I think the lesson here is go to the gym because muscles open doors, literally and figuratively.

I think you got her confused with Craig.  Craig was married to Prince Andrew.  Whatever happened to the Andrew guy?

Because of the hairlessness?

Yeah, it seems like everyone who works with Cruise loves Cruise.

I know she wasn’t No. 1 on the call sheet, but my first thought was that girl who played PT Barnum’s ~10-year-old daughter in The Greatest Showman. You could tell instantly that she’s an egomaniacal monster.

Totally agree. I don’t think it’s Sonny Lee’s responsibility to only make Asian-American-focused art, but I’ll miss what he did in that area. Ebert’s impromptu speech during the “Better Luck Tomorrow” Q&A decades ago is tattooed in my brain as well, so I appreciated how three-dimensional the characters were in Beef,…

I agree. There are TONS of Asian Americans in Southern California, and it’s all too rare to see that reflected on shows set there. And Beef did it well because I think it wasn’t just blindcasting, even though I don’t think blindcasting is inherently bad. Sometimes it’s nice to see Regular Joes/Janes who just happen to…

I also glad that they’re not planning on picking the Season 1 story back up, but I’m a little bummed that I think there’s going to be less Asian American-ness in this new season, unless there are more significant casting news coming out. Part of what I loved about Season 1 was how familiar and accurate, and how they…

Yeah, it’s not that he catches onto the game; he just doesn’t really want to kill himself to correct the fuck up.

I thought she might play one of Harkonnen’s boil-maintenance people.

Twilight was like those romance novels with Fabio on the cover, and then the main actors ended up actually in a relationship, so it makes sense, among the fans at least.  Plus Pattinson and Stewart are gorgeous, and we love gorgeous people.

Good call. City of Lost Children to me is the least of the three.

Oh, yes, The City of Lost Children pre-Amelie was already big in certain circles, especially because of the look of the film, the Gaultier costumes, the score, the Miette-One pairing, etc. I think it got even more attention after Amelie was released, but my teenage kids aren’t interested in seeing these movies partly b…

Why can’t they cast an actor who’s actually from Latveria?

Tangent: Kirby was really good in Streetcar, and so was Ben Foster.  (I didn’t love Gillian Anderson’s Blanche, but it wasn’t awful.)  There’s a pro-shot recording of the full play available somewhere, and I’d recommend tracking it down.  It’s great.

I remember walking out of the theater after watching Amelie and just feeling good about the world. I rewatched it recently, and I still really love it.

I looked it up and Reed Richards apparently is from Central City, CA, so I think they’ll go with those accents from “The Californians” on SNL.  Sue Storm is from Long Island, so Kirby will definitely do a Fran-Drescher accent.

I’m not as intrigued by by Pascal as most of the world is, but Vanessa Kirby is a gem and is who makes this mildly interesting to me.  I’ll be impressed if this turns out well given the bad luck Fantastic Four has had.

If they successfully turned Aunt May into Hot Aunt Mae, I can get on board with Dakota Johnson playing this role.

I’ve seen quite a few MCU movies even if I’m not a big fan, but I haven’t heard anything around The Marvels that’s been very different from the reviews especially critics I respect, so I don’t even feel like giving The Marvels a chance. I like Chloe Zhao’s movies, but I’m not interested in watching The Eternals. Maybe…