Same way nearly 3 dozen women were sitting around by themselves and all said in unison one day: “Hey, you know who probably has money? Bill Cosby.”

If there’s anything men are totally comfortable with admitting in public and on record, it’s that they were raped.

Welp, I’m convinced. It must’ve just been a coincidence that all these men made the same accusations. Yep, that’s what it is.

I just got back from seeing Barbie, and while they do venture into the real world, it is brief. Most of the movie is back at Barbieland. (And it’s great, btw. A really good time).

It was! Going to see it again

As good as this movie might be, let me tell you with 100% confidence, Mattel is taking every wrong lesson they can from the success of this movie (read the new yorker article).

Last Action Hero is a gem

“I overhear a woman at the supermarket say the strangest thing...”

I wish we would stop using the Razzies as the metric for how bad a movie is.

Can there be a category for good films that are still terrible biopics of their subjects? A Beautiful Mind comes to mind. Crowe was excellent, the movie was touching and interesting, but you get a very distorted view of John Nash, his wife, his work, and his illness.

I think it really helps that Barbie, while obviously another chunk of soulless commercial product, wound up meaning a lot to multiple generations of little kids who’ve now grown up. There are a ton of complicated feelings around her that are actually worthy of discussion and introspection! Can’t say the same for…

Margot Robbie just seems utterly perfect for Barbie. She always has that beautiful fragility to her on the outside, but underneath she has strength and personality. Probably why she specialises in roles like this in a lot of movies (Tonya Harding, Harley Quinn, Sharon Tate).

Yeah, that’s a trope that’s been used a lot — The Purple Rose of Cairo, Last Action Hero, Enchanted, etc. A character from an unrealistic universe comes to our world and is shocked to learn that the real world doesn’t work by such simplistic rules. It’s all a bit predictable, but hopefully they’ve done it well.

Never thought I’d say this, but I can’t wait to see the Barbie movie. This sounds fucking awesome.

After reading this review, I wonder if Josie and the Pussycats was too soon for this world because that had some great biting satire.

In the plastic fantastic Malibu-meets-Miami enclave of Barbie Land, all jobs are held by women while the men exist to frolic on the beach and the dance floor.

I am totally, unironically on board for a weekend of Oppenheimer and Barbie. No sequels, no movies-that-are-effectively-tv-shows. Proper Movies, yes.

I think this shows Joss Whedon was smart for being nice to some people who could then say “well, he was always nice to me” rather than just pissing everyone off.

Such a boring take. Both bands are good. Both bands have lots of great songs.

It’s just dumb. Yeah, the Stones might not have as good a catalogue as the Beatles in 8 years, but who does?