I call for a moratorium on starving Christian Bale.

We first saw Sweeney Todd in Toledo.

Lynn Hirschberg has a fascinating portrait of Daniel Day-Lewis in last week’s New York Times Magazine.

Go rent Sweet Land.

Confluence of two cultural moments this week: First, while watching the reruns from last season’s Smallville and Supernatural on Thursday, I realized that both shows ended on a plot that featured soldiers who had recently been in war. Second, 3:10 to Yuma.

Don’t be surprised if I change my mind”:article/revaluing-harry-potter-c, but I found Order of the Phoenix—like the novel—better than middling, but not that good.