FFS, this ain’t rocket science. A $39 million opening for a movie that cost well north of $200 million to produce, was expected by industry analysts to open higher, and was a direct sequel to a movie that grossed a billion dollars is absolutely a flop. Wonka purportedly cost half as much as The Marvels to produce, and…

You’re supposed to essentially be microdosing ketamine in that type of treatment. Doesn’t seem like you would have “high levels”.

Holy shit, Teachers.  Talk about a forgotten 80s relic.

Has there ever been a more random Top 10 for the U.S. box office?

JAM A BASTARD IN IT, YOU CRAP.

Williams supposedly put a line in his will specifically preventing Disney from reusing outtakes from his Aladdin recording sessions for new movies featuring the Genie.

“It was centered around a girl which at the time was shocking,”

Meh. We got the one we needed (Machete).

The movie isn’t about the literal last exorcism ever, it’s the pastor character’s last exorcism he’s going to perform because he’s lost his faith (or never had it, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it). 

I was surprised to learn the Paw Patrol sequel seems to ignore that they already got super powers from a meteor on the show.

I kinda wish memoirs would stop happening. They are either boring or seem inappropriate or cruel. If anything we know too much about people, it’s fine to just let things stay private.

Exactly what a Lizard Man from the Hollow Earth would say when he’s trying to cover for his Grey Alien buddies!

Arthur C. Clarke made it way more straightforward in the novelization (this is not a misstatement - the book version of 2001 was written in collaboration with Kubrick while the screenplay was in development; both the movie and the book were based on Clarke’s short story The Sentinel). Kubrick, of course, being Kubrick…

he’s the Andrew WK of getting hit by things! 

Man, this is sad. My father had TCM on nonstop in the hospital a few months ago as he withered and died slowly. My last memories are riffing on movies with him and telling Orson Welles jokes. It was so great to hear his laugh a few final times. He sure loved his TCM!

They’re quite common. Surly you’ve heard of a legal eagle.

a crime drama pilot starring Kaitlin Olson

“My parents are never home, so these are my replacement parents,”

I’m always surprised by the non-zero amount that anti-Semitic tropes show up in Japanese or Korean works. I was always under the impression the Jewish community was less than 1% of the population of either Japan or South Korea, so there wouldn’t be enough of us Jews to even make a dent on their perception of anything.

What a hard episode to rate. Sure 95% of the episode is probably a c+/b- at best, but man that mind flayer scene is easily an A for me.