So many times, it’s the one you never expect. And then there’s this time.

Well said. My only financial advice is to find a betting market who will take a bet that A.O. Scott will give a good review to a mediocre film that checks enough progressive boxes. You’ll never lose money.

Agree on the film and his performance in it. I just think that the Academy will feel a moral imperative to nominate it for awards, since that will help fix things.

My thoughts on 2020 films in one phrase.

It was funnier than Get Out.

My useless guess is that 5 Bloods will get more Oscars attention, considering who votes, and the “optics” of snubbing it in 2020.

I haven’t seen Hamilton, but have heard similar, both on the complimentary and negative sides.

Fair enough. When reports of misogyny in Bernie Sanders’s campaign came out, progressives definitely agreed that it should be disqualify- wait.

Alright, let’s get the narrative set: What from this list are we offended by?

Trashing Aaron Sorkin on an internet message board. Where do some people get their courage?

With the cast a little older and presumably slower, only 80% of the episodes will hinge around someone hiding from another character in a closet or under a bed.

I’ve never seen this show (good start to a comment), but: on some porn tube site I saw a montage of one of the characters—I think it’s the guy sitting on the steps in the above picture—getting endless amounts thrown his way. At one point, he’s having a four-way. 

I thought the next few months were going to be rough due to COVID. Turns out, it’ll be finding another go-to punchline that isn’t “something something Screech.”

What You’re Really Doing When You Intelligence-Shame Jessica Simpson

I noticed. He looked so much older, they started giving him girlfriends in their mid-30s.

A reminder of where the ledger is now:

What does the title refer to? 

Wanted to see what the highest-grossing Best Picture winner since this was.

In this case, the both-sides argument has merit; a lot of outlets across the spectrum got a lot of oxygen when talking about Trump. I’m interested to see how MSNBC, for one, handles this.

Hot (I guess?) take: Were we meant to be that scared of Hannibal Lecter, at least in that film? Sure, he ate a couple of people, but I feel like Buffalo Bill was the one people would have had nightmares about after seeing it. Even more so for Manhunter, I think.