Episode 4: Blah-nonymous

Hoboy. We rounded out Vanessa Redgrave May with the truly terrible 2011 conspiracy-theory-disguised-as-a-serious-film, Anonymous. To say we didn't care for it would be generous.

Throw some respect on my name, Roland Emmerich.

A few things to note about this stinker (and other ephemera from this episode): 

• McSweeney's, as always, did a good thing.
• David Sedaris' New Yorker piece about shopping in Japan with his sisters
• Whoops it's Naomi Watts (not Campbell) with Robin Wright in Adore. They're serving you Motherlover realness.
• This article about Queen Elizabeth's image is so harsh

Lindsay's take: 1 out of 5 terrible lace-fronts (and that 1 is only because of Vanessa and Joely's dopeness). Cannot get over the fact that they portrayed Elizabeth— an accomplished and intelligent statesman— as a giggling schoolgirl. Just too insulting for words.

Molly's take: How does one evaluate a movie based on a complete farce? Like, if in 600 years, someone srsly made a movie purporting that Hillary Clinton was a lizard person, would I want someone to even take the time to evaluate it? Just some pickled herring and mead for thought, I suppose. I give this movie 1 out of 5 Elizabethan ruffs.