I’m confused - you’re suggesting that someone who is saying “trust the vaccine, trust science” is pro-Trump?

The other worrisome bit is the “most emotional episodes ever!” comment. The Flash is at it’s weakest when it’s trying to be all dramatic - I miss fun Barry (that we only really got for, like, half a season).

Any related bets on whether Jolie’s character is a villain vs. whether they’ll use her inherent air of villainy as a red herring?

I recently saw the first trailer for this in IMAX, and turns out it the visuals do really pop when it’s on a massive screen - that opening shot of the ship was spectacular, and the Bollywood shot was great too. It seems like a sense of massive physical scope could sub in for Kirby-ness in capturing an otherwordly…

Plus, for the vast majority of moviegoing history people have been going to see movies about characters they’ve never heard of before, simply because the trailer looked good / the idea appealed / they just wanted to go to the movies.  

Am I the only one who kept thinking “wait, who is Johnson?” It’s such a staid, normal name - it’s hard to connect “Mr. Johnson” to “ larger than life actor Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock.”

(Look at the far side of the lake. There’s a trunk and branches where the bright light is. And if you squint *really hard* just to the right of that one, there’s something that might be another tree that looks like it’s made out of light).

I’d argue that in this particular instance (‘inspired by’ fictionalized version, as opposed to true crime retelling), there is a helpful fix. All it would have taken is a “has no relation to real life events” disclaimer. The fact that they apparently didn’t even both with that is shocking from a legal perspective,…

Just seconding your anecdotal data - I also saw the trailer, thought “oh, is this about that American tourist who got locked up for maybe-murdering her friend?’, and assumed that certain aspects (such as her family background, the implied relationship between the two girls, and ultimately the movie’s take on guilty/not…

In terms of the specific language being important, I wouldn’t be surprised if it included the dreaded “best efforts” clause...

I’ll agree with you on the “lack’s emotional impact” front, but I think that’s just a result of Tolkien’s more general weakness in terms of writing emotion / character development. (It always bothered me that the point where everyone finally comes back together in ROTK was so underwhelming.) It was less “Boromir’s…

People’s brains to work that way sometimes, funnily enough. I got my mother watching Doctor Who, and she was fine with time travel and “bigger on the inside” but just could not get over the whole has-two-hearts thing. “Circulatory systems don’t work that way!!!”

1. With a name like Gwyn Davies, I’m assuming Matt Ryan will actually get to be Welsh for once.

...except once they lose all their money, the rest of us will have to support them (while they insist it’s not welfare because welfare’s only for ‘those lazy people’).

This week’s shout-out to sensitive/non-toxic masculinity - I loved Lois giving Clark that protective back-hug at the kitchen table. It was such a small thing, but every other time I’ve seen that type of pose in a show, it’s a man being protective/possessive of a woman. Here, Lois isn’t letting Clark out of sight after…

I also quite liked the first one. I have a soft spot for PG13 horror in general - when horror movies can’t rely on gore, they have to put more effort into being clever and/or funny.  I loved Happy Death Day(s) and that movie with the hide and seek game in the big mansion that I can never remember the name of. 

Why do you think these movies aren’t worth a short review? Personally, I thought the first one was a clever, fun little outing with likable characters, and a review (of a new movie on a website that reviews movies) discussing whether the sequel lived up to its potential was indeed worth a few paragraphs. What would…

...which would leave Rocket and Groot free to permanently team up with Thor, so works for me. 

I didn’t even note the absence of a romantic subplot while I was watching, and you know what? I didn’t miss it at all.

...not if you had your hair tied back like an actual competent action-person. (Which, to be fair, she did more often than not in this one movie.)