I’ve seen whatever the more extended cut was when they showed it somewhere, what little I remember is that the added stuff still felt like it was in fast-forward, there weren’t new character arcs or anything, from the moment Paul gets out with the Fremen until the inevitable there just isn’t a lot of narrative and if…

Like Dune, Tree of Life was very striking at points and a complete mess failure at others, the quasi-religiousity and constipated Sean Penn parts were especially meh.

I’m looking forward to this. Part of the plus and minus of having a professional performer’s sheen is that Jackman excels but does not reach an awards-caliber or memorable classic apex in roles where his is playing a part. Despite being much better than Eric Bana I can’t imagine him giving a performance like Bana in…

You are not going to get any argument from me on that score. I’ve only seen about 1/10 of the Ryan Murphy TV, and what I would call actually good is: the OJ American Crime Story is excellent start to finish; Season 1 of American Horror Story isn’t great but it is professionally crafted; Glee had like one stretch where…

yep, another good role selection, I think that movie got shortchanged a bit, partly because it came out around the same time as The Belko Experiment which had a more solid production house behind it or something. I will note that “Mayhem” was a bit misogynistic, but exploitation splattercore and grindhouse (none of…

well, they’re both insanely beautiful and very talented, that’s like liking pizza.

Samara Weaving is perched at in interesting place right now, where she could become a big star or, possibly partly because of her resemblance to Margot Robbie, shunted into a lower traffic lane.  The thing I like most about her choices so far is that she has a nose for things that are not prestigious but manage to be…

your mom hits the prostate just right

I really wish you were. Because then you’d have an excuse for being so fucking stupid. :D

So what you are telling me is that Outlander’s fans are like a cyberweaponized Phyllis Schlafly romance novel crew?

Rhoda got therapy after Ciaran’s rifle went off, it was a drag and he was dead?

Actually, “rape” is a term that means something and by saying it happened to somebody when it didn’t you’re demeaning women who have been raped. Same thing with any level of sexual abuse. I took a quick gander at D.C. laws, his conduct as described doesn’t even meet misdemeanor sexual abuse if it happened today: “who…

this is my favorite movie theater on earth

Are you funning me or are you an idiot? No, they tune out that their policies are different because there are different disinformation campaigns for the policies, such as your statement that they are “both friendly to banks and special interests” would imply that there aren’t books that could be written on the…

Red Rock East

I stayed up way past my bedtime to watch her on One-Night Stand in the early 90s.  Didn’t laugh once.  Missed the sleep.

Look, I’m sorry this year has been bad, and I’m sorry that Joe Biden isn’t fucking santa claus, but he is much better than a minimum level of competence. He actually passes bills. He authored and passed the Violence Against Women Act, which is the least reported upon legislative accomplishment in history somehow. Not…

my main complaint with Ellen, as a comedian, is that she isn’t funny. Other than that she’s pretty solid.

They don’t seem to realize that they are going to have to hire more people to fumigate the theaters and unless they put a disclaimer on the ticket stubs they are going to be potentially liable if they represent they are taking measures to make the theaters safe.  Then people will get cancer from the fumigating stuff…

Do you really think that job in “Cheers” wasn’t just a front?