I don’t think a single great place to find comedic talent exists anymore, given that the media landscape continues to fracture. The next ‘big’ comic might get their start on TikTok, but it’s also hard to imagine anyone getting as big now that there’s a million other outlets. SNL will continue to have value for people…

I don’t think the issue there is the allegory for your friends, but the magical realism. Because while I can see why you’d call Us a magical realism film, it in now way really presents itself as one. Stuff that works for a viewer in fantastical and fairytale settings doesn’t necessarily work in something more grounded …

I wouldn’t say it was bad, but it had an incredibly deliberate pacing that drifted into straight dragging at points. Once I looked at the episode count and realized that the season wasn’t going to end with the flash-forward, I was a bit more at peace with the show.

Things could get a lot worse. They mentioned it last season, but relegation can destroy teams—basically the fact that all the characters are still around is a) TV magic, and b) a sign of the faith everyone has in Ted. But it can’t last forever, and ultimately while it’s great that coaching turns people into better…

Yeah, in a lot of ways I feel like Halo’s campaigns, while still top-tier in shooters, have suffered from having AI that in general feels the same since Halo 1 (or at least that difficulty comes not from better AI but by making them just shoot twice as fast and have more health.) The allies have suffered even worse;…

One of the great things about S1 of Ted Lasso is there are no cartoon villains. There are definitely antagonists (Jamie, Rebecca, haunted physio rooms, etc.) but even with someone at the far end of the bastard spectrum like Rupert, no one feels like they exist as an inorganic obstacle for drama’s sake, or merely a…

There’s every reason for Knox to feel the way she does—phrasing it as being treated as a character versus a person is particularly apt.

At the same time, this is just the nature of being a public figure, even if you end up as one unintentionally. Knox hasn’t exactly been a hermit since the ordeal, she’s leveraged it…

Basically the only things that make The Mummy Returns watchable (as in many ways it’s the perfect example of killing a great movie with a poorly-considered and constructed followup) are the performances of the main cast and not forgetting the pathos of Imhotep. He’s a dude who risked everything and suffered torture…

The best physical humor in this episode was the rictus-stricken laughing impression by Rebecca, followed by the return of Roy’s awkward angry posture when talking to children (he does a similar move when he leaves with his niece in the first season.) His stiff, arms akimbo way of talking his hilarious.

Yeah, that was the only moment that felt a little to “sitcom drama!” for me. Although we honestly don’t know if he _didn’t_, I guess—everyone’s reactions to him arriving could also function as a “I can’t believe he’s really here” rather than a “whaaaa? Jamie Tart!?” type thing (and Rebecca and co. obviously know he’s…

Eh, I think they’ve rode the line for both characters pretty well. Nate (assuming he’s as old as his actor) has spent a _huge_ chunk of his “career” in a menial job arguably meant for someone much younger, getting very little respect. In the course of the year he makes friends, finds his value, earns the respect of…

I cannot think of many sitcoms that don’t run into the issue of the main characters being terrible human beings. Even if things start out normal and relatable enough, a couple seasons in everyone becomes horrifyingly distorted. The fourth season of “Community” when Dan Harmon was gone was (sometimes rightfully)…

The fact that you can rattle off all these “subversive” films in a supposed era of terrible backlash suggests to me that it wasn’t actually some singular dark age for women. Historically there’s never been a “great” time to be one in our society, but I think it’s more a product of myopically re-evaluating when we were…

It’s a safe bet than any future marriages will be 100% Goldblum-free and much harder to top, so you’re best trying to make the one you’ve got last.

As a millenial who was always a crotchety old man inside, I’m ready for us to assume our rightful place in media as the olds. Just accept that 40 ain’t the new 30, people!

Long distance relationships work if the people involved are committed to making it work. I don’t think most people actually are committed, hence why they often seem like just a slow-motion way to end the relationship, where each side is hoping the other one throws in the towel first on the next phone call.

Or put more…

Honestly I doubt you should take Kyle’s word on his mental health, especially as we’ve seen conservatives absolutely stake out the realm of self-projection in recent years. The guy loudly proclaiming “I’m totally fine” was probably not, in actuality, fine. Telling everyone all those people were terrorists who deserved…

This kind of reads like another “Breaking Bad”-type show for me, where I can’t get into it because the characters have a clear path out that doesn’t involve wanton criminality but they reject it because crimes!