To be fair to Grint, while I agree that the other two get much better as the series progresses, I also think he got stuck with the character who doesn’t really develop or grow much. “Genial mugging” could get you through 90% of Ron’s scenes.  (“Testy jackass” is the other 10%, most painfully on display in Deathly…

Wait, are you claiming this was a real movie and not just a pretext for Buzzfeed to post endless articles about the lead actor? 

Clearly you should have gone into the family joke shop business. Ron Weasley Does His Payroll sounds more interesting than Fantastic Beasts 2. 

I loved the sentient universe frog and the Grace stuff. Sweet, sad, and weird in the right proportions. The father/daughter stuff didn't work for me at all. Both performances seemed slightly off and they really didn't do anything to flesh out their relationship. Really, were they even necessary to the plot? Couldn't…

I don’t know if it’s the great Elmer Bernstein score from Mockingbird or my fondness for the Homer/Lisa relationship but this one worked for me. It was sweet and it had a surprisingly touching point about fathers and daughters.

Yeah, I have always had a problem with Otis in particular. I don't think he fits the tone of the movie and there are hints of where we would go with (shudder) Jon Cryer's character in IV. 

Robin Hood. It’s a deeply, deeply ridiculous movie - Nottingham is a cross between the Met Ball and Mordor and everyone talks and acts more like it’s the 21st century than the Third Crusade - but I didn’t hate it. The cast is half-charming and half-sleepwalking but it kind of works for what it is. I don’t know, this…

I was super surprised at how enjoyable the first one is and this looks like more of the same in the best way.

I guess it's not really pop culture but much like my fellow Michael St. Michael the Archangel I also roam the world casting the minions of hell into the fiery pit on behalf of the just. So that's cool. 

While that movie is deeply terrible and just bizarre, it did inspire maybe my favorite My Year of Flops entry ever.  

“Second rate sandwich-dispensary” Whataburger? How dare you, sir.  Go to your corner and consider what you’ve done.  

I would pay an unreasonable amount of money to hear Dolly Parton sing “5,000 Candles in the Wind.” I bet it would be surprisingly moving and folksy as hell in all the right ways.

I continue to think Hyland is the best actor among the younger generation on this show so I’m glad they gave her something to do.  Now if they could stop making lazy food jokes, that would be great, too.  

Geographically? No. Culturally? Depends on what part of Missouri you’re in. Southern Missouri is a whole lot more like the South than it is like, say, Kansas City.

The Handmaid’s Tale 2: Patriarchal Pool Party

I was a little disappointed in Ito’s Frankenstein, though probably only because my expectations were sky high to begin with (the Oshikiri stories in the same collection were more interesting, I think). It does make an interesting comparison to Victor LaValle’s Destroyer, which took the basic Frankenstein ideas and…

I've admired more than liked most of his recent movies. I feel like the last time he may have worked to his best abilities was what Munich? Catch Me If You Can? Minority Report? Though a Spielberg musical is a promising idea.

Moreno is an absolute treasure but a collaboration between her, maybe our greatest living playwright, and one of the great entertainers in cinema history should have me more excited. 

Candyman may have aged the best of the early 90s horror movies. Rose had a distinct and striking directing style, the performances are really good, and it evokes a gory gothic/urban feeling that's almost unique. I'm not sure it needs a remake. 

It also seemed like an experiment in how actively hostile your hosts could be about hosting an awards show.  Which sounds interesting in theory (hell, I’ll defend the Letterman Oscars) but was really tedious in execution.