Chapter 14: For Like a Full Year, People Everywhere Told Me I Should Have Shrunk Down and Entered a Homicidal Alien’s Asshole and Then Exploded Out of His Colon.

No point in reviewing a show that just going to get cancelled after 2-60 seasons anyway.

AVClub: *posts long article hyping up the next season of Doctor Who*

Haha, I’ve definitely noticed that with most Shyamalan films. There will be at least one moment of dialogue where you think “What human would say that???”

at least it’s only at a line and not an entire plot point!

I tell this to everyone; your actions should be deeply what you believe in. And so, Dave, doing that movie, fighting to be in that movie, begging [director Denis Villeneuve] to be in that movie, and then delivering in that moment, he didn’t know it, but that was where his career was going to take off and be…

Think it’s partly the fact that he usually produces original works. so you never know what you’re going to get. Add to that the occasional twist, and it’s enticing to get people to cinemas. Then there’s the hope that this could be the return to form. 

I am not here to trash M. Night Syamalan, but I am fascinated by his career and specifically how he has managed to remain culturally, commercially and artistically relevant despite a track record far worse than scores of other directors who have been expelled from Hollywood.

I believe him. I have no reason to suspect he would ever sell out associates for his own gain.

Paramount Plus (feat. Showtime)

“All I wanted was Showtime, but I somehow ended up with a time-share.”

This sounds like one of those tourist scams where they just try to confuse you until you give up and hand them $20 to go away.

To be fair, she’s tremendously talented, and he’s Zachary Levi.

Changes his name from Pugh to Levi to get roles...then watches Florence Pugh get an Academy award nomination and star in Marvel projects. 

that strawberry scene totally smacked me back of the head with some emotions.

Frank, in the final stages of cancer

“I thought the final piece of the puzzle lyrically was, You were my Tom Verlaine sitting on the hood. I just liked him kind of sitting on the hood, squinting, not approving, rubbing his chin on the hood in a leather jacket.” —Molly Rankin of Alvvays on KEXP.

He has a twin who looks like a young Schwarzenegger.

Casino is much better than people think.

...her husband Arnold (David Duchovny) is obsessed with rapper Xzibit.