The only other thing I can think of that approaches its dynamic is Suspiria, both the original and the remake.

I don’t if I’m just paranoid after the last 6+ years of politics, but with all the corporate power she’s shown a willingness to wield, would you be surprised to see Swift vie for the presidency several decades from now?

Hey, as long as it’s to be played by the same actress, Ms. Bassett still gets to collect a well-deserved check!

I had the same thought exactly. But then, this is also the same property that wasted Rebecca Hall on a nothing role, so... (sighs)

Damn. This just made me break.

I absolutely love his version of Batman. It’s like the perfect halfway point between Conroy and Adam West: smooth and gravelly at the same time.

Good GOD, am I excited for that one.

That’s something both he and his immediate predecessor have in common.

I also will never forgive the extended editions for changing Gandalf’s funniest line delivery in Return of the King to a not-very-subtle anti-smoking PSA.

Oh, yeah. 100% better, more coherent film with the added material.

Hey, you forgot the “a girl” part of the title!

My wife is a teacher. Can confirm.

That’s good for a mystery, though. Too many get spoiled by deducing things based off of an actor’s star power, rather than the story, itself.

Well, the last time he had a chance to make an installment in a now-formulaic franchise, it started one of the biggest flame wars of the entire internet, so...

I dunno, I think his pun game is Stiles over substance.

They never did. The one time poison happened, it was from one of the kids’ family members, not a total stranger.

Well, the phrase is “Trick or treat”...

Black licorice is delicious. And candy corn is pretty good, too. People who don’t like them need to back off so those of us who do can still enjoy them in peace.

Goodness, Madge has never been very gracious toward any of the subsequent artists who were influenced by her, has she? Lady needs to get over herself.

Have you served on a jury? Because let me tell you, the burden of proof is definitely weighted that, versus one extreme or the other, it’s better to let a potentially guilty person go free than a potentially innocent man be punished. The only way to sort out whether a given person is one or the other is to rely on the…