“Ring ring.”

For me it’s this one, Patrick Stewart’s “I’ve seen everything,” and the “I hate jazz” scene from Samuel L. Jackson’s episode.

“I should really know what’s going on. [Laughs] It is a strange—it looks like Tony Hopkins, but it’s not!”

I had never really managed to get into the Uncharted games on their initial release for the PS3. I liked the sense of humor, I liked the action-adventuring, the exploration, the Indiana Jones emulation inherent in going through ancient ruins and solving puzzles with artifacts in order to find lost cities. But I hated…

“I don’t think it was used even after Reagan was shot.”

Pretty amusing Twitter thread about how this project came about:

That was how I felt about the movie, too. The movie reminded me of that scene from The Wire when Lester asks Jimmy what he’s doing to do when the case is over. Jimmy says he’ll find another case, and Lester says he needs to find something else outside of the job. “A life. It’s what you do when you’re waiting for the…

“What was 22's spark anyway? For me, I was also discouraged by the way it seemed like they were setting up 22 as having a passion for teaching and being a teacher...”

“...this and The Princess and the Frog, both black leads are turned into something else for the majority of the film.”

“But that will hardly stop Mrs. Featherington...”

I thought the movie was just okay. Very pretty to look at, but all of the character relationships were hollow. That being said, while Clooney may be an optimistic guy, this was not an optimistic film.

You mean like this?

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!

“The series was first announced back in January 2019, and stars newcomer Jessie Mei Li and Westworld’s Ben Barnes as two powerful figures determined to stop a terrifying war with the Shadow Fold—although one of them might have darker, ulterior motives.”

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.