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Kevin Spacey is a terrible human being but he’s still the best movie Lex Luthor

I’d be wary of wanting a less faithful adaptation considering many of your issues with the season - namely your frustration with Ellie’s goal - stem from Mazin’s changes to the game.

I’m here!

BRING HER BACK is devastating and Sally Hawkins gives one of the great performances in all of horror.

Yeahhhhh. I like the show a lot but this is a case where I think faithfulness to the game bites them. The POV change works A LOT better when you're immediately tossed into Abby's shoes, not as a cliffhanger where you have to wait two years.

Poker Face remains absolutely DELIGHTFUL. Just my favorite thing in the world.

UNTIL DAWN is a lot of gory fun and I thought the connections to the game were very cool.

I loved it but wish they’d taken an extra year and released one 13/14 episode season instead of two 7 episode seasons two years apart

But it’s a great season of TV that keeps its focus right where it should be: on the people. The writing’s sharper, the direction’s tighter, Bella’s even better than the first season, and you can bet your butt that when Pedro Pascal cries, the audience cries.

Qualms? Yeah, a few. The WLF/Seraphite conflict is always on the fringes and I think new viewers may be frustrated by the lack of context and information being saved for Season 3. I also wish Ellie was on her own more often, she’s most compelling when completely alone.

The Last of Us Part II is known for being dark, even oppressive, but Craig Mazin somehow finds ways to make every notable sequence more brutal. Think you’re prepared because you’ve played the game? You’re not - especially during a horrific scene late in the season finale.

The expanded scope allows Season 2 to add depth to a number of characters - Dina and Seth (!) get compelling new scenes, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac - even though he doesn’t have much screen time - gets much more to chew on than he did in the game. Can’t wait to see more of him.

THE LAST OF US Season 2, like the game it’s based on, is more painful and significantly more ambitious. Most impressive is Bella Ramsey as Ellie, who hides the character’s pain and rage behind a mask of normalcy while around others. When the mask slips, she’s terrifying.

Not to jinx it but you should be fine, we’re a long ways away from the HBO Go days of not being able to handle sudden traffic

Somehow you folks did not oversell THE STUDIO. Just laughed for a solid five minutes when we got to the punchline of the Scorsese scene.

The other place is lovely this time of year

THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP is super cute. I laughed and smiled a bunch. Go see it while you can.

I fucking loved BLACK BAG.

I believe the returns are mostly the killer using AI deepfakes as a super-charged version of the Scream 3 voice changer.

Was lucky enough to read the WAKE UP DEAD MAN script and it’s very, very good. There’s a stronger sense of empathy for the suspects than KNIVES OUT or GLASS ONION and the tone is a little darker, a tiny bit more spooky. It’s playfully moving into Scooby-Doo territory.

Christ, this is awful.

Posting here because Bluesky is so much more chill than Twitter and this hopefully won't bring out the angry people: I've heard the Until Dawn movie is fun!

'Twin Peaks' Was the Most Bizarre Show on TV -- and David Lynch's Biggest Success David Lynch's show Twin Peaks was a surprise cultural and ratings phenomenon when it aired in 1990. It changed television forever

I wrote about how strange and wonderful it was that the incredible, incredibly strange Twin Peaks briefly dragged David Lynch into the mainstream, and how hard he fought — especially with Twin Peaks: The Return — to do what interested him, and not a potential mass audience:

An actual ceasefire deal is great but I don’t trust Netanyahu for a fucking second

I liked a bunch of WOLF MAN but the movie depends on an emotional connection I just didn't feel, and thus the movie felt unsatisfying as a whole. Oh well.

Randomly decided to throw on RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Goddamn, movies are the best.

My deep dark confession is that I think Kevin Spacey is the best movie Lex Luthor so far.

Said a nice thing about THE LAST JEDI on Twitter, now just sitting back with popcorn and watching the fireworks

@sepinwall.bsky.social I am begging you to review the first episode of Original Sin. Preferably while intoxicated.

Hey Daft. I was told TLOU3 was in the works and was as far as Druckmann directing scenes but clearly that isn't the case if he's been on Intergalactic since 2020. I suspect my sourcing got its wires crossed between Intergalactic and the TLOU Online shooting at the same time.