I thought for sure the ending was going to be Larry buying the real estate next to Mocha Joe’s and covering it in MAGA signs after he saw how much the hat repelled people. But I guess Larry opening a coffee store is more conducive to a season long story arc.

My first thought was that he was going to put a MAGA souvenir shop next to Mocha Joe as a giant people repellant.

Wasn’t that Terry Maitland’s wife and two kids when they were in Ohio waiting for him to get back from visiting his father? Like Holly is a psychic or imagining what they were doing while Terry was gone for the day?

He can’t conceive of changing the future, follows the rules of time to the letter, like a good scientific determinist.

Jennifer Lopez and Lupita Nyong’o absolutely deserve nominations in supporting and lead respectively. Period. Eddie Murphy deserves a nomination more than Jonathan Pryce. 

I realize Terrence Malick is a divisive filmmaker, but “A Hidden Life” is my pick for the best movie of 2019. I understand people are frustrated with him after “Knight of Cups” and “Song to Song,” but I really don’t know how anyone can walk out of this particular film and not find it anything short of astonishing. It…

I just watched Midsommar and ... WOW. That was fantastic. And Florence Pugh was so, so good. I’m late on a lot of these other movies, so this is not to suggest any of them are bad, but why not a nod to Ari Aster? Dude is an absolute superstar in his genre.  

This means that Parasite is getting a wider release now, right? It’s my personal favorite to win Best Picture and Director.

I don’t find it specifically offensive but possibly a misled opinion and illformed  worldview. While I agree these two didn’t convince me of best friendship in the trailers there are examples of this working in film. For reasons that will be obvious shortly the first one that occurs to me is Captain America and The…

I wouldn’t be too certain about Australia being more progressive than the US currently or even historically. More left wing on healthcare and employment protections, historically a bit further left on unions and public ownership (probably still a bit more left but edging ever closer). I guess we’re more ‘left wing’…

It’s really very simple. Don’t be an asshole. Don’t be an asshole to fat people, don’t be an asshole to alcoholics, or drug addicts, or the homeless, or...people in general. Not only is it bad to be an asshole, but, if you’re genuinely concerned for someone and your stated goal is to get them to change their…

This. Does the entire world think that overweight and obese people don’t know the consequences of being overweight? Lindy West has an excellent discussion of this in her book Shrill. It’s like Jillian Michaels and everyone thinks they’re giving you some enlightening feedback, when really it’s just a reminder that they…

I’ve struggled with my weight my whole life and one of the biggest reasons that I did not go to the gym was fear. Not fear of the equipment or working hard. Fear of people thinking I was lazy or not willing to try or gross because I was fat. I’ve luckily found a gym that is supportive, but when someone talks like she…

It’s like Terrence Malick wrote their dialogue.

This show is absolutely dismal. It rolls out ‘revelations’ that are barely telenovela-level compelling, the younger actors are terrible, and it manages to feel like it’s a nonstop avalanche of exposition without ever explaining the mechanics or the history of the world enough to make it coherent. The only thing that…

You made me think about so many new things!! Thank you. 

They’re doing a fine job as is to me. I haven't read thre books yet can clearly set the person she is. 

HDM is awesome and right there with early Thrones for me. And now the season, like Thrones, will get me to explore the books. Which I just found out have another trilogy to them but it’s only two books in.

That had to be one of the most incredibly directed and edited hours of television in recent memory. Stephen Williams can take a bow. The craftsmanship that was constantly on display, most especially in the first 30 minutes had me riveted. The partial sets, the split focus, the jump shots, the framing it was…

You couldn’t tell from that episode that the whole kidnapping thing was hogwash?