I do think there's something about him that makes him an odd fit as the kinda-sorta movie star (at least in terms of getting leading roles in studio movies) as he once was. But I love that quality about him. Big fan of The Paper and Batman Returns, which show his oddball charisma used in two very different keys.

I would like to congratulate you on being, almost certainly, the biggest as-yet-discovered fan of Jane's Got a Gun.

Fair enough, but a lot of Trump's dealings of the past twenty years, especially, have traded specifically on his own fame (which is not to say he isn't a beneficiary of that class system!).

We might have been in the same room once. I feel like I saw him do a Q&A after a screening of Big Fan. Breathing the same air. Imagine!

Yeah, there are always a few very-end-of-year movies that are slightly less universally seen (for example, I'm not sure how many of us have yet seen Live by Night) — but there are probably just as many smaller rest-of-year movies that only maybe two of six people got a chance to see, anyway. This year also had a…

Film critics often get to see stuff ahead of time. Toni Erdmann, for example, is actually coming out at the very end of December. I can't speak for everyone here but I've seen Fences, and though I haven't seen Hidden Figures yet, it's screened for the press a lot so I'm sure some people have (I'm watching it shortly).…

Sing Street is literally available on Netflix right now and played in 500 theaters in the spring. You can rent Kate Plays Christine via iTunes.

They're concealed in movie theaters and on the internet.

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Is ghostbusting inherently comic as an idea? I'm not sure it is. I'm not even sure Aykroyd thinks it is, but I'll reserve judgment until I read his (presumably forthcoming) self-published history and bible of ghostbusting.

It has a LOT of angsty Magneto but that stuff got to me. And it's definitely more colorful than Singer's earlier X-movies.

That doesn't sound like something I want to have happen! I like liking the X-Men movies I like!

Ha. It is kind of a treat, though! The way the movie doesn't try to comfort you at all is pretty comforting.

nooooo listen to me not anyone else!!!!

You are correct that it's ridiculous but I kind of loved that. At one point, it seems like Magneto has some time to answer Xavier's telepathic call because Apocalypse is near-literally doing Angel's make-up.

Fingers crossed. All of their movies SOUND like cool ideas to me. I really thought Suicide Squad would be fine! And I did enjoy watching it, but what a goddamned mess.

I think the movie was just taking Simpsons-style extreme-dumb-guy jokes to a bizarre conclusion — like Ralph Wiggum more than Homer Simpson. I think part of the joke, too, is that Hemsworth's character is so attractive he's been able to skate by without anyone REALLY noticing how insanely dumb he is (or at least not…

Can I ask, what changed so much in the past 11 years?!

Also his headshots. Basically everything about his character — due respect to the ladies who were all charming as hell. Hemsworth was just allowed to be ridiculous in a way that probably wasn't sustainable for one of the four main characters (though I guess McKinnon came close).

I liked it a lot. But I generally really like the X-Men movies, save Last Stand and that first stupid Wolverine movie (and even that one I kind of enjoy how stupid it is). I did a Run the Series on them earlier this year if you're interested! I also only know bits of the comics and the cartoon show, so I had no real…