I only watched the first episode of Monsterland. It was really just featuring a monster rather than about it, but I thought Kaitlyn Dever was good enough that it worked.

He might be distinguishing between merely being working class, which might entail low SES, from an underclass exhibiting dysfunction. Of course, Steve Randy Waldman argues those can only be separate in an illiberal regime where your place is more-or-less determined by birth.

I prefer Uncut Gems as well, but then I don’t really care for Punch Drunk Love or Magnolia.

A convention system where nominations are determined in a smoke-filled room rather than a primary might have avoided someone like Trump.

Ronan played Mary Queen of Scots earlier.

I haven’t read the book, but my impression was that one of the points he was arguing was that addiction was NOT the result of poverty: his relatives were decently well off when that started.

It might have been Gremlins 2 which stated that nobody died.

for most of the movie, Tom is simply resigned to his fate, waiting around in a hotel room for the FBI to come and arrest him

I listen to a lot more Testament (or even the Alex Skolnick trio) than Crosby, Stills & Nash and I think Eddie was a very talented guitarist, but my feeling was also “meh”. I just didn’t tweet about it.

Do we know his role will be serious? Toecutter was a cut-up, and he was the villain. And Hemsworth played a villain in Bad Time at the El Royale.

The cover used in this trailer bothered me less than others. I guess while it might have been a little slowed down, it wasn’t super portentious and seemed to fit the period.

For these guys in particular, 1 million may not be that big a deal.

My recollection was that nobody actually died, and the gremlins act like rowdy kids.

I suppose the house could have been renovated over time.

I don’t remember her spacing out that much in earlier episodes, although there was that oddness with seeing cracks that weren’t there.

“Nuance”? I can definitely believe you didn’t see the film.

You’re right that this applies to both movies. I don’t understand the article above attributing all the problems to the second one.

What I remember of Agora is mostly these complaints about historical accuracy.

Rather than “good” or “positive” how about “well-written”?

I suppose it bears some resemblance to Nightmare on Elm Street.