On the one hand, gotta disagree about that first paragraph, particularly the idea that no one wants more Game of Thrones, given that there’s a large segment of the commentariat that will yell “Finish the damn books!” any time GRRM’s name comes up. Being sick of Benioff & Weiss is not the same thing as being sick of…

He’s weirdly obsessed with whether or not the movies they cover could even get made today because of cancel culture, so that tells you where his head is at.

Yeah, he kicked himself upstairs in his mid-30s, basically right in the middle of his creative prime, on the heels of best director and original screenplay nominations for American Graffiti and Star Wars. The decision seemed to be inspired, at least in part, by a fit of pique toward the DGA and WGA.

The snub season that killed me was season 3. That had giant acting showcases for Russell (her scene murdering the old lady in Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?), Rhys (the episode where he finally drops his disguise in front of Martha), Allison Wright (a bunch of episodes, but particularly her interrogation by…

Is she good in Southland Tales? It’s been on my list forever, but it’s always a question of “Do I feel in the mood to watch something people tell me is a train wreck?” even if everyone agrees it’s an interesting train wreck.

Compared to Abrams, everyone sucks at casting, ‘cause Keri Russell and Jennifer Garner is a really strong opening hand. But compared to the field, the Whedonverse has a good number of people who continued to be leads elsewhere (Boreanaz, Fillion, Hannigan, Alan Tudyk, Vincent Kartheiser). Also, the fact that Jewel…

Is she the most successful Buffy alum? The main competition is Boreanaz, and maybe I’m prejudiced because I’ve always found Bones a snooze of a show, but I think I like Hannigan’s career better. I’ll definitely say that she’s the most talented member of that cast.

Funny thing is, I remember hearing that the show might not have been brought back after its first season if it hadn’t done pretty well in the ‘93 Emmys, picking up a directing award for Levinson for the pilot and a writing award for Fontana for Three Men and Adina. It was a January mid-season pickup in both 1993 and…

He also won an Emmy for Thief in 2006. The Emmy for Homicide was clearly a make-up award because his best seasons as Pembleton came during a period when they defaulted to Dennis Franz almost every year.

You get to feel that Cruel Intentions would’ve been a better movie if Witherspoon and Gellar had switched roles, since Witherspoon would’ve made a feast of the Merteuil role, and the smaller, less vampy role might’ve fit Gellar better. There are a lot of scenes where you get to understand that on Buffy SMG was a big…

I love The Body. She was great in it, and if the Emmy is for the actor’s performance in a single episode (which I think it is, right?) as opposed to over a whole season she definitely deserved some Emmy love that year. But if she’s ever shown anything resembling that level of acting skill again, someone’s going to…

[Holds hand to bleeding ear] WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

I love her for Buffy, and I know that Whedon’s a creep who we’re all supposed to hate now so “No credit to Joss Whedon is given here,” but you look at her career post-Buffy, and Whedon’s career beyond Buffy, and you can’t help but come away with the feeling that that dude played a symphony on a busted toy piano. Not a…

Keri Russell is the one that hurts. Particularly for the Americans’ last season, which was just a magnetic performance where you just felt trapped in the paranoia of her character’s life. I haven’t caught up with the Crown yet, but Claire Foy better melt the damn screen to have denied that woman her Emmy.

For my money, Uninvited is her best song, and for the longest time, it wasn’t available on any album of hers (only on the City of Angels soundtrack).

I think what it’s supposed to mean is that she was encouraged to treat other female acts as her direct competition in a Highlander-like “there can only be one” way. Four sentences later, Katie describes helping Shirley Manson with her career as Morissette “pushing back,” presumably against that scarcity mindset. But…

Contrast the outfit to something Mariah Carey or Britney Spears might have worn, when their musical styles afforded them more freedom to express femininity.

Sorry, you’re just going to have to jab your eardrums out with a pencil like the rest of us.

Wow! The Diana King cover of Say a Little Prayer would be much more appropriate for this sequel.

I’m too busy to find the Charlie Day evidence board gif right now, but well done!