in a good way.

As a thriller, way above average. Fun, smart, engaging, surprising, even moving. As a documentary about Timothy Olyphant’s torso and adorable stubble, it’s bloody brilliant.