Can’t disagree that this episode was a step down from last week, especially because the show seems torn between exploring the (admittedly v interesting) Charles/Gabrielle stuff while struggling to find stuff for the Carrie/Kerry and Syd to do. Interestingly, it’s Syd’s interactions with Gabrielle and David’s heart to…

That album is exactly what I’d prefer artists to do though. Idk how much it was marketed as leftovers from last year’s project, so if it wasn’t, I understand your frustration. I was told it was essentially a companion piece before I listened, so I knew what to expect. It’s probably not great marketing to highlight…

I haven’t even read the review yet and had to come here to rave. The last three episodes of this show have taken it to heights that are more interesting to me than anything in the first two seasons of this show. I’ve been hearing people lament the loss of Oliver and Melanie all season and, although I love Clement and…

I would agree that out of the albums I mentioned, it’s the best, but it doesn’t live up to Modern Vampires for me. I think VW is in a very transitional phase anyway, with Rostam leaving and such a long break, so it makes sense they would be experimenting and stretching out a little bit. I guess the trend is most…

I haaaaate the idea that artists must be tortured and messy to make good work, but Chance keeps provin me wrong

There is no more annoying trend in popular music right now than talented artists like Chance (Vampire Weekend and Flying Lotus also this year) releasing what is essentially an album buried in a sea of demos, b-sides, and half-baked ideas. Like it’s fine if Drake wants to shovel dogshit down his fans’ mouths, but I…

I mean, I didn’t love the film, but removing the Sharon Tate scenes would kinda destroy the whole thematic crux of the movie and the weight of the ending imo. It’s definitely a ballsy choice to present Tate as this kind of unknowable figure who almost never speaks and exists more as a symbol of old Hollywood glamor…

It actually teaches us a very valuable lesson about the time, which is that the majority of Americans, or at least the majority that were going to the movies, were able to overlook the racism inherent to GWTW. I would even say those Americans were racist themselves, but I know saying that causes plenty of controversy…

Lindelof has a few stinkers on his resume, but Spectre is not one of them. At least not according to the screenplay or story credits

After how messy last season got, I was really unclear on if they could salvage the show, but I have to say the way they’ve realized the outside world looks incredibly interesting and there’s no better way to reel me in than with Aaron Paul’s baby face. I’m still cautious and I can’t imagine Nolan and co. make the…

Genisys was produced before Cameron regained the rights for the franchise. He did send out a glowing statement about how great the movie was before it released and then reneged after, saying he only praised it as a favor to Arnie. He hasn’t been involved in a Terminator production to this extent since T2, although…

I doubt she would even want to return to it after an experience like this, but it would be a treat to see what Andrea Arnold could cut together with all the unused footage that is presumably lying around

Two characters try to leave, and Josh and Christian, as anthropology students looking to get their work published, are more eager than ever to study a commune with such shockingly violent practices. If they were able to write about what they saw and get it published, they would immediately be relevant in their field.…

Haven’t read the script, so not really sure if there are major differences, but in the final film, the main characters are anthropology students. One is doing his thesis on Swedish pagan rituals, the other ends up deciding to study them while they’re there, and one actually grew up in the Swedish commune and invites…

True, good catch

Peter’s school appears to be an NYC magnet school, which isn’t private. There’s a standardized test that all NYC eighth graders can take to get in, but there are no tuition and fees. Based on the name of “Midtown School of Science & Technology,” I would bet Peter’s school is inspired by the Bronx High School of…

honestly I’m quite surprised at the response to you on here. I pretty much agree completely that I want Endgame to beat Avatar and I’m sick of rereleases designed purely to snag records that don’t really offer anything interesting. If they were offering something on par with the Rogue Cut of Days of Future Past, I…

The midichlorians aren’t the key issue with The Phantom Menace. I admit, I never thought about how the midichlorians play into the theme of the Jedi’s incompetence and myopic attitude, that’s an interesting idea. But the issue is that Lucas took on this daring, emotionally and politically complex story and shat out…

Not sure if I’ve ever seen her do straight up action, but she’s amazing on Legion and has had a few wild dance numbers, so I imagine she could handle the choreography and movement of catwoman

or Katrina or Maria or... the list goes on. As the creator has said, while there are reasons this particular story could have only happened in the Soviet system, the toxic features of that system are present everywhere and show up in massive failures around the world throughout human history. Naked self-interest, the…