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The Great Valerio
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I don't… I don't get it. I don't hate her as violently as half the internet seems to, but she spends 90% of her screentime Making That Face That She Makes. She was used well enough I guess, but still, she was lifeless for most of this movie.

Agreed about the Kate Bosworth bit. A moment that major shouldn't leave the movie completely unaffected if you were to take it out altogether.

Surprisingly understated considering that it's being drummed up as awards bait. Alice as a character feels strangely underwritten (for a movie about a woman losing her identity, you don't learn much about her beyond "super smart" and "super good at her job"), but Moore makes it work. Almost like that

I wasn't in love with the movie, but I was surprised by how not awards-y it felt (Except for a scene where Alice gives a speech at a conference, which, hah geeze). It's definitely not a Theory of Everything type situation, in terms of Oscar bait— it wouldn't have even seemed like it from the outside if Sony didn't dig

In a world where Benh Zeitlin got nominated, anything's possible.

I'm fully aware of how insane this sounds to people that have only seen one show or the other, but I honestly believe Jane the Virgin is P&R's successor in cheerful, optimistic, yet weirdly daring and ballsy television.

When you look at the direction "prestige drama" is headed, is the idea of something like Seeing Red being ordered to series that insane? Things have been tilting in that direction for a while now. "Sad white dude with emotional problems? SOLD!"

Halfway through S1? Brace yourself, son, shit's about to get real.

I love how dark this season is going, to the point of being a borderline horror movie. As melodramatic as this sounds, looking back at Season 1, it feels like this show is finally fulfilling its destiny.

Still voting for Magda, but I'm intrigued by this.

I love moments like this, because after the first couple years, Winston becoming amazing feels like such a hard-won battle.

Because the Don Lemon schadenfreude is too much to resist. At least that's my deal, personally.

It's strange that despite knowing nothing bad can possibly happen, I still kind of flip out when the door comes down on them.

"Sorry, the Fire Marshall is ON. OUR. ASS." "That's what you always say!"
"She wants to be friends with me, or be me, or be in a rap duo with me…"
"It's what parents do, they glue crap on stuff for their kids."
"I'll be with you… every time you look in a mirror…"
"HAHAHA SILLY MILLIE"

"CARRY ME OVER THE THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW"

I mean, how much time do people need them to harp on these facts? As is, I already walked away from the show feeling angry that, whether Adnan did it or not, that "I mean, look at him" seemed to be a major part of the prosecutor's case. It felt blatantly obvious throughout that he would be in a different boat if he

And we were SO CLOSE to having all six of them back on TV at the same time.

No one gets beaten to death quite like Paul Dano.

Agreed. I'm fascinated by the podcast itself, but seeing people treat real-life human beings as if they're hitting up Shonda Rhimes for Scandal spoilers almost makes me feel gross for being invested in what the podcast is trying to do.

This makes me so happy. I've been so excited for this show, but it's always been lightly sobered by knowing that it would inevitably be cancelled within 4 episodes. Five years ago, who would've thought Netflix would be the ultimate champion of cult-following TV?