Rueful Countenance's discussions

Agreed, I thought he was far and away the best of the kids in It, though none of them were slouches.

Aussie Rules football is great fun, as is Gaelic Football. Very enjoyable to watch even if you have just the barest inkling of the rules.

Aye, that’s what I thought. I mean, it’s a known term for a specific criminal job, like Fence or Hitman. Read more

I hate to be a pedant (I don’t hate to be a pedant. No-one hates to be a pedant) but if you are implying the character I think you are, that’s not an insect. Read more

This had better make enough money that they can make a sequel and put Johnny fucking Cage in already. 

I remember Nathan Rabin saying after I’m Not Here that Phoenix was finished and that he would only be remembered as that guy who went weird and pretended to try and be a rapper. Read more

I always thought that Gene Wilder’s Wonka in Tim Burton’s film would have been perfect. Charlie & The Chocolate Factory is the better film but Wilder is by far the better Wonka.

That sounds like the roll call at the start of an Army of the Pharaohs track.

That’s a very good question. I suppose it’s up to the person giving me this devilish choice to define the exact terms. Read more

I liked that a while back when someone was making fun of Hugh Grant, how he used to be a big movie star and now he’s best known for a sequel to a kid’s film, and Grant responded that it’s the best thing he’s ever been in.

If I had to choose (why would I? Imagine your own scenario) I’d choose only films from before 1975 rather than only films after.

Oi!

I love Alicia Witt. Read more

I suspect ‘Forget it, he’s rolling’ was said by many a Trump handler to another during one of his speeches. 

What about Into The Spider-Verse?

I would love it if she brought that weird Vod energy to this role. Or hell, just played Vod, now inexplicably an intergalactic supervillain.

He’s good, but Guillermo Del Toro has got not making films down to an art form.

Is it a ‘reboot’ if the original run was only one film long? A genuine question, I’m not trying to be a dick. More of a TV adaptation, I’d have said, but then what do I know? Read more

I love that Christopher Walken appears to be spoofing his onscreen persona, despite that fact that it hadn’t developed yet.

It’s his best film by so far, it’s actually lapped all the others!