It seemed that they missed a big joke about all the celebrity cameos taking time away from “the new people” by having Luke Null be the one interrupted by Benedict Cumberbatch.

It’s interesting that he’d say “who turned it down” when talking about Eli Gold, because it’s pretty common knowledge that they’d already cast Nathan Lane in the role, but he couldn’t make his “Addams Family” commitments work with the filming. Obviously they found another great role for Lane to do, but would the…

When do I get to be “un-pendinged”? It’s been two days!

There’s another direct literary reference that hardly anyone’s caught: the scene where Winslow is sent to prison and is told that all his teeth are going to be pulled out is taken - almost word for word - from Nathaniel West’s “A Cool Million, or The Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin.” I know this because my college thesis…

If you watch the YouTube version of the sketch, not only are the subtitles in sync, but it’s a different punchline - instead of “I’ll have the tuna melt,” it’s “Okay, I’ll have the veal parmesan,” and Mulaney says “Okay, everyone, let’s go kill a calf!”

Seriously, if I was Luke Null, I’d be working overtime on a killer Sean Hannity impression, because that’s an open position at SNL right now. Grab it before Alex or Mikey claim it, Luke - because you need that Bill Murray “I Don’t Think I’m Making It On The Show” moment, and NOW.

The ONLY thing I remember about the Arkin movie was the total betrayal of the character for the purpose of a lame joke, as Clouseau has a miniature breakdown late in the film and starts crying about how clumsy he is, so somebody can slap him and he can immediately sober up and say “Thanks, I needed that.” Jacques…

What I’ve always wished is that the dashing adventurer who tangles with young Indy had been played by Tom Selleck.

I remember that a making-of documentary on the laserdisc (!) of “The Abyss” was surprisingly tough on James Cameron, especially some of the interview comments from Ed Harris.

This is currently playing in THREE auditoriums at my local multiplex. Three. Fifteen screenings today. It made me wonder why AMC thinks it can fill that many rooms, with no visible television advertising. And it had to be that there is heavy promotion of the movie directly in churches that I do not attend. Did any…

Is this back down to being one movie? I remember at one time it was going to be in two parts.

My problem with the “turning back time” device was that he only went far enough back to pull Lois out of the car - she loudly remembers everything that happened before, so that means the missile DID hit, and it DID cause all the massive destruction we saw - yeah yeah yeah, the dam fixed itself, yeah - but she still…

Also: yeah, there have been stronger years for animated features, but come on - “The Boss Baby” is one of the best of the year? Over “The Lego Batman Movie”?

I’m surprised that no one’s mentioned the fact that it’s possible to direct three nominated performances, from an award-winning (and front-running) screenplay, get your movie nominated for Best Picture, and not get a Directing nomination.

Was “Dance Hall Days” considered a hit? Otherwise, I’d pick Wang Chung’s “Praying To A New God” and “Wake Up, Stop Dreaming” from “To Live And Die In L.A.”

Long forgotten is a 1989 TV-movie on CBS called “Day One,” with David Strathairn, Brian Dennehy and Michael Tucker, about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. Casually thrown off (I think by Tucker) is the line “the atomic bomb is shit.” And I recall a mini-furor at the time, but because it was A Serious…

When I saw your headline, I knew immediately that you were talking about James Booker. But I also thought you were referring to Lily Keber’s wonderful 2016 documentary, Bayou Maharajah. It’s on both Netflix and Amazon Prime, and it’s got some great concert footage as well as testimonials from Connick, Dr. John, and…