You insulted my intelligence by thinking you had to explain auteur theory to me. Or to fucking anyone, really. It’s not like some ancient wisdom. Which isn’t even relevant because he said “author” about two movies that both had screenwriters. In the case of Blade Runner, MULTIPLE screenwriters. He got co-writing…

I think her comments on Knocked Up have been misrepresented for a long time. Yes, she said it “was a little sexist”. I think “little” is relevant there. She followed that up by saying that the women characters were “shrews, humorless and uptight”. And she’s fucking RIGHT. I like that movie a lot but it is undeniable…

You may be familiar with this so apologies if I’m filmwanksplaining. But the apocryphal story of Predator’s development is fucking hilarious to me. According to legend, the producers of Predator had been joking in a bar about the next Rocky movie. They were like “Well shit, Rocky’s just fought the Russians. Who’s…

I thought she was quite good in Suspiria, which is not modern and required a fair bit of interiority. On the other hand, she was playing a ballerina and she had been a dancer IRL so maybe that’s not a great defense of her talent.

I don’t know why that’s worth a “lol”. Think about it genuinely for a moment. If you’re an actor and you don’t feel sufficiently challenged by the material you’re given, do you submit your performance for an award? Maybe if you’re an egomaniac or thirsty for praise. But it seems pretty reasonable to me to say, “I…

Modern understandings and tastes in movies aside, I also think that movie would have done better now because we have a broader idea of Arnold’s personality. Social media has allowed us to see that the guy has a bigger sense of humor, particularly about himself, than people realized back when Last Action Hero came out.…

Dude. I’m aware of auteur theory. He’s not “speaking a different language”. I’m a film professor. I worked in the industry for a decade. He’s being a shitbird.

Also, all due respect but call me when Cole is in a classic like Champagne & Bullets aka Road to Revenge aka Geteven.

This is not a dunk, please don’t mistake it as such, but it is funny to me that you wrote Tombstone when you meant Yellowstone. Because it’s generally thought (opinions vary, obviously) that Tombstone is a better version of the Wyatt Earp story than the one featuring Costner.

“In the interest of realness” sounds like a serious suggestion to me.

I’m perfectly informed and a firm supporter of writers.

I very much think Heigl has been unfairly maligned for a long time. But you are not wrong about some of her choices. Woof. How Did This Get Made does a fun episode on this trainwreck of a movie.

And yet would anyone say that about Timothy Olyphant, that beacon of charm? Olyphant routinely demanded script changes ON THE DAY OF SHOOTING when he was on Justified. And in most cases his instincts were good! Not like he was wrong! Even so, that sounds pretty fucking difficult to me. (And to my friends that worked…

Outright shitting on the writers would have been saying, “The writers suck.” She didn’t say that. She didn’t call out any writer by name. She didn’t even call out Rhimes as showrunner. She said that the material didn’t merit submitting herself for a nomination. That doesn’t even mean it was BAD material! It could just…

It’s not Heigl’s responsibility to improve her character as written. And no, she didn’t throw the project under the bus. She critiqued one aspect of the project. And Leslie Mann didn’t exactly talk her down from that critique. But Heigl continues to be the one looked at as complaining.

But she didn’t say that. She didn’t say her performance sucked. She said she didn’t think the material she was given merited a nomination for her performance. It was a deliberate move on her part to get the writers to change the material without overstepping her bounds as a performer. I think it was probably the best…

Generally speaking I back writers. But I thought Heigl did the right thing. She still performed the lines, she didn’t try to go around behind their backs or improvise new lines or pull some real diva shit. She was a professional. All the job requires of her is to hit her mark, say her lines, and emote when called for.…

I know everyone hates Kinja but I keep seeing rumors that whatever they replace it with will require a paid sub. And all due respect to my AV Club homies, fuuuuuuuuck no.

I’m more interested in the opposite. Cole Hauser is a much better actor than daddy Wings, for instance.

Oh I dunno, I think it’d be nice if we didn’t need the term because it didn’t happen. Oh well! Seems unlikely to go away!