Perhaps it has something to do with directing actors being an inherently collaborative enterprise. It seems to me that his greatest weakness is as a writer and director of narrative, and that he suffers there from a lack of collaborative influence. Its similar to Lucas’s problem with the Star Wars prequels. He could…

I’ll offer Lily Cole for your list.

If only someone would send Shyamalan equally useful notes.

That racial slur RAF mascot was likely that of the famous “Dam Busters” squadron, who actually figures notably in the plot of the movie, causing a bit of editing disruption when sensitivities rose in the late 20th century. It wasn’t at all an uncommon pet name in its era, though (see also, H.P. Lovecraft’s cat) so…

The fact that Avatar is up there in that box office stratosphere without having had remotely the cultural impact of Titanic, or Avengers: Endgame, or various other more conventionally performing films, is a mystery that we’ll likely delve into when it turns up here.

At least more conceivable with a major metropolitan area like Miami, than with a quaint little burg like Cabot Cove, ME.

That’s what makes it Art.

Clearly the worst would be Minnie Riperton’s Lovin’ You, if anyone even dared try it.

I’m less bothered by the video quality of CGI air battles than I am by the fact that modern directors take the flexibility of the medium as an invitation to “pick up the pace” to reflect modern action sensibilities. The goofball strafing battle sequence from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade set the Looney Tunes tone…

Probably has something to do with the horrific nanotech he used to install his cyberlegs in the first place.

Some friends of mine had a pet ferret many years ago. I found it to be adorable, and amusingly clever, but with the deal-breaking shortcoming that ferrets’ concept of fun seems inseparable from sinking their needle sharp teeth into your flesh. I’ve had cats and dogs who play-bite on occasion, never actually bearing…

I only saw fragments of this on TV years ago. I remember being a bit surprised by the fact that G-Girl — who I’d assumed would be something of a co-protagonist in the usual rom-com fashion — was so flat-out scary-deranged after the breakup. On the other hand, I was genuinely amused by the kind-of-harrowing shark…

It also had “Crackers”, who was pretty inspired.

I’m also wondering what ancient Mayan, presumably after getting stoned with his friends, decided “I’m gonna try putting that in the other way”.

Rewatching was definitely an artifact of the ‘80s and ‘90s, when VCRs and cable provided easy access to a narrow selection of films/shows. And theaters were also beneficiaries of that limited access. There were a number of movies I saw repeatedly on the big screen in my teens and 20s simply because they were available…

I’m inclined to chalk this up more to cluelessness than arrogance. It’s been awhile since I’ve visited Santa Fe, but back in the ‘90s I remember the center of town being striking in all the ways you cite. I’m less familiar with the suburbs — Where he’s living may have been nothing but high desert back then, and it may…

Strange indeed. Perhaps some sort of change in policy post-1981 (when my friend did his investigation)?

One of the only features distinguishing the Weezer cover from Toto’s original is that Cuomo enunciates that line more clearly.

No less true for that.

Sad to say that was probably more relevant experience for a career in modern “journalism” than investigative reporting would have been.