I like Jon, but this is par for the course with him. I think he’s a phenomenal critic of the media, but is much worse as a political pundit, especially when he tries to engage in good faith with his bad faith sparring partners from the right. It’s very cringe-worthy, and only gets moreso as the climate continues to…

It’s being compared to Lambs because it invokes it at many turns, along with Se7en and Sinister, among others. I was surprised how heavily indebted to other movies this one was, and how much it wears its influences on its sleeve.

I never knew she was Jewish nor that her family died in the Holocaust and that she had such a tragic and tumultuous early life. Fascinating and long life and career.

Yeah that "twist" was honestly part of the muddled messaging to me. 

I’ve never seen Fennell’s TV work, but her movies this far suffer from incredibly muddled messaging. Not complex or shades of gray messaging, which is great, but simply the lack of any real authorial voice other than one that wants to shock. Hard to explain it, but both PYW and Saltburn felt like a rich person…

She was nominated for a Razzie in their first-ever "awards", and there were a number of people who made fun of the performance and "sided" with Jack because she was so annoying. 

I recently rewatched The Shining and it’s so strange the discourse around her in it because her performance not only isn’t bad, it’s uniquely good. It’s honestly one of the most brutally realistic depictions of a woman in an abusive relationship. It’s interesting too because throughout the movie she’s legitimately…

Look, the industry’s led by idiot middle managers who don’t know anything about movies and barely face any consequence for being wrong. They chased short-term profits, some got it and execs cashed out, and they gave up long-term sustainability. That’s it. They pretended the pandemic era would last forever, so they…

But our kids are gonna love it.

Most of those filmmakers weren’t trying to get rich, they were just trying to get funding, and that was always doable. They’d make some money on upfront fees, sure, but they’d still supplement with other work, and hopefully make real money with residuals. The movies would make 6 or low 7 figures in specialty theaters,…

Counterpoint: she’s just not a good actress and is uncharismatic, monotone, and dead-eyed in pretty much all of her roles. She’s at her best in talk show appearances when she’s just being a version of herself.

I, erm, didn't know that, but that says everything I'm saying far better than my 3 paragraphs lol. Jesus.

I hate Trump and everything around him. But if I step back, it’s so crazy how the discourse is always so weirdly sportsy, and has been since 2000 or so, when it really became Red v Blue.

Yeah the sincerity and humanity of the Spider-Man movies read as almost revolutionary when watching them through the lens of both the winky nature of most of the MCU and the self-serious pomposity of DC. It’s funnier than the MCU when it wants to be without ever feeling like the humor undercuts the emotion, and it’s…

It’s absolutely wild. $85 million is literally more than every Friday the 13th budget COMBINED. The movies don’t even do particularly well they just do well relative to their budgets. Freddy Vs. Jason is the highest budgeted Jason appearance and is the only movie in which he appears that made $100 million globally.…

This movie is a prime example of the conflation of depicting taboos with "being" taboo. It was dated as it came out, and it's crazy they're continuing with this in any way.

Man, the AV Club really has it out for this Baby It’s Cold Outside guy. He must work there or something. 

When people say “You wouldn’t be able to make this today” they’re usually wrong and taking silly shots at their view of woke culture.

To be totally honest, the nepo babies the Internet is interested in are not the problem in Hollywood. Josh Brolin growing up on film sets and becoming a great actor to me isn’t that different from the kid of a butcher becoming a butcher. Yes he, Hawke, and other kids have had opportunities other kids don’t have, but…

Hmm, I thought it was fun! I mean it’s a Slim Shady song, very back to basics. Not as wordy as a lot of his recent stuff. In the context of the Slim Shady character it's about what I'd expect that guy to talk about in 2024. Nothing felt particularly shocking in it, it's just silly fun -- the transgender Siamese cat…