Tim Allen made an appearance in David Mamet's Redbelt, the latter's MMA movie about masculinity that had the distinction of having a non-unctuous woman character, but filled with nefarious Brazilians. Allen did pretty well, I sort of thought he was might've been just sitting around, indulging in a job here and there,…

You can make more money on good movies, overall. Marketing is probably easier (costs less), and even cast and crew are probably easier to recruit with projects that do well and seem enjoyable to work on—think of all the teriary characters that are cast with Glenn Close and the like. And while Marvel isn't shy with…

The advice was good because it also didn't load the situation with any more expectation that he should find out what the girl thought explicitly. And while getting rejected sucks, maybe what sticks with that experience is that rejection's a thing that happens, and it's something you get past.

I dimly recall one episode of Loveline where a love-struck young man asked Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew for advice, and from what caller described the lady in question was definitely not interested, but Carolla told him to just straight up ask her out. Dr. Drew asked him why, since it seemed like it wasn't a thing that…

The lens flare didn't get called out because people knew what to call it, it got called out because it was used every third second, the way Michael Bay overuses 360 shots or John Woo uses slow motion.

Hmmm, what Hassenger calls facility I call predictable and distracting. That's not quite fair, I think the lead cast has a decent ratio of beautiful/acting skill, but super distracting when every ensign or mechanic is a young model as well. I mean, better than Whedon's youthful casting often is, but then, Abrams's…

Can we point a finger at the casting producers then? It can't have been just one producer who was seduced or pitying enough of Feldman's act that got them to put it on to "Go 4 it!" We're rightfully discussing the audience reaction, and speculating at whatever brought Feldman to this point, but there are circles of…

It's the only one that for me successfully pulled off not being a commercial, or at least not feeling like one, pretty as many of them were.

Well, it was really only one album…I remembered them, kinda glad they were doing stuff, but found it superweird around the time they were playing Coachella that people got that crazed over them. Then again, I'd probably get pretty stupid if Catherine Wheel came back.

OFFICE, the business musical that he made is well worth a watch as well. The songs are just okay, and the characters more soapy than not, but it's charming, and the minimalist/ornate setting just shows off Johnny To's best stuff, which I think is clearly space and movement through.

As a middle old person, but one who participates in a book club where I'm sometimes the youngest by decades, this is a thing I remember hearing about myself (not a millennial) and beginning to say about the young folks. So yeah, kinda bunk.

Possibly my favorite yiddish word, and basically related: gribenes, which is the chicken skin byproduct of schmaltz, chicken, which is another great, great thing. MmmmMMm.

Aw, Dikachu, I hope this and every future year is your 2006!

So, ah, what exactly is the purview of "Great job, Internet!"? I thought of it as a grabbag way of linking to memes or the like, but a recap of a review that includes the motionless version of the "cool slider thing", of what is a self-evident thesis to begin with—newer technology more advanced than older technology,…

Yeah, that's the one. They went to the highest rated, the most popular, and the oldest/original one. The guide itself looked interesting was neat, but as I said, it rubbed me the wrong way in the context of show.

The one episode I saw, that's exactly what he did. It was a little too passive for me—he's a great chef! I wanna hear a thing or two!—but that does appear to be his thing.

I've always liked Emeril in general, and he got overexposed (when food tv wasn't quite the thing it is now) and a lot of undeserved flack for not being the right kind of hip. I watched the Shanghai Dumpling episode, and I still think it's a different audience than the "foodie" sort and more bumpkin abroad than I…

I simultaneously thought it was beautiful and was disappointed. Other than I think the intro and the piece with water, I thought there was no ambition with placing the camera—almost a waste of bothering with 3D.

I think he redirected it to the collaborators. He'll rather not screw anyone else, even if he's going on principle.

I welcome this declaration of yours as something to enjoyably research someday, but I have to ask, what about the Japanese? They are obsessive in the food preparation, and so specialized. I'm pretty sure the best French pastries are in Japan.