Yeah I squinted hard at that and thought, ‘Who wrote this one for him?’

Reminds me of: “Never trust a Sicilian when death is on the line!!!”

Man, I used to work at a pizza joint, and it was all you can eat, plus I could make a pizza or a chicken parm at the end of the night to take home and eat the next day. Garlic knots, a beer on the house after we closed and cleaned up. Those were the days...

Same. So glad I didn’t inadvertently become part of that tribe, mansplaining life to poor innocent victims before that was even defined as a thing.

Guilty. Loved the movie, but I don’t remember the score at all. Maybe that was the intention, to not be so intrusive or overbearing?

I can’t remember the score for Joker at all. Is that a good things? Like, it’s not supposed to be intrusive or overbearing?

Parts of 1917's script made me roll my eyes a bit, but I won’t mention anything specific since you haven’t seen it yet. And I went back and forth on the one-take being immersive vs. gimmicky throughout the whole movie, and still do. As impressive as it is, it tends to overshadow the story itself, looking for breaks.…

Wait isn’t Triumph one of Conan’s old bits? When did he jump ship? Don’t get me wrong, I love Colbert and Conan equally, but I wonder if Conan would be a bit miffed by it.

This Is Us adds schadenfreude, so the audience gets to revel in every character’s misery. And isn’t it mostly women watching that show anyway? I gave up on it cuz as good as it is I got sick of watching the whole entire family suffer through every episode. Literally nothing good ever happens to any of them.

And he looks like Anthony Weiner! Coincidence??

Yes!!! Saw this on tour and it blew my mind. And Stop Making Sense really solidified my love of The Talking Heads. I think it’s amazing that David Byrne keeps going so strong after all these years, seemingly still getting better with every new thing that he does. Can’t wait!

Yeah I thought Deadspin was back up again and went to look. Why is there still a link up top, but Splinter just disappeared?

Deep. Seriously.

Good points, for sure, but it can be two things. When the system fails those in need, and they lash out as a result, and that gets glorified at it does in Joker, this is the result. Also, I think it’s easy to mistake an explanation of his actions for a justification.

There’s a great podcast episode of The Big Picture with a Safdie Brothers interview and they get deep into the sound editing stuff I’d never even thought about. Good stuff.

Yeah like there’s never been a movie where a guy lost his job, his wife and his house in a short period of time, forcing him to do things he never thought himself capable of doing in order to survive. Can’t think of any off the top of my head though, maybe I’m onto something...

I’m not sure Uncut Gems was meant to be enjoyed as much as appreciated for its gritty realness. It’s a tense, non-stop, high stakes high wire act that could fall apart so easily at any time. It’s definitely not for everyone, but if your a gambler of any kind, or especially a sports bettor then you’ll at least…

I loved the movie but you might be giving Phillips more credit than he deserves for that take. I like it though.

I don’t think it mattered what his diagnosis was or what meds he was on. The point that I got was that yes, mental illness left untreated can lead to bad things, and that cutting funding or reducing resources to those in need has tangible and sometimes serious consequences. Put that in the extreme context of an…

It’s watchu, not watcha.