Maki’s own apartment was dubbed “Production Women’s Dormitory”

The exec has denied all the allegations, except for taking the photos. “I was asked so I took the photos,” Maki is quoted as saying. “The truth is different.”

It’s racist. Plain and simple. For example let’s take Alex Kurtzman. Fresh off of a decade long stint on (TV) Alias and Xena: Warrior Princess and one of the biggest bombs of the aughts (The Island) he gets to write Transformers for fuck you money. Why the fuck that idiot gets to write for money is beyond me. But here…

But should unproduced screenplays count as experience when using it to factor a pay rate? These hypothetical 100 brilliant screenplays that didn't get produced made no money for the studios that bought them. So why would they put down big bucks for a guy with a 3-100 success rate? Honestly, I know very little about…

No, this would be Adele’s 2nd film after part one. She had 16 years of writing experience for TV before her first feature became a huge hit. Peter has only written 3 movies in total. She’s the writer that brings in the insight of Asian culture to the film’s script. Peter is the script doctor that a studio usually hires…

He’s written one more film than her. And the reason they would be paid the same is because it’s a sequel to a massive hit that they wrote. They’re no longer taking a chance on her. They know she can deliver the goods.

Did you bother to look up his “extensive” film writing work? On paper, at least, she seems to have tons more experience in writing and production than he does.

Yeah, people say stuff like this on occasion, but it’s too ridiculous to take seriously. I mean, only having space for sci-fi that looks a certain way is just as bad as having no space for sci-fi.

I seem to remember a hefty backlash against Never Let Me Go by sci-fi fans, calling Ishiguro a “fake” for dipping a toe into genre. 

People say Never Let Me Go is non-literary? What the fuck. 

Both reviews explain pretty well what he doesn’t like about the movies, especially the one for The Disaster Artist. Anyway, if you’re going to see movies based on Rotten Tomatoes scores, why do you care whether they’re 100% or 96%? Also, if your criticism of a negative review includes the phrase “but the trailer looks…

Agreed. I recently watched an episode of “Scandal Made Me Famous” (shut up) about Tonya, and it really played up the “Poor, slobby Tonya” vs. “Rich, pretty Nancy” narrative, which is a little disingenuous. It’s true that Nancy had some built-in privilege, and Tonya’s abusive, dirt-poor background is undeniably…

Midori Ito was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition. Harding was the first American woman to do it. That said, go to YouTube and watch the footage of her doing it. It’s truly breathtaking, and even knowing all the shit that came later, I feel happy for her in that moment whenever I see it.

This isn’t about the movie itself, but I did want to say that I’ve grown a little uncomfortable with how the newfound interest in Harding (there was a 30 for 30 a few years back) has reduced Nancy Kerrigan to, at best, the epitome of what Harding was struggling against and, at worst, an outright antagonist.

So wait, you are willing to make a distinction between “human” and “Western” values for things that you dislike, but not for things that you like? How do you fucking dress yourself in the morning?

So different critics can have different opinions, but only about one film and not about two?

I mean, is it really that controversial to suggest that Steven Spielberg has produced a middling prestige picture?

Could his stress be about how he’s literally the number one guy in Hollywood named as the next ‘open secret’ abuser who has yet to fall? I imagine that would be a stressful position to be in.

If you want the best argument for Allen, I think you should see Crimes and Misdemeanors. It’s basically the much-better template Match Point was trying to imitate. If you don’t like C&D, you might be better off skipping Allen entirely. I mean, you could try the comedies like Annie Hall and Manhattan, but those are…