Howard Shore will probably never be known for anything other than these movies...but that’s a hell of a legacy. Everything about the trilogy is masterful (the production, direction, writing, cinematography, casting, acting) but damn, if the music doesn’t really sell it. They truly wouldn’t be the same without that…

I uhhhh, know a guy that says that too. Thankfully that guy just sticks to weed now.

Yes! I started the lockdown with a big list of classics I’d been meaning to see - haven’t made it as far as I thought (is anyone else just tired all the time?) but here were some standouts:

I’m with you on Blood Simple. I feel like it gets overlooked as a Coen classic, probably because so many people haven’t seen it. 

It isn’t out on Netflix just yet, but it already had its theatrical release and I caught it at the drive-in. Such a fun night out!

since this was such a weird year, does anyone have an old movie they watched for the first time and loved this year?

This looked bad in the trailers — I got a definite 80s-grade, made-for-broadcast-TV-on-the-cheap vibe — and now reading the review it sounds even worse. The so-called “the institutional elements” were some of the most chilling parts of the book, equal to the Flagg-driven elements. De-emphasizing the US government’s rel…

Which is why the decision to not cast a fat guy to play Lauder has already ruined this adaptation especially as he seems to have a more prominent role. It’s incredible really that one of the major qualities for what makes him such a mess and a bullied loser is considered too unpalatable for the audience. It’s almost…

At this point I’m resigned to this site’s slow, terminal decline. The actual writing is still generally fine, but once again, venture capital destroys all. 

Yay! Not a slideshow! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I mean... that’s less glaring than “Hugo Weaving’s MCU debut as Megatron” when he played Red Skull in Captain America.

Still can’t believe the AV Club gave that piece of shit an A. Literally should've been an F.

Apparently Howard will support this line of thinking coming from anyone. The stupid thing is, it’s so obviously not true. Hillbilly Elegy was tabbed as a Best Picture favorite until we all saw that disastrous trailer. If people were against it from the start because they hated the politics of the book, that wouldn’t…

I wondered about that too, I assumed the prosecutor was impliedly arguing that Hugh Grant’s inculpation would be against her interest because it’s her husband (i.e. she wouldn’t want her husband to go to jail)?

Maybe the worst written court room scenes of all time. 

I’m hoping he goes for the Best Picture winners next. Though I’d absolutely love your idea. As long as he’s following these up with something, I’ll read it!

I’ve loved many shows that flubbed the ending. BSG, Dexter, Lost, True Blood, HIMYM... I’ve still gone back and rewatched them. It was understood that these stories were emergent, they were being written as they go along. We the audience were “discovering” the story along with the writers (they were just a few months…

There is a strong case here for Truffaut’s comment “For example, some films claim to be antiwar, but I don’t think I’ve really seen an antiwar film. Every film about war ends up being pro-war.” That said, I thing that Spielberg did the best job anyone has ever done at making an anti-war film, and the opening of SPR…

Ah yes, the famously anti-Black show The Boondocks.