literally what the Sequel Trilogy should have been. Era of Jedi dominance, rising threat of mysterious dark force. 

loathe as i am to be the bearer of bad news, The Crow is not a good movie. ‘middling’ also applies.

it’s still an HBO sandwich

i’d disagree with you except that i checked, and despite delivering such critically lauded films as Take Shelter and Loving, he’s never been nominated for an Oscar. 

I was thinking of I, Robot when I wrote ‘middling’.

Ah yes, Alex Proyas, the guy who made one good movie (Dark City) twenty-five years ago and whose entire cinematic output before and after has been middling to disastrous. 

the whole “(Larry/Freddie) loves little girls... but not in a bad way” running joke is so great. Classic Curb.

The first next Game of Thrones was Korean Samurai Zombie epic Kingdom (2019-2020), and the second next Game of Thrones is this year’s Shōgun.

Fables already did this, and it was great. These Blood and Honey assholes need to be stopped before they can do more harm*

Scarlet Johansson, obv.

not-technically-ordered-yet third season

Katy O’Brian looks like a Streets of Rage or Final Fight mini-boss.

and let’s not forget Ellen Pompeo’s 20th facelift as well!

Garland earned a lifetime pass for writing Sunshine and writing/directing Annihilation. This is an instant watch for me.

this is just such a perfect example of a microaggression. Dude probably wasn’t being wilfully sexist, but he defaulted to assuming she was a flight attendant (do people even say “stewardess” anymore) because of stereotypes. It’s harmful, but it’s not a “macro” aggression.

and then their counterpoint will be like, fuck you Mona Lisa, eat chili!

i mean, i know Jeremy Strong is full of hot air, but surely there are better targets...

myriad holier-than-thou storylines... places itself on a pedestal without an honest grasp of the weighty material

It’s bad optics perhaps, but on the other hand Origin is just awful. Takes a good academic idea then waters it down to this incredibly maudlin, emotionally manipulative sl0w-mo, tears falling exercise in banality. I was so disappointed when I saw it. 

Dune 2 was the first time since Dunkirk that I’ve really felt exhilaration in a movie theatre. Acting aside, it’s my early vote for Directing, Editing, Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay, VFX, Sound, Production Design, Costuming.