The Rankin/Bass specials played a large role in my childhood, and I still watch quite a few of them on a nearly-annual basis to this day (including some of the lesser-known ones, like Frosty’s Winter Wonderland and Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey). I think one of the things that endeared their work to me is…

I haven’t done a rewatch but remember feeling that it went downhill fast after Jimmy died.

Vinyl remains one of the worst television shows I’ve ever watched all of.

Terence Winter has said that Scorsese remained a pretty involved producer and creative consultant throughout Boardwalk’s run. He’d read scripts and watch the rough cuts of every episode to make editorial suggestions, and had a hand in casting throughout the series. (The funniest aspect of this was that, per a New York…

I mostly look at the Bond franchise from a sort of film student perspective more than I do as a movie lover, since, you know, most of the movies aren’t very good. Once you get out of your personal top five (mine being 1. Casino Royale, and in no particular 2-5 order, GoldenEye, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,…

A lot of people complain about the show’s decline in its latter three seasons, but I attribute that more to behind-the-scenes issues (Harmon getting fired, Chase’s difficult behavior, Glover and Brown leaving, getting cancelled twice, transitioning to a failed streaming service) ruining its momentum rather than Harmon…

By all accounts Weaver puts on no airs on set and treats the whole crew like one of her. Her sticking up for the working class British crew on Aliens against Cameron’s egomania is legendary.

Yeah, one could also frame this story as “hey, Scott and O’Bannon (who is well known for being a very prickly guy), listened to a young performer’s constructive critiques of their story, took them to heart, made the changes she requested, and went on to have a successful working relationship.” 

I loved those games when I was a kid. I remember the first Freddi Fish game was a pretty creative and challenging noir-type mystery.

I don’t know what show you’re watching, but Franklin Pierce is definitely the character’s name, along with other fan favorites like Helen of Troy and Britta Filter.

Steve Martin starting to pitch reverse mortgages was gold.

Succession is already running out of steam going into season 4, there’s no way Squid Game makes a season 2 even half as impactful as season 1, Severance will live or die in how it resolves its mysteries like all other mystery box shows... none of these hold a candle to Better Call Saul. It’s a perfect series of…

I was living in Boston at the time. You’re kinda underplaying what a debacle this was. It was a poorly conceived viral marketing fuckup that lead to a bad overreaction by “people”, sure, but also the Boston PD and Fire Dept. Maybe don’t put unauthorized electronic devices up in train stations.

I’m as ready to write this off as anyone else, but this is literally the story of Pinocchio. How is this a criticism?

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was great. Greyhound was good. News of the World was good. Bridge o f Spies was excellent. Toy Story 4, despite being unnecessary, was solid.

His hits far outnumber his misses, like The Circle, any of the Dan Brown stuff, etc.

Carrying the show? Meredith has long been one of the least compelling characters on the show, and in recent years the rare episodes that really focused on her over the more interesting supporting characters have been borderline soporific. Kate Walsh/Addison Montgomery is a massive step up.

One of his best roles in his mostly-retirement was roasting Lauren Lapkus

Hard to believe we had *13* straight years of the best (imo) storytelling on TV.

This sounds litigiously similar to my idea about a Breakfast Club spinoff about the guy who delivers janitorial supplies to the school on the days when the regular guy is sick.

(bong hit) Is anyone ever REALLY done watching, maaaaan?