Wait, a haunted mirror? Can't this be solved with a hammer?

North Dallas Forty is at about football - written by an NFL player about his own playing days - and it is a pretty strong indictment about the way the NFL chews up players and spits them out. You could interpret it as an allegory for capitalism in general, but the guy who wrote it was really just trying to explain…

I haven't read through all the comments here, but I'm surprised the review makes no mention of the heavy Jesus/Christian imagery in this episode. Lemonhope is the savior of his people. He walks on water in pursuit of the pirate ship. He wanders the desert for many days, and speaks to a god-like figure (old man on a…

Mr. Peabody truly was a time traveller. Watch the very first episode of the old series some time (it is on Hulu) - it explains how Peabody & Sherman came to be together. Peabody, a single, erudite, cultured "dog", wants to adopt an unfortunate young boy. However, busybodies and the press see such an arrangement as…

I just ran Yale's financial aid calculator (I have a kid who is getting close to college, so I am curious), and I would pay $4,500 to Yale for tuition/room/board, plus the cost of books & other expenses (estimated to be another $4,500 or so. My family is probably financially similar to the fake TV show family, but…

Well, assuming their income is limited, and she is Yale material (sounds like she is), they wouldn't pay much. I know that Harvard is free if your income is under $65,000 (and you can get into Harvard). Cornell (I think) has a similar program if your income is under $100,000. Not sure about Yale.

Good news/bad news: Eric Allan Kramer is also a gay dude! But he's married. Damn you, same-sex marriage!

Wait, Statham is making a sequel to The Mechanic? I haven't seen his remake, but in the original everybody dies. Is The Mechanic II going to be all ghosts?

No, don't think so. Just reread this very recently, and he is described as being in his 20's, although he has no definite age. IIRC, he did 3 years in prison.

Momoa is such a shitty, shitty actor though. Don't know if I could stand him being the central character in what would likely be a pretty talky show.

Yeah, I'm a year older than The Rock. His size, cool demeanor, & indeterminate ethnicity are all perfect, but Shadow is a young man in his 20's. Most of the potential casting choices just seem too old (this all pretty much applies to Vin Diesel as well).

Braugher doesn't seem right to me. Maybe Wendell Pierce?

Dwayne would have been perfect 10 years ago. I think they need someone younger. Probably an unknown.