Man has cancer. Man was a PoW and fought in active service for his country. Man has empirically undeserved reputation of voting on principle as opposed to party. Many people disagree with the policy positions of his party, and are therefore allowed to dislike his voting record.

I'm willing to believe that the point of this post is the last four words. That our friend here actually wants to remind left-leaning and moderate Americans that upwards of sixty million people voted for this orange scrotum, and it's a fool's errand to look at them and say 'but surely THIS is the line-?' This? And…

Hmmmm. I wanted to like this, but I find the premiere a little underwhelming. I quite like the book (I read Gaiman for his beautiful, immediately visual concepts rather than his writing), and I think that the show's style lends itself well to the source material. But the dialogue tips over from enjoyably fruity to…

Okay, I don't normally do this, but: Alec Baldwin nominated over Zach Woods is BAFFLING. I like Baldwin, I do, but his Trump doesn't have anywhere near the nuance or delicacy of Anthony Atamanuik's. And come ON, Emmy people. Jared Dunn is one of the sweetest, darkest, most terrifying characters on television right…

Interesting article, thanks! I assume Lawrence of Arabia and Becket count in the filmography. Two films with a particularly loud subtext of homoeroticism - or homoromanticism, at least?

A strange, disjointed thirty minutes. Ordinarily, even though this season hasn't felt like a cohesive whole, individual episodes knit together, but this one just seemed to lurch from scene to scene. Although individual scenes were very well-executed, and my goodness but Middleditch was magnificent. It's no surprise…

I think that the show is intolerant of vices of meanness. Hunger, even greed, is looked on indulgently. Cruelty is fine, especially if accompanied by verbal dexterity. But pettiness, myopia and using power to deal out indignities to your enemies or snub underlings? Promptly smacked down.

I drew in on myself when Jared whispered 'Uncle Jerry's game' in the trailer. There's normally a Grand Guignol touch of excess to Jared's stories that steer us juuuuuuuuuust into 'shocked laughter' territory. But the stark horror of 'Uncle Jerry's game' signalled that this episode, Jared's trauma was not being played…

Zach Woods needs to do Shakespeare. Gods bless the show for letting the scene go quiet during Jared's meltdown, all the better for us to shrivel in the face of Jared's disbelieving, heartbroken indignation at 'Poopfare'. If the man isn't even nominated for whateverthehell award for this, there is something very very…

I'm enjoying HJO in this role. I like his ebullience and his essential selfishness. Very nice variation on the Big Fish in this pond. I am charmed alike at Jared getting to match his nautical metaphors with his pea-coat, though most sartorial plaudits must be reserved for the Bad News Jumper. I am…also weirdly fine…

Huh. I actually thought this episode was slow and rather insubstantial compared to the schemes and counter-schemes of the last episode. I like the show much better when it leans in to the Regency Noir aspects, compared to the exotica and the Infallible James Delaney bits.

I basically agree, but a small quibble: I don't know if that is 'equal', rather than the principle of 'femme couvert': when a woman married, her legal identity was 'covered' by that of her husband. No point asking an extension of yourself to kneel. Whereas Philip, as her husband, would be default have his own…

Ahhhhh, now that's more like it. Funny, sweet, moving, and musically on POINT.
Rebecca, oh, Rebecca. You really are mostly the worst, aren't you? But I do like that you genuinely are trying to keep Paula away from her drug of choice (your drama), even if you fell down on the letter of recommendation.

Over the MOON that Netflix UK is showing episodes the morning after - and I know Friday is supposed to be 'the death slot' but screening it early on a weekend means that I am almost in sync with the rest of y'all, so I personally am delighted.

Yeah, I'm 'Team Mental and Emotional Health for all, please'.

So many months on, and surely nobody's commenting, but I just binged the entire season and need somewhere to share my Very Important Opinions.

'Cache'. Shallow, preening and nauseatingly, emptily pleased with itself. Ditto 'Birdman'.
'The Lord of the Rings': pompous, leaden travelogue with not a hint of the grandeur, mischief or characterisation of the sagas it purported to recreate.

Do it. You won't be disappointed. I remember watching it on video once, and loving the performances, but also privately wondering about the Very Big Archetypes of the story. On the big screen (especially in 70mm), the landscape comes into its own as not just backdrop but essential character (this vast, pitiless…

Never said it was a BIG ballpark….

Aie, this is dodgy. So the best available response to 'adaptation of work with important character whose very essence is apparently cobbled together from wince-inducing racial/ethnic stereotypes' is……whitewashing?