the fall was sort of a modern day riff on that, at least in their first season.

this interview is absolutely charming. she makes every role sound so serendipitous.

off topic but i want HBO's Crashing to know, from the bottom of my heart, that i hope they fucking tank. this video ad is the most intrusive thing possible and it makes me hate the show and this website.

agreed. the reveal that william was bi brought me back to the show. if they just let that sit as a one-off, i'll be officially done.

i especially appreciated that they didn't isolate that as a Special Moment, instead having him drop it in there without hesitation. that made it all the more affecting.

his mom sold the entire concept of a life told in one episode. her love for william was so palpable and real that you can fully understand why losing her rocked him so much. the greatest tragedy in all this is that she never got to know randall.

did you ever see the short they made? i think it's "dug's big day"?

i loved it. many movies center on a grumpy old man who eventually breaks, telling his tragic story of love lost. it was a nice change to actually meet and get to know the wife they killed off to give his character motivation.

sorry for your loss.

f&f peaked at fast 5. 6 was solid, but it started to show strain. 7 was utterly ridiculous, though i loved how they said goodbye to brian.

the transformers franchise became a prime source of what lucy liu called "fuck you money" for a lot of well-regarded actors.

deniro is canceled until he quits using his platform for anti-vaxxer bullshit that contributes to stigmatizing his own son (among countless autistic people) and reviving illnesses we figured out how to keep down decades ago.

i wonder the same about christine baranski's good wife spinoff being released on CBS's new app. how did they convince her to go along with expecting people to pay extra for CBS?

"part of the theater was closed off and we all got smushed together" is perfectly sufficient. not sure why the snippy.

up coasted quite far on an emotionally resonant beginning sequence and the dynamic of two indomitably joyful characters wearing down a grump. it wasn't perfect by any means. the plot got weird for a fairly long stretch.

disney/pixar also include snarky self-referential riffing, but i applaud them for limiting it to a scene or character, whereas the less successful studios build entire movies around it.

seeing him get taken down by affleck was really satisfying, and not bc i'm any fan of affleck.

why would they push your seats BACK for not having sold enough tickets? i've always been pushed forward.

links? there is quite a bit to unpack in that paragraph

literally last episode she was a complete superstar, yet curiously your lucy-hating comments were nowhere to be found.