The beginning of that tribute with the older footage reminded me that, when I was a kid in the ‘80s, my mental picture of Tony Stark was Alex Trebek.

Nice - glad The Debt Collectors got a shout out. Not quite as good as the first Debt Collector, but still fun. I’ll take Scott Adkins in a Jesse V. Johnson movie any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

So does pointing out that the trailer for this movie looks like hot garbage just trivialize the problematic casting? Cause this does... not look good. At all.

So he wears a helmet all the time, but bothers to have a mustache?

I think it depends how the show unpacks war crimes, which maybe this is a hot take in 2020, seem fundamentally different than crimes committed by civilians in peacetime. They are still violent, require a transgression, but are bound up in an environment of overflowing violence and obedience that can change people to…

I’m sure by throwing out the novel’s entire story they could address the things that bother you about this trailer.

It belongs in an inventory of “least essential screeds.”

Eh... too many of these songs seem focused on the lyrics and don’t feel fight ready, and. lacking the anger of putting rebellion into action. I’ll venture two additions...

Thanks for this episode, which convinced me to rewatch The Prestige again. I think it was my fourth or fifth viewing since it first came out, and I always get a little more out of it each time. I actually rewatched Inception the next day, which was my favorite Nolan movie for a long time... but I think I’ve reverted…

Fuck I played the ever-living shit out of Crazy Taxi on my Dreamcast. For some reason the in-your-face obnoxiousness helped propel you through the game. And it had very fun, specific fantasy car handling. If I remember, I can only describe it as what I imagine a turbo charged Zamboni would operate like in a city paved…

If you’re into movies about collections, it sure seems like Scott Adkins’ The Debt Collector is a more enjoyable experience.

Just watched for the first time - loved it. It doesn’t try to be deny it’s a VOD action DNA, but the director just went nuts creatively. I really enjoyed the avoidance of trying to explain the gonzo reality they are. And Scott Adkins using his accent to slip in and out undercuts the reality of everything. At first I…

This depressing on so many levels. In addition to the story itself, which provides yet another example of abuse in the workplace, and Fox’s unwillingness to address its corporate culture (or less likely its incompetence to do so) - the overarching message is here. “As long as the gold in them there hills, we’re going…

I hate to get all “Oh poor Lauren Lapkis,” because they probably had fun shooting this and I’m sure it paid well enough and helps with the visibility hustle that comedian/podcasters/improv artists have carved out for themselves, but this just reminds me of how criminally overlooked she is. She could definitely carry a…

This article helped me consciously realize why I’ve always hated An Officer And A Gentleman; as a grade-schooler when these movies both came out, Top Gun just makes the former look asleep on its feet. Any of the things that make it a more interesting story were fully lost on me, ‘cause god damn, inverted Tomcats,…

I started making a 20-point list, and then realized I’m just listing the plot of the movie. You should just rewatch it with that idea in mind. Maybe make a good guy/bad guy list.

It’s Hughes’ sounding a klaxon about the socio-economic perils of personality cults.

I fully embrace Ferris’ shittyness as a character, and will add it to my list of arguments as to why FBDO stands as John Hughes’ greatest film. He made a movie that fully embraced and lionized the bad guy. Sure, there’s plenty of dark anti-heroes, but a comedy centered on pedastalizing a jerkwad? With no redemption…

His music is also worth checking out.