Almost no one is interested in the narrative that they’re both culpable—which is likely the case. It’s the that Amber Heard is solely abusive and should be practically jailed for even daring to utter an unflattering word about Johnny Depp. His cult is so weird, especially since he hasn’t given a good performance in…

This has to be the least enthusiastic review I’ve seen of Minari and it’s still quite kind. Very excited for this one.

Love David Sedaris. This is very clearly satirizing entitled customers. Sadly, it is done so clumsily that it looks really tone deaf. What’s really too bad is that he does this in several stories in Barrel Fever, and it’s hilarious. Here, though, it’s woefully miscalculated. 

That’s an interesting point of comparison. I actually think Stranger Things got better after its first season, or at least justified itself, because it’s steered away from overt pastiche and more into character-driven genre storytelling. It’s not some mind-blowing character study, but it is grounded in tangible…

I’m not saying that people can’t learn and grow in terms of taste, but people seem to forget how much people loved Ready Player One when it came out, including The AV Club, which gave the book an “A.” I feel like that evolution is way more interesting as a phenomenon than talking about how good or bad the first book…

Frankly, I’d love to lose dozens more hours of John Hughes movies instead of gaining any. So, hardest of passes.

It fucking sucks that James Woods is a great actor.

I was gonna say--if that above commenter thinks the sequel trilogy had a messy run, wait until they learn about the OT.

On a narrative level, the finale of Lost is kind of incoherent. But at least the show still works on a character level. That absolutely isn’t true of Game of Thrones or Dexter. 

On one hand, I get being a director and wanting to protect your movie. Because it’s not just the director’s; the work of dozens, if not hundreds of people is on screen. On the other, it sounds like Sia just kinda did what she wanted, picked what and who she wanted, and went with any yes she could get from whomever she…

As far as Forrest Gump goes, the book is definitely nastier, but the film still has an edge. The thing is that Forrest is kind of an unreliable narrator—if the Elvis bit doesn’t tip you off, then his characterization of Jenny’s relationship with her dad should. All of the historical episodes he lives through are…

The idea that Zemeckis is a sentimentalist should really only apply to his later half of his career. Used Cars, Back to the Future, and even Forrest Gump, are all deeply bitter movies about America selling its soul.

No matter how frightening any of these movies in these series are or will be, none will actually be as horrifying as a Todd Solondz film.

That headline is the single best response we’re gonna get from this, which is no easy feat. Well played, PG. Well played.

Most other critics have been much more positive in their assessment. Dowd’s review definitely skews more on the negative side, and may be the least generous review of the film I’ve read so far—and it’s not even that bad.

Moonlight is in an interesting choice, because as tough as it is, it’s quite rewatchable to me.

I watched Lost from the beginning when I was in elementary school, and it ended when I was in high school. I grew up with this show, and I loved it to the very end. The finale was so satisfying to me because all of these characters I’d followed and loved over the years were given resolution. I was never as interested…

So jazzed for Ammonite. At very least, I hope it gets people to check out Francis Lee’s previous film God’s Own Country, which rules so goddamned hard.

Here’s my take on the sequel trilogy: The Force Awakens is a decent movie that has the unenviable task of resetting the franchise. The Last Jedi is a masterpiece that actually takes advantage of the sandbox setting of this universe, and finds clever arcs to legacy characters and exciting storytelling that we never get…

Is the “3005" line unintentionally funny? I always thought that was on purpose.