“She impulsively yelled out his name, which the Brooklynite says is uncharacteristic, and “without thinking. Like, I never do that. I’m a consummate professional. I don’t even bother celebrities on the street ever.””

I was hoping for the Moonraker fight scene.

Cod Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Nemo

He actually gave himself a major downgrade this time, as he played Usnavi in the stage version.

“I’m here to talk to you about the Hamilton Initiative.”

The fact that an Irish man called on British authorities to menace a farmer who was protecting his potatoes is irony wrapped in a second layer of irony and then deep-fried in piping hot molten irony.

That lead Dalmatian leaping into the mom with its full weight to push her over the railing while simultaneously managing to her body weight to propel himself back onto solid ground—so impressive.

For the record:

1) Taiwan is a country.

2) China did not give me money to write this piece, which is mostly about how China leverages and abuses its newfound power over the global box office to dictate PR messaging in line with its party line for Hollywood films and stars, and the strange new realities that this creates…

Exactly. Part of the reason why the US Civil Rights movement got its success in the 1960s was that whenever the US criticized the USSR over treatment of dissidents, etc, they would respond with “Well, what about how you treat your Black people?” The US was basically shamed into being better. How does it work with a…

business interests that would make you deny reality

China to ThatGuy: “NUH-UH!!!”

It’s potentially bigger than just that one franchise - though losing even that one franchise could cost Universal Studios millions of dollars in potential ticket revenue. If they were sufficiently pissed off, China’s government could refuse to allow any of Universal’s films to be shown in their country. And they could…

“Hates the CCP” does not have to mean “Hates China” or even “Hates Chinese people”.

This reunion special maybe didn’t need to exist, but I have to say I always appreciate that moment when actors go from “dammit, I’m more than just ___ from Friends” to “wow, this had a huge impact on people, I’m glad I was part of it, and it’s OK if that’s the first line in my obituary.”

In this prequel, we see how Wonka breaks bad, and allows his drive to be the greatest confectioner to corrupt him to the point where he’s violating immigration laws and using slave labor to churn out a high quality product for less than what his competitors can make.

I got to see an early screener of this, and it was a delight! The musical is already great, and they did a great job using the medium of film to enhance it and do some fantastical staging. Great casting, too.

Spike Lee Angrily Tweets Paul Thomas Anderson's Address

It’s maybe the most profoundly stupid way in history to sabotage a movie.

Man, that is a stupid-ass joke. What does that even mean? My 8 year-old could come up with a better pun.