What the what??! I would not have recognized Michael Ironside (though I have seen him in other things lately I still think of him as dark hair, dark eyes, deep voice) but please, please—-more of him! The pitch from Barry to Sally was on point for his character. Other than being a paid assassin, the only things he does… Read more
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What I wouldn’t give to watch Jinkx’s Judy and Alexis Michelle’s Liza do a show together.
It might make more sense if there was some sort of relation between the two characters or maybe if the contestants had to re-impersonate a former Snatch Game character as well as a new character. The decision to make everyone play two almost feels like producers couldn’t decide which performance they wanted from… Read more
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I don’t think box offices are that affected by industry talk. Read more
A pretty good write-up here. I’d say misogyny played much more than a parenthetical role - particularly regarding May’s treatment/career post-Ishtar. There were a ton of ego-driven, “auteurist” flops in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s (Heaven’s Gate, but also New York, New York; Sorcerer; One from the Heart; Second-Hand… Read more
Every time Ishtar is mentioned, I want to see it again. Saw it the theater when it came out (I’m old), seen it several times since. Gonna have to buy it someday. It’s funny, it’s interesting, there’s not a bad performance. Partly it’s a Hope-Crosby Road movie, modernized and with a bigger budget. And partly it’s a… Read more
I like Heaven’s Gate quite a bit, but I’ll be the first to admit that it has serious problems. To me, that’s primarily the first act, especially the entire sequence set at college. It’s not as egregious as the glacially-endless wedding scene in The Deer Hunter (and I love The Deer Hunter, but when I think of film… Read more
This article gets at what I thought at the time. This chances of this movie being successful were ruined by the time it was released due to all the trashing it received from the industry prior to release.
Ebert as a TV “thumbs up/thumbs down” guy maybe wasn’t that great and I often disagreed with him (but not as much as with Siskel who comically hated nearly every genre movie but loved even the most pretentious art film). But Ebert’s written reviews (for which he rightfully won a Pulitzer) were excellent and still… Read more
I have a radical take, Siskel and Ebert weren’t actually that good as critics in terms of what they rate thumbs up and thumbs down and might even have gotten high on their own supply (and by extension their perceived influence). Read more
Eliminating the eliminations, emphasizing challenge wins, and introducing the block are all ideas that will help make this season madcap instead of cutthroat. That’s a welcome approach for All Stars, as these queens have already paid their dues, and a similar lighter touch worked well for AS6. The only thing that’s… Read more
It’s almost disappointing to see how terrific and happy Diaz looks, as it suggests she won’t be coming out of retirement any time soon. It’s a shame because she’s fully convincing when she says she’s a huge fan of RuPaul’s music. Read more
Davidson and Mooney will have relatively little impact, but McKinnon and Bryant have been at the core of the show for a long, long time and their absence is going to be felt.
McKinnon is a powerhouse performer. Her takes on political figures like Rudy Guiliani and Jeff Sessions made me laugh harder than anything else on SNL. And Aidy Bryant’s video pieces with guests, like her dog lover (with Harry Styles) and pale Lizzo emulator, were gems. I’ll miss them.
“Dathan”
Hmmm, not sure I like it. Is it Dath-an like bath? Or is it more like the name Nathan but with a D? Because the second one sounds like a Mcdonalds manager that tells people breakfast ended at 10am
Maybe we find out that someone saying, “may the force be with you,” is the true source of a Jedi’s power and no one has said it to him in 10 years. Someone says it to him in the series, and suddenly the Force flows back into him.
Sad news. Read more
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