Well you see, when one wants to take a molehill and convince others that it’s actually a mountain, a bit of creative license is necessary. 

Ebert had triggers and he wasn’t consistent with his reviews. He had a lot of misfires, but some things just sent him into some kind of anger spiral and it was hard to predict what. Maybe he was a victim of abuse? Maybe he suffered from mental illness? Maybe he just became a primadonna after so much praise and fame? I…

He also had a problem with stuff that was just weird but not arguably exploitative — he hated the Coen’s “Raising Arizona” because he felt it “wasn’t realistic” — as if that was the goal. To be fair, he came around on both Lynch and the Coens and became huge supporters of them.

Ebert just doesn’t gibe with horror films on first blush at all, and Blue Velvet is arguably a psychological horror movie

It was nice to see him come around a little on Lynch by the time Mulholland Drive came out. I had a really lovely chat with him at the Music Box and he gushed about it for a long time. I think I blurted out something about revisiting Blue Velvet, but he just kept gushing and enthusing over my 20something mumble.

Even worse is that Ebert’s example of a non-exploitative role is Schneider in Last Tango in Paris...

Isabella is one of the greatest human beings ever. Full stop.

Was this an ad?

Marketing translation:

Trader Joe has cookies that are close in taste as well

I’m guessing the whole reason for the “MMMprovements” is finding a way to reformulate the chocolate chips to use less actual chocolate, but somehow add to the chip count.

Well hey, at least they didn’t make them smaller!

I don’t know why Donny had trouble raising that money. I’m sure he’s got a 1 BR in Queens that is worth $300M.

Wait, you haven’t even seen Frozen Empire yet? I mean, I thought Afterlife was pretty boring, and I don’t plan on seeing Frozen Empire until it’s streaming on something I’m already paying for, but writing this article (admittedly well written) without even seeing the new one is weird. 

I saw the OG Ghostbusters late, at the movies on Halloween 1984. Great movie, one of my all-time favorites. Great song and even better music video. Great game for my C64 with software speech synthesis!

Trump is definitely the leader of a still on going coup against the United States and is probably guilty of espionage for Putin’s Russia and other hostile foreign powers like Saudi Arabia and China. Why he hasn’t been executed for these heinous crimes is proof positive of our failure as a nation to have equal justice.

I think an appeals court bought the argument that it was unduly difficult to secure a bond of that size from an insurer, so it was reduced in order to ensure compliance. He only has 10 more days though. And technically, he still owes the full 450mil+, this smaller amount is just so he can appeal the ruling, which…

Because the laws don’t apply to rich people.

So it was about $450 million bond to pay, but now is $175 million with longer to pay.

The origin of the Easter bunny, though, is a little less clear.