Moore, IMO, was getting too old to play Bond when he took over, and was really too old by the time of “For Your Eyes Only,” but it was one of a couple above par movies he made so I’ll give it a pass. But by the last two they probably should have recast (and were going to, but that’s a long story).

Somebody who’s not him. Besides (by this point) being a bit too old, his main qualifications appear to be (1) he’s British, and (2) he’s done action roles. But I just don’t see him being able to pull off the more posh, snobbish aspects of the Bond character. He’s too much of an “average bloke.” It may be part of his…

I suspect that the borough of Staten Island could be called a character in that people in this movie probably spend a lot of time talking about how unique it is there and how characters in the movie do things in a very “Staten Island” sort of way, and how they sound like they’re from Staten Island (and definitely not…

With a lot of these films if they put an intermission in half way through you’d have an empty theater for the second half.

For the past four years or so there have been at least two projects that entertainment writers have been pushing relentlessly despite virtually zero indication of public interest or enthusiasm:

I kind of like Madeline Khan wearing a suit in a very loud plaid pattern, and getting out of a car with a paint job that matches it exactly.

What I like most about that era was the variety of types of movies you saw being released. There were definitely sequels (though nowhere near as many as we’ve seen in recent years; remakes were practically unheard of in the era) and big budget popcorn fare. But there were also a lot of mid-budget dramas, like this…

Who was it out there who said Who Framed Roger Rabbit was kind of like the real sequel to Chinatown? After all, it contributed greatly to the city’s “founding myth” in popular culture. Chinatown told the story of how L.A. gobbled up all the rights to the water from the farmers, and the San Fernando Valley along with…

Yeah but the Quantas crash record (or lack thereof) isn’t why they drive on two lane back roads rather than freeways. Basically he just has Raymond start freaking out about a traffic jam on the interstate and banking something about the road being unsafe. This after Charlie’s driven him around Cincinnati on the…

Some women really go for the skinny, lost, sickly little puppy that’s been kicked a couple of times persona.

I got nothing against him for that. It doesn’t really make him funny, though.

[B]ut the plan was always to bring Spock back in the manner they did. That was never not going to happen and they even set it up at the end of STII.

The mystery of why people keep trying to make Pete Davidson a thing has been debated here and elsewhere ad infinitum. He has kind of a compelling backstory, but there were many people who lost loved ones on 9/11 who aren’t being taken under the wings of the likes of Lorne Michaels and Judd Apatow. It’s also worth…

I love the part where HG finally catches up with him and implores him to “come home,” so he turns on the TV and shows him, like, twelve different versions of ongoing violence in society and he’s like, “I AM home.”

"JJ Abrams just kicks over the sand castle and spits in your face for being such a nerd.”

Well, the funny thing is sometimes a movie is both better and worse than another one.

If they don't do a sequel, they shouldn't be allowed to reopen. I don't care what layers of social distancing are put into place.

Thanks for pointing that out. I meant The Final Frontier, but it won’t let me go back and edit it now.

The worst Star Trek movies are Nemesis and Into Darkness. Don’t get me wrong - Final Frontier is no lost masterpiece. But it isn’t the joyless slog Nemesis is, or the infuriating mess of Into Darkness. Whatever it’s (many) faults, it doesn’t appear to actively hate the whole idea of “Star Trek” the way those other…

The One With The Whales isn’t even as good as Search for Spock.