I call bullshit that Martin Scorsese is older than my dad and has a daughter younger than me.

What about for vampires?

I was unable to find a dragon on the “flagon,” so Martin should have known better.

MORPHINE* chalk! Perfect for when you’re laid up sick watching “Sheriff Lobo”.

In this episode, Fred and Barney protest the removal of the statue honoring Confederrock Generals in the Bedrock town square.

Something something something-rock.

Since it was set millions of years ago isn’t almost everything a Flintstones sequel?

Exactly! You should always judge a film by what it is trying to accomplish, and Ebert knew that. I didn’t always agree with his view, but at least he was trying to be fair with his assessments. You judge an action movie by how good of an action movie it is and not against a period drama about a young woman being…

That’s why takes like the one in question bother me.

Oddly enough, although it’s coming from the other direction, it’s the same misunderstanding that leads to people losing their shit whenever a critic doesn’t rave about the latest Disney mega-franchise entry.

You’re correct, but apparently amateur proles such as you or I shouldn’t opine on such things. Harold Bloom & Roger Ebert or GTFO.

That there is no value in having the public at large judge them, and should be left to professionals; reviewers, film historians, those in the industry to determine their larger standing.

Hot Take: Citizen Kane is a good movie that is not for everyone and Black Panther is just slightly okay movie that appeals to more people. That there is no value in having the public at large judge them, and should be left to professionals; reviewers, film historians, those in the industry to determine their larger…

Hot take: Black Panther and Citizen Kane are both good movies, and there’s really no value in ranking them hierarchically.

We have a winnah!

Let’s let My Octopus Teacher’s win be an important lesson: People will empathize with some rich asshole stalking and harassing a wild animal if they frame it as a “feel-good” story.

Oh thank God that Sorkin didn’t win anything

“ it is simply not statistically possible that nine out of the 10 best animated films of the last decade all happened to come from one of L.A.’s biggest entertainment-industry employers. (Did I just crack the code?)“

“But My Octopus Teacher, about the bond between a filmmaker and, yes, an octopus, has won awards from the British Academy, the American Cinema Editors, the International Documentary Association, and the Producers Guild. It has “feel-good winner” written all over it.”

I mean, I think it was a pretty bad idea. 10 minutes is a really awkward program length especially with drama. Too short to watch on the couch at home, too long to watch on a phone in your downtime. A 10 minute show just feels like a chore to watch and while I enjoyed a few things I saw (especially Reno 911! which was…