The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented. The laws of chance suggest that something should have gone right. Not here. It puts a nail in the coffin of low-rent 3D, but it will need a lot more coffins than that.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.

Now I see that all relationships are virtual, even those that take place in person. Whether we use our bodies or a keyboard, it all comes down to two minds crying out from their solitude.

And the sexes eyeing each other uneasily, for nothing is easier for a teenager to imagine than rejection.

Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities.

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.