I should have given up on actors being self-aware a long time ago but you’d THINK or HOPE that playing a character like that would mean the actor in question is able to recognize and understand that kind of behaviour, especially when it’s a character the movie is basically condemning. The fact that they’d go off and…

Of course the children can be wrong, I just happen to disagree that it’s they who are out of touch on this issue. You can’t honestly hear the writers saying “It was fine 20 years ago so why isn’t it fine now?” and think *they’re* the ones who are really in touch with what’s going on in the world, can you?

I don’t care who they’re poking fun at, because this moment wasn’t about “poking fun” at a broad type, it was about reacting to a real-world criticism, and they failed at it in many ways. Lightly making fun of SJWs is the least of this episode’s problems and not at all what I’m talking about.

Well yeah, obviously, but giving her that reaction and little speech isn’t organic to the character whatsoever. Like I said, they’re exploiting her characterization as the most social justice-oriented character to protect themselves and justify their position. Saying “see, even the humorless SJW thinks this is over…

That has...nothing to do with this issue?

One of the (many) things I hate about this is how they utterly corrupted Lisa’s character to make her a mouthpiece for the writers who refuse to adapt and learn. As a character she’s always been outspoken, but she’s been upheld as the show’s moral center just as much as she’s been portrayed as a humorless scold (often…

Did they walk back the pitiful straight-washing of the lead in Rise? If not, it’s a hard pass from me.

The book and movie are so different that I don’t have a hard time keeping them separate in my mind. It made me more excited to reread the book, if anything.

Probably. There’s one scene that’s highly disturbing and probably wouldn’t be suitable for a 12 year old unless they’re already a seasoned horror fan.

I agree, but I will say that Taylor Swift’s testimony was pretty well-publicized and considered a winning moment when all of this was picking up steam, so while there are a lot of things that make her case (and her) not like the others, her inclusion does make sense. Like all TIME “person of the year” features,…

3/4 of those singles (excluding “Call It What You Want”) are pretty far on the low end of the album, quality-wise, along with maybe 2 or 3 other songs on that level. I’d probably give the whole thing a B- overall, I think the highs are pretty strong, though none of them can touch the best of 1989.

This one still stings. It wasn’t great but it definitely could have been, and I still watch that performance of Chandelier every once in a while because it’s great.

And yeah, if any other random show came along now that starred Karen Gillan and John Cho, I would automatically be on board all over again.

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this felt like a backdoor pilot for Stranger Things Assemble. I didn’t like this episode pretty much at all, and if it was the Duffer Bros. dipping their toes in a world they want to explore more over the rest of the series, well...I hope not. It makes sense that there would be…

This movie is phenomenal. There isn’t much in it that I can directly relate to from my own adolescence in terms of narrative but it captures being a teenager (any teenager, anywhere) perfectly so it feels undeniably real all the same, funny and poignant and incredibly human. It will be hard to beat for my favourite of…

I don’t think it’s one or the other, really. I don’t think Margaret Qualley needed to lose a ton of weight for this role, but they could have done a lot more in makeup and wardrobing to make her appear more frail and gaunt, for sure.

I saw this at TIFF and really liked it, though I surprisingly found Leo to be one of the least interesting aspects of it. She gives a fine performance but like the review mentions she really dances on the edge of hamminess. I found her storyline and her character (on paper) very interesting, but Leo herself felt very…

Liz Rose was brought onto All Too Well to help trim what was originally a 10-12 minute song. I’m not sure how many lyrics she actually helped create. I think she had more of a hand in selecting the best, maybe refining some others, and aiding in the overall structure.

I don’t know why for someone so image-conscious, Taylor Swift consistently chooses to release her worst material for album promo. 1989's pre-release cycle gave us Shake It Off, Out of the Woods and Welcome to New York, and all the while she was just sitting on Blank Space, Style and Wildest Dreams. Maybe she doesn’t…

How old is this movie actually? This definitely isn’t its first release. My boyfriend told me he was watching a shitty movie called Friend Request with his family probably almost a year ago and it was definitely this one because he specifically mentioned dearest Connor Paolo from REVENGE! being in it.

Yeah, I love the way this show is a sitcom that somehow doubles as a metaphor for a sitcom. A lot of this premiere felt like a play on the anxiety of TV writers kicking off a second season and retooling issues the network was having with Season 1.