I basically agree though I think I feel less strongly about it than you do. We saw this new one on the strength of the reviews, and I feel like I forgot 90% of what happened before I was even blinking in the daylight outside the theater. I liked the first one for its clever metaness (though that same quality had a…

This site is so weird lately. Everyone’s going wild for the new Frasier? Not really—I’ve seen more “this is pretty good but not great” reactions than anything else. And as for that crack about you not believing an audience for it exists—why? The original show was a huge hit, and very acclaimed, not that long ago.…

Yes. Just awful, especially when you consider how many people assumed (not entirely without cause or precedent) that he had relapsed. Instead, he was apparently just a damaged guy trying hard to stay on an even keel and to stay alive.

Only the first episode so far. I liked it, didn’t love it, but was willing to go for the ride and find out why other people dug it so much. Unfortunately my wife wasn’t thrilled and as I do 95% of my TV watching with her, I haven’t made it back for the other episodes yet.

I don’t know why I want to weigh in on this eternal and unresolvable argument, but I feel compelled. Maybe if I get it off my chest THIS time, I will refrain in the future (yeah, fat chance). Anyway:

Here’s an actual thoughtful look at this seemingly peculiar plot point:

Thank you. Yes. We used to appreciate guys like that as a breath of fresh air. Nowadays I guess we call them middlebrow and pretentious because they dare to imbue genre work with a few themes and ideas.

These have been the best years of my career. And I know that every one of you gave me everything you had. And I will never forget it.

I can see ruling out Fury Road (though if you don’t, it’s the best case scenario). I also liked Blade Runner 2049, which I think is more clearly a legacyquel by the criteria we’re talking about here. I am hard-pressed to think of others that I liked. Most of them seem like soulless cash-ins (and yes, this comment is…

That’s not my understanding of what happened to that movie (much as it pains me to defend Will Smith, who consistently refuses to make interesting or risky choices). The original ending that they shot was close to Matheson’s book. But focus groups didn’t like it so they filmed the theatrical ending instead.

Read my response to the other guy. Or don’t, I don’t really care. I spoke unclearly or you didn’t read me well--whatever happened, it is not remotely interesting enough to keep me arguing about it past this post.

Yes and that is definitely word-for-word what I said and meant

I own/read a making-of book and have watched documentaries about its making. As I said, the few BLATANTLY cgi bits are the least convincing (compared to the practical FX/stunts, most of the compositing, and the better cgi work of which there is a good amount). I refer specifically to stuff like the steering wheel…

The (relatively few) blatantly CGI bits of Fury Road were also the least convincing parts, and thankfully they were rare, as well as completely irrelevant against the backdrop of such an awesome movie. I’m not worried about that.

The unfortunate story of Kyle Chandler is that he’s absolutely amazing and lovable in Friday Night Lights, usually very good but a bit stock in any bit part where he’s almost always playing an FBI guy, and bizarrely annoying when given a big role in almost any other movie. He’s actively irritating in the Godzillas and…

Yeah. The premise (by which I really mean the mildly tongue-in-cheek and self-aware tone), the brand, and Ghostface are the real stars. Get a couple moderately recognizable faces at budget rates (usually TV actors, which describes almost everyone who’s been in any Scream movie for longer than Drew Barrymore was) and…

I am reminded of recent social media outbursts—er, posts—from members of my family, referring to themselves and those politically aligned with them as the “silent majority.” Leaving aside the questionable attachment to a term popularized by Nixon of all presidents (though maybe given the last Republican to hold the…

“Most of America” couldn’t even muster half the popular vote, FYI

He responded in kind to someone asking a shitty, stupid, confrontational question, the only purpose of which was to provoke.

This article has been up for an hour with zero comments. In the same time, Spanfeller announces that Jezebel is shutting down. End of the road, folks.