I think what was meant (or at least it’s a more defensible version of the claim) is that we have an apparently fairly complete list of rulers of Egypt for that period (even if it’s not really quite “unbroken”), incidentally stretching back to possibly the very first person with his name recorded in a contemporary,…

It is silent in English because word-initial “pt” is too difficult for us, but not, I believe (and according to Wiktionary) in Ancient Greek. Same thing with “pterodactyl”.

She probably wasn’t the Liz Taylor of her day, but several Roman historians (not generally big fans) did call her beautiful, and none say the opposite, with Plutarch only going as far as to say that she wasn’t a notable beauty, and that her attraction was more due to her charm and intelligence than her appearance. Cice…

Man, that’s a lot of incest. Kind of surprising that Cleopatra, at least, was still normal-looking at the tail end of all that inbreeding.

But it’s not the breeze (existent or not) that’s causing the dong to flap. It’s the walking.

I don’t think Cruise would have been a good choice, but someone like the Rock might work.

I’d go so far as to say the whole film is worth it just for that trailer.

Neither version really holds up to close examination (as in “yeah, that would probably work”). The Dr. Manhattan version is at least a lot neater, plot-wise.

How about Stephen Colbert (with a stand-in for the action scenes)?

If you asked us if it were possible to do a feminist take on a Brian De Palma movie, we’d have been skeptical

From Hell the worst? I think someone is forgetting about a little film called LXG...

‘Does Big Brother exist?’

The more I think about it, the more I doubt it will be a shot-for-shot remake. You can’t recreate that same couple dynamic with JLD and Ferrell; it just doesn’t make sense. So I’m convinced it will be rewritten as a comedy vehicle for the two of them. There’s some good talent involved, so it might end up good, but I…

Yeah, I don’t see Will Ferrell in the role, either. As a film about family dynamics, couple dynamics and self-image, getting the characters just right matters a lot, and having this superficially perfect family, with the young-ish, quite handsome dad just starting to think about himself as middle-aged is a big part of…

Yes, it’s a comedy, though that’s not in conflict with being a serious deconstruction of gender roles and family.

Aside from the rest of the so-called “Qatsi trilogy,” there’s really nothing else like it out there

The list is for movies made in a language other than English. There’s no indication that critics were asked not to vote for entries from their own country.

I remember seeing that and enjoying it, but nothing whatsoever about it. It was just over fifteen years ago, but still...

Seven Samurai is a classic action movie by Akira Kurosawa, about seven wandering samurai who are hired to defend a peasant village against the overwhelming force of an army of bandits. It was remade as The Magnificent Seven, a minor classic in its own right, but the original has a lot going for it: some of the…

They had two seasons left on their renewal when Howerton sort-of left, didn’t they? Even if they don’t have to take it, I can understand that it’s hard to turn it down, particularly for the sake of the rest of the show’s staff.