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tylergfoster on Extra Ordinary movie review: oh, the mundanity!: If you come across it, another fun movie — not quite as good, but still nicely complementary — is The… Sat, Aug 13, 2022 5:47am
on The Princess documentary review: look back in anger: I don’t think the Wakandan waterfall contest is a critique of the idea of monarchy; the “fight for the throne”… Fri, Aug 12, 2022 3:13am- on The Princess documentary review: look back in anger: as opposed to fantasy royals, the enjoyment of which we can perhaps excuse… maybe I dunno. As always, I struggle… Fri, Aug 12, 2022 2:41am
- on The Princess documentary review: look back in anger: I do think Wakanda, specifically, complicates this narrative a bit. Bear with me, I’m thinking this through as I type… Fri, Aug 12, 2022 1:48am
on The Princess documentary review: look back in anger: The cultural appeal of monarchy — that the solution to an evil monarch is to replace them with a GOOD… Thu, Aug 11, 2022 9:12pm
- on The Princess documentary review: look back in anger: I do not understand any American who valorizes them — we fought a war to get rid of this appointed-by-God… Thu, Aug 11, 2022 8:57pm
- on Wild Men (Vildmænd) movie review: mild men, more like: the premise of this sounds very broadly similar to Our Flag Means Death : middle-aged man abandons his wife and… Wed, Aug 10, 2022 11:07pm
on loaded question: do you think the cancelled Batgirl movie will ever see the light of day?: The cancellation has been reported widely enough that I’m wondering if it will turn out to be a form of… Tue, Aug 09, 2022 10:26pm- on loaded question: do you think the cancelled Batgirl movie will ever see the light of day?: Thanks for the information. So this could be Hollywood pulling in its horns and pandering to the sexist racist market… Tue, Aug 09, 2022 1:47pm
- on loaded question: do you think the cancelled Batgirl movie will ever see the light of day?: You may well be right. (As someone who doesn’t really care about superheroes at all, I come pre-fatigued.) I still… Tue, Aug 09, 2022 10:39am
- on loaded question: do you think the cancelled Batgirl movie will ever see the light of day?: the money well that’s the filmgoing public is not endless, and eventually even they get burned out on wall-to-wall superheroes.… Tue, Aug 09, 2022 1:33am
- on loaded question: what’s a thing from movies (or books or TV) that you absolutely believed as a kid?: Thanks, Althea! :-) Tue, Aug 09, 2022 1:17am
- on loaded question: do you think the cancelled Batgirl movie will ever see the light of day?: I suspect that cancelling it and burying it largely unseen looks a lot better for the studio than a public… Mon, Aug 08, 2022 8:39pm
- on loaded question: what’s a thing from movies (or books or TV) that you absolutely believed as a kid?: As usual, Bluejay, you express a lot of the same thoughts and questions (only better) that I’ve had over time.… Mon, Aug 08, 2022 7:25pm
on Bullet Train movie review: total derailment: My bad luck… I read MaryAnne’s review while sitting comfortably in the third row of one of the best movie… Mon, Aug 08, 2022 12:40pm
- on Bullet Train movie review: total derailment: Death Valley! No, I actually thought your were just outside of London in a country experiencing climate-induced heat waves’ If… Sun, Aug 07, 2022 6:42pm
- on Bullet Train movie review: total derailment: oof, this is disappointing! despite the whitewashing of the adaptation (and not to underplay this grevious sin – stop doing… Sat, Aug 06, 2022 6:05pm
- on Bullet Train movie review: total derailment: Damn. I was looking forward to some mindless fun, not just the mindless part. By not attending, though, I can… Sat, Aug 06, 2022 5:00pm
- on Bullet Train movie review: total derailment: I haven’t read the source material either… but I can’t help noticing that the character names in it, in this… Sat, Aug 06, 2022 4:10pm
- on Men movie review: if it walks like misogyny and squawks like misogyny…: I’ve a headache. My wife hit me with a cast-iron frying pan. I vowed to scream if the same still… Thu, Aug 04, 2022 6:36pm
- on Devil’s Knot movie review: well-worn tracks: There is no credible evidence that the three accused WERE NOT THE PERPS. No matter how hard pseudo intellectuals spin… Wed, Aug 03, 2022 6:14am
on loaded question: what’s a thing from movies (or books or TV) that you absolutely believed as a kid?: That’s amazing – I notice the close-ups of the landing gear (also really well done) are also Airplane! too. Tue, Aug 02, 2022 9:37pm
- on loaded question: what’s a thing from movies (or books or TV) that you absolutely believed as a kid?: I think, from all the first-contact stories I absorbed from childhood onward — Close Encounters, Cocoon, Starman (both film and… Tue, Aug 02, 2022 6:06pm
- on loaded question: what’s a thing from movies (or books or TV) that you absolutely believed as a kid?: Funny thing: according to the comments in your YouTube link, the scene was also used in an episode of The… Tue, Aug 02, 2022 12:31am
- on loaded question: what’s your favorite cultural life hack?: I still remember the joy of driving across England late one night and picking up Radio Tirane. I don’t think… Mon, Jul 25, 2022 3:00pm
- on loaded question: what’s your favorite cultural life hack?: Radio Garden looks great! Here’s another one: Radiooooo.com. Pick a country AND a decade, select for “slow/fast/weird,” and listen to… Mon, Jul 25, 2022 2:06pm
on sick again… and I’m pretty sure it’s COVID this time (update: it’s COVID): Oh, missed this reply. I felt really crappy and run-down, super congested, and had a low-grade fever for about two… Thu, Jul 14, 2022 7:35pm
- on sick again… and I’m pretty sure it’s COVID this time (update: it’s COVID): Get well soon. We need your insights. Please don’t bother to respond; use your little energy to fight off the… Tue, Jul 12, 2022 2:40pm
- on sick again… and I’m pretty sure it’s COVID this time (update: it’s COVID): Gah. It does seem likely that your symptoms are from your immune system fighting off the virus, which is why… Sun, Jul 10, 2022 6:07pm
- on sick again… and I’m pretty sure it’s COVID this time (update: it’s COVID): So sorry you’re going through this. I’m still amazed I never caught it even though I continued attending all my… Sun, Jul 10, 2022 2:26pm
- on loaded question: is nostalgia out of control?: RIP James Caan. But also, here’s a quote from his Times obituary: “Everybody wants to do ‘Rocky 9’ and ‘Airport… Fri, Jul 08, 2022 2:47am
- on loaded question: what movies can give us hope for a better future?: We’re for the most part not shown how it happened in Trek, but in bits and pieces we’re told: eugenics… Tue, Jul 05, 2022 7:19pm
- on loaded question: what movies can give us hope for a better future?: i love the movie Tomorrowland, although i came to it late, on cable tv…. but lately i haven’t seen anything… Tue, Jul 05, 2022 5:59pm
- on loaded question: what movies can give us hope for a better future?: I have to admit I’m coming up short at the moment. Dystopian stories are easy (even if some of them… Tue, Jul 05, 2022 3:17am
on spoiler alert: what’s really going on in Inside Llewyn Davis: I know I’m keeping a dead thing going by commenting on this film now, but that seems appropriate for the… Wed, Jun 29, 2022 8:16pm
- on loaded question: what is your ultimate comfort movie?: I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if, a generation from now, there are regular screenings of The Princess Bride with audience… Tue, Jun 28, 2022 3:31pm
