Eric Bogosian should play Anthony Bourdain in a biopic. 

The whole “training Jedi from birth” is seriously one of Lucas’ single worst ideas. 

Dear god, the way she speaks it’s like she try to seduce and strangle you at the same time. 

This was another wonderful episode. The show does a great job of foregrounding women, and the different ways they can exert influence in this particular patriarchy without lapsing into ahistoricism. Incredibly tense scenes between Mariko and Blackthorne at the brothel. I did wonder if the mention of ‘doomed lovers’ by…

At the time, I thought TLJ was Johnson attempting to take the sequels into a different direction than the “original trilogy greatest hits!” approach of TFA while still remaining firmly in the Star Wars universe, and while I disagreed with some of his choices, the overall direction he was going excited me. A third film…

The problem was the writing. Not Daisy, not Adam, not Oscar, etc. The people who are supposed to know such things in fact didn’t know what story they wanted to tell or what story they were actually telling. The attempt to “correct course” from TLJ produced a ridiculous - and boring - final act. There really just ended…

I don’t think anyone in the cast was the problem. The directors and scriptwriters though.... No one was on the same page. As much as people like TLJ, it seemed inclined to do its own thing rather than be the midpoint of a trilogy. RoS was two movies shoved into one and directed by a guy who is only good at starting…

Can we at least agree that for any perceived problems with the sequels, the human being known as Daisy Ridley isn’t one of them.

Jean Mahfouz, you coward, answer the question. How would not voting for Biden make the situation in Gaza better?

Framing the Israeli Palestinian conflict as a reproduction issue is cynical. While ignoring the fact that up until the attack on Israel, Israel was frequently treating Palestinian woman with complicated pregnancies. Gaza City would have been a wonderful place for women to have children and children to grow had Hamas…

These people are gonna fuck around and bring us President Trump again.

For fuck’s sake, not everything is about Gaza and abortion rights in the US are are already threatened enough, the issue doesn’t need to be held hostage by the war in Gaza.

Sigh. I’m fighting a losing battle here and I know it. But this:

There are equally great stories to be told of human life outside of war, holocaust, slavery, genocide, HIV/AIDs, homophobia

Exactly. Barbie is a comedy. It’s not fair to judge it by obvious Oscar bait standards like Killers or Oppenheimer. It can be exhausting watching the same human suffering films. There are equally great stories to be told of human life outside of war, holocaust, slavery, genocide, HIV/AIDs, homophobia etc. I think…

I have the same complaint about Lily Gladstone’s acting or the way the character was written. She had no verve, no insight into the men around her and simply just watched things fall apart. Her mother and sister had more gumption. It didn’t help them, but at least they clocked what was happening. I think there is a…

All of this!

It’s worth noting: This is the 3rd time Gerwig had a picture nominated for Best Picture but was passed over for a Best Director nomination.

It seems that her father and step-mother are truly supportive of her. I hope she leans on them for guidance and support. 

She was severely abused and exploited for years. Not only was she away from social media, she is emotionally very young for her age as a result of the captivity and abuse she endured. I think it’s reasonable that she is going to make some public mistakes and she deserves a little grace.