I would’ve ragged on Jez if they had done what I would have expected and jumped on the bandwagon of ridiculous overreaction on this, so I absolutely have to give kudos for this surprisingly opposite take toward perspective and sanity.

I think he has a few moments where he gets to shine from an acting perspective particularly when he and Barbie have their confrontation after he takes over Barbieland.

Robbie’s Barbie was, for the most part, the straight-woman, setting up Gosling and to a lesser extent Ferrera, who get the big, broad and/or meaty stuff. Her Barbie doesn’t really get any big performative moments — in a different movie, the monologue about women’s expectations would’ve gone to her, not America…

To your point, I don’t think it’s done Driving Miss Daisy any good for having won over the not-even-nominated Do The Right Thing. It’s not that I want the Academy to always pick inferior movies as the winners, but in a way it all kinda works out.

A lot of our finest filmmakers never received competitive Oscars. Hitchcock. Altman. Kubrick (except for VFX for 2001, which really should’ve gone to Doug Trumbull). There can be as much honor to be held in the company of those who get overlooked, as there is if one is chosen.

Not to keep picking fights with you, Pink (I’m honestly enjoying this debate) but there’s a numbers problem there: 10 films get nominated for Best Picture, 5 films for Best Director. The money-grab ten-nominee list is why we keep getting laughably mediocre Best Picture nominees like Elvis, Jojo Rabbit and A Star Is…

America Ferrera, a woman, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Please don’t erase her. Other than that, I agree. 

Sofia has a child in his twenties. Joe is younger than her so it’s likely that as he got older, his clock started ticking. Maybe when they went into it, they did agree. People change.

My wife gets mad at me for referring to Elle King as RS’s daughter. And she’s right to do so! Elle is an accomplished artist that stands on her own terms and make her own mistakes, there’s no need to bring her dad into the conversation.

This whole thing is fascinating. Americans really will overconsume anything, just for the sake of buying shit. The experts are right - inflation (at least in the US) is your fault. Despite prices going up, you can’t help but keep buying shit you don’t need.

I’ve always felt that Ben simply hates the paps. He was unrelentingly plagued by the paps during his alcoholism and failing marriage to Jen Garner. What we see in images of him is an absolute refusal to “smile” for the photographers: the exhausted visage of someone who simply feels harassed. I wouldn’t be surprised if…

It can be, if we consider bribing a child with expensive gifts they would not otherwise have gotten, as psychological manipulation to draw them to the parent and away from the other parent, particularly when there is a clear difference in wealth and social status. Consider that he (Barker) has all the power in that…

There probably isn’t an HOA out there that has a rule against detonating a nuclear device either.

I think it’s more that she indicated that the neighbors knew, and were “fine with it.” Apparently the neighbors didn’t know, don’t speak English, are hearing all kinds of noise, their houses are rattling, but are afraid to call the police.

But first we have to deal with the mental health that is cancer.

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Iowa is over 90% white so she probably has as many Black friends as the average Iowan does.

Credentials typically exist for a reason beyond snob-vs-slob gatekeeping. I would 1000% want and expect a neighbor to be credentialed and have the appropriate clearances before digging a giant pit next door. This isn’t someone being uptight about a few pink flamingos in the yard or a garishly pained mailbox; there’s…

This is insane, perhaps for obvious reasons, some of them listed in this article. Sink-holes, disposal, run-off/pollution (including asbestos), noise. I would not feel safe with this person as a neighbor, and I can definitely see how being an undocumented migrant would make me weary about speaking up.