I think part of the problem is that this thin is directed by Ben Falcone, who is one of the worst comedy directors out there right now. I just wish he would stop. Put McCarthy under a competent director (like Waititi) and she’s not half bad. Under Falcone? Eh... Pass.

No better way for me to lose my enthusiasm for a new Melissa McCarthy movie than finding out that her husband wrote/directed it. God bless them, they seem like they’re very happy, but he is killing any momentum she once had with these god-awful movies. 

I loved that Huntress, a woman who trained to kill and dedicated herself to revenge, clearly hadn’t had normal social interactions growing up and it showed.

He did spend a good chunk of his life in San Antonio, IIRC. (Aside: trying to figure out where in Austin the opening sequence in The Last of Us took place was very fun.) I imagine he’ll do just fine if he does a more serious version of his Agent Whiskey voice.

Who knows how much it'll have changed by now, but I remember getting a Full Spectrum Warrior feeling from what they showed. Very slow and methodical than your Call of Dutys and and Battlefields

Between the Carano news and this, there’s a real Goofus and Gallant vibe with Star Wars casting news tonight. 

I am such a sucker for high-concept review formats. And this one was *little chef kiss*

You can’t push me off Ep. 2 as the best bop in the series

Norm/Abilash didn’t necessarily beg Vision to stop Wanda; he said to stop “her”.  And if there’s an antagonist in Westfield, it’s the increasingly suspicious Agnes.

Monica was definitely “moved” by the mention of Captain Marvel, but I got the sense that her reaction was more one of anger... maybe she’s ticked that Aunt Carol didn’t come back for Lt. Trouble for so long?

i love The Prisoner. Be seeing you!

I completely agree! I was thrilled to see this review start off with mentioning the Prisoner (I hope this makes new people check it out!).

I’m glad I’m not the only one seeing parallels to The Prisoner everywhere in this show! I actually did my undergraduate thesis on it.

(The original one, of course - not the inexplicable Gandalf vs. Jesus remake.)

The first episode was the fifties, the second episode was the sixties. Was this not obvious?

The first episode was more ‘50s “in front of a live studio audience” until like you say, the eerie witch during the choking scene. The second ep leapt ahead to the early ‘60s early Bewitched Era with a single cam and locations that were not a sound studio. The reviewer is lumping the episodes into one era, when…

A: McCain caused more harm than good, and

its nice to see Hodge doing well for himself. i always liked him on leverage and he was so noticeably the stand out on that show that its good to see he keeps going on to bigger and better things

“Nissan Versa! Nissan Versa!”

Adrian Pasdar should always be known for Near Dark and for Profit.

I suspect that some of these actors aren’t willing to sign up for the nine-picture MCU contracts so Disney offers them the one-off characters instead.