I thought about watching This Is Us purely to see what that apparently very well done twist was. Did not. Can guess, but I don't want to use the spoiler tags since I renounced them a while back. But someone who did watch it can and tell me. (I don't really care.)

Not necessarily. Bono is a great lyricist and speaker but an overwrought prose writer. The latter is harder than composing song lyrics.

This is a good example of our politics (and many other countries' politics) focused on citizen consumer want instead of moral public good. Thus aiding in a culture where we have limited sympathy for others, and government's role turns from social welfare to fulfilling individual (usually the richest, the most…

Run for President? I have it on good authority that Trump decided to after watching all of The Golden Girls.

I saw it the other day. Phoenix, the German film by Christian Petzold and starring the incredible Nina Hoss. Dowd gave it a rare and deserved A. (Streaming on Netflix.)

Someone tell the ad wizards at CBS that TV show posters are supposed to make you want to watch the thing, not set it on fire.

In Vine form, Arya Stark should set us straight.

Couldn't we have just gotten a Harley and a tattoo?

His father is a con man who has declared bankruptcy a bunch of times, when his businesses have failed, cares for no one but himself, is a raging narcissist, has no experience being in much less running a government, has no policy positions, routinely says offensive things, has been accused of racism many, many times,…

While the jokes were fine, the premise was disappointing. I don't care about Eleanor's moral reformation, though Bell does a good job displaying the character's awfulness (and since Bell loves Eleanor Roosevelt, her character's name isn't random). Danson was the best thing in it. I dislike a bit shows/movies where the…

Political comedy is fine, but it's my opinion that there's no reason to invite a controversial political figure (much less one who is a demonstrable liar and con man making incendiary comments on a daily basis) if all you're going to do is give them light questions about human interest. The candidate on that late…

I'm currently seeing a lot of Twitter handles that begin with "Deplorable" and then a name. Hopefully they'll go away after their man loses.

He takes a sip of coffee, spits it out. "This coffee is wonderful—and hot!"

Some actual thoughts: So far, I'm reading the show as Lynch's ironic deconstruction of soap operas, crime shows, and small town Americana, but as the latter's depiction in pop culture, not real small towns. Laura Palmer's body is discovered (slight spoiler alert) when the mill that is the town's economy is in danger…

He's supposed to be a retired cop, but the ads have him acting like no cop I know, and I don't know any.

The Girls by Emma Cline. The debut of the 27 year old Cline. A 14 year old girl in 1969, living with her abandoned, divorced mother, and craving to be noticed, sees these devil-may-care older girls at a park one day and falls for one of them. She joins this Manson-like cult. This isn't a fictional version of that…

I've never heard that comparison before. I've seen enough Burn Notice to say unequivocally that The Americans isn't like it at all. Give it another chance.

Excuse to post this fantastic performance on Friday's Fallon. She has a great voice.
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Twin Peaks, Ep. 3. David Lynch: Comedy, Tragedy, Weirdness. This is what happens when you forgo your perfectly good dinner for sandwiches and reading about Tibet.

What I mean. Some of us like Phil and Liz, a dangerous proposition with Trump admiring Putin. The Emmys ain't having it. Seriously, it better win in its last season.