The funny thing is that once upon a time, in this world, Barnes & Noble was the big bad corporate bookstore coming for an indie bookstore. But now all the big bad bookstores have closed: Borders, Crown, Dalton, Waldenbooks, Bookstop, etc., B&N is fighting Amazon, and no one reads
The biggest issue with remaking You've Got Mail today isn't even the script, it’s basic technology
In 1998, anonymous e-mail pen pals (NY152 & Shopgirl) made sense
Today, Kathleen Kelly would take one look at Joe Fox’s typing cadence, run his profile through reverse-image search, and find his LinkedIn in 45 seconds
the whole charm of this movie lies in the time period in which it’s set—back when the internet and the book market looked the way it did; if it were set today, it would simply be boring as hell
Once again, this is not and was not an IP or a franchise. Yes, 1998’s You’ve Got Mail was itself a remake of Shop Around the Corner, but its appeal at the time was 99% “Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, reunited again after Sleepless in Seattle"!!!
Places, people. Jesse Eisenberg’s THE DEBUT is a “laugh-till-you-cry instant classic” starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. In theaters this December.
What an absolute gift to Democrats. Republicans got their asses handed to them and decided the solution was Jim Jordan. Democrats couldn't have handpicked a better face for the Republican Party. Christmas came early. Please never change.
The irony is that if the Republicans took Massie’s lead and actually took the Epstein files seriously and didn’t bring us into an illegal war, they’d be in much better shape right now. But hey, keep doubling down on everything Americans just rejected.
There’s one person in this exchange whose behavior, hand-picked candidates, and policies were repudiated handily by voters with historical election losses coast to coast — including in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia — and it ain’t Kaitlan.
Ah yes the diabolical conspiracy in Texas to deliver the state to Democrats, led by the heads of the state…. GOP Governor Abbot and … Attorney General Paxton who …. lost….