but it wasn’t until Eva Green in Casino Royale that the psyche of a female character was really explored

Despite RR featuring many friendly, enthusiastic, conversational interviews I don’t think I remember any where the interviewee addressed the interviewer by name. Not to make too much out of it, but that level of engagement and lack of formality is appealing.

“And, to my darling piccaninny great grandchildren…”

Yes, Netflix has no obligation here, but I would actually like to see a documentary on Gaprindashvili and real female chess champions because of Queens Gambit. Not likely, I know, but they could make her a producer and I think there is actually an audience.

I see people keep saying that but remakes aren’t the same as repeating a a formula and plenty of high caliber filmmakers — like Spielberg, Spike Lee, Michael Mann, Mel Brooks, Peter Jackson, Cecil B DeMille — have done remakes. Scorsese did two! Hitchcock remade his own film. And Guillermo Del Toro’s next release,…

Tony also teams up with Pepper, that kid and Jarvis. It’s more like Tony Stark and his Amazing Friends.

the rehabilitation of comic books was in large part due to mature, independent often violent or edgy comics

Villeneuve didn’t go on some rant — a reporter asked him a question about Scorsese’s comment on Marvel movies (a question that has no relevance to Dune) and he answered honestly. Furthermore, DV didn’t trash Marvel movies, he said (paraphrasing) too many of them have become repetitive and formulaic. Which. Is. True.

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Of course, it’s possible that, within the constraints of this questionably true story, that Nicki Minaj’s cousin’s friend’s former fianceé called off her wedding because her soon-to-be-husband had suddenly become impotent,

He couldn’t take all the Hough and cry surrounding the show.

I think the general problem is that most of our major institutions have figured out how to be largely unaccountable, but the FBI is particularly odious. It’s not just politicizing Clinton’s emails, its creating a hostile environment for female recruits, always clearing officers involved in shootings, surveilling BLM…

The trope of a woman of high station falling in love with the gruff but soft hearted man hired to protect her was old even before The Bodyguard was made. The movie is not very good but the songs were huge hits, Whitney Houston was at her peak and the symbolism of honorable knight Costner rescuing princess Houston was…

I remember almost everything about Purple Rain (both good and bad) and don’t remember a single song from Cocktail (just the bottle juggling), but point taken.

Sure, the Met Gala is elitist and silly. Lots of non-elite, ordinary human beings love it and check it out on TV, Instagram and other media.  AOC can reach thousands, perhaps millions of regular folks who don’t pay a lot of attention to politics. Its the exact same reason she was on Twitch playing Among Us and plays An…

As someone who was 31 a long time ago, 31 still feels young to me. Not immature or inexperienced, but an an adult with a lot more life ahead than behind them. It’s young, but not in a pejorative sense.

Do we really need a redemption story for a pill popping grifter?

Son of a nurse who smoked here (she quit a while ago): she’s wasn’t stupid, she was stressed. She worked in emergency rooms, ICUs, ObGyn, Veterans hospitals and prison psychiatric facilities. She worked 10 to 12 hour night shifts in inner city hospitals during heroin, crack and oxy epidemics. She saw the victims of…

Renner effectively got stiffed by Tony Stark being the go to quippy guy of the Avengers

There are a lot of great divorce albums: Rumours, Here, My Dear, Blood on the Tracks, Shoot out the Lights, In the Wee Small Hours are just a few major ones. It’s easier for me to think of good divorce albums than bad ones. Is there a classic horrible divorce album?