Andrew Garfield has been cast as Spider-Man …

… and I wish him the best, even though I couldn’t care less.

Read all about it here.

I loved the first two Spider-Man movies. Especially the second one.

Then the third one came along and … I can’t even talk about it anymore.

But here’s the review I did back in 2007. I don’t own the first two on Blu-Ray because they’re only available in a three-pack with the third one, and that piece of garbage isn’t allowed in my home.

Anyway, when director Sam Raimi and Sony couldn’t agree on the direction for a fourth film, Raimi and his cast (including Peter Parker himself, Tobey Maguire) were let go in favor of a total franchise reboot with new helmer Marc Webb (of (500) Days of Summer fame) in charge. The new film will reportedly take Peter back to high school and do everything all over again, with more emphasis on the teen angst stuff.

Eh.

After Spider-Man 3, there really wasn’t much of anything they could have done to restore my interest in this character. Maybe this new movie will be awesome, and I hope it is, but I’ll have to see and read a lot more about it before I can decide if I’m even excited.

In the meantime, best wishes and good luck to Mr. Garfield and his giant fucking hair.

BREAKING BAD season finale: “Full Measure”

Not since the golden era of The X-Files have I been so outrageously furious about a season finale … in a good way. And I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since X-Files veteran Vince Gilligan created Breaking Bad and pulled both writing and directing duties on this episode.

“No half measures.” That’s what Mike told Walt last week, and Walt took those words way, way, way more than seriously. Here we see the ramifications of Walt’s actions … and a domino effect of game-changing choices that will define a fourth season that needs to be airing now, now, now, now, now.

This is truly, confidently, and completely the stuff great television is made of.

I’ve turned several of you on to this show, so I’ll give you plenty of room to stop reading if you’re not caught up. Full discussion and spoilers to follow. Read more

JUSTIFIED #13: “Bulletville”

The first season of FX’s excellent new series JUSTIFIED gunned its way to one hell of an ending last week, posing new questions and teasing new directions between every shot fired.

And though I’ll never get tired of watching U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) zing bullets into bad guys who’ve got it coming, the show’s greatest strengths continue to be its characters and the things they say, which always make the writer in me extremely jealous.

If you’re new to the show or haven’t seen the finale yet, you should stop reading right now, because I’m going to talk about everything up to and including the ending. Read more