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I’m sad not seeing Tell Me Why on here. That was a wonderful game and a great follow-up to the Life is Strange series. As much as I enjoyed stuff like AC Valhalla and FF7 Remake and Xenoblade Chronicles, smaller stuff like this was a real treat this year too.

I enjoyed this one. It didn’t quite pull off what it was going for (a recreation of a Douglas Sirk film if Sirk had been black and been allowed to make a black love story during the height of the studio system), but it’s still enjoyable. The sets are wonderful, the soundtrack is fantastic (especially love the use of…

There never used to be one near me. But when the pandemic hit, the Philadelphia Film Society stacked a few shipping containers in a public park and put a large projection screen on top of them and set up a pop-up drive-in. It was really the most ingenious thing and it’s given me so much cinematic pleasure this year, I…

It isn’t out on Netflix just yet, but it already had its theatrical release and I caught it at the drive-in. Such a fun night out!

I was a little surprised not to see Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on the list -- definitely one of the best films I saw this year. The sets and costumes were very good, the music was spectacular, and it included lots of amazing performances -- especially Chadwick Boseman's (in his final film role, sob) and Viola Davis (who…

That’s usually a smart move, but it’s a move people rarely avail themselves of.

“maybe do some reading on your own time?”

“It’s about who gets to tell which people’s stories.”

“It is not, however, okay to dress up in blackface or an “Indian” costume, because people’s ethnic identities aren’t costumes and shouldn’t be trivialized as such.”

I’ve really never understood the problem with actors playing roles of characters when they don’t have every trait of the character, and this article spends so much time wallowing in unearned snark that it doesn't even make an attempt to make a case for why it's bad, just assuming everyone will agree. C'est la vie, I…

The incidents she relates are horrifying and I believe them completely. Hopefully Shia never acts in a film or play or TV show again. Actors are not entitled to a career after commiting abuse and he has had way more chances than are warranted.

His obituary for Richard Nixon remains a classic:

And for what it's worth, Whedon played a big role in a lot of that initial planning.

I’ve already purchased tickets to see this at the drive-in on Friday. Looking forward to it.

My favorite scenes from movies that didn’t make the list:

He’s great in everything, but I think my favorite role of his was Enabran Tain in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His time there was mostly lots of scenery chewing with Andrew Robinson, another great character actor, and it was just wonderful.

Granted! “At your worst” is relative, just as “at your best” is relative. Everything is relative. And Dahl’s antisemitism is a pretty bad worst (somewhere on the scale between your hypothetical dickishness to your family, and actually pulling a Hitler). But I did not perceive in the family’s statement an attempt to…

I got a code for an advance screening of the film tonight (which isn’t TOO advance, as everyone else can watch it tomorrow), and I’m looking forward to it. It’s a truly shameful event upon which more light needs to be shined and I hope this documentary helps accomplish that.

Dune was the best of the big budget trailers I saw this year, as best I can recall.