Safer to rat out the kid who would never hurt you than the ones who have. Amabella is only six and seems rather timid. Look at how Celeste, a powerful and capable woman, can't be straight with her therapist about the danger in her marriage.

Right? I am a public school teacher and several things she did in this episode, both when speaking to parents and students, were "How Not to Handle Classroom Conflict 101." I have literally had trainings that say "Do not make promises you can't keep," like promising Amabella her secret would stay secret if she shared.…

Friday - My husband has been watching Rick and Morty, and he backed up to the beginning to watch it with me so we can get to the episode with Jemaine Clement. It gave me an occasional laugh, but I wasn't feeling 75% of it. The ugly animation and crass-to-grotesque humor were really putting me off. When I complained…

Roasted corn!

You can certainly dislike anything at all, for any reason. In my opinion, The OA is far more guilty of the crimes you set forth. I will concede that Sense8 often indulges in emotional manipulation and shortcuts in characterization, but the cast is large and the plot ambitious. The almost tactile cinematography, the…

I can see you have done some thorough investigating.

Kala frustrates me, too. I love her character, and my guess is that she made the choice that she knows will bring her long-term happiness and contentment…but the pull of her chemistry with Wolfgang isn't something she can ignore yet. I suspect Wolfgang will have to hurt her badly before he stops turning her head. She…

It's interesting to me that you used the word irrational. You are right, nothing about Sense8 is rational, or meant to be. It is celebrating, deifying even, the exact opposite. Emotional connection, sensual experience, the kinesthetic experience of the body, spirituality, knowing a truth without seeing it on a…

Given the Berlin music scene, I feel that's not out of the question.

They always swing for the fences. That makes the failures as spectacular as the successes.

I was thinking last night about what each sensate brings to the cluster, and I actually thing Sun is there for strength. Sure, she handles the fights, but she also gave Kala some strength and peace of mind in regard to sex this episode, and she and Riley exchanged strength in their Season 1 sunrise meeting. The first…

See, I thought it was Will's.

I don't exactly like Wolfgang, but I think he's well-suited to the role and adds some texture to the story. It would be unbearably shallow if everyone in the cluster were perfect angels whose darkest secrets were the result of being badly misunderstood/victims of prejudice.

The Wachowski's are first and foremost visual storytellers. They are in a class of their own. The script is the worst part of anything they do. If you watched Sense8 as a silent film, I'm pretty sure most of it would still read. That's my approach in watching it: appreciate the sensual qualities, don't get too hung up…

I was wondering if that was a deliberate choice in casting him, as though Capheus had been hardened a little by the events of Season 1. I'll miss S1 Capheus, he grew to be my favorite character, but I'm willing to give the new guy a chance.

If I can get linguistic for a moment: in a nutshell (as in, the information was so succinctly stated it would fit inside something that small.) In and on are prepositions (everywhere a cat can go: in, out, through, under, etc.)

Man, Zootopia was such a massive waste of time. At least, for me, A Bigger Splash had some beautiful cinematography and some interesting interplay between characters. Though I fully agree it was not awesome.

Glad to see Kyle Mooney getting some love. He speaks to the Pete & Pete-loving-weirdo in me, always exaggerating the artificiality of very-special-episodes and other 90's entertainment staples. The SNL reviewer and owner of another site I read, Pajiba, finds nothing redeeming in his humor at all (but in his eyes,…

1. Sing Street
2. The VVitch
3. The Lobster
4. Arrival
5. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
6. Moana
7. The Nice Guys
8. Captain America: Civil War
9. Nerve
10. Hush

Is that the one with the Mook and the Midriff? I had a boyfriend a little more than a decade ago who used Mook as part of his main handle online.