So did The Lincoln Project.

Being against Trump doesn’t automatically mean you don’t have some right-leaning tendencies. It tends to mean best case you have a conscience, worst case you recognize he’s a bad investment.

It has always struck me as darkly comic that Cimino went from wanting to adapt that to then making the movie that is now regarded in film history as the ultimate cautionary tale about the dangers that can come with total artistic indulgence.

I mean, it’d be one thing if it had just been him going down, but he basically…

and don’t let this guy see the reaction Scorsese got to Passion of the Christ when he made that (hey, he only said still working today, he didn’t say the vitriol had to be recent. Though look how much shit that man got JUST for saying maybe comic book movies weren’t the end-all, be-all of cinema.)

He’s still working and next role on screen will be playing an unstable maniac in The Stand.

...not quite by intent, I imagine, but damn if it doesn’t fit.

(That said, he’s gonna have a hard time topping Matt Frewer’s take.)

I imagine it’s more like Mr. Show’s Coupon: The Movie - everyone will be required by law to see it, whether they want to or not.

Hannibal is...let’s go with awkward.

There’s some genuinely interesting ideas in it, but there’s also a LOT about it that’s pretty bad (and in some cases has gotten worse with age - the TV series did a phenomenal job transforming Margot Verger from an at the time dated stereotype into an actually fleshed out character.)

…

From the sound of things, Harris didn’t even like Hannibal Rising.
The way Dino DeLaurentiis framed it in an interview at the time, he basically told Harris “I want to keep this franchise going. If you don’t write this, I’ll find someone else who will.”

End result being a book very clearly written under protest.

The Midsommar Director’s Cut was actually the first part of my partner’s Christmas present this year when the first batch went on sale.

This was after we had seen it three times theatrically (twice regular cut, once director’s cut.)

We’re either in it for the long haul now or this will all end in flames and blood.

See, you’re being sarcastic with how you frame it, but here’s the weird thing - to some of these circles, that actually makes perfect sense.

(Days like this, being a regular listener to Knowledge Fight and QAnon Anonymous is a blessing and a curse)
To the Q people, the obvious symbology is chalked up to arrogance and…

I mean, the idea of the bit has some precedent (Krusty blowing in at the end of Who Shot Mr. Burns? Pt 1, fresh from a vacation and all smiles having no idea why most of the town is furious being an earlier example of him picking the worst time and reason to turn up in a scene.)

This. Weinstein goes into it a bit more in the comments on the Twitter post (someone asked if it was always planned to be Dignity and he confirmed it was, partly because of the idea that it’s something so utterly difficult to convey. Despite that, Kirk still feels the need to blame someone for it.)

“the first-of-its-kind ANIMATED HORROR MOVIE.” (Fear(s) Of The Dark and the Dead Space films would like a word.

It’s not a bad idea on paper, albeit it’s one that has been made awkward post-prequels with Lucas suggesting this wipes the slate for slaughtering an entire village, straight up murdering children, and using your chosen one powers to strangle your pregnant wife.

There’s making bad decisions and then there’s Jedi…

The older I get, the more I find myself of two minds about George Lucas.

I still enjoy SW, and there’s aspects of his younger, scrappier self and his general sense of wonder that I find endearing.

At the same time, it’s hard not to look at the stories of people like Marcia and David and not feel like he screwed them…

The odds are better than not it hadn’t been decided by then.

Even the first drafts for Empire featured Anakin as a separate character (at the time Bracket was writing those, Lucas was still describing Vader as a throwaway villain.)

The mask has been off for Collins ever since she told everyone how very, very concerned she was about the allegations against Kavanaugh and then nearly tripped over herself to grab a pogo stick as soon as Mitch yelled “Jump!”

Sam Seder’s been putting it best on The Majority Report - for McConnell, ACB was a priority. Not for Trump, but to secure his own legacy.
He’s now carved his name in as a right wing legend, and even if he loses the majority of the senate now, he’ll be okay with it, because he’s gonna go down in history for what he’s…

In the (VERY slight) defense of the Dems - a lot of people figured his losing was a sure thing and kind of slacked on it.

Hell, it’s part of why the protest vote idea got so much traction in 2016 - enough people figured it was a ‘safe’ move (which is like taking the day before a holiday off to beat traffic - it’s a…

He doesn’t have to. He knows his followers will believe whatever he says, regardless of how it actually squares with reality.

“Okay, let’s move on then, Mr. Vice President -
While walking along in desert sand, you suddenly look down and see a tortoise crawling toward you. You reach down and flip it over onto its back. The tortoise lies there, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it cannot do…