Angie Han

(Scary faces leer and reach for the camera in black and white) MONSTROUS MUSINGS The Giant Conspiracy Happening Against YOU By Phil Nobile Jr. I work with a pretty cool and diverse spectrum of employers, staffers and freelancers. Folks of different genders, sexuality, races, backgrounds. I think we're all pretty aligned ethically, morally, and where human rights are concerned, but when it comes to movies, opinions, and pop culture tastes and takes, we're all over the place. And that's great. Sure, I will shake my head at a co-worker's opinion on a movie from time to time. We might even debate our differing positions. It's fun! But I'm becoming increasingly aware that this kind of civil, respectful coexistence is giving way to a troubling, growing line of thinking I see in the world - and, more and more, in horror: "If you disagree with me, something is up." It's not even "you're wrong"; it's "you're only pretending to have a different opinion than mine, which is the correct opinion."

Today’s Terror Teletype: Thoughts about THE BRIDE!, thoughts about your thoughts about THE BRIDE!, and the weirdly right wing-coded trend of thinking everyone who disagrees with you is just pretending to disagree with you. manage.kmail-lists.com/subscription...

sometimes people ask critics "what is the worst thing you've seen recently" and they expect you to name something bonkers, but in most cases the real soul-suckers are the half-hearted mediocrities. i will always be more excited by a swing-for-the-fences misfire, even if i hate it

Whatever You Think of "Wuthering Heights," We Need More Filmmakers Like Emerald Fennell A look at the career of Emerald Fennell, and the responses to her three films to date.

"Not everything she tries works, but every choice is made with the kind of full-throated commitment to her vision that too many filmmakers lack." yes @lacymb.bsky.social on Emerald Fennell

I'm so glad she wrote this. The portrayal of her in this series is, to me, indefensible. She deserves an apology from the filmmakers and FX.

And if you hear yourself saying you portrayed a real person (who's alive!) in a particular way to manipulate your audience, please go improve.

Opinion | Daryl Hannah: How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This?

"I have never used cocaine in my life... I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial... It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show." Justice for Daryl Hannah!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

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see yours sounds like it could actually be interesting (not to me personally since that's not my scene, but to somebody, somewhere). which is why i know in my heart of hearts that my guess is closer

i bet it's a super bowl ad

Finally!

eeek

yiiikes

justice for the english dept, who are ALWAYS the ones having inappropriate relationships in these things. i'll have you know the teacher at my HS who got busted was an econ man and the prof at my college notorious for sleeping w female undergrads was a law guy

‘Vladimir’ Review: Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall Heat Up Netflix’s Boldly Prickly, Fascinatingly Slippery Deconstruction of Desire Julia May Jonas adapts her own acclaimed novel about a married English professor who develops an all-consuming crush on a younger colleague.

vladimir is a show about how some women would rather project all of their deepest needs and fears and regrets and insecurities onto Leo Woodall than go to therapy

it took me until maybe S1E6 to get really into it, so maybe it'll grow on you. or maybe it won't and that's ok too! life's too short to force yourself through a show you're not enjoying

they sure do!

(i like all of these shows and all of them are obv much more complex than a flippant little bluesky post can encapsulate! i'm just reflecting on my experience of watching every Rich Businesspeople In Glass Skyscrapers prestige drama du jour)

Billions (2016-2023): "rich people! so crazy and terrible but also smart and kinda cool am i right"

Succession (2018-2023): "rich people! so crazy and terrible and stupid and uncool but aren't they just so sad"

Industry (2020-): "… and in conclusion, that's how you get a Ghislaine Maxwell"

wow she absolutely nailed it

I know journalism is a rapidly deteriorating industry, but it also feels like fighting a losing battle when folks on here are mostly sharing articles to dunk on them, rather than solid pieces from journos and critics out here trying our best every day to stay working and writing

I think depressingly they did and the only thing they got out of it was "ooh, fun games and a distinct aesthetic! this would be a great thing to cash in on." even more depressingly i guess it has worked for them

ah yes the VIPs, everyone’s favorite part of Squid Game. the people have for sure been clamoring for more of the VIPs.

Eric Nam 에릭남 - How The Fire Started (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Eric Nam 에릭남

yes it's just good marketing but i am not above admitting i was charmed by eric nam's traitors-but-make-it-country music video

'Paradise' Undercut Its Most Promising Female Character With a Frustratingly Familiar Twist The women in the dystopian Hulu series deserve to be more than tragic symbols.

nodding in agreement w @quinciwho.bsky.social on a paradise s2 storyline i lowkey hated sorry

is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die?

‘Industry’ Bosses on That Shocking Finale and Whether [SPOILER] Was Inspired by Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘All of This Was in Her From the Very First Moment’ 'Industry' creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay break down the Season 4 finale and whether Yasmin is inspired by Ghislaine Maxwell

interviewed mickey down and konrad kay about a heckuva INDUSTRY season!! variety.com/2026/tv/news...

The Case for War, by Someone Whose Kids Won’t Die Fighting in It “The next days will be decisive. The best course for the United States is to spell out clearly to Iran what the paths of escalation — and de-escala...

"As someone whose kids won’t die fighting in the war, it’s important that you understand the flimsy, morally bankrupt justifications for war, and why it’s vital for you to throw more of your children's lives at this one."
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"American innovation" now refers to making a kind of atrocity cronut by combining insider trading with war crimes.

They Met in an E.R. and Were Married at the Super Bowl

The only vows colum you ever need to read. They can retire the concept now. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/s...

the fact that Rob is like seven years younger than everyone else in the Traitors castle … these geriatric Millennials and Gen Xers are getting fooled by a child

Aw, now I feel bad for making fun of this guy. (I bet yours has YOUR NAME, though.)