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Weird, or totally expected because men fucking suck?

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Watching France and Sweden, granted it’s early, but I think both teams should just kick it into the net

I wrote about the weird reaction to SUPERGIRL failing

YES. Preach @mikeryan.bsky.social share.google/uI0MBOfifxey...

Morocco should have just kicked it into the net there

our culture has made it permissible to be openly hostile to women. even toward a movie directed by a man catering to them, with an abstracted plot about sexual exploitation and a meathead who calls the hero “tits,” and a murky Snyder nu metal aesthetic

It's like the reaction to the Lady Ghostbusters movie where I didn't enjoy it but I feel obligated to defend it because Jesus, it wasn't THAT bad, you chuds.

Great stuff. Supergirl isn't very good but it's also not nearly bad enough to engender this kind of hate and scorn. Bummer all around.

The guy next to me at the bar is from Paraguay and he’s been frustrated with their shots on goal and I said, “they just need to kick it into the net,” and he screams, “Exactly!”

The guy next to me at the bar is from Paraguay and he’s been frustrated with their shots on goal and I said, “they just need to kick it into the net,” and he screams, “Exactly!”

When teams kick it into the net they win

No matter what happens in overtime, Paraguay will never be able to beat Germany in one thing. World Wars started

I am going to enjoy this movie, out of spite and also the trailer made it look sick so

So I’m watching this Germany, Paraguay match and I think I see the problem. The players should just kick it into the net

Wait, I thought we all wanted superhero movies that weren't ENTIRELY ABOUT SAVING THE UNIVERSE? AGAIN? HELLO? www.indiewire.com/features/com...

Supergirl is a mess (Milly Alcock is fantastic, though), but the amount of anger I'm seeing for it is baffling. It's a perfectly meh movie, but Mike's right -- I'd rather sit through this than Mandalorian and Grogu again.

I don't think SUPERGIRL is perfect, but it did a lot right (and, hey, I've got a piece on that coming in mere minutes), but the reaction by some to it failing has been... well, disheartening.

It sucks that Supergirl is failing.

I wrote about the weird reaction to SUPERGIRL failing

Just kick it into the net

My expert analysis for Canada is to “score goals.” The players should just kick it into the net.

Simon is now 28. I have had the same pet for 28 years.

If you find moving just too pleasant of an experience

It’s also remarkable that Mel Brooks was in the army during WWII and was at the Battle of the Bulge

The soccer players should just kick it in the net

England’s coach should probably bring it up to the team about the lack of goals recently

For today’s newsletter mailbag I answered questions about James Bond and summer movie season. This is for free subscibers, but if you have ever considered becoming a paid subscriber, yes I *do* need those

kevin mcallister grew up to be jigsaw

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“How much is a magical world worth?” A beautiful thread about Cabo Verde, the Peace Corps, and the World Cup:

Cape Verde!!!!!!

Broken Arrow is the sequel to Pump Up the Volume. Happy Harry got out of jail and joined the Air Force, Nora fled her dead-end life in Arizona for a park ranger job in Utah, they reunite and boy oh boy is that old spark still there!!

Declaring “superhero movies are over,” when it’s the one starring a woman is certainly a choice, as if no superhero movie has ever not been well received before … but okay

Haha

These two characters are related

Ethan Hawke’s character in The Lowdown is Troy Dyer from Reality Bites 30 years on

Tom Hardy's MAD MAX is really the Feral Kid from The Road Warrior, having grown up and adopted the persona of the man that he looked up to as a kid. It's why he doesn't tell Furiosa his name until the end, because he had to earn it. The opening narration is him trying to convince himself.

My favorite headcannon only theory is that Disney's ALADDIN is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and the genie was last bottled in the 1990s, hence his insistence on making pop culture references Aladdin never understands.

The One Wish Willows from Obsession are a result of someone finding a way to mass produce and market the magic tree sticks from Weapons.

This is fun and all but then there’s no reason for Roger Moore’s Bond to visit Tracy Bond’s grave in For Your Eyes Only

For today’s newsletter mailbag I answered questions about James Bond and summer movie season. This is for free subscibers, but if you have ever considered becoming a paid subscriber, yes I *do* need those

Well, I know what they're *not* talking about.

Let's get the DTF St. Louis credits an Emmy. www.avclub.com/emmys-2026-d...

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Name a movie that flopped at the box office but is actually great #FilmSky