47 Ronin

47 Ronin: Not nearly as bad as all the pre-release hype would have you believe. In fact, it's not bad at all. Sanada & Kikuchi are awesome.

True Detective

#TrueDetective: Uneven but compelling start. Loved Harrelson & McConaughey (what a streak!). Slightly over-directed by the young Fukunaga.

Lone Survivor

Lone Survivor: Incredible cast esp Foster. Expertly crafted by Berg (gun battle...whew!). Film comes agonizingly close to being truly great.

Grantland Article on Max Casella

Thank you @Grantland33 for showcasing the great #MaxCasella Vinnie Delpino lives! (& kills it in Inside Llewyn Davis) http://t.co/s1r5Ncg95f

Greg Maddux Gets Into the Hall of Fame

You Know You're Too Old When: #Maddux (yay!), #Thomas & #Glavine get into the #MLB #HOF. Sad for the snubs esp. #Raines & #EdgarMartinez :-(

Intelligence

#Intelligence: Woohoo! Sawyer, I mean Holloway, is back...too bad he didn't bring the #Lost writers with him. Still, it's good harmless fun!

Malcom Gladwell Article on Marvin Miller

Revisiting the great @Gladwell piece on #MarvinMiller. Deserves to be in the #MLB #HOF. http://t.co/RPfAu7hFj6

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club: Nicely put together by director Vallee. Strong performances overcome a meandering script, esp from Leto & McConaughey.

Mitchell Johnson's Ashes

Met @MitchJohnson398 once, disappointingly polite despite me goading him ;-) This #Ashes whitewash will go down as #MitchellsAshes! #AusvEng

RIP Eusebio

RIP #Eusebio. Great Portuguese footballer from the golden age.

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman: Not bad. Our Ralph Fiennes is a superb actor and if he keeps at it he'll turn into a pretty good director someday.

RIP Phil Everly

RIP Phil Everly. Loved listening to The Everly Brothers growing up. http://t.co/i3ztFVs5lo

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color: Starts promisingly but sadly devolves betraying an extraordinary performance by Exarchopoulos She deserves better

Oklahoma Beats Alabama in Sugar Bowl

C'mon you have to agree the world is a better place now that #NickSatan has been vanquished, even at the hands of whiner #Stoops! #SugarBowl

Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year World! Let's hope 2014 is better than 2013! Cheers! #NYE #2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug: Woah! Knew it would be better than the awful first but this, um, better?! The dragon! Thanks del Toro!

Steelers Miss the Playoffs

Aw man! So close for the #Steelers! At least the #SuperBowl reign of the insufferable #Ravens & smug big-armed oaf #Flacco is over. #NFL

Succop Misses an Easy Field Goal!

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #Succop, um, s*cks!!!!

Steelers Slim Playoff Hopes Still Alive!

Do you believe in miracles?! #Steelers could make it into the #NFL playoffs. But #Chiefs aren't playing their starters?! Boo #AndyReid!

Mud

Mud: Grown up version of a kid's film. If I'd been 12 this would've been one that I would've remembered very fondly for a long, long time.

American Hustle

American Hustle: Ah, the student (Russell) comes oh-so close but doesn't quite become the master (Scorsese). Great stuff, esp Renner & Bale!

Graeme Swann Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: Graeme #Swann retires. A sad, somewhat ignominious end to a great (though not quite all-time great) career.

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street: Dark. Cynical. Un-repentant/redemptive. Quite possibly the best movie of the year! Gonzo Marty & Leo are incredible

Happy Holidays 2013

Merry Christmas...I mean Happy Holidays world! :-)

South Africa Pull Off Draw Against India

Bad luck for #India who almost pulled off a stunning upset. #SouthAfrica did well to get a brave draw. Nice to see #Zaheer get 300. #SAvInd

Last Day at Hollywood Park

Bye #HollywoodPark. Sad to see you turned into the obligatory condos & stores. Sadder still I lost the last race by a nose! @hollyparkracing

USC Wins Las Vegas Bowl

After that thrashing #USC put on #FresnoState at the #LasVegasBowl I guess I have no choice but to get back on the #Trojans bandwagon!

Anchorman 2: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman 2: Back in the day when I told people that Anchorman was better than Old School they laughed at me. Well, who's laughing now?!

Luis Suarez New Deal with Liverpool

He may be a knucklehead but he's our knucklehead! Good to see Luis #Suarez staying with @LFC! #Arsenal is toast! @luis16suarez

August: Osage County

August Osage County: Hoo boy! Family, right? Talk about Acting with a Capital A. Stellar cast but suprisingly it's Roberts who truly shines.

Australia Wins the Ashes 2013-14

Thanks a lot #England You've reawakened #Australia & no one in the #Cricket world is safe anymore! #MitchellsAshes #AusvEng @MitchJohnson398

Philomena

Philomena: Ah, nothing like a well-crafted movie made by an old pro like Frears. Coogan is great & Dench shines in an against-type turn.

RIP Peter O'Toole

RIP Peter O'Toole. My favorite actor of all time. Criminal that he never won an Oscar outright. Hard to imagine a film world without him.

In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love: Seen it a 100 times and could see it a 100 more! Esp if it's a stunning 35mm print like the one @UCLAFTVArchive had!

Comrades - Almost a Love Story

Comrades - Almost a Love Story: Aww cute! It's as if Wong Kar-Wai made a live-action Studio Ghibli film. A young Maggie Cheung is dynamite!

Broncos Upset By Chargers

Thanks a lot #Broncos! Now you've handed the insufferable #Patriots a return trip to the #SuperBowl. #Peyton deserves a #CmonMan! #NFL

The Armstrong Lie

The Armstrong Lie: Another good Gibney documentary. And d*mn if you don't find yourself getting swept up by Lance all over again, only to...

The Hunger Games - Catching Fire

The Hunger Games - Catching Fire: Woah! So much better than the first move. Malone is crazy/awesome, giver her own action franchise already!

Halladay Retires and Torre, La Russa and Cox Inducted Into HOF

You Know You're Too Old When: #Halladay retires & #Torre, #LaRussa & #Cox make it into #MLB #HOF. Touchstones of my early baseball fan days.

Crazy NFL Day!

Crazy #NFL! Hapless #Vikings/#Browns almost beat the insufferable #Ravens/#Patriots. @AntonioBrown84 almost pulled off a #Steelers miracle!

RIP Nelson Mandela

RIP Nelson Mandela . I'll never forget when they let us out of school to watch his release on TV. The whole world changed. #Madiba

Nebraska

Nebraska: One of Payne's better efforts. Lovely, stark B&W cinematography. Dern is as good as advertised but Squibb & McEwan steal the film.

Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace: Nice try at 70s-era filmmaking. Great cast led by Bale, Harrelson & Affleck (the other one). DP Takayanagi is brilliant!

RIP Paul Walker

RIP Paul Walker. Still shocked by the news. Always liked him. Gone way, way too soon.

Bob's Burgers Retweet

.@PratikBasu First of all, we're flattered. There is no second of all. #bobsburgers

The National - Sailors In Your Mouth

Greatest #Thanksgiving Song, Ever!: "Sailors In Your Mouth" by noted comedians @The_National! Thanks @BobsBurgersFOX! http://t.co/YEZmguKMLL

Happy Thanksgivukkah Steelers

Happy #Thanksgivukkah to one and all...esp the #Steelers! Never stopped fighting even though the season seemed lost. Hope @L_Bell26 is okay.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on Sachin Tendulkar

Sure @sidvee overwrites sometimes but his nostalgic piece on #Sachin was a good one. Great memories esp the TV shows! http://t.co/8DiRyASE55

The Broken Circle Breakdown

The Broken Circle Breakdown: Whew! Talk about an emotional roller coaster! Uneven but engrossing. Great perfs by Heldenbergh & esp Baetens.

Brady Beats Manning (Again!)

I love #Federer (#GOAT) and #Peyton...but they always lose to #Nadal & #Brady in the big game. G*dd*mnit! Awful loss for #Broncos! @SNFonNBC

Calder and Abstraction

Calder and Abstraction: Beautifully put together by @LACMA & Gehry(?!). Up close you really see the engineering & art in harmony. Stunning!

Dan Rather ESPN OTL JFK Special

Great stuff from @OTLonESPN about #JFK The great @DanRatherReport should really be on @CBSNews talking about that day http://t.co/4hQ5nLQOQk

Inside Llewyn Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis: Once again a "smaller" Coen Brothers shines unexpectedly. Sad, funny & poignant as only they can do. Isaac, who knew?!

Her

Her: I appreciate that Jonze is growing up, but sometimes I wish he would go back to his younger Kaufman-esque self. Johansson is great!

The Great Beauty

The Great Beauty: Like the camerawork by DP Bigazzi the film is melancholy, languid & hearbreakingly beautiful. Brava Sorrentino & Servillo!

Sachin Tendulkar Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: #Sachin #Tendulkar retires. According to @BCCI, the universe, as we know it, has ended. #ThankYouSachin

Dario Franchitti Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: Dario #Franchitti retires. Erstwhile Mr. Ashley Judd seemed like a nice guy. Sad to see him go due to a crash.

Sachin Tendulkar Final Batting Innings

Wow! Has G*d (aka #Sachin #Tendulkar) played his final innings (nice 74!)? @BCCI is begging #WestIndies to make it to 2nd innings. #IndvWI

Celeb Sighting: Andy Garcia

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Andy Garcia driving around Hollywood in a gigantic Escalade, looking very good for his age.

Clayton Kershaw Wins the CY Young (2013)

Nice! #Kershaw wins #CyYoung! Too bad #Puig got hosed for #ROTY. Maybe they'll make up for #Kemp and give the #MVP to #Hanley! ;-) #Dodgers

The Lunchbox (Dabba)

The Lunchbox (#Dabba): Oh man can't believe young(!) Batra made such a great film first time out! Somewhere Hrishikesh Mukherjee is smiling.

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave: My G*d! What a film! Unrelenting & unforgettable! Just hand the Oscars to McQueen, Nyong'o & Ejiofor & call it a day!

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks: aka Oscaring Ms. Thompson! Yup, she's as great as advertised. Good ol' Hanks & esp Giamatti totally elevate the material.

Emma Thompson Q&A

Hoo boy! They should give Emma Thompson an #Oscar for her tour-de-bl**dy-force Q&A with Leonard Maltin alone What a performance! @SidGrauman

The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises: Beautiful, elegiac, bittersweet. At turns unnerving & charming, it's the perfect (if sad) swansong for the great Miyazaki.

Oregon Upset by Stanford

Sad to see #Pac12 lose a #BCS title shot again. #Ducks lose another must-win game. Let's hope Famous #Jameis brings down the Evil Empire!

The National - Lean (Catching Fire Soundtrack)

Uh-oh, looks like I may have to watch #CatchingFire after all! Check out TBH's fave @The_National's "#Lean": http://t.co/xmbmyJSdRY

Roger Federer - Coffee Machine Ad

Nice! #Federer may not be able to serve it up quite like he used to on the #tennis court but he's great at coffee! http://t.co/ipiFDIYXbc

Diwali Rocket to Mars

The perfect way to celebrate #Diwali: Send a rocket to Mars! Great achievement for #India...pending a successful landing. :-)

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips: Expertly crafted by master filmmaker Greengrass, though it gets too much at the climax. Abdi is a searing screen presence.

Indian Batsmen Thrash Australia

#Shikhar, #Kohli, #Rohit have reached #BigPapi level. Hopefully they did it naturally. Big win for #India due to crazy ODI rules. #IndvAus

The Counselor

The Counselor: Looks like old man Cormac's been reading his own press Loved Ridley's precise dark direction of the over-written/wrought mess

All Is Lost

All Is Lost: Brave effort by Chandor to make a contemplative, melancholy survival film. Redford is extraordinary. The ending is... ! ;-)

Red Sox Win the World Series 2013

Great, the #RedSox won the #WorldSeries. As if those fans weren't insufferable enough already. Happy for the city of #Boston though. #MLB

Allen Iverson Retires

You Know You're Too Old When: Allen #Iverson retires. Man, did I love seeing him play in Philly, and man, do I feel really old now.

Lions Love and Lies

Lions Love and Lies: Eccentric, funny and, like Varda herself, way ahead of its time in its proto-reality TV/meta-Kaufman-esque look at LA.

RIP Marcia Wallace

Belated RIP Marcia Wallace. Loved her as Edna Krabappel on the Simpsons I'm also old enough to remember her as Carol on the Bob Newhart Show

RIP Lou Reed

RIP Lou Reed. It may have taken a bunch of cover songs to finally get into his music, but once I started it was amazing.

RIP Manna Dey

RIP Manna Dey. One of my grandfather's favorite singers. Met him on a plane once, he was gracious to all of us.

Celeb Sighting: Skip Lievsay

2nd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Skip Lievsay, mixer on #Gravity. I think my fanboy drooling may have freaked him out! :-)

NY Times Story About Narendra Dabholkar

Sad story about a courageous man battling superstition in #India: Narendra #Dabholkar via @nytimes http://t.co/5KR90VrJuM

Steelers Beat the Ravens (Finally!)

Well TBH never stopped believin'! Great gutty, bl**dy win for the #Steelers against the irritating #Ravens. Thank G*d for #Suisham! #NFL

Steelers and Ravens Aren't CBS Game of the Week

How the mighty have fallen! The #Texans & #Chiefs (Andy Reid whatevs) are the #CBS game of the week over the #Steelers and #Ravens Sad #NFL

Ship of Theseus

Ship of Theseus: Bl**dy hell! A landmark in Indian cinema! Slightly overwritten (young director!), but stunningly put together. Brilliant!

Celeb Sighting: Michael Ovitz

2nd-Best Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Michael Ovitz, skulking around the streets of Beverly Hills, talking to himself (or his bluetooth headset:-)

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel Trailer

I wanna hate it, but can't help but love #WesAnderson's #GrandBudapestHotel trailer starring TBH's fave Ralph Fiennes http://t.co/njR9GWZf9t

India Beat Australia & Dodgers Beat Cardinals

First #India pull off a stunning win against #Australia (#Shikhar! #Dhawan!). Then #Dodgers thump #Cardinals. #Cricket/#Baseball heaven!

Dravid and Tendulkar CLT20 Finals

Umm, so yeah, two of our biggest superstars shuffled off into the sunset (again?!) Once again #Dravid played second fiddle to #Sachin #CLT20

Shubho Bijoya

Shubho #Bijoya to all my fellow Bengalis and the world in general. Doesn't the New Year seem to come quicker every year? :-)

Dodgers Lose to Beltran

Great, just bl**dy great! Can't believe #Beltran decided to redeem himself for his infamous called strike... against the #Dodgers! #NLCS

RIP Kumar Pallana

RIP Kumar Pallana. Gentle screen presence courtesy of Wes Anderson, his own life story reads like an Anderson film.

Celeb Sighting: Emeril Lagasse

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: #Emeril Lagasse in WeHo looking for a place to eat. Bam!

Gravity (3rd Time!)

#Gravity: 3rd time in 4 days may be too much But man it's right up there with Turrell's Perceptual Cell as an incredible sensory experience!

Rush

#Rush: Howard's back! You whipper-snapper directors out there: This is how you make a big entertaining movie! Bruhl steals the whole film!

Gravity (Second Viewing)

#Gravity: 2nd time you forget plot & behold its chilly genius. The tiny human dot against the infinite starfield will haunt my eternal sleep

Gravity

#Gravity: Incredible DP work by the great Lubezki. Amazing music by Price. A giant bl**dy leap for filmkind by genius Cuaron! @wbpictures

Gravity!

#Gravity: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alfonso Cuaron Day!

What day is it? #Alfonso #Cuaron day of course! Can't wait for #Gravity tonight! We know it's going to be the Best Movie, Ever! @wbpictures

RIP Tom Clancy

RIP Tom Clancy. Not sure if his books were great works of literature but they were terrifically exciting and I actually read them.

Mariano, Pettitte, Helton Retire

You Know You're Too Old When: #Mariano #Rivera, #Pettitte, #Helton retire. All in my own #HOF (Pettitte Aw-Shucks > PEDs). #Yankees #Rockies