The eyelashes sketch sure THOUGHT it was being hilarious, but went on forever with the gag undermined by the characters constantly commenting on how strange it all is

Wasn't one of the Dune novels from the perspective of a sandworm? They need to make that movie.

DUNE is as much about political divisions as it is conceptual science fiction. So, as long as he wrote the right parts of MUNICH, he could be all right.

I'd actually give this a moderate edge over the original anime and its first sequel Innocence. I'm not sure what most critics think is so deep about the pretty straightforward original film, and the main thematic difference is that that deals in eastern themes of collectivism while this deals in western themes of…

THE CONJURING 2 would actually have been great if they'd cut out the extraneous 20-minutes that try to defend the Warrens from suspicions that they're con artists.

It's one of Aronofsky's least bad movies, but it still has the subtlety (and intellectual depth) of a sledgehammer.

"Indie" became a genre designation sometime in the '90s, associated with the rise of the "a hit at Sundance" pedigree.

No. You need to watch STUCK ON YOU again, dawg.

One of the sharpest points in POP STAR is that Hollywood celebs (minor and major) really do brag about how humble they are compared to other Hollywood celebs.

I just think the show is more fun this season. I don't really care about the overriding plot arc so much, as it's the vignette nature of its universe that's appealing to me.

Hmm. Yeah, different things can stand out to people in images, but I'm not convinced that's an automatic reading of what's happening here for anyone.

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The irony is that art makes us more empathetic, while celebrity culture is making us a lot less. Stars do become seen as commodities, and when they go through hard times it's made worse, because they're doing so in the public eye (the movie JACKIE is interesting on this subject). It's why child stars are practically…

Correct. The celebrity-obsessed public lacks basic empathy when it comes to certain stars. If it happened to Hilton, Gwyneth Paltrow or any of the Kardashians, there wouldn't be much outcry, but Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Watson get to be human beings.

I don't think that Mean Girl is really a girl. His posts read like a misogynistic impersonation.

What about the message that beauty is only skin deep, so long as the beast stops looking like a beast at the end?

Beyonce became political exactly when it was convenient. Before "Lemonade," she was apolitical even for a pop star. I don't dislike her music, but her deification is embarrassing. She started "Ban Bossy" after "Bossy" was the title of a Kelis single, an artist who she's stolen from more than once, with 20-times the…

The second Austin Powers film came out the same summer as the Matrix. It's all interconnected.

Beyonce is Jonathan on that Buffy episode where he brainwashed everyone into thinking he's the greatest artist in the world.

I agree with you (except I don't really like the mermaid sketch), but the Olive Garden bit in particular is one of the best SNL sketches in the last couple years.