I will never forget the experience of seeing LEAVING NEVERLAND at its Sundance premiere. For @avclub.com I wrote about a devastating, definitive documentary about surviving sexual abuse that cannot be erased.
The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”
CHARLIE BROWN: Yes mistress, you're right, mistress, I'm a blockhead! a hopeless blockhead!
DOMINATRIX: wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah
he brings a softness that I think plays into those relationships really well, and he's also really funny sometimes! there's a scene later in the season where he explains the plot of I, Claudius to the baby that just made me giggle
I'm less bullish about the show, but it simply cannot be denied that Nick Offerman has never looked better. He does scenes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Elle Fanning where you can't take your eyes off *him*
Three panel comic. Panel 1: scene from the movie Aliens; Ripley is in a mech suit and delivers her iconic line: “get away from her, you bitch!” Panel 2: the xenomorph queen lunges at Ripley in the robotic suit and they engage in a fight. Panel 3: later, the xenomorph queen is standing in the shower, mid wash. She says, “‘it takes one to know one, honey.’ That’s what I should have said.”
(said Type of Guy being "old, tired, and sad," basically)
there are lots of great reasons to watch Margo's Got Money Troubles, but one of them is that if you are into a certain Type of Guy, Nick Offerman has never been hotter
they’re just so much time with such mostly uninterestingly unpleasant people
I do think I'm more down on all 3 than most of my critic brethren have been, so maybe the real lesson here is that *I'm* the bad hang
and The Audacity, which tries to be for Silicon Valley what Veep was for DC during the Obama era, but instead feels like what Veep would be for DC during the Trump 2.0 era. (in short: reality is already dangerously close to lapping this satire, if it hasn't already)
been spending way too much tv time lately with characters who are extremely bad hangs. here's The Miniature Wife, which is teaches us that making someone extremely tiny does not make them any less annoying
Is Trump going to get impeached and removed from office? No, of course not. But Jesus Christ, guys. What the fuck is wrong with you, Schumer and Jeffries?
Poster for "The Christophers."
On Sunday, April 12, I'll be moderating two Q&As for THE CHRISTOPHERS with director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon at the AMC Century City 15. Tickets and info here: www.amctheatres.com/movies/the-c...
Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby, peaking his head into an examination room, on "The Pitt."
"The Pitt" vs. its fandom: Why is the show's vocal fandom putting "The Pitt's" characters on trial to be deemed “good” or “bad"?
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A very astute (and upsetting!) piece that touches on four scary cultural trends: 1) The demand for spelled-out moral clarity in stories 2) A growing inability to understand different types of narratives 3) The "customer's always right" version of fandom 4) The growth of fandom as a social identity.
Great article about how the Alamo Drafthouse has forgotten the face of its father. I was already soured on the place for reasons (mostly) unrelated to the in-theater experience, but if the in-theater experience is bad, too, then what the H are we even doing here? What a pathetic decline.
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also 3 just seems like too many glove changes for 1 game
I’m sorry but the little mitts for baserunners always look so funny. what, are you waiting for the timer to ding so you can pull your snickerdoodles out of the oven? get your head in the game, son
A fascinating look into this mentality. Why do you need to compete with a Fortune 500 company? You are a diner! The number one thing I want to see is photos of YOUR food, not a generic AI burger or your mac and cheese animated beyond recognition
One party size bag of ruffles is $7.29 but you can get 3 for $10????
folks we have a real world “how can that be profitable for Frito-Lay???” situation on our hands
you deserve a break to watch a silly little time-travel comedy
listen to me
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wrote abt megan moroney, ella langley, zach bryan, johnny blue skies (fka sturgill simpson), jelly roll, kid rock, jason aldean, and things of that nature www.vulture.com/article/coun...
This is how to do it. Sen Chris Murphy also tells me:
"Everybody in that chain of command has to think hard about whether they want to be part of the execution of that order."
He predicts bombing Iran's power plants/bridges will kill thousands at the outset. 2/
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