I am mostly on board with your predictions and preferences. In my view, you nailed it on the comedies and limited series - The Good Place and Schitt’s Creek were both groundbreaking shows, and the latter included an absolutely legendary comedy performance by Catherine O’Hara. That said, the final seasons of those…

You are not alone.  Conceptually it seems great.  The actors are, to a person, terrific.  But I just can’t get behind it.  I actively dislike the show, and exhausting is the right word.

To be clear, it is a must see. It was my personal favorite movie of 2017 and, in my mind, top 5 of the 2010s.

Came here to find The Florida Project. Found it. Now we should be friends.

I was somewhat disappointed in it the first go-round, largely because I saw it in a theater full of people, some of whom were laughing at the end.  So I watched it again about a year ago in the privacy of my own home and was sufficiently blown away.  It’s incredible.  And, I would suggest, it gets better with each…

I’ve watched Funny Games a few times.  There’s something so captivating about its vicious emptiness that pulls me back.

your face is a spice melange

“as if someone who’s only seen MTV’s Next and the music videos of McG tried to turn a Spencer’s Gifts into a TV show.”

get out!

It’s a fucking banger

I don’t even know how to process this comment.  I mean ... wha?  I think you are subjectively wrong on every single take, and I’m fairly certain you’re actually objectively wrong on most of them too.

Ok two things re. The New Pornographers: (i) there is no debate ... Electric Version is their best album; and (ii) A.C. Newman doesn’t get the credit he deserves in the world of pop songwriting. These albums are so good because of the skills he brings to the table. He wrote (and writes) nearly all of their songs. His…

counterpoint: Quiz Show is a fucking bore-fest

King’s Speech is “prestige pic”bullshit at it’s finest.

I’m crazy stressed with work and personal life, so I just wanted to thank you for deciding to post this again.  I’m cracking up!  Best laugh I’ve had in some time.  It’s so perfectly off-the-wall.

Another good one out today: new All Them Witches album “Nothing as the Ideal”

Seth Rogen was on Howard Stern recently and they got to talking about Schitt’s Creek. This is his take on Catherine O’Hara, and I just love it. He effectively said that he likes to think of himself as irreverent and pushing the boundaries of comedy, and then he watches her work in Schitt’s Creek and he says of…

This is a very good take.  To add a bit more: Bella said in an earlier episode that her whole life had been reactive.  She reacted rather than created, which in terms of her art really held her down.  As she tried to “solve” the conclusion of her book, she wrestled with this very issue: am I passively watching and…

The teeth-brushing scene is so memorable because it’s such a perfect introduction to intimacy without being overtly sexual at all. It’s so charged with attraction, but so chaste. I think it’s brilliant, because brushing your teeth IS something that’s so personal ... there is a weird intimacy to sharing that moment…

I don’t think you’re being a hypocrite.  I appreciate your points