Saw it a few days ago. This movie says nothing about AI. At least nothing that Ghost in the Shell didn’t already say decades ago of even Asimov even way before that. Cool special effects and visuals, derivative plot. It’s just ok.

Trump was on his show after the Access Hollywood tape, after mocking the disabled reporter, after assault allegations, after comments on immigrants, etc etc. Fallon never should have had him on the show, and if he was forced to he didn’t have to be so friendly and playful. Trump won by such tiny margins, it’s not…

Anytime a “sorry” is immediately followed by “if” it’s no longer an apology. I’m sure he’s embarrassed, but it doesn’t sound like an acknowledgement or understanding of the problem, acceptance of responsibility, or a pledge to improve the situation.

Second one is the worst of the series and can be skipped. Third one was worth watching for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s turn as the villain. Fourth on was worth it for the Burj Khalifa stunt, really breathtaking, and for the scene where the Red Square blows up. After that they each had a great stunt set piece, but the…

Joe Biden and Aubrey Plaza are from Delaware, so I’m aware of its existence

“Durdin”? Also, I had no idea the skyscrapers were in delaware. State of incorporation probably has nothing to do with where business records are kept

Oxygen, a French Sci Fi movie with Melanie Laurent, kind of similar concept to Buried

Between this and Slow Horses, it seems the void left by John LeCarre is being filled admirably

“..and Alfred Molina will reprise his role as Doc Ock from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2" - ummm, in a different movie, not related to the Flash, right?

You must imagine that kid happy

Soon to be televised on ESPN 8: The OCHO!

I am honored and grateful that you have invited me to your daughter... ‘s wedding... on the day of your daughter’s wedding.

Man of Steel is not great, but when it comes on TV I’ll watch it for Michael Shannon’s scenes. For me his Zod is the best superman movie villain, no one else can be taken seriously somehow, Shannon’s quiet steely (no pun intended) menace feels seriously dangerous and riveting to watch and the only thing worthwhile in t…

This is a nitpick, but multiple personality disorder is not schizophrenia. Just saying.

Absolutely! Always play Bc1, Knife f5, c4 is explosive, etc., but mainly etc. He has his own chess club and school in Atlanta now, with a separate YouTube channel, still as great as ever.

YouTube has a s%$ton of instructional chess materials for every level of player and every aspect of the game. I highly recommend the St. Louis Chess Club channel, they have hundreds of videos by top grandmasters, nicely organized into tracks/collections to follow. You can also supplement it by going through tutorials a…

This looks promising, I like Ben Mendelsohn. I wish A.V Club could do lists of good movies that are on Netflix that never got a theatrical release or had a very limited run, originals or otherwise. There is so much garbage on there and wading through it trying to find something worthwhile is basically impossible. The “…

I don’t think so. Everything we know is ultimately built on objects at the quantum level. If events at that level were random there would be much less permanence or predictability in our world. It would be normal for mountain ridges to blink in and out of existence, for people to wake up with more limbs than they fell…

You’ll call me crazy, but I’m saying there are no decisions at all, we are just playing out scripts immediately as we read them. At the exact instance that the “choice” is made all of the factors needed for action to turn one way or the other have already occurred, all the causes have already taken place. Choice, free…

It’s not something I dreamed up while high, it’s a well-discussed philosophical idea called “determinism” with many famous proponents throughout history from 6'th century BC Greeks, to modern times. I hope you can take a quick look and it intrigues you: