I think this view of both gerrymandering and the electoral college is just not taking into account the way populations work. You say “equal representation,” but for what and/or who? How is it equal that the far fewer number of people in a state like Rhode Island get a bigger say than all the people in a state like…

Promoting pseudoscience is def bullshit, but I’d point out that there’s a growing body of evidence supporting the use of psychedelics in controlled settings to treat mental health issues, particularly addiction and PTSD. Unfortunately the headlines about the potential of psychedelics often get read by the larger…

Gems is much tenser than Good Time, but also feels less scummy/unpleasant in a lot of ways. Pattinson’s character does terrible thing after terrible thing. Howard (Adam Sandler) makes bad decisions, but you never feel like he’s constantly bringing other people down in the same way. But I’ve loved all of the Safdies’…

Can you cite a single instance of Johnson labeling fans who don’t like TLJ as incels or something? Other than the deserved pushback on the way fans harassed Kelly Marie Tran, the dude literally engages in debates about Star Wars lore with fans on Twitter respectfully, which is more than you can say for pretty much…

It’s interesting—the theory that Edward was not as nice as he seemed and was actually abusive toward Elliot has been around since before we saw the window incident. The assumption was always that he might be abusive, but I, like many others, never thought it was sexual in nature. Others have pointed out that Elliot…

I think people who knee-jerk react to criticism along these lines really aren’t stopping to think about what’s been written. I haven’t seen Waves, though I like Shults’ films and undoubtedly will go check it out. That being said, when Charles says Shults is more interested in the family’s pain than their inner lives,…

I’ll be waiting to read the review until after I see it and I’m lucky enough to have tickets to go on Monday. Although I’ll be drinking as little as possible before the film, I may, in fact, have to pee over the course of 3.5 hours and I need to know: when is the best time to go?

This was my thinking exactly! Living in NY, I know several unrelated Friedmans, but now he’s cursed with a recognizable name smh

It would maybe be bearable if he were JUST ex-Goldman and the former head of the Fed, but it turns out he was involved in both at the same time during the damn financial crisis and profiting off of our misery. Benioff uses his mother’s maiden name and it’s p easy to see why

what are you fucking on? Elliot Rodgers is a well known incel mass shooter, idolized by those guys, and there are others that I’m not gonna look up, bc all it takes is for you to google. I mean, fine, just keep saying they’re idiots on the internet. They’ve sure never hurt anyone before and never will again of course,…

I mean I posted this before the update about the DoD warning, so maybe?But that’s not really relevant as to whether or not to show it in Aurora. And yea, a much more popular movie is much more likely to affect individuals than a low-budget action sequel to a very old franchise. And no one with any self-respect thinks…

I mean the difference is that Rambo is nakedly xenophobic, jingoistic, and trashy. We know what it is just by looking at it. Rambo did not make very much money for an actioner. It is not garnering oscar buzz. My small local theater has used up half of its marquee with an advertisement for Joker for weeks now. The…

but Gravity is essentially a tech demo, Ad Astra will hopefully have something to actually say

O, I need to respond to the multiple top rated comments on the article and every person agreeing? Ty for the input, I’ll keep waving my wand of slothfulness and itching the tick in my armpit

Brilliant to see the AV Club commentariat is now composed of people bravely standing up for men who rape 13-year-olds everywhere. How dare the rest of us care about such silly nonsense, when we could be concerned with FILM.

Details are not public afaik, but I’m happy to be proven wrong. And this is something to keep in mind, from Far From Home:

So some people seem to have no idea how movies work in general or how these movies work. Disney did not make Homecoming or Far From Home. It did not hire the director, cast, or crew and did not pay their paychecks. Feige consulted creatively, made sure everything fit with the MCU and that’s that. Every studio…

I’ve never read the book, but from the descriptions on this thread, it sounds like David Lynch is the only director who can do it any justice

I’ll take your bait! So I guess we’ll put aside all the gross shit and pretend what the film says about women, hollywood, innocence, and power isn’t there.

I know Nolan doesn’t reeeeally need any support from internet commenters, but when I went to see Hobbs & Shaw, the only thing that got as big of a reaction as Chris Nolan’s name on the Tenet trailer was The Rock taking his shirt off. If the popularity of Nolan=shirtless Rock, I think he’s doing better than most…