I also hear that Julia Stiles works a 9-5 job and carries her own groceries.  And I won’t believe what OJ’s grown daughter looks like now.

I don’t close-read the AV Club enough to have opinions about different writers, but I thought Barsanti was just skirting around the abuse stuff--maybe even out of respect?--and expressing genuine support for Brendan Fraser? Tone can be hard to parse, this didn’t strike me as snark.

I agree with you 100%—it’s an astute observation—and yet I still find him annoying.

“So why does it sound like Antonoff has never been less certain about his role in giving voice to this music?” Probably because he relinquished the calm, steadying presence of Lena Dunham.

Yep. It’s not like we’re not going to get climate- and epidemic-related crises at an increasing rate going forward.

Hard agree. This is literally promoting alcohol abuse, and a man doing that with a woman several decades younger, even with a genial vibe, is gross. We have made a devil’s bargain with alcohol like we have with guns, but the difference is that alcohol is *everywhere*.

I sometimes think there is slightly more latitude granted to dads to be flagrant assholes and still receive love and care (but don’t come at me, I know counterexamples abound).

I only came to Prince of Egypt as a parent but I really, really like it (with a few reservations; example: would I cast Michelle Pfeiffer as Tzipporah, given the character’s apparent intended ethnicity? No, but I dig that she did her own singing, and very nicely too). The songs are great and the performances are great…

I wanted to hear about the name too!

Yeah, she tried to draw the sting by citing the article, but this is a heavy duty ripoff, Jackie Jormp-Jomp reference and all.  It’s not that hard, if you can’t do as well as the NYT, do worse, but don’t pass off someone else’s work as your own.  

Andy was like three different characters. That was the biggest thing that put me off the final seasons of the Office.  They just changed their minds about who he fundamentally was.  

Yeah the whole “the route of former SNL stars like Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Jason Sudeikis” bit is a little odd given that every single former cast member had to go do something else eventually, whether they left voluntarily or not.

Aww, thanks. I think my daughter appreciated getting to go to the movies for the first time in a long time, but even she lost interest in the actual movie about halfway through, right about when it started turning into thematic salad.

It has to be better than Boss Baby 2 which I took my daughter to yesterday and ... whoo boy.  My first theater-going experience since COVID and what a pile of dreck.  It was like they thought of five different directions the movie could go in and just decided to throw them all in and give short shrift to each.  So, so…

I can only speak for myself here, but I’d never tell Jeff Goldblum to leave.  

Counterpoint: for COVID and/or financial reasons, a lot of couples are having small wedding ceremonies in public places. Some degree of chaos and interaction with strangers is inevitable. If the stranger happens to be a charming celebrity who serenades the couple with a song that’s meaningful to them, it’s delightful…

I was blown away watching Moonlighting a few years ago and realizing everything Cybill Shepherd wore is now only acceptable for over-65s (nightgown-robe matched sets with shoulder pads ...).

The formula works as long as one famous screen actor is involved.

I don’t have a position on who was mean (my guess: everyone) but I’m a passionate believer in people being able to turn down jobs they don’t want.

I agree. Parul Sehgal at the NYT gave it a rave review, but I don’t trust her takes. Having said that, this review was a bit confusing at times. What does this mean: