Yes, I was extremely confused by the “plus a Christmas Special” line. The article itself referenced two Capaldi Christmas Specials (Last Christmas and Twice Upon a Time)!

If this is how the rule is going to be enforced, and if it’s enforced consistently, it’s the end of sacks in the NFL. There was literally no way Matthews could have done anything differently; he can’t change the laws of physics.

Still undefeated!

Great article. I also think How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days was probably the beginning of the downward trend of rom-coms, even though I’ve always liked its screwball premise. I imagine the writers high-fiving each other when they came up with the idea: “What if they girl’s trying to get the guy to leave her ASAP for an…

Not only is it as bad as they say it is, it’s bad in amazing ways. There’s a scene in the office where Berry’s character works, and a short while later there’s a second scene in the same office that takes place the next day. Everybody is wearing the same clothing. They just didn’t care.

I appreciate the thought that went into the pieces on Brad Bird, but I still don’t think he’s actually trying to support Randian philosophy. That some people have better skills than others isn’t really a shocking idea. Not everybody can be Steve Jobs. How is that offensive? What’s offensive is the rest of Rand’s…

Oh man, Eau Claire!? How did you find 4 black people in Eau Claire? That’s kind of amazing. 

Sweet! Sony’ll be happy that it had the foresight to sign him for sequels once Venom makes $20 million in its first weekend and takes the #2 spot behind Smallfoot. Or the #3 spot behind that and the A Star Is Born remake.

I understand where you’re coming from, but I liked it. I didn’t care about the whodunnit; I just found the location and the characters interesting. I liked Amy Adams’ character, I enjoyed learning why she was the way she was, and I’ve always found shows that give us slowly-crumbling small towns interesting ever since B…

Maybe Adora confess to killing the two girls because she knew Amma did it and wanted to protect her from going to prison.

I appreciate what you’re saying about SPR. My interpretation of the “Earn this” scene is different—I didn’t find it corny, I found it bleak. I think Roger Ebert at the time pointed out that complying with such a directive would be impossible. How on earth could anyone ‘earn’ back that type of sacrifice? Hanks’…

Shakespeare in Love is a romantic movie, which I think for a lot of people means something middlebrow and unserious, which is why Saving Private Ryan gets the benefit of the doubt on its minor problems while Shakespeare in Love’s are supposed to be fatal.

Completely agree with your agreement that Big Lebowski is better. And, in case it helps...

I think X2 is a more enjoyable film, but I’m glad he tackled Hulk because it’s a more interesting film to talk about. It probably did have a bigger effect on later Marvel movies than if it had been an outright success.

Wow! I’ll have to see if I can get my hands on one somehow. Thanks!

In ‘82 my parents got me a calculator for school that also played a game somewhat similar to Space Invaders. But it looked like a standard calculator of the time, so I was stoked to be able to bring it to school without any teacher knowing that it played a game. (This worked for about 1 day—damn fellow classmates and…

Can’t tell if serious or not, but if serious look at “5318008" upside down and imagine it’s a word.

Yep, it’s happening to me too. I had to turn it off to see any comments.

Hah! That’s what I thought too.

Me too. Nobody ever believes me when I tell them in the 80s my hair went past the middle of my back and was permed. And frosted.