The fact that late era T Rex member Gloria Jones was not part of the line up who were nominated is a missed opportunity by the rock hall.

I like the idea of Kylo redeming himself, realizing all the evil that he caused and then Walking The Earth trying to atone for it and set things right.

Actually sounds dumb as hell to me. And Leia skeptical of Ben being brought back into the light? Nope. No mother would think their son was irredeemable no matter what, unless they were a piece of shit, and Leia’s not a piece of shit.

Congratulations to Laura Dern on her nomination for playing the most irritating character I’ve seen in years. ‘Marriage Story’ should’ve been titled ‘First World Problems: The Movie’.

For me the stand-out thing about Ripley was that she was the most rational crew-member in terms of her decision-making: cautious, prudent, suspicious. And, yes, she gets scared, but (unlike Lambert in Alien and Hudson in Aliens) she never allows the fear to master her and interfere with her decision-making. That’s…

A four day work week would be ideal but there are certainly a lot of challenges to implementing it in the US, which would also require an entire overhaul of work culture. The US has an almost 24/7 service industry, or at worse, one that is open Mon-Fri. So for retail/fast food/entertainment so and so working…

I haven’t watched the episode, but I might have to soon knowing that Artie Ziff is in it, because every post-classic episode with Artie Ziff has been shockingly decent. And yes, that includes the Treehouse of Horror segment he was in. I wish I could say the same about Mona Simpson, who they really need to retire (they…

To be fair, the Cloverfield Monster in Charlie Kaufman’s movie is just common human intimacy.

Aside from all the Ring and Grudge remakes, I just want to know what happened to J-horror in general. It’s been years since I’ve heard of a new horror movie come out of Japan with any semblance of quality and praise. Granted, I stopped paying attention a long time ago, so if I’m totally missing anything, anyone feel…

I have a friend of a friend who is a minister with UMC. She was having sit-downs with people who had lost their faith (me)and trying to understand why. A genuine sit-down for understanding. During our chat, I asked her what the hangup with the church was on moving forward gay marriage. She said the main concern was…

Meanwhile, John Lewis has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, there was a machete attack on a Hanukkah party and a shooting at a church, and we’re bombing Iraq and Syria again. Can we resurrect Splinter?

I’m not 100% sure that’s a dog. It looks like a fox. 

I’d also like to mention the relaunch of Unstoppable Wasp where Nadia Van Dyne, Hank Pym’s daughter from his first marriage, celebrated her first birthday party with her friends and met her extended family for the first time.

Stamps.com, Simpli Safe, & Blue Apron were the unavoidable ones in my podcast rotation. 

But in this case, it’s also a dig at its predecessor, a repudiation of Johnson’s attempt to break free of the past and take the narrative in a new direction

I have a 3 hour commute, one-way, 5 days a week for work. And 3 hour commute back. So 6 hours of my day is spent sitting in the car, in deadlock traffic for about 85% of the time I’m driving. Podcasts are a damn life saver and you can pry them from my cold, stressed-out, dead hands. There are a lot of good ones out…

It’s interesting how much I agree with Johnson, and like his approach and attitude - and even his other movies, from what I’ve seen - but still didn’t enjoy “The Last Jedi.” I admire his big swing, and I love a few parts (pretty much everything with Rey and Kylo), but I wish I could point to it as a counter-example to…

They also had the option to just not play it. Those interviews are taped for later broadcast. They aren’t live.