I also think Maria could use a viewing of The Lords of Dogtown regarding the origins of real skateboarding. Plus it features Heath Ledger’s most underrated and hilarious film role, hello.

As much as I appreciate the KFILE and actually never read the Examiner (that commentary is from Marcus Johnson’s feed) - support for George Wallace or lack of support for George Wallace doesn’t eliminate this part

I have a horrible feeling he will get a second term. We’re fucked. I’ll vote against him of course, but it won’t matter. We only have the appearance of a Democracy now, we go through the motions of the Democratic process, but it’s just to keep us busy and under the impression that we still have a choice. The Impeacheme…

Aaaaand, now (before the witness vote) Lev Parnas’ attorney has sent a bombshell letter to the Senate and press naming names of participants in this scheme (including Sen Graham!) and offering all the receipts to prove everything.

I knew this would be the outcome from the very beginning. We all did...and yet, I’m still enraged. We need a revolution at the ballot box in November. Anything less is just going to be more of the same with more and more of us either falling into the cracks of society or on our way.  Clearly, the American experiment…

From the WaPo article, local hate crimes went up by well over 200% in the aftermath of a Trumpolini rally. The same thing happened when The Birth of a Nation was released; White crowds would see the movie and then go out and attack the Black community.

Especially love Marco Rubio’s insane statement that read in part: “Just because actions meet a standard of impeachment does not mean it is in the best interest of the country to remove a President from office.”

Right? I’m not especially surprised at this turn of events, but I still feel the need to make the following crystal clear:

I’m sure the Backstreet Boys would be very interested to learn that their music was being used there. 

Nothing says “a fair, honest and transparent process” like saying “witnesses? nah, we’re good.” 

Now, what exactly was this hard work she did “for a fair, honest and transparent process”? It seems like she pretty much just went with whatever and pretended to be open to maybe do something in the future, but didn’t actually do shit.

Really, it’s a testament to Russell and Hawn’s insane levels of charisma that the movie works in any way at all.

“Wow I am shocked by this turn of events”

The timeless message of Working Girl is that Harrison Ford is the most beautiful man ever.

This is a great piece on a flat-out fantastic film. It was a WILDLY better film than fucking Rain Man, which won the Best Picture nod that year, and was frankly much better than every other nominee (which included The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, and Mississippi Burning).  

Is Joan Cusack the all-time rom-com bff? This, Broadcast News, In & Out (because she isn’t really the romantic interest there, right?). If there isn’t a movie like The Baxter for her character type there should be.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE.

One of the best movie theme songs ever.  I almost said the best, but then I remembered “The Rainbow Connection”.

This movie was packed full of lots of memorable one liners - I haven’t seen it in maybe 20 years, but I still vividly remember

Wade’s script is incredibly smart about the way classism can intersect with feminism, limiting the bonds of sisterhood along particular social lines. The wealthy, well-bred Katharine represents the kind of woman who’s willing to operate within a sexist system so long as she can make it work to her advantage.