Really weird editorial choice in art.
Cartoonish art is not what I think of when I think about what a good Constantine book needs.

If you would have told me twenty years ago that Cusack would be one of those actors who dyed his hair and took a little botox to his forehead, I'd have told you to revoke your cool card and burn your well played vhs of Better Off Dead.
But, Hollywood, man… *shrugs*

It bothered me that the writers of this episode couldn't even get some time specific things right, like the fact that anyone in the 50's hearing the term "serial killer" would have no goddamn clue what you were talking about.
Look, I get it's comic books and all, but there is no reason to be that lazy on a time travel…

It was a pretty needless extended episode.
But what irked me the most is how they spun the idea that the people in Alexandria (and weaker group people like Eugene) are now capable survivors/soldiers.
There has been one(?) training montage and the zombie assault after Carl was shot.
Thats about it.
It's one of those things…

I thought this episode was kinda hampered technically by the directors choice of wide angle lenses.
The constant and purposeless fisheye was annoying.

It was sold as a sort of caper film, an ensemble film, but really there is no caper-conflict* and half the stars it sold could be edited out or are so minor you see all their scenes in the trailer.
They usually do such a great job with the structure of their films, with their central leads, but this one goes nowhere.
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I thought Hail Caeser was pretty minor Coen Brothers.
It doesn't really go anywhere interesting, lacks a central nerve/lead/purpose.
It's got some good jokes but overall it's pretty airless, kinda like Burn After Reading.
I'll probably only watch it again for the Hobie scenes (or maybe just them alone) and thats about it.

Oh my God, this episode.
Just solid gold.

This episode made me very happy as well.
I wish all X-Files seasons were a balance of the humorous and the more serious monster-of-the-week episodes.
It's in these where the show really sings with snappy writing and great character work.

When I first saw Bullit in the 80's, it was one of those "must see" classic movies my dad recommended, and I liked it.
But, over the years it really has has softened.
Theres just not a whole hell of a lot going on in it and McQueen's charisma and one good action scene cannot distract from what is a pretty pedantic cop…

His score is good, if a little Penderecki derivative, but it does not fit the tone or pace that they went for in the final film.

It struck me as kinda dull when I recently revisited it.
The chase scene is unquestionably good, but it's also the film's sole instance of some energy.
The rest of it is weirdly low key.

I totally think Shyamalan watched a bunch of Kiyoshi Kurosawa flicks and thought he could do the same, combine a b-premise with existential horror pondering (along the same lines as his Sixth Sense, Signs, etc).
Happening is way too earnest with its horrors and bleakness to be a self-consciously ironic or some kind of…

Scott really must be living his teenage dream.

Well, that was disappointing.

Or Kevin McCarthy still feverish and on the run twenty-two fucking years later.

Body Snatchers was a cable staple.
I probably stumbled on it a dozen times in the middle of the night, and teenage me was impressed by it.
Haven't seen it since, but my impression is that Tilly's performance and Anwar's boobs are both pretty great in it.

The fat guy on Broad City.
I long ago declared a moratorium on "funny fat guys."
While I first reserved it for comics with routines based on their weight, I soon discovered I hated the whole mess of them that played annoying slobs, that it bled over into the whole fatness+rudeness=funny archetype.
The guy on Broad City…

I Want To Believe was also a pretty cynical production in that it was basically made because Fox had them locked into contracts that were about to expire to make another movie.

I kept thinking of Asspen and that kind of dulled the episode for me.
I don't know if parody is exactly Sunny's strong side.
But, the episode definitely ended strong.