I’m kind of amused by the “it’s a metaphor!!” reviews coming out especially the ones that further clarify “that doesn’t really work!” I do think that the idea of being terrorized by yourself is enough of a metaphor that he could have just let it sit there, without further explanation, and it would have been fine.…

I would love to see one or all of the dudes realize you can actually love and care about a person outside of a romantic pairing, and they can love and care about you back. More love for everyone! 

I did think it was super odd that they kept showing Iago but never him speaking. It seemed specifically edited to be like a teaser of some kind. I was wondering if they were working on some big name, like how Julie Andrews was that whale shark whatever the fuck in Aquaman. That happened, right? Now that I’ve typed…

I find this really interesting in context of the whole “lean in” thing and even #MeToo. She found the environment incredibly toxic, got her pound of flesh from it, and was like, piss off. I am not interested in this game or this bullshit. And I can’t help but completely agree with this stance! It makes perfect sense…

Guys, between this and the La Croix press release...what the fuck is going on?!?! And why have these developments made me legit more uneasy than anything else that has happened these past couple years? Like everything inside me is saying, “this is it, this is the last straw, run. Run like hell.”

Agreed, more than the snarkiness there is a genuine sweetness to the character that I think makes it work. He’s not just transparent about cliches and tropes, he pretty much expresses every emotion he has effusively while he is having it, which I think is the true contrast to other super hero movies. It’s the…

I am mostly Team Tony, only because he owns his shit a little more and I never personally felt satisfied that Cap does. When things start off, Tony has some decent points but is very much in his feelings about it all, while Cap seems to be taking a more reasoned and measured approach. But when it obviously becomes…

All this talk about how the Serpents need the Gargoyles, need the numbers, need the muscle, etc...for what? To not commit crimes? 

I do hope that our ultimate take away from all of this is to “take people seriously while it’s happening,” and not “snuff a bunch of landmark pop culture from the record.” We’re in the middle of a recalibration, so things are going to be wonky for some time. But I hope that’s where we land on the “what does it all…

I am really looking forward to the day where a major blockbuster staring a woman can suck without it representing a loss for the entire gender. Even aside from the fringe contingent who will never be pleased, it still seems like major decision makers in Hollywood are like ”I dunno about this *woman* thing, let’s see…

I think he might qualify as iconic. For us Riverdale fans here in particular, lost souls that we are, this is a devastating bit of reality to intrude upon our very unrealistic entertainment. He was always a welcome presence wherever he turned up and he will be missed.

Is any band “good” after say, four albums max? I honestly can’t think of one who hasn’t been accused of being “over” or putting out garbage past that point. You end up in this place where if you sound too much like you, you’re inessential, too different and people don’t know what to do with you. As usual, the lone…

It was nice hanging out with Josie again, even if she sort of got stuck in the “voice of reason” role. I can’t quite call Betty a voice of reason when reason dictates she should have fled the scene ages ago. To anywhere. The murder school on that SYFY show would be a step up for her at this point.

“Doesn’t anything on this show take place during the day?” my husband grumbled at one point, and that was the first time he thought to notice that in what feels like 87 seasons of this show, so it must have felt especially dark to all.

I had a conversation about my (white) dad about this, and how I broke it down was that everyone is prejudiced. We all have bias. And anyone can take that bias and turn it into hate for any other group. But racism is systemic, and so reverse racism against white people is not a thing and it would take an awful lot for…

To be clear, I do not feel it’s embarrassing for white people to succeed or be emotional about succeeding. A film about an unlikely friendship has the right to exist and people have the right to enjoy it. It was cringey because on the awards circuit it kept being framed as an Important Movie About Big Issues…

I think it’s less about Green Book’s merits and more about the other films it was up against. It was cringey to have things like BlacKkKlansmen and Black Panther (or even Roma) nominated and then end up in a situation where a bunch of white guys got to tearfully speechify about tolerance, give an effusive shout out to…

The thing is, we as women are already taught these things all day every day. The very IDEA of also teaching men to not rape with the same frequency and intensity that we teach women how not to get raped immediately gives people hives. That is fucked up. Full stop. Yes, some behaviors or riskier than others. But also DO…

It really did feel like a compromise that no one asked them to make. Like on one hand you have all of your traditional Oscary movies, a period piece, a couple of bio pics, a fresh take on a classic Hollywood tale...and then you have some really interesting, provocative stuff. And it felt like they split the…

I think he was clowning on the idea that white people might actually believe he grew up in Wakanda, not that we can’t speak Xhosa.