Plus Clint Eastwood (small part in J. Edgar).

And it’s a mini-series, with a beginning, a middle and en end that were encompassed from day one, with character development being necessarily involved.

Gina Carano didn’t get cancelled for comparing the current climate to nazi Germany. She got cancelled for saying during months that the only form of violence and persecution in the US was against people who refused mask mandates, against people who claimed that the elections had been rigged and against Trump…

As another person with an history of colon issues and colonoscopies, nothing beats installing the TV set in a position where you can see it from the bathroom while the door is open, and spending the eve of the procedure drinking the solution and doing your business in front of I Know Who Killed Me, some late Steven…

Baldwin isn’t really available to play Trump once again, fortunately. JAJ is one of the few Trump imitators, along with Anthony Atamanuik, who nails him perfectly. There are more people who can do an adequate Biden, but Trump requires more finesse than you’d assume, so the weird logic and the insecurities are upfront…

The rule of thumb is that a film needs to make from two to three times its production budget in theatrical box office to break even. DWD got much more promo than the average $35M movie, provided by a studio that usually handles bigger films and isn’t really used to cheap or targeted marketing, which is why the…

Actually, HBO is mostly safer with the new guys.

The big tentpole movie for Q4 was supposed to be Shazam! Fury of the Gods, in December.

Blanchard got about as much screen time as Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl who play hipsters visiting the exhibition.

You’re in for a treat if you try the trilogy he wrote after the LA Quartet, Underworld USA. American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand display the same tone as before, with mannish men and an alarming rate of female characters who are former prostitutes, but Blood’s a Rover turns into some long love letter to a…

There’s a huge lot of masochism in the books. Marlowe gets knocked out by thugs repeatedly, criminals confess what they did while they’re torturing him and think that they are about to kill him.

This film isn’t based on a book by Chandler, which all parties involved with the production tend to overlook.

Well, yes and no. That’s not something he came up with to say that he wasn’t homophobic. He was effusive on Bomer when he was recurring on Chuck, and his homosexuality wasn’t a secret, even if he came out publicly a few years later. And after Bomer came out, they remained in touch.

Sure. But that doesn’t prevent the people who made up the accusations to be assholes.

The entire show was copyrighted by Fox, even the Netflix seasons. Netflix ordered and paid for the new seasons (like a network does on traditional shows), after paying a fee to stream the classic seasons, and they got in exchange exclusive worldwide streaming rights for a precise duration. The “Netflix Original” logo…

Season 4 is uneven, but there are bits of brilliance, like the whole Fakeblock reveal, Tobias’ vanity plate or Annyong’s revenge. But it’s frustrating because of the delayed payoffs that take sometimes four or five episodes.

There have also been many reports that, while shooting season 5, the cast was extremely frustrated by Mitch Hurwitz’ behavior, as they got the scripts late, then he would send them a ton of last minute rewrites which they had to memorize. If I remember correctly, they even had to put together an intervention for him at…

Isn’t it the way the novels are written, with each entry focusing on a specific character?

More surprising. Tim Roth isn’t Jewish. His father was born Ernie Smith and was from an Irish family. He changed his name in the 40s as an act of support towards the Jewish community against nazism, and possibly as a way to take distance from his own father, who sexually abused him, and later Tim, in their youth.

Levi is not an homophobe. He’s friends with Matt Bomer and was very supportive when he came out. Until now, I assumed that he was just a Christian, with a few conservatives views and an aversion to swearing, like Tony Hale. Maybe he holds some controversial and stupid beliefs, but he has never been vocal about them.