some progress

app/Models/Comment.php

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ class Comment extends Model
         'tmdb_url',
     ];
 
+    protected $dates = [
+        'published_at',
+        'created_at',
+        'updated_at'
+    ];
+
     public function author()
     {
         return $this->hasOne(User::class, 'id', 'user_id');

app/Models/Movie.php

@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class Movie extends Model
     public function director()
     {
         return $this->belongsToMany(Person::class, 'movie_cast', 'movie_id', 'person_id')
-            ->where('movie_cast.known_for_department', 'Directing')
+            ->where('movie_cast.job', 'Director')
+            ->orWhere('movie_cast.known_for_department', 'Directing')
             ;
     }