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Parasite (2019, Bong Joon-ho)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 13, 2019
Metaphor is a luxury item in Parasite. First act lead Choi Woo-sik excitedly talks about the metaphorical when things are still going well. Choi, a floundering, unemployed early twenty-something from an unemployed floundering family, lucks into the perfect gig—tutoring a rich teenager with her Engl read more
Becker (1998) s01e10 – P.C. World
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 13, 2019
There are some weird optics to P.C. World. You’ve got Ted Danson, who just six years earlier burned out due to a really bad public blackface incident and is coming back with this “Becker” show, reformed. Now, Danson’s gone on to be one of the least problematic Hollywood liberals and a damn fine read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e07 – A Fly in the Ointment
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 12, 2019
“In the Shadow of the Tower” has been getting really good, but it hasn’t done anything like A Fly in the Ointment in the ointment before. When I grokked the format—different directors, different writers, maybe not everything from King James Maxwell’s perspective (though tellingly zilch so read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e07 – A Fly in the Ointment
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 12, 2019
“In the Shadow of the Tower” has been getting really good, but it hasn’t done anything like A Fly in the Ointment in the ointment before. When I grokked the format—different directors, different writers, maybe not everything from King James Maxwell’s perspective (though tellingly zilch so read more
Adam’s Rib (1949, George Cukor)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 11, 2019
Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to read more
Adam’s Rib (1949, George Cukor)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 11, 2019
Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to read more
Adam’s Rib (1949, George Cukor)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 11, 2019
Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e06 – The White Hart
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 11, 2019
The episode starts with guys conspiring to overthrow Henry VII (Robert Maxwell) with the help of foreign money and a pretender king… in other words, “In the Shadow of the Tower” feels like itself again. If itself again means it feels more like the first three episodes than the two before this read more
Adam’s Rib (1949, George Cukor)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 11, 2019
Adam’s Rib has a great script (by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin), but outside director Cukor not being as energetic as he could be—he might’ve been able to compensate—the script is the biggest problem with the film. There are the really obvious problems, like when Spencer Tracy gets reduced to read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e06 – The White Hart
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 11, 2019
The episode starts with guys conspiring to overthrow Henry VII (Robert Maxwell) with the help of foreign money and a pretender king… in other words, “In the Shadow of the Tower” feels like itself again. If itself again means it feels more like the first three episodes than the two before this read more
Peter’s To-Do List (2019, Jon Watts)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 10, 2019
Peter's To-Do List is some next level lazy. It’s an “all-new” short film included on the Spider-Man: Far From Home home video releases. It’s actually just a montage mostly cut from the movie; better yet, the footage also appears in the deleted scenes section of the disc. There are no opening read more
Peter’s To-Do List (2019, Jon Watts)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 10, 2019
Peter's To-Do List is some next level lazy. It’s an “all-new” short film included on the Spider-Man: Far From Home home video releases. It’s actually just a montage mostly cut from the movie; better yet, the footage also appears in the deleted scenes section of the disc. There are no opening read more
Peter’s To-Do List (2019, Jon Watts)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 10, 2019
Peter's To-Do List is some next level lazy. It’s an “all-new” short film included on the Spider-Man: Far From Home home video releases. It’s actually just a montage mostly cut from the movie; better yet, the footage also appears in the deleted scenes section of the disc. There are no opening read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e05 – The Serpent and the Comforter
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 10, 2019
This episode is peculiar. It has a new writer, new director, same production design, same King (James Maxwell), but in this episode, Maxwell’s end credit is just as “The King,” not “King Henry VII.” Because it doesn’t matter who he is. He doesn’t need to be the king. He could just as easily read more
Peter’s To-Do List (2019, Jon Watts)
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 10, 2019
Peter's To-Do List is some next level lazy. It’s an “all-new” short film included on the Spider-Man: Far From Home home video releases. It’s actually just a montage mostly cut from the movie; better yet, the footage also appears in the deleted scenes section of the disc. There are no opening read more
The Shadow of the Tower (1972) s01e05 – The Serpent and the Comforter
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 10, 2019
This episode is peculiar. It has a new writer, new director, same production design, same King (James Maxwell), but in this episode, Maxwell’s end credit is just as “The King,” not “King Henry VII.” Because it doesn’t matter who he is. He doesn’t need to be the king. He could just as easily read more
The Flash (2014) s06e01 – Into the Void
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 9, 2019
After a brief revision to last season’s finale, this episode skips ahead four months, missing the summer where everyone recovered or reacted to last season’s upheaval. So instead of seeing Barry (Grant Gustin) moping all summer, instead he’s just faking enthusiasm to mask the mope. He and Iris read more
The Flash (2014) s06e01 – Into the Void
The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 9, 2019
After a brief revision to last season’s finale, this episode skips ahead four months, missing the summer where everyone recovered or reacted to last season’s upheaval. So instead of seeing Barry (Grant Gustin) moping all summer, instead he’s just faking enthusiasm to mask the mope. He and Iris read more
The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever (2013, Mark Robertson)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 8, 2019
The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever is about a New Jersey amusement park called Action Park, which opened in the late seventies and ran for twenty dangerous years—there were apparently six deaths and countless injuries (enabled by the owner running some kind of insurance scheme). The video has a mi read more
The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever (2013, Mark Robertson)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 8, 2019
The Most Insane Amusement Park Ever is about a New Jersey amusement park called Action Park, which opened in the late seventies and ran for twenty dangerous years—there were apparently six deaths and countless injuries (enabled by the owner running some kind of insurance scheme). The video has a mi read more