loaded question: what movies depict introverts well?
My pick is 2018’s The Bookshop, in which star Emily Mortimer and director Isabel Coixet do a beautiful job of capturing the introverted essence of its bookstore-owner protagonist.
talk amongst yourselves
loaded question: what movies and/or TV series have standout opening credits?
I’m expanding the scope of our earlier discussion of this topic, a decade ago, because TV opening credits seem to have come back into style in recent years…
loaded question: what are the cheeriest, happiest movies you’ve ever seen?
The first one that comes to mind for me is the utterly delightful Legally Blonde. Its protagonist, Elle Woods, is surely one of the sweetest, kindest characters ever to feature in her own movie.
loaded question (revisited): what cool stuff are you watching / reading / listening to / playing/ enjoying right now?
TV or movies, games, comic books or novels, magazines, web sites, music, whatever. If you’re loving it right now and want to evangelize about it, this is the place!
loaded question: what’s the best-ever pop-culture product placement?
I’m going with FedEx in 2000’s Cast Away, which works on multiple levels.
loaded question: what are the best standalone episodes in TV shows with big arcs or mythologies?
I have so many examples, but I’ll just mention the X-Files episode “Humbug”…
loaded question: what great comic actors have turned out to be even better dramatic actors?
Who are your favorite comics turned serious actors? Who has most memorably made such a transition?
loaded question: what’s something that, as a film nerd, you’re embarrassed to admit?
My embarrassing admission is that I have never owned a blu-ray player.
loaded question: would you go to a pub or bar that showed movies (instead of sports)?
I imagine that a movie pub would mostly show classics, ones that people know by heart. This would not be a venue for quiet appreciation of a new movie but more of a communal bonding type of experience.
loaded question: what’s your favorite Irish-related film or movie tidbit?
In honor of the great showing Irish talent and Irish stories made at this past weekend’s Oscars, and of Saint Patrick’s Day coming up on Friday…
