» I cannot take Cuba Gooding Jr. seriously anymore.

» Naked people can't steal heroin.

» Ridley Scott can kill Idris Elba just as spectacularly as David Simon.

» Never wear a chinchilla coat in public.

» Josh Brolin + long hair + mustache = magic. This year alone:

Planet Terror, American Gangster, No Country for Old Men — three films, three swell performances.