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Kim Hollis: I saw a trailer for this several months ago, and it was just strange. I had no idea who the target audience was, and I'm not sure the filmmakers did, either. At least the budget was just $20 million.

Tim Briody: This movie contained Chris Brown, and therefore earned $5 million too much. Sorry to anyone else involved, but it's true.

Bruce Hall: I'm struggling to think of something serious to say. Critics hated this movie. Moviegoers hated this movie. And if you're still mad at Chris Brown, rejoice at his latest public shaming. Although if you're a fan of movies where people solve important social problems through the power of dance, then I guess I know where you were this weekend.

And if you're me, you had no idea this movie even existed until today. I feel like the dance movie genre has made a nice cozy home for itself on direct-to-video, right alongside all those American Pie sequels. I assume that after this, that's where it will stay for a while.

Max Braden: Did Prisoners take up all the advertising slots on TV in the last couple weeks? I saw nothing about Battle of the Year. Prior to today I only had an inkling about the title and actually thought it was a dance documentary. I would have figured, "hey, $5 million for a documentary is pretty good." Look, on the upside, this at least got us talking about Josh Holloway again. I had no idea he was in Paranoia this summer.

Kim Hollis: What did you think of the Emmy results? What winner were you happiest about? What bothered you?

Edwin Davies: It was nice to see a ceremony full of surprise results, and probably my favourite was Tony Hale winning for Veep in a category usually dominated by Modern Family. He seemed genuinely shocked by the result, as no doubt many people were, but it's great to see such a great performance rewarded, rather than getting shut out. I was also pleased to see Anna Gunn win for Breaking Bad, and for that show to take how the Best Drama, since she's been perpetually undervalued on that series for years. Also, it was sad to see The Daily Show's unprecedented ten year run in Best Variety Series to end, but The Colbert Report beating it feels right.

Jeff Daniels winning for The Newsroom is the result that bothered me the most. He isn't bad on that show; in fact, he's probably the best thing about it, and I can appreciate it as a legacy win for his long career, but there is no way that he was better than Bryan Cranston or John Hamm. It's insane to even consider the possibility. The worst thing about it is that it puts me in a position of being annoyed that a guy I liked won an award he, in theory, deserves. I'd like to see Jeff Daniels get some attention, but not like this...not like this...

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