“As any Conan fan knows, the man is 100 percent, vocally Irish.”

People definitely should speak out against racism in general, but it isn’t necessarily always the right time/move for a white guy to weigh in about racism when the focus is on the words of Black folks. In other words, “we really need to hear what a white guy thinks about this” is exactly the kind of thing that a lot…

I’m not sure criticizing people who being distracted by and excited about the eclipse is very productive. The reality is that very few of us have spent every moment of the last few months thinking about Gaza. We’ve all watched sitcom reruns, or cheered for Caitlin Clark, or laughed at the new Deadpool 3 trailer, or…

Laugh all you fucking want, that “I drank the water in the park that says do not drink and I got sick” scene is not fucking fiction.

I stand corrected.

You’re gonna HATE my upcoming biopic about the time 311 beat up Scott Stapp in a bar

Getting as much or more Lodge 49 vibes.

I don’t find it gratuitous, it’s actually rather refreshing to see a show not shy away from the combat of war at all. People did take heads from the corpses of their fallen enemies and cannon combat is not supposed to be pretty. The violence on the show is always done purposefully, not gleefully. This isn’t some anime…

not at all to be the resident Annoying Book Person, but all of this stuff is right there in the original text. for whatever limitations of POV Clavell may have had as a white Englishman of the mid-20th century, his work had an incredible level of compassion and empathy for the women in such a hierarchical,…

What a beautifully produced show with a compelling story.

Amen brother. I keep telling everyone that the first manufacturer that brings to market a Civic sized car (or CRV sized CUV) that gets 300 miles to a charge and costs $30K or less will have buyers lining up at its doors. People do not need 0-60 times in less than 6 seconds (many of my friends who have electric cars…

The trick to saving money is to skip the hotels and stay at camp sites every night. 

I’ve always wanted to drive up the coast. By the time I have enough money saved up to do it, the damn road will have completely fallen into the sea.

wow it’s almost like there’s still a place for quality pop culture journalism with an informed and friendly commentariat! who knew!

I don’t know that I’m going to watch this show, but this review was much better than some of the stuff that appears on this website these days. Your description of New Orleans (as someone who spends a lot of time there and whose spouse is from there) is really evocative, and your description of Espisoto as an actor is…

Another amazing episode.

You make some good points. There’s a lot of bad improv. Good improv feels organic, so you can’t tell it from what is scripted. But bad improv draws attention to itself. You can tell they’re doing it. It’s why I can’t stand Joe Swanberg’s films, because he relies so heavily on improv for dialogue out of a misguided…

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Is it just me or does Murphy seem to go out of his way to look as harmless as possible between shoots?  Which makes sense given I’d cross the street to avoid most of his characters.

“In the deep, dark hills of eastern Pennsylvania"- wait.