And, see, if Bill Maher told the above jokes on the air, when he reaped the deserved groans and jeers from the audience, he would chide them for being politically correct. Not himself for being painfully hacky. Can anybody reach this numbskull?

Right on all of the above. I know King sets everything in Maine, but the cast and the (visible) exteriors give off such deeply Canadian vibes, I just imagine the Mist takes place in some time-displaced British Columbian backwater.

I've been expecting something like this for a while. Dan Rather's head provided such a nice trophy for W, that it's surprising no one has tried a similar scam.

A true cautionary tale on the long-term effects of hard drugs on habitual drug users.

South Park ran its course for me years ago. If it has for Parker and Stone, they should just admit it. They've made their money. They should move on.

And his reaction to the criticism, "if you're elected governor of New Jersey, you can do this, too," shows what an entitled, tin-eared turd Christie is. Another reason 2018 can't get here too soon.

Well, to be fair to Bourdain (I know, why?), my first reaction to the trailer for Baby Driver wasn't positive, either. Between my reaction to Ansel Elgort ("Who the fuck is this twerp?"), what looked like another smugly threatening performance by Kevin Spacey, and its apparent resemblance to the just-okay Drive, I…

Singleton splits the difference. He directed a couple good episodes of FX's OJ series last year. But then he also created and directed Rebel, a cop series on BET this spring, which was… less than impressive.

Actually, Hustle and Flow was directed by Craig Brewer (wow, whatever happened to him?). But Singleton was responsible foe 2 Fast 2 Furious,

I'll admit to not being the biggest Will Ferrell fan, but boy, is he on a bad streak these days.But he'll get a chance to make at least three more stinkers before the inevitable EW article. Betcha Poehler won't get that many.

Better this than that endless Transformers shit. I dodged that bullet last weekend.

I'd barely started season 2. Now I have the impetus to finish.

Now, see… Was that so hard?

I see that MSNBC has dumped Van Susteren as they try to shore up their failing acquisition of Megyn Kelly. Why NBC and MSNBC have been trying to slap together a farm-team Fox News, when their progressive hosts are finally gaining traction, escapes me.

Or, as Sam Jackson implied, as a UK citizen, Kaluuya wasn't black enough. You can't win.

Luke was first presented as a rapist. Then, gradually he became a romantic hero. Thus, your reversal. That seems to be what they're trying to do with Coates.

A half-assed sitcom by a has-been comedian/former drug dealer isn't getting picked up. All this winning is gonna kill me.

I've been reading the whole Ennis Punisher MAX run in the trades lately. And although it is one of the all-time best matches of writer and character (i.e., Claremont/X-Men, or Rucka/Wonder Woman), a break to cleanse your brain after a dozen or so issues of that stuff is a must.

Plus, he's dead a lot, too.

Honestly, the piling of stupid shit on veteran characters, especially at Marvel, is wearying. I guess it's interesting, in a way, that no one has attempted to hit the reset button on Jubilee's current state yet (Just a vampire with an adopted infant? Is that all?), but it seems unsustainable to me.