Here's another good one, from Richard Brody of The New Yorker, who questions the sanity and judgement of everyone who had anything to do with this movie getting made:
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Forming your own production company is par the course for many actors. You make and head the types of productions you want to do.
Bummed, Other than Spanglish, the only Sandler movies that are even watchable are the other ones with Drew.
The films are largely a way for acting buddies to hang out and create something that they like (like many independent films), so I'm guessing the money is more to subsidize his involvement than to incentivize it.
Exactly.
I'm actually going on safari later this year (yay Botswana!) and I feel like the first thing I ought to do after I arrive is apologize for the very fact that this movie exists. Even the previews make me cringe.
LOVE both of those movies!
everyone shits on 50 first dates but iiiiii kind of love it and i will fight people about it
It was immediately obvious from the commercial for this movie that the tried and true racist African tropes were being used. Sheesh, when will people get tired of that?
"the supposedly tender moments are as heartwarming as a Hot Pocket"
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Wow, and to think this whole time I thought it was a protest song!
Have you ever heard Billy Joel discuss how he wrote "Uptown Girl"? It was originally "Uptown Girls" and written as he tried to impress 3 young models in the Caribbean - Elle McPherson, Christie Brinkley and Whitney Houston.
Slash or GTFO
Nicki Minaj should be cast as Chaka Khan (Chaka and Whitney were friends, and Whitney started out doing back-up vocals for Chaka). Not a big fan of Nicki's (and who knows if she can act?), but she does look like a young Chaka.
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The life and times of Whitney Houston will be forever immortalized in a Lifetime film, directed by Oscar-nominee…
And a hundred lady-fronted punk bands just were just created from one Neko Case tweet. I will be on my way to a Pussy Shavers show in just a few weeks.
"Don't Peggy Olsen Me" is my new favorite thing ever.
You missed this gem of the story: