Thanks for the feedback, it's indeed useful and not really harsh.
The one-liner used to be there, but I removed it, forgetting that not everyone knows what it is. See, this is why getting feedback from strangers rocks.
I need to definitely do something for touch devices somewhere along the way. I like the way they hide right now because it makes the site much less cluttered. I might experiment with this though.
One thing I will fight until the bitter end is the Like/Dislike thing. I'm using the site personally as a catalog of things I've seen in my life, having just Like/Dislike would feel wrong (Pulp Fiction and Valkyrie hardly deserve the same rating). I might make the scale optional (for "power users") or something.
In any case, thanks!