My wife encouraged me to drop the difficulty of Jedi Survivor when I was getting frustrated.  As usual, she was right.

Williams’ comments also reek of jealousy.  He clearly thinks he’s more talented and hard-working than Hart (maybe correctly), but Hollywood doesn’t work that way.

He either looks like Kevin Hart or like Sugar Ray Leonard.

What are the credentials required to get a small part on an unsuccessful sitcom like Undeclared? Do you need your masters in TV comedy, or will casting directors accept just a bachelor of arts?

I’m surprised they seem to be adapting, at least at first, The Talented Mr. Ripley. That story really seems to hinge on the characters being young. Scott’s playing the Matt Damon role, and he’s 47, only a few years younger than Damon is right now.

That’s fair, if you think the person is talking about life in general. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve found I have less patience for hard games. If I’m lucky, I get a couple of hours of leisure time a night, and it sucks to realize I took that precious time and chose to use it being frustrated.

Hatred and exasperation are forms of engagement. Any kind of engagement will do.  They’re not picky.

Anytime someone tells you how happy they are, that they “laugh all day long,” and that the people they’re criticizing must be miserable, they’re lying about how happy they are.

I’m not even sure what the “corporate plant,” allegation means. Does he think it’s like The Manchurian Candidate? Some Hollywood execs, like, engaged in a conspiracy to have Kevin Hart . . . do standup comedy . . . so they could cast him in a movie? I’m having a hard time even articulating what Williams thinks…

The Golden Globes may be the “dumb Oscars,” and I could certainly do without the periodic reminders that the Globes are openly corrupt. But I’ll take a messy, booze-fueled award show any day over the Academy Awards.

As horrifying as Logan’s assault is, I don’t see the connection between being sexually assaulted in Egypt and, more than a decade later, claiming that people at the World Economic Forum “dined on the blood of children.” Victims of sexual assault deserve our support, sympathy, and help, but they don’t get a lifelong…

Trey Parker and Matt Stone also never interviewed anybody before they made “Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy,” and the realism of the episode really suffered.

I don’t think it would be feasible to have Faulaau played by someone who was actually under the age of 18. Any depiction of his relationship with Letourneau is going to involve some kind of romantic contact — kissing, touching, people being partially clothed, etc. I don’t think you can be like, “OK, adult actress,…

Mary Poppins’ consistent attitude that the suffragettes were ridiculous remains an . . . interesting choice. 

That’s an unfair comparison. Yes, you’ve read Killers of the Flower Moon, and it’s great. But have you read Barbie: I Can Be a Farm Vet?

What is the ratio of first peaches of summer to Schrute Bucks?

If actors or directors think that their films will be better by talking to the real-life people they’re portraying, or who inspired their fictional stories, more power to them.  But there’s just no obligation to give famous people any control over how they’re presented, and doing so would likely be detrimental to the…

Yeah. A few years ago, this site was obsessed with whether Black Panther was being slighted by the various awards, and it had much of the same quality. Like Barbie it was a movie that was a huge critical and commercial success, that resonated deeply with moviegoers in general and one underserved demographics in…

I’ve given you a dozen examples that are fully consistent with how the Academy is treating Barbie. Again, you’re the one asking for an exception to be made. I have no idea if the rule has shifted over time, because I’m not an Oscar Best Adapted Screenplay expert (shocking, I know). But treating Barbie as an Adapted…

I think one downside of getting this invested in Barbie’s award chances is that it is bound to make people who care about the movie get disheartened. The movie made a fucking fortune. It was beloved by critics and audiences alike. A sequel is a near-guarantee. If you loved Barbie, and you’re excited that the public…