The 40 Year-Old Virgin

2005

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A Million Little Things Series Finale Featurette - After five seasons, it's time to say farewell. The cast members of A Million Little Things discuss the shows legacy in this featurette. Watch the A Million Little Things series finale May 3rd on ABC.

📽️ The DUFF (2015)

This movie actually made me think about who the DUFF was in my high school friend group (spoiler, I think it may have been me). See, the thing is, even though this is a movie, the DUFF is definitely a real thing. Even if a group isn’t doing it on purpose (like Bianca’s friends weren’t), there is still a DUFF in every friend group. And they don’t actually have to be fat or ugly; they just have to be less popular. I like this movie because Wesley (the male lead) never insinuated that Bianca was less worthy than her more attractive friends were, nor did her friends feel that way or say anything to that effect. This is a good movie; I’ve already seen it more than once, and I’d watch it again.

Sex/nudity: 4/10 (kissing, a lot of sexual references and dialogue, sexual comments and jokes, drawings and mentions of genitals, both genders shirtless)

Language: 4/10 (one f-word and pretty much as much language as they could shove into a PG-13 movie and a lot of it)

Violence: 1/10 (two punches, a slap, no blood)

Overall rating: 7/10

On second (or maybe fourth) viewing: Weeds, season 1 (created by Jenji Kohan, 2005)

Having technically known it by heart after several intense re-watchings back in the mid-2000s, I have recently had showed it to my boyfriend, who knew it only tangentially (generation gap!). I remember criticism that Weeds' later seasons (with the exception of 4 and 6) got lost in the re-invention need, with the location shifts camouflaging the storytelling staleness. It's a valid point, I re-watched chunks of seasons 7-8 last year, and cringed heavily at the stinky quality of everything that does not revolve around Mary Louise Parker's nuanced performance. The tenure of the series proved that Nealon and Gould are limited actors and that Parrish, when given a chance of emotionally complex characterization, can pull an interesting performance (season four's ending is his highlight). But it is Parker who remains amazing throughout. In those later seasons, she got a fantastic screen partner in Jennifer Jason Leigh, with whom she shared awesome, brittle, sexy, and extremely lively sisterly chemistry. In this opening season, her great partner is Perkins, whose role would become more of a nasty caricature in her last two seasons (the ones outside Agrestic). What surprised me this time though is how clumsily shot and badly written this season is, part of which points to its temporal situatedness: the characters of color are only drug dealers and maids. White guys (and Celia) throw homophobic and ableist slurs as joke punchlines. Suddenly, starting with episode four, there are weird fade-outs truncating the wobbly rhythm of the episodes. Regardless of that, I am looking forward to re-watching season two, which was my favorite back then: I never was a fan of Donovan, but his on-screen relationship with Nancy Botwin was a highlight.

Nothing about a "whites only" sign on a water fountain is funny. It's racist. And you have no idea how hard you actually made it for me. It's one thing for a couple of stupid teenagers to do what they did, but it is another thing for a grown man to tell me to turn away, as if that is the way I should live my life. As if what they did wasn't wrong. I've been fighting that suggestion for the last 30 years. So, any self-celebrating you do about how you've made a difference in kids' lives, know that you have. And you should be ashamed of yourself.

The Love Guru (2008)

In today's review, I find that guidance in hockey and love can be beneficial. As I attempt a #positive review of the 2008 comedy, The Love Guru #MikeMyers #JessicaAlba #JustinTimberlake #RomanyMalco #MeaganGood #VerneTroyer #OmidDjalili #BenKingsley

When you’re on top, the only way is down. This sobering cliché is evident depending on where you look. What was once the talk of the town is now yesterday’s news, one day the best-seeded team are suffering an interminable losing streak. In 2008, following on the success, Myers tried to impart his wisdom, in a new character, known as The Love Guru. The Canadian past-time of hockey is the central…

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romanymalco What a game!!! Love these people right here! They’ve all mentored me and continue to! Miss y’all!!! #AMillionLittleThings @millionlittlethingsabc

What Does “Rutledge” Mean On ‘A Million Little Things’?

If you simply watched the heartbreaking/heartwarming series finale of A Million Little Things you’re most likely doing three issues: wiping tears out of your face, obsessing over each single a part of this present, and eager about Rutledge. That’s proper, Season 5, Episode 13 co-writers D.J. Nash and James Roday Rodriguez hit followers with an actual throwback throughout the collection finale.…

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A Million Little Things 5x12 "Tough Stuff" Promo - Gary and Maggie make a difficult decision; Katherine and Greta explore options for the future; Eddie and Delilah realize they need to make a change.

Almost Christmas review is up! https://youtu.be/6j7ExQx8-lI

Today in History: November 18, deaths at Jonestown

Today in History: November 18, deaths at Jonestown

Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2022. There are 43 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 18, 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide resulting in the deaths of more than 900 cult…

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