Poor writing on my part, I meant if the Academy is only allowing attendees who are either presenting or nominated by name.

Agreed. I think it's just theaters for now

Whoops, I forgot Mike Faist wasn't actually nominated. I thought it was a great performance

The only possible explanation I could think of is if due to Covid rules they’re only inviting people who were nominated by name. Otherwise this is absolute horseshit, Spielberg’s West Side Story would not work without her. The best parts of the movie are the nominated supporting characters, but she should get an…

I saw an advance screening of it at Alamo Drafthouse and it’s just as good as the review says, if not better. Stephanie Hsu delivers a fantastic, kaleidoscopic performance. They really commit to smart, multi-layered comedy that builds and pays off too. So much live-action comedy these days is pretty lazy and quippy.…

Too much money, a privilege bubble, and possibly a manic bipolar phase impairing his judgment.

Given that live TV and someone in an active uncontrolled mental health spiral seem like a bad mix, this is a good call. Everyone involved in that situation needs help, protection, and care, not an audience.

From Pixar and Disney special features, there’s a lot of back and forth and tinkering in their animation process even without the “corporate won’t let us do it” element. Coco even has a maybe 85% animated song that got cut. It’s not that weird that Pixar animators might think they could finally sneak in a kiss and it…

That would never have happened if it had been a Disney production from start to finish. In that they would never have started to make the movie mainly.

Well, the fact that it’s not in English isn’t necessarily a reason not to have heard of it. It was 2021's highest grossing film for most of the year, it got plenty of coverage in Western media if you follow movie news. As far as I can tell it still hasn’t been released in America though, that’s more of a reason.

You’re not wrong about the number of planets, but it still falls apart if you carry it on to the sequel trilogy. It’s mathematically possible, but for storytelling reasons impossible. Like how James Cameron says the size of the door in Titanic is immaterial, Jack always dies. If they survived that long, why wouldn’t…

The nice thing about the recent boom in films about fraught relationships between Asian moms and their daughters is that it’s kind of fine that not all of them hit the mark. Turning Red, this, Everything Everywhere All the Time, Hi Mom, at least one other one, because I remember watching Turning Red and thinking it…

Morgan Freeman is only 11 years older than Samuel L. Jackson

It’s not that I think it’s improbable that he survived what happened to him, it’s that it’s improbable that everyone in the galaxy thinks of Jedi as a distant myth when there are survivor Jedi and their students around every corner. We’ve already got Obi-Wan, Yoda, Ahsoka (kind of), Kanan, Ezra . . . at a certain…

*Coel! Damn you autocorrect!

This sounds sarcastic but a series with Michaela Cowl's unadulterated voice set in the MCU sounds great. Like a filthier, more incisive Lower Decks.

We didn't see Alec Guinness as the main action hero in a 6-8 hour piece either. SLJ can still pull off a supporting action role, but you can see in the MCU he's not doing the heavy lifting centerpiece action scenes anymore. 

In the prequel novelizations he’s kind of fascinating. All the other Jedis are about pushing away any feelings of anger. Windu gets his power from stoking his anger, but letting it flow through him without attachment like back at his opponents. Kind of overkill just to explain why he has a purple lightsaber but these…

Wow, you're genuinely cuckoo for cocoa puffs

That seems super healthy bro, good for you.