Category: Entertainment

  • Why Margo Robbie Wasn’t Nominated

    I finally got around to seeing the Barbie movie, and as everybody is saying, it’s pretty good. So when I heard that Margot Robbie did not receive an Oscar nomination for her performance as Barbie, despite the movie’s Best Picture nomination, my first reaction was that it was a typical case of the Academy’s tendency… Read more

  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Review

    My wife and I just watched Ghostbusters: Afterlife. I thought it was worth seeing, but you might want to wait for the price to drop. My wife liked it more than I did. As should be clear from the trailers, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is not a traditional sequel to the original Ghostbusters movie. It’s not the… Read more

  • Dune – Review

    I still don’t care. I still don’t care about House Atreides and House Harkonnen. I’m tired of hearing about the Bene Gesserit and the Kwisatz Haderach, the Padishah Emperor and his Imperial Sardaukar troops, and Paul’s mysterious connection to the Fremen (He knows how to wear a stillsuit correctly, oh my!). The whole wheels-within-wheels, schemes-within-schemes,… Read more

  • Is Chief Hopper a Perpetrator of Domestic Violence?

    Evan Rachel Wood, who plays Dolores Abernathy on Westworld, has been taking a bit of flack on Twitter for this: https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1147213677247860737 (Because I don’t trust Twitter embeds, she wrote: “You should never date a guy like the cop from #strangerthings Extreme jealousy and violent rages are not flattering or sexy like TV would have you… Read more

  • Getting a Few Things Off My Chest: Game of Thrones Edition

    The final season of Game of Thrones is starting today (you may have heard something about it) and there are a few things I want to get off my chest. For one thing, I’m wondering if all the death-related magic is connected in some way. Everybody makes a big deal about the Night King and… Read more