Trevor Jackson

I loved all of those shows too and that's a good distinction: sentiment w/o sentimentality, while also being about something more and, maybe, first. Shrinking *was* sorta about therapy, and now it's only about the characters bouncing off each other.

The Lowdown did not get enough attention!

He's right! Ted Lasso has the same show formula. Zero stakes, any drama is immediately defused w/no consequence. Gentle instruction on how to be a good, enlightened person. IF you live in CandyLand.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Did the Aussie with the Bitcoin tattoo bring his Bible

I used to judge hate-watchers, but then I realized I am choking down these episodes of Shrinking. A stripped-down version of Edward Sharpe's "Home" over a montage of our heroes telling family they love them? 🤢

This show isn't entertainment, it's Sesame Street for privileged white people.

This is day 2 of the 2026 Iowa River pelican extravaganza

b&w pub photo of Bale as Frank looking a little hobo-ish and square skulled a la Tom Waits

Saw a trailer for THE BRIDE! last night and I'm cautiously optimistic but I hope I can shake the feeling that C.Bale looks like Tom Waits

Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell on the carpet, smokin up the joint

Bogart & Bacall

Iowa has become part of the South

Yeah but Peggy Noonan told Chuck Todd we should just keep on walkin down the road

“By god we will rubber stamp this immediately even if it kills us. We are so good at Congressing”

*rein

My Kia-Subaru dealership is at stake

I’m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

“Does the Squirtle sense on a cellular level that he is brother to the Charmander? That perhaps it is his own death that he seeks?”

UI Center for Intellectual Freedom seeks additional funding after postponing classes After postponing classes from January due to a lack of student interest and scheduling issues, the University of Iowa Center for Intellectual Freedom is seeking more funding for future development. Io...

Nobody signed up for the first slate of classes from this dorkdoggle*, so now they want to give $1m more to a marketing team.

Buddies, it ain't how you're selling this, it's what you're selling.

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*Marionette Miller-Meeks wanted to name it after Charlie Kirk, fyi

Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.

“outer-borough Viktor Orban” is @jamellebouie.net having a good time

Shit, I just now heard Fennessey make a similar point. I swear I’m not just regurgitating Big Pic takes

Is the greatest sin someone can commit in an Emerald Fennell script not knowing your place? Trying to be something you’re not born to be or raised in? She's really weird on class stuff.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre letterboxd post with only one line (and one like): "First of all thank god we speak fluent Spanish."

Do you ever look back at your letterboxd reviews because you can't remember what you said about a movie? And then have a good laugh?

ONE person liked this joke, in addition to me, who also loved it

Fastest way to smother a spark

Every once in a while, I just think of something from Nirvana the band the show the movie and I’m stunned all over again. Today, it’s the footage of themselves from 2008 that they were still able to use. It’s like they knew.

The Untamed “Wuthering Heights” The Lovers on the Bridge Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

There for the week, dysfunctional and destructive love #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched boxd.it/7C6KJ

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I need to write down when I pre-order Criterion releases. Do you know how many times I’ve almost bought a copy of Network since December? At least twice.

"With all due respect, marshal, you're wrong about the beards."

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I highly recommend Tom Noonan's film WHAT HAPPENED WAS. He was a fantastic writer and director in addition to being one of the great character actors his generation. WHAT HAPPENED WAS is a romance for people who have been worn down by life and themselves and who don't trust love, but still want it.

Those three are a solid supporting cast who get to have way more fun than Palmer. Other than a fun 3-sec cameo in the last episode you will miss nothing if you hop off. Weak payoff of most of the mystery threads.

Keke Palmer starring in a rebooted The 'Burbs should have equaled a slam dunk. Instead it's 3, maybe 4 episodes stretched to 8 that end on a nonsense cliffhanger to setup a second season. Pass.