A strong, suitably f*cked-up ending to a slightly disappointing final season. I heard Bill Hader on a podcast say he initially had a five season plan for the show, but decided to wrap it up with the fourth season as they began writing it. I have no clue if this is true, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he initially…

The zooms were definitely a result of Adam McKay’s influence directing the pilot of the series. He’s been open about his obsession with the docudrama shooting style of veteran British DOP Barry Ackroyd, which has its place but is used really obnoxiously in McKay’s recent films (e.g. Big Short) and television stuff (Win…

The writers seem to think of Slovenia as the ultimate punchline to some joke, but if you’ve actually been before (or, you know, Google it), you’ll know it’s a legitimately stunning country with fantastic mountains and lakes and a very charming capital city. 

Yeah, it’s a long-running joke in the show that Lady Caroline has some disordered eating habits. 

Same. My partner and I collapsed into giggles after that bit - Pedro’s face cracking up made it for us. In general, I’ve loved any moment in this series that shows Joel’s character softening through humour after something really dramatic has happened (the pun jokes towards the end of episode 4 being another example). 

Lucia mentioned in E4 she was trying to save money to open her own shop. I assume she didn’t €50,000 as a random figure; it’s probably how much she needed to make those plans come true and leave sex work for good.

Bill Hader spoke about this on The Ringer’s recap show. He noted that people are more disturbed by his character screaming at someone than murdering people in cold blood because, sadly, most of us can relate to the former.

Well, I think they hint at this reasoning during this episode when Dr Fuisz(?), or Will Macy, keeps saying: “Yes... and because she’s pretty and blond”. The reaction of the female characters in that scene do suggest he’s too fixated on this, but I think the writers still agree with him.

I wasn’t expecting much, but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this after giving it a go Sunday morning. It’s very, very silly and I don’t think it’s saying anything particularly incisive about marriage, but it’s the type of campy cat-and-mouse thriller that doesn’t get made anymore. The kind you don’t mind…

Really enjoyed this finale. It’s not always pitch-perfect comedy, but the Godfather-esque narrative and the silly action makes it all irresistible. I also quite like how it’s got more heart than Danny McBride’s previous shows. (I think Eastbound & Down is genius, but I need to be in a certain mood to exist in that…

It may not be anyone’s favourite year for movies, but I’ll be damned if this isn’t at least an interesting round-up for the Oscars.

I enjoyed watching this in the cinema, mostly for the impressive visuals and the simple pleasure of hearing Shakespeare’s words in the voices of very good actors, but came away feeling a little cold. I couldn’t explain why until I read a review that described it as “bloodless”.

If you read the full article, I think it’s pretty obvious that he’s acknowledging he made a mistake in how he tried to offer his apology. He takes full responsibility for the breakdown in their personal relationship.

I direct you to Trey Edwards Shults’s debut feature “Krisha”. The best example of this I can think of.

I totally get how insulting and demeaning that phrase would be in any other context, but in this context I think Tom is simply acknowledging a truth. Siobhan doesn’t really love him. She’s not committed to their marriage, as evidenced by her pushing him into an open relationship last season and then letting him go to…

Rick & Morty also made that same joke about Netflix. Something to the effect of: ““Yeah, it turns out that selling a show to Netflix is an extremely achievable dream.” lol

Sympathy towards Armond’s addiction and relapse is definitely justified, but I do think some of his actions are pretty villainous here. Namely, his behaviour around Dillion. I guess it kind of worked out because he was into it, but there is no world in which coming on to your employee that aggressively in a…

I’m a pretty big fan of Mike White in general, in particular Enlightened and his more recent films. His brand of white guy malaise is like crack to me. So I generally enjoyed this first episode, but I do agree with some of the commenters here that Armand’s character struck me as totally unbelievable. For someone who…

Yes, quite a few actually! I watched a lot of the old classics, like Doctor Zhivago, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Philadelphia Story.

Great album!