Trying to differentiate themselves from the competition.

They’ve stopped?

It would have to be a series and not a movie. There was rumor of HBO doing it with Natalie Portman as Rosa, which would be good and Tobey Maguire as Sam, which would be bad. I can’t remember who they were floating for Joe. Maybe Adrian Brody? I think he could be good.

Correct on all counts. I’d only like to continue the thought by pointing out that Wolfwalkers losing to Soul was an even bigger injustice last year.

Yes, and it also got me to finally read The Amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay which is better than either.

Or...did he post it 5 days early?

Yeah, the White Sox used to have Dollar Dog Wednesday, but they were the cheap, crappy, steamed (or microwaved), hot dogs like you get from a grade school cafeteria. The all beef, grilled, kosher dogs with caramelized onions which had been cooking since opening day that were worth the price of a ticket didn’t go on…

It's just a joke about mushrooms. I can find most of these at least intermittently at Whole Foods.

I hope the mushroom guy is back at the farmer’s market this year.

Now we get into spoilers.

Good news! It’s a great show.

Do I need to see Jiro Dreams of Sushi if I have seen Juan likes Rice and Chicken?

I support his proposal for a naked Oscars.

Some people believe that the specials are what’s going bad and that’s probably sometimes true, but I think that more often it’s what is good and fresh and inspired by what the chef found at the market. I mean, I guess they could be trying to unload week old salmon and asparagus in late May, but more likely they got a…

See, which is becoming one of the service’s flagship genre shows, almost by default

I love Italian food, but Italians are the absolute worst when it comes to “authenticity.” No grapes on the cheese plate. Have to make pasta this one way. No cheese with seafood. Fuck all that. I’ll eat it the way I like it.

Similar to what I would frequently say when we were looking at houses: “this is the kitchen of someone who does not cook.” Not always because it was poorly laid out, usually because the oven or cooktop was just way to clean to have ever been used.

The second part is definitely possible, but we are just going to have to disagree on the first part.

Excellent rant.

$39M is not a strong opening even these days, and supports the hypothesis that nobody cares about Morbius. Being number one this week just means it was the “best” of a bunch of mediocre movies that opened wide this week, not that it was actually good or popular. Never confuse "best available" for "good."