While reading this article I realized I grew up watching this movie and somehow completely forgot. But when I clicked on the first you tube link and heard the William’s score, it all came flooding back to me. I’m pretty sure Superman 1-3 and Supergirl were in regular rotation in my house. I remember being confused and…

When I was thirteen or fourteen my best friend was spending the night, and I decided to show him The Shining for the first time. It was on HBO at two in the morning, so everyone in my house was sleeping. Then, at the scene with the sexy lady in room 237, my dad happened to get up to use the bathroom, walking past…

Up until a couple months ago I had never actually seen The Godfather - it’s just one of those pop culture touchstones that I never get around to for some reason. I decide I’m going to start with the Puzo book and then watch the trilogy. But I could only make it to the halfway point because the novel spends so much…

I actually thought the trailer looked intriguing. Let’s be clear: the original film, while a fabulous idea on paper, was actually pretty bad and, furthermore, does not hold up. This reboot (I really hate that word) looks like a version of Heathers as re-imagined by Bret Easton Ellis. I’m looking forward to it.

“For he’s a jolly good felloooooow, so say OH MY FUCK!”

When I was thirteen or fourteen my best friend was spending the night, and I decided to show him The Shining for the first time. It was on HBO at two in the morning, so everyone in my house was sleeping. Then, at the scene with the sexy lady in room 237, my dad happened to get up to use the bathroom, walking past the…

Even though I accurately predicted to my wife what the final episode would hold, that did not take away the sweet, sweet schadenfreude I got from Joel watching Midge’s standup act - and being introduced by Lenny Bruce no less! However, seeing the full force of it on Joel’s face made me feel a little less triumphant.…

He was so good in Everybody Wants Some!! I’ve thought about that, too, and I think if he wants to become a leading man, he’s unfortunately gonna have to go the Chris Pratt (ugh) route and overhaul his image as the lanky, bearded California Stoner bro.

I used to work at a refugee resettlement agency based in Oakland, California. I was once leaving the office with a client from Congo, and a group of young African-American men hanging around outside the lobby started harrassing my client and even told him to “go back to his own country.” I am not African-American. I…

Does anyone else think Portlandia’s a bit overrated? The first two seasons had some gems (“complete each others s e n t e n c e s”), but the last five or six seasons I tuned out because they were kind of dull. I know it’s common for sketch shows to have a few duds in each episode, but toward the end Portlandia became…

Though Plaza is surprisingly good in this (I believe she’s also listed as an Executive Producer, which suggests she had a hand in getting this film off the ground), I think part of what makes this so great is the phenomenal and unlikely casting. For example, O’Shea Jackson (AKA Ice Cube’s son!), while not the most…

She should have just left. I don’t understand why this is blowing up to the point that it is. If she felt uncomfortable, she should have left. While I do not condone Ansari’s behavior, it is an unseemly glimpse at the “normalized” aggressive behavior men are conditioned to apply with women. But to go into such detail?…

I give them an A for effort. It’s tough making a behind-the-scenes clip of a movie that was entirely done in post production seem even remotely interesting. I guess that’s the downside of filming everything in front of green screen.

Good approach to addressing trolls. I hope it works.

This, I think, is what Jimmy Fallon probably wanted to say.

Monique, you’re aware theaters make no money from the movies they show, right? Concessions are expensive because that’s their only source of revenue.

I’m experiencing acute schadenfreude at the moment.

I have to say, I was initially put off by the noticeably higher production of season 9. It just didn’t feel like Curb. If you rewatch the earlier seasons, especially one through four, it’s literally filmed like The Room. But I got on board pretty quickly with this last season because having a higher production value…

Hooray! Another opportunistic reboot of something that was successful in the past!

I of course support of diversity in Hollywood, but I don’t blame them for not watching Girls Trip. The movie was...not good. And that’s being generous. What few jokes that worked were run into the ground (the Mardi Gras pee scene is a perfect example; did it really need to happen twice?!), and the plot was predictable…