Saying he “ghostwrote” the song doesn’t seem accurate. He changed some chords on his solo. If he actually wrote Beat It he definitely would have claimed credit for it, since that songwriting credit alone that would have made him an incredible amount of money.

Ghost wrote is a bit of a stretch. By the sounds of things he apparently asked Quincy Jones, who arranged all the music, to rearrange the chords on the part he soloed on. He also did not play the guitar riff as this article suggests, that was Paul Jackson.

Soderbergh has always coaxed his actors to their finest performances. He made me take George Clooney and JLo seriously in Out of Sight, and he directed perpetual popcorn favorite to critical acclaim here.

Honestly, I came to Beat It through Eat It. The exploding guitarist, wheeling out gang members on dollies, Al fogging up the camera breathing hard into it . . . 

*guitarist explodes*

And once we elect Biden and racism ends, they can release Song of the South!

She really is - from the opening moment when she’s applying for a job in that doctor’s office, she’s able to convey EB’s brass and vulnerability almost simultaneously with every line and every gesture. I could pretty much watch this movie any time and be happy doing so.

the studios have a backlog of almost every billion dollar franchise as-is. there’s gonna be everything from ghostbusters to jurassic park just sitting on hard drives for the next few years. content won’t be the issue.

Basil Rathbone had the good sense to bail when the well ran dry and people still wanted more of his Holmes.

Well the more comfortable part has been happening for a while already. I can’t think of a theater in my area that has not moved over to the comfy recliners and they all do assigned seating. I know that is not everyone’s cup of tea but I like to be able to buy my exact seat online at home and show up right when the…

The hail mary will have to be dropping prices and making things more comfortable. No one will want to pay $20 for a ticket, even more on concessions anymore now that you can pay not even a quarter of that to sit comfortably at home with VOD.

“At this point, we really feel that there is not a mystery-verse built out anywhere, and Conan Doyle is the definitive voice in that arena, I think, to this day,” said Downey Jr.

The first 2-3 books before it got all batshit crazy would make an amazing prestige series.

So the Kiss Kiss Bang Bangaverse is a non-strater at this point?

Honestly, when and if movies actually start being played in theaters, All the big companies are going to need to figure out their “hail mary” to get people back in seats. My bet is the inevitable “Look all the original Avengers are back” movie that most of us figured was at least 5 if not 10 years away post Endgame…

I would like to see Mary Poppins, who is God, smite Harry Potter, who is the Antichrist.

Considering the popularity of Sherlock on tv east and west I’d say Benedict Cumberbach has already done that.

I feel that an intervention might be necessary.

They need to implement this into corporate work structure.  An afternoon nap can work wonders.

did anyone else expect to read this and find actual strategies for napping?