“that emotions aren’t good or bad; it’s what you do with them that counts”

Absolutely; you get a really specific (if twisted) sense of place and culture in Snatch. Haven’t seen that in his work since if I’m being honest. He reached for but didn’t find it with RocknRolla.

CEOs are bad (that goes double for the contestant who introduces herself as “venture capitalist,” the worst job you can have on the whole planet)

CBS is preparing to launch its 44th season of Survivor tonight, which is an achievement that would be slightly more impressive if the network hadn’t been averaging two seasons every year for 20 years (Survivor has not really been on since the ’70s)

BILL HARDER

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What if I just want updates about new media content instead of a terrible stream of consciousness about celebrity gossip. Can those things not be separate anymore? Is it impossible? Must be

So the best thing about the season is the references/callbacks to a much better show, and the worst things are all the new/original stuff, plus the dialogue is still terrible?

I guess it’s fortunate for Ed Speleers that if he’s Googling his name, this article definitely won’t come up.

she’s prolific proficient at telling when someone lies

“[Mufasa] the Lion is trampled to death by wildebeests without even Bambi’s discreet cutaways”

“Mustafa the Lion”

No, just generational trauma awards porn. Movies like this have been made over and over and over again.

• “It’s not wholly unreasonable to question who gets the keys to our collective cultural ship”

Infinity Pool (named for elegantly designed swimming pools with a vanishing edge, often near an ocean, so from certain angles they give the illusion of going on forever)

Yup. If it’s just an exercise in box-checking, what is it that the winner actually wins?

Even though Jordan Peele’s latest was one of the most fun films that came to theaters last year, Nope didn’t garner a single nomination this year.

shame Dubai into changing

Anyone who stays this rich and famous long enough is gonna be taking some blood money.

Can’t believe you missed the Double Daario Nahaaris angle to the Snyder project! Will they explode on contact with each other?