One of the funny things about Milo is, he used to have a somewhat scary reputation before people knew what he looked like. (Personally, I imagined him to be a big hairy dude like a Greek orthodox priest.) Then he started appearing in public, and immediately his mystique just collapsed, as people said “Wait, this is…

Does Lana Wachowski count as a celebrity?

If only we’d let the Muppet scatplay fanfic become the main influencer of the national debate instead.

Yup to this. I’ve never actually watched Drag Race, but after seeing this clip I could definitely watch more. Maybe not the ‘best performance of the year’, but it was impressive.

I feel like even hating him is giving him more respect and attention than he deserves. My preferred attitude to 45 is dismissive contempt. Treat him like you would treat a turd on the street.

Colour me shocked. Gosh, whatever next, sexual harassment at American Apparel?

It’s probably the funniest of Scott’s movies, at least.

I think the embarrassing thing about Black Hawk Down isn’t jingoism so much as racism - unintentional racism perhaps, but it’s hard to ignore the way the Somalis are treated as ‘generic dark-skinned evil horde’. I remember one critic noted they may as well have been orcs from the Lord of the Rings. The Zulus in Zulu…

You can argue over whether the term ‘graphic novel’ is ‘pretentious’, but surely that store was right to recognise that they are different things. Serious visual stories written for adults, call them what you will, are different from superhero comics, just like art films are a different thing from blockbusters. Not…

Dying at the hands of their apprentice is traditional for Sith Lords.

‘Mary Sue’ is a term that needs to die, because it’s only used to describe female characters. By the definitions given here, most male film protagonists are ‘Mary Sues’ - certainly Luke Skywalker and Han Solo. But for some reason nobody complains when a male character is highly competent and badass.

Will Smith may or may not count, depending on whether he qualifies as a real person.

Yeah, sometimes, but this story is explicitly intended as a racial allegory, with lessons about prejudice and tolerance. That’s obvious even from the trailer.
Btw, did you think ‘Zootopia’ was just a film about a bunch of cute animals? What did you think ‘Get Out’ was about?

Does it though? I mean, we all laughed at Trump... I still am. But fun though it is, it doesn’t really change anything.

This is exactly what the article is talking about. You didn’t like the choices Johnson made, but he is objectively not a ‘bad director’.

Luke is bitter and cynical, but I don’t think the film is. The good guys are still fundamentally good, and the film still values effort and heroism. It ends on a positively hopeful note. I’d say it’s far less bleak than Empire, where everyone is a betrayer or a fuck-up and the good guys lose.

It’s not canon, but I’ve always imagined Spider-man to be Jewish, because he’s so closely associated with Stan Lee. (Peter Parker basically is a young Stan, isn’t he?)

I’m surprised there was no mention of Harrison Ford (Jewish by descent, if not religion).

All characters in all Star Wars movies (all Disney movies, for that matter) exist primarily to sell products.

I know a few left-wing ‘Swifties’, though they may be more of the ‘old guard’ from before the Nazis got hold of her.