People do all sorts of stupid shit and justify it by “being comfortable in my own mind/body.” Wearing a see-through dress is not a personal comfort thing - it’s a provocateur action, like Sacha Baron Cohen wearing that neon green mankini was.

Denzel in Malcolm X ruined all other biopics for me. I can’t think of a single actor who has done it better than he did.

He was certainly more believable in the role than Keanu Reeves was as Don John.

The scene where Shaw goes ahead and has Trip publicly whipped for desertion loses not one whit of its power even on repeated viewings. Denzel standing there glaring in furious rebellion, trying to silently communicate how he will never break, and then that tear running down his cheek... chills every time.

I don’t know who sells these women on the “benefits” of these surgeries, but whoever it is should lose their medical licenses.

I fully understand how shallow and superficial it is to say this, but I just cannot get past Meg Ryan’s botched plastic surgery. Her natural face would have aged so gracefully, I think.

Seems pretty obvious that he wrote “Fucking Pig” himself on the mirror in a moment of self-reflection (har!) after the confrontation with Loretta and Charles.

I’ll take your word on the “better show” part, but having just watched the Callan title sequence and compared it to The Equalizer’s and Stewart Copeland’s drum-scorched theme song, I’d have to say you’re out of your mind on that bit.

I can’t speak for every outlet - only the Associated Press, whose sourcing requirements I know first-hand are intensely strict. But yeah, in the age of social media, posting AI-generated stories, and composing #content completely out of Twitter threads, it seems as though there needs to be a Come-to-Jeebus moment for…

I haven’t seen any of the Denzel Equalizer movies, but I like Denzel and I like the concept so maybe I should check them out. The Queen Latifah series was... meh. I mean, it’s probably not very PC of me to say this, but while I love QL and think she is an amazing all around person and talented actor, the stretch from…

Well, it looks like we know what the latest social trend for the Shittiest People in the World is - hacking celebrity accounts and posting fake death notices.

The fun part is turning on PlutoTV’s Price is Right channel and actually recognizing episodes I saw as a “sick” kid staying home in the mornings during the 80s.

For me, it’s because all of the tension was built up in Empire and there was nothing but resolution in Jedi. Every single scene had to tie up a loose thread or hit some sort of narrative target. Empire was all narrative tension, which is one reason why it’s so good.

I don’t know about the hate these days - I hated it the minute I saw it in the theatre when it first came out (although that “hate” has cooled significantly since the prequels and the Abrams trilogy have come out). I was 12 at the time, but even then it was apparent to me that I was in for two hours’ worth of fan…

Oh, I agree 100%. My personal ranking is Star Wars, Empire, and then a gaping giant maw separating them from everything else.

Unfortunately, because Empire is nearly a half-century old at this point (ACK! UGH!), recency bias is going to play a role with every passing day.

I probably could sit through and enjoy a two-hour movie that was Steve Martin in stressful situations, then zoning out into a White Room, and then abruptly returning to reality with rumpled hair, partially removed pants, and absolute chaos wreaked around him. I can’t remember when I’ve laughed so hard.

The only question now is, who poisoned the cookies?

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