Maniac Cop 2 (William Lustig, 1990)- main theme seems to be theory (represented by police psychologist) versus practice (Robert Davi's homicide detective) and comes down on the side of "real cops are out on the streets cracking skulls" (practice). Excellent pulp. Available on Criterion Channel now.

More trash! Next up is 1988’s “Maniac Cop” directed (again) by William Lustig. Bruce Campell is both miscast and underutilized. Film has a screwy morality that can’t decide whether extra legal killing by cops is good or not.

I simply do not understand this strategy where they have Bari Weiss’ handpicked anchors shit on the quality journalists who’ve been at CBS News for years by portraying them as hack ‘advocates’ or activists with an agenda. I’d quit today.

So, I read some essays, and the Mogwai could represent Jim Crow stereotypes (they sing and dance, cause havoc), they could represent Yellow Peril stereotypes. Gizmo is the 'model minority'. And so on. I'm not convinced.

Republicans want to do genital inspections on people’s daughters if they’re too good at sports.

“Adam in Chains” is so good. Rest is just OK.

Only one star better than Escape from LA?

Something like that, yeah.

Adam Sandler's gotta sit him down and be honest with him about why he's the only person who casts him anymore.

"My son died liberating you" after being introduced to a person who survived a death camp is such a great, economical way to convey a character is an asshole tho.

He's not even really talking about a guy being a slob- he includes clean dishes in a dryer rack as part of the thing that gives him the ick!

In the area of law I work in we get some people who signed huge car loans who start claiming money isn’t real and no contract they ever signed is valid only after they default.

My gawd the sequence of songs in the end credits -
"Just Like Honey" to "City Girl" to "Kaze Wo Atsumete"- is the best.

I'm also now aware that Murray probably treated Johansson like shit when making this, so that doesn't help.