Interested in seeing how premier D+ access affects a movie’s long-term box office haul. My siblings all have kids, which makes it difficult for them to see new movies, especially on opening weekend. So our shared family account got Premium access for Black Widow. Which means this weekend they got $30 that they…

Yeah, The Ascension was pretty disappointing. Overlong with few bright spots. I’m taking this as a sign of a return to form.

These songs are great. Though I generally like Sufjan’s forays into electronic music (I’m one of the few Sufjan fans who would probably rank Age of Adz over Michigan), it is great to hear him get back to making folk music. 

One thing I really liked about this episode was that Tayshia (and Kaitlyn, but moreso Tayshia) listened to Katie’s concerns about Thomas and agreed with her that he sounded bad and that she shouldn’t trust him. Chris Harrison would never have done something like that--I remember being kind of appalled by how he…

This was a very slow episode, but gosh, that fake out at the end was worth it.

This looks like it could be good, but my deep hatred of Rent gives me pause. 

Glad Bill Hader gets to make one more appearance on Conan.

Yeah, Falcon’s end speech of “Hey guys you need to do better” was simultaneously heavy-handed and underwhelming. Its main ideology is “Anarchic terrorism is bad but so is heartless government.” I guess you could argue that Falcon’s pressing of the global refugee council to make room for refugees it doesn’t think it…

I think this phase of Marvel has been very gradually expanding to other themes and genres in a way that has kept the franchise feeling interesting (at least to me). WandaVision was a mystery about grief, Falcon & The Winter Soldier discussed race far more explicitly than anything else the MCU has done (including Black…

I think that each individual song choice was okay--like I would listen to the songs outside of the show--but they felt kind of awkward in the context of the show. A little too early-YouTube AMV for my tastes.

I love Master of None, it’s probably my favorite show of the past two years. But it (especially in season 2) was always open to expanding its universe and sharing its perspective. Even before the allegations against Aziz came out, he seemed unsure as to whether he would want to make a third season; this looks like a…

I hear they’re doing a Zemo edition of DDR. Should be good.

Friday Night Lights and Arrested Development are two of my favorite pilots, but I liked neither of them on first viewing. It was only after rewatching those episodes later down the road with greater familiarity with the characters and pacing of those shows that I recognized how great they were.

I think a large portion of the searches containing Prince William + hot are things like “Is Prince William hot?” “How did Prince William get a hot wife?” and “Prince William burning alive in the hottest circle of hell.”

I generally don’t care for Middleditch, but his improv shows with Ben Schwartz brought me much joy in early quarantine when they were put on Netflix.

This was probably my favorite movie of the last decade. Such a beautiful, soulful film. Its score is also undoubtedly one of my favorites, and I’ve listened to a bootleg copy of it more than probably any other film score. It’s the perfect kind of study/work/meditation music. I’d also put it as the third best Arcade…

I actually see Plemons’ career perhaps echoing PSH’s a bit. An actor naturally destined towards being a character actor impresses enough top-tier directors with sheer talent to become a leading man. 

Was about to make this joke, but happy someone beat me to it with cleverer phrasing.

Will likes Elizabeth who likes Will back but Elizabeth kisses Jack who likes Elizabeth and makes Will think that Elizabeth likes Jack.

So what you’re saying is that it was a love triangle.