“False flag. Now back to extended coverage of the War on Easter.”

The best kind of slide shows—videos where they don’t stop playing when you skip to the next. I managed to get them all playing at once, which was amazing.

John Lasseter is running a new studio and Apple seems to be gobbling up everything from them and dumping more money in their lamps. I’m pretty optimistic about where it’s going to lead based on the talent he has over there and will continue to be able to fund with their backing.

I have never had to and hope to never resort to Papa Johns for a pizza fix but I feel like it needs to be said that you can’t compare a good slice to anything taken out or delivered. A good NY pie may travel better than this looks based on the comments about the light colored bottom but I have also had “soggy” pizza…

The important part being “kid.” Jerry O’Connell was actor good looking on Camp Wilder by the time he was 17/18. Based on what IMDB tells me, this is Henry Cavill by the time he’s 17 or so. I have heard his “fatty cavill” stories and I’m not suggesting anything really other than suffice to say this dude glowed all the…

I first knew of him from The Tudors, when he looks to be ~24. Whatever one thinks of him, I think it’s pretty safe to assume that he has never suffered from a lack of attention from women at any point in his life.

To add one of my peeves that usually gets raised: authenticity, certification, and efficacy are independent concepts. There still tends to be a lot of unwarranted hand wringing about “counterfeit” N95 masks. For home use (not getting into medical or industrial use cases), most “uncertified”or “fake” masks that are…

My stray observations:

I’ve been waiting for Atlanta forever so I’m thrilled that’s almost here. The other likely to be big hitters for me: LOTR, House of the Dragon, and Star Wars are too far away for me to think about. I had always wondered why Interview with a Vampire was never adapted for serialized television so I will check that out. I…

Remind me why we should be expecting more from LeBron? Of course he has elite aptitude in certain areas and seems to have a made a lot of smart decisions in his life but what indication have we ever had that he is actually particularly well-informed or insightful about the topics of the day? His positive support for…

I think that’s overly generous. If he has a genuine question, he should be more clear. I think he’s trying to appear somehow enlightened by “asking questions” as he’s been known to do without actually understanding the issues (or worse).

I agree about him and that illustrates another issue I had which is that most of the cameos in this film, with maybe the exception of Jeffrey Wright (who I thought was by far the most interesting element), really felt like just cameos and not characters—certainly not characters I cared about. I found it so self-aware…

I share that general sentiment but I think a lot of it has to do with timing. When I was reading their longer best-of list, I hadn’t seen more than a couple but I think I saw three more from it in the last week since then as they’ve hit streaming services. Among the top five in this post, none have been in wide…

I know this contained mere seconds about The French Dispatch (I’ve read the full review and related coverage) but it’s telling that the sole rationale included here is its set design and visual composition. Basically it looks good. Beyond that and the idea that it’s a “love letter” to a bygone era of newspapers (I was…

None of those names listed are movie stars. That’s the thing—Denzel is a rare actor’s actor who is a true movie star (and nearly peerless in this respect—Black actors or otherwise). To me, there are two: Mahershala Ali is the heir to his acting crown and Michael B. Jordan, who was somehow omitted from this list, is…

Let me help you by suggesting that you perhaps read the article:

Growing up in New York, I had never heard of these. Plenty of very similar laminated pastries but not in this particular form factor. I only know of them from the aforementioned Trader Joe’s offerings. There’s not much to dislike but I’d probably prefer a good cream cheese Danish if given the choice. I found the…