The press is trying to sell this as a terrible debate all over.

Comey was in this mess because he had no control over the NYC office of the FBI.

Biden is more likely going to be the funeral home director who intercepts the drunken brother in law at a wake who starts screaming about how the family is trying to steal his inheritance. He’s going to put an unnaturally cold hand on the brother in law’s shoulder and squeeze with an unexpectedly strong grip, whisper…

I never saw this, but from this review it’s not at all clear to me that Super Exgirlfriend was trying to hit any feminist virtue signalling buttons at all, whatever those are.

I heard they are going to remake this movie with an all female cast and that is going to destroy my childhood.

“we’re not exactly talking about Berlin Alexanderplatz here.”

Nothing has changed.

I agree that the Coen connection is pretty thin. It’s a comedy of oddballs, but the atmosphere is really different, and that’s half of what the brothers do. Logan Lucky is a lot more affectionate towards its characters and Coen comedy characters tend to be a lot more full of themselves.

I can accept that there are still people out there acting like grad students sucking up to Stanley Fish 30 years after it became an embarassing cliche. I mean, have some self respect, but whatever.

They finished up scenes after shutting down with a couple of weeks to go. This interview with Jessie Buckley (may be paywalled) describes her sitting in quarantine so she can pick up where she left off.

There was a first movie. In a typical ironic twist, none of the action takes place in Fargo, it starts out set in a small Minnesota town where one of the residents realizes the larger world is a lot darker and more complicated than it appears.

Totally off topic, but for those wondering what Kevin Pang is up to, this is a piece he published today on losing weight which also mentions his new job:

I don’t think the internet killed B and C so much as the lack of good B and C killed B and C.

Caviezel promises another electrifying performance:

Oscar time usually has an interview or two with clueless or ridiculous voters, who make it clear they only like movies with nice clothes or they’re settling scores from 1983. I have to assume the Emmys are even worse, and many voters either assume The Good Place is either a Cheers sequel or they’re still fuming about…

It’s one of those phrases where I know the individual words but the combination means nothing to me.

As far as JFK, I can absolutely believe the government was trying to cover its tracks about its connections to Oswald. He had all kinds of stuff going on that would make them try to approach him as a low level asset. And I can also see how they would cover things up out of paranoia about revealing any surveillance…

Yes, nothing is keeping old Silvio going except the spells of Strega Nona while she is chained up in the dungeons of RAI Uno.

Berlusconi is notoriously anti-garlic. Ultra right wingers are the enemy of good food.

For those in suspense, the prosthetic makeup award went to Picard.