Yeah tbh, I think most of Will Smith’s star power was not about disappearing into roles, it was just about being a personality that a lot of people find charismatic.

And practically no one is dealing! You could clean up being the only dealer in a town like that.

I got pulled up by Aus Customs (now Borderforce, because Tony Abbot is a drunken semi-fascist), for having a CPU in a jar back in the early 2000s.

It’s not “shade,” it’s criticism. When you put art out in public, you are subjecting it to criticism. Trying to deflect that criticism by saying, “I’m not going to stand by while people insult diversity” is just about the most bullshit move you can possibly pull. Marvel is not a social justice movement. It’s a…

Yeah, every time I see that scene, I also, umm, get something in my eye ...

“Where’s your other hand?”
“Between two pillows...”
“Those aren’t pillows!  But I don’t mind...”

This whole thing is more or less, look how it was in 1987 lol.

Exactly. People who know nothing about Scorsese think he just makes Mob movies because they just saw Goodfellas and Casino. That’s like thinking Kubrick was a SF director because they saw 2001. Or horror because The Shining. Like Kubrick the man is quite diverse in his efforts. 19th century social drama in the Age of…

I only found out about the game show because I was in a hospital waiting room the other night. It’s a remake of You Bet Your Life (the show that Groucho Marx hosted). Network TV is fucking weird. 

I like how Leno hosting a game show, a cable show about cars, and a web-series, AND doing several stand up dates every month counts as mostly-retired.

No matter your personal feelings about the man, let’s be civilized and wish him a speedy recovery through this traumatic event. I wish him the best and hope he is able to fully recover and return to take the Tonight Show crown a third time.

Big Fish is ruined by Billy Crudup’s character. You hate your father because he exaggerates his stories? Boo-effing-hoo. (But yeah, the flashbacks with Ewan McGregor are pretty good.)

They’re tedious, not kooky
Mediocrity’s not spooky
It left me feeling poopy
The Addams family . . . spinoff series Wednesday

Yes there seems to be a movement now to use guys with very bad ways to say that there is no such thing as a nice guy at all. your circular continuum isa good image for people. Not everyone is the same every day and in every moment and every situation. There are people who are nice 99% of the time and there are people…

The Other Boys from Brazil.

Yup. Internet nerds are the worst, especially here.

I’m not a fancy big city economist, but it strikes me that what you have there is a thundering financial loss.

The funniest thing in that solid gold episode is how high his voice gets when he pretends to be disabled. Like he thinks a high voice somehow makes him seem even more pathetic, and more believable given how little his story makes any sense.

The concept of characters should be played by actors who share the character’s identifying characteristics is so self-serving and reductive. If it’s about shared experience through identity, then shouldn’t Daniel Franzese, Frazier, or any actor auditioning for the role, also be morbidly obese because he’s riddled by…