Saw that one. I liked it, but didn’t love it.

Thanks! That is one of the other ones I’ve missed. The other two are Shame, which has been on my watchlist for a while, and The Touch. Hopefully, I’ll be able to knock them all out within the next few weeks. They’re all on The Criterion Channel.

Yes. Exactly.

I’d venture that Von Sydow makes anything more watchable, but Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close was still awful.

I’ve watched several Bergman movies for the first time over the last few years and I’m always excited to see Von Sydow pop up. The Magician is one of the few of their collaborations that I haven’t seen yet, so I’ll rectify that shortly. He lived a good, long life, but it’s a shame he won’t be around to add gravitas to…

Yeah. I get that. I was just pointing out that he did check the chamber. He just left a full mag in like a dummy.

If he tried to clear the chamber with the magazine still in it, all he did was load the next round.

Not to defend this moron, but, if you watch the video, he does eject the chambered shell before firing. Then he pulls out a full mag at the end.

I think the Paterno stuff shows how badly he cherrypicks facts as well. If he’s talking about the birth months of junior hockey players, it actually takes effort to confirm or deny his supposition. With something so widely reported as the Paterno situation, it’s obvious to all of us that he’s ignoring facts that don’t…

You’re thinking of Dollar Tree, an actual dollar store. Dollar General has prices well over a dollar.

Also, Malcolm Gladwell has turned into a joke. He’s out there defending Joe Paterno and calling Steve Nash Nigerian. 

I had a guy pull that shit with me on Twitter. I told him he sounded like a Trump supporter making a case for the electoral college. Democratic voters in the South should have just as much of a say in who the nominee is as the Democratic voters elsewhere. Reaching out to black voters is important both strategically…

Kids these days. Too busy doing their Fortnight dances on TikTok to read Pablo Neruda like we did when we were 8.

He’s the modern day Ernest.

You got a terrible back tattoo?

Don’t laugh. It worked for Harrison Ford.

I played as Oddjob a lot, but only because my friends always wanted Bond and Trevelyan. We usually played on DK Mode, so he actually wasn’t much of an advantage. If you ran up to him, you could easily blast him right in the face.

I read that as “Powerpuff Girls” and was really worried about the number of guys you were running into who sexualize the Powerpuff Girls.

At least yours is a guy. It’s the ones with the anime girls who are the ones to watch out for.

Garth should definitely make it a thing now. Trot Nixon when he plays in Boston. Adam Kennedy in LA. Really keep 'em guessing.