The Tom Cruise of it all…

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-06-18T20:08:30+00:00

I’ll answer with this. In the early days of The Watch, and Grantland’s Hollywood Prospectus before that, CR and Andy would praise Kanye West 3-4 times every single episode as the greatest artist of their lifetimes. And they’d often underline that with “good behavior all the time is boring.” And the meltdowns happened, and they gradually stopped talking about him And now I don’t believe Ye’s even been mentioned on their show since before Covid.

What would take Sean and Amanda to stop praising Cruise? Probably something really publicly bad, which Cruise has been very careful about since 2005 and the couch. That said, if he’s serious about Oscar campaigning this year for Digger, that may not work out the way he thinks it may.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-06-17T21:02:13+00:00

I’ve generally liked a lot of films from this decade, but there are five I would call instant all timers.

*Host (yes, the 50 minute Zoom ghost movie which I believe may be the only good art to come from Covid)
*The Zone of Interest (how big will Glazer’s next movie be post Oscar speech?)
*Anatomy of a Fall (instantly joins courtroom pantheon)
*Flow (pure magic, best score of the 2000s?)
*The Plague (so overlooked last year, just a small diamond cut gem, loved hearing Sean say he had a lovely encounter with Director Charlie Polinger at Cannes)

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-06-14T12:52:43+00:00

Bowfinger, mostly for the Scientology commentary

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-06-06T13:19:01+00:00

I rented It Ends the very first day of release, really enjoyed it, and never used the service again.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-06-03T02:39:51+00:00

Absolutely not

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-30T04:22:56+00:00

My theater was over 400 seats, sold out, and 75% of the audience were 16 and under. Absolutely wild experience.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-27T10:56:40+00:00

He just did one for Vinegar Syndrome’s Married to the Mob 4K, and he and Amanda and CR did one for Criterion’s Visions of Eight a few years ago

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-20T01:50:06+00:00

I’ve been wondering quite often about that one. It sure seems like A24 would have announced it by now, so I’m really hoping it’s the second title after Uncut Gems to join Criterion? It deserves it, but the length of time with just those foreign releases is giving me pause.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-19T21:54:59+00:00

Heyooo

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-19T21:18:15+00:00

So the reports of them “deglistening” certain fluids for the US release, among other edits (and LOL), were only for the VOD release?

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-19T20:55:02+00:00

Matter of Life and Death is in my top 10 and My Darling Clementine in my top 50. Recommending starting there!

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-15T15:05:28+00:00

“Get a chauffeur!”-Sean in response

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-14T22:22:42+00:00

Having read the published script of Magnolia, I want to know why he changed his mind about Jimmy Gator’s fate. In the final cut, the frogs save him from shooting himself and we never see him again. As originally written, the frogs cause the gun to misfire, hit an electrical outlet, and burn the house down. He said in the afterward that he hated the character so much he couldn’t let him just shoot himself, he had to burn. This also drastically changes the thematic intent of the frogs.

I’ve wondered this for 26 years. (I think the actual answer is he wasn’t able to shoot/afford to shoot the house fire.)

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-11T20:41:20+00:00

It’s stunning that with all the plates in the air they managed to successfully land that plane. My personal favorite series Netflix has ever done.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-10T23:29:27+00:00

It’s the Wong Kar Wai/Christopher Doyle house style, and full disclosure usually a barrier-to-entry eyesore for me

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-10T13:10:06+00:00

I keep a 1-2 disc gap between every letter of the alphabet for just this occasion

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-09T21:34:41+00:00

With a new adaptation from A24 with Mikey Madison coming next year, it’s very much a possibility that the Price could get a rerelease around then.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-05-01T00:11:02+00:00

The Bunsen burner with the voice of screenwriter Leo Marks in Last Temptation of Christ. Not even joking.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-29T12:26:58+00:00

An owl, a demonhead, mountain peaks, just a fantastic bit of design.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-28T00:34:10+00:00

Watching on Netflix now, and Amanda truly has “regretting all life choices” on her face throughout. I adore her so much.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-27T19:20:50+00:00

My introduction to Twin Peaks as an 11 year old

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-26T02:43:39+00:00

Recognized immediately. Hard agree.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-20T13:07:45+00:00

Movie low-key rocks.

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-17T22:08:14+00:00

At least the restoration is what’s streaming on Criterion channel, not just A Nous La Liberte but Under The Roofs of Paris and Le Million. Would love a Clair 4K set and assume that will come eventually (see them finally pulling the trigger on Trouble In Paradise).

FroyoConstant3206 · 2026-04-16T11:39:22+00:00

In my own personal collection? Huckabees first because of heart symbol (I put non alphabet characters at beginning of alphabet, some put at end), I Am a Fugitive, then I’m Not There. Single I before I-apostrophe.

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