Piranesi is fantastic.

“his very ordinary job and...treats ailing animals”

I’m assuming he got fee waivers for his applications. I’ve heard of kids applying to 20-30 schools because they were looking for a financial aid/scholarship homerun, which makes some sense. But 200 is obscene. While I’m sure he was an exceptional applicant, it’s hard to believe he wasn’t chasing clout.

“typical white guy who does the bare minimum”?  

She’s great. She stole Mean Girls and shined in Game Night (which is underrated).

I too adore Posey’s work. I even read the autobiography that Rich mentions above. But, damn, it was a rambling, self-absorbed mess. At first, I thought it was affect, like she was satirically adopting the persona of one of her characters. But, after a while, I realized she was being some authentic version of herself.…

Look, I don’t actually care who was at fault. Nor do I give a fig about Paltrow. I hadn’t heard about the witness you mentioned, and I’m not going to read through media recaps to verify whether what you said is true. If it is and you have accurately characterized it, then I’m a little shocked that Paltrow won. But it…

Good grief. It’s not uncommon for the plaintiff and defendant to be the only ones who actually *saw* an accident happen between them. This makes it a “he-said/she-said” case, where the jury’s decision is going to be heavily dependent on credibility. And it’s why third-party witnesses, like the ski instructor, are…

The instructor was a witness. He literally testified at trial. He didn’t see the accident, but he was apparently at the scene and my understanding is that he refuted the plaintiff’s claims that (a) Paltrow casually skied away while the the plaintiff was unconscious and (b) that she screamed before impact. That would ha…

. . . than the guy suing Paltrow? Yes. The jury is highly likely to view the instructor as one of the more neutral and knowledgeable witnesses in a case that otherwise appears to be he-said/she-said. For instance, expert witnesses are incredibly biased, and yet judges and juries invariably give their testimony…

No. I disagree with your suggestion that old people should stay off the slopes.

I’m going to politely disagree. As my name might indicate, I am fortunate enough to live in the mountains and ski 70-100 days a year (while working a fulltime job).

From what I loosely understand, there are a number of things that work against the plaintiff: (1) it appears that he was the uphill skier (possibly the most important fact), (2) his testimony contradicts the ski instructor’s testimony (who is much more likely to be neutral), (3) he began by asking for an obscene…

The punchline about getting an affluent white woman to own up to anything would have landed a lot better if it seemed like Paltrow was at fault.

I don’t generally like his politics or decisions, but you’re reaching with the Roberts bit. There’s nothing described in that CNN article from which one could confidently confirm that he did anything untoward. The speed and “traditions” of dealing with a deceased justice’s office are entirely subjective. (If anyone…

I can see how one might be inclined to lightly poke fun of Braff for his goofy earnestness. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea, and that’s fair. But all evidence points to him being a decent human. His worst offense, as far as I can tell, was to have a seemingly healthy relationship with a younger, immensely charismatic…

Although mostly forgotten now, there was time in the early 00's when Sophia Coppola was scorching hot. Her first two movies—The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation—were fantastic and fresh. She was also married to Spike Jonze, whose first two movies—Being John Malkovich and Adaptation—were maybe even better IMO…

“I can’t relate to how mess-free Florence Pugh is with her ex.”

Also, Imperioli was born in 1966, which puts him on the blurry fringe of Gen X. This site seems to think Gen X is a lot older than most of it is. Someone at Jez recently opined that Watergate was likely a defining moment for Gen X, despite the fact that nearly half of Gen X wasn’t even born when it happened.

Meh. I am more curious to see the kitchen in a $150 million Meyers movie than $150 million worth of purple CGI monsters.