Take his incessantly foreshadowed demise out of the equation, and what you’re left with is a generic romance, complete with even more generic New York best friends, that never works as the opposites-attract scenario it’s partly intended to be.

True, but he also gave a completely opposite reason in his explanation in the moment.

True, but he also gave a completely opposite reason in his explanation in the moment.

Yawn

Fighting With My Family was pretty good

First of all, this article didn’t use the world negligence.

The film’s one good history joke—the casting of Tom Hollander in the triple role of King George V, Tsar Nicholas II, and Kaiser Wilhelm II—turns out to be a squandered stunt;

I think their reacting to it being called reactionary.

It also isn’t really a hedge!

In Entourage everything works out for all of the characters. That’s not really the same thing at all.

But it also might be nice to have some big blockbusters that didn’t rely on people with incredible powers.

Trial of the Chicago 7 has 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and was nominated for Best Picture.

Yet Sorkin does deviate from his comfort zone

You’re an angry moron.

I get that concern, but it sounds like from this review and others that that isn’t what this is.

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It’s interesting to see how many people are down on the entire concept of a remake of West Side Story considering how inherent adaption is to the stage musical. It sounds like Spielberg succeeded in finding a reason for the production to exist, which is exciting.

Is that a difference? When you compare where The Sopranos was midway through Season 3, who suffered any consequences for bad behavior? Pussy, Jackie Jr. I guess, but not exactly the equivalent of the Roy’s in terms of show importance. I sort of think it’s a misreading of the show to say the violence was a moral…

This is sort of a fascinating demonstration of the way that the public views the purposes of a documentary vs the purposes of a news report.

It’s interesting looking at these themes now that Succession is the big show. I’ve been reflecting on how the critics of this season of Succession are mirroring complaints that were made about The Sopranos (questioning if character growth is “cyclical”, being frustrated that the major “plot points” fizzle out [whether…