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Websites that demand I turn on cookies before I can see their stuff are cordially invited to boil their own heads.

True story, years ago when Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams first came out went to an early screening & afterwards asked him ‘what are we making now that will endure like cave paintings’ and he said ‘nothing’. Then he said ‘but you’re a very silly boy to be worried about 20k years from now’

I still remain astonished that Blockbuster, known for price gouging, ridiculous late fees, ambitions of a monopoly and censorship of films, has become a nostalgia beacon. For the kids, it would be like everyone suddenly sighing about the warm summer days at Walmart.

It's time to build the ballroom It's time to hide the files It's time to cover the crimes of all the pedophiles

Internet so fucking broken, should be greatest library in human history & it’s desecrated. Reminded I was at a musician’s first ever show in NYC only 15 years ago & can’t find any way to search it. Music sites covered it, all dead links. Can’t search google by year anymore. AI has rotted results.

More deliberate courage and conviction in one man than the entire diaspora of institutional journalists roaming Washington today.

Billionaires say they’re building bunkers because the apocalypse is coming but really it’s because people fucking hate them

Donald Trump has earned every vile adjective I have ever invoked against the man. This is empirical. Each and every characterization, each maledictive phrase results from his overt actions and statements and is in no way hyperbolic. I know many of us feel this precisely.

Just get a big ass portable, paint it gold, roll that shit next to the White House and tell that senile wockaflocka the ballroom's done.

I've noticed this too, and I think the sign of a fundamental problem with LLM's. They're trained on good, structured writing, but used by people, particularly tech folk, who've never been taught/barely been exposed to good, structured writing. So whenever they see it, it "must" be the product of AI.

“The court is currently ruled by a brutal Christofascist majority; it sees itself as an all-powerful legislature. And as an all-powerful, Christofascist legislature, the court is determined to prevent any & all efforts to restore democracy and end Christian authoritarianism.” You gotta face facts.

Tragedy? Security worked in this incident. No one died. Not even the shooter. No one sustained a serious injury. Tragedy? Every single mass shooting in a public space in America is a fucking tragedy. This? Shut the fuck up, you ridiculous, gibbering, incompetent drunk.

Just walked in on my son Benthan building a ballroom out of Lego & quietly crying. “Daddy…” he said before I interrupted & told him his ballroom sucked ass & dropped an anvil on it.

I can’t speak for the WHCA but like they just wouldn’t hold the dinner at a White House ballroom. Which is an argument I’m not seeing a lot of. Which surprises me.

My proposal is that the Kevlar diaper he wears (due to his uncontrollable, weapons grade diarrhea) simply be enlarged to cover his whole beautiful body.

The concept of never enjoying the art of a problematic artist has only led more people to insist clearly problematic artists have never done anything wrong

We saw you across the Renaissance Faire and really dug your vibe...

Trump as Moron in Chief. The end of the battleship's relevance was predicted as early as 1921 by Billy Mitchell in his bombing tests on Navy vessels, then fully realized by 1942 at the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway. Strapping some Tomahawks to justify a few old dreadnoughts notwithstanding.

This one is straight from the heart. I hope you'll read it! www.rogerebert.com/ebertfest/lo...

this is from Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace), and it is a bonafide ass-whipper. honestly a wonderful picture to enjoy on its own, or paired with The Hidden.

Kash Patel looks the way he does because this guy is always in his peripheral vision but no one else can see “him”.

William S. Hart burns the place to the ground as the antihero of HELL'S HINGES (1916). There is a notion that westerns started spangly and grew grittier as time passed but that was not the case and Hart's vision of the west was the most biblically violent of the very grim and gritty 1910s.

…The Hands Of… Jeez, when am I going to stop pandering to my base? I hear this is a good film.

The ballroom will be a safe and secure place to order bombing raids that kill innocent school children.

Peace talks with Iran had broken down, but now we’re hearing reports that building the ballroom and firing Kimmel will be just the thing to bring them back to the table.

" Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price [...] of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains." Adam Smith, WEALTH OF NATIONS

Don’t want to say the White House Correspondents Dinner incident was staged, but it qualified the shooter for SAG health insurance.

But if all of Fox News is at the White House correspondents’ dinner, who’s gonna tell us this is Biden’s fault?

Tomato shortage, you say? Remember, tomatoes are a really good entry point for first time gardeners. Get a plant that says “cherry” because little ones are easier. Get a self-watering planter. Put it in a sunny (but not roasting) place. Southern exposure is ideal if you have it.

I hate the fake Einstein quote "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result" because it isn't even true, but also because the real definition of insanity is believing, "If they're mad at you, that means you must be doing something right!!"

KANSAS CITY! Put some laughter in your life this weekend at the Funny Bone and whatnot. Four showtimes to choose from!

Actress Mariclare Costello passed away on April 17 at the age of 90, we've learned. Costello starred in the 1971 cult classic Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, along with 1983 horror anthology Nightmares, and the Blair Witch Project faux-documentary Shadow of the Blair Witch.

“Stephen Miller puts the ‘cyst’ in ‘white supremacist’”. Hahaha youtu.be/GRjKhsJc95o?...

Obv Labour is a self-inflicted bin fire at the moment & the UK’s newspapers are owned by monsters but that doesn’t mean anyone needs to actually vote Reform. It’ll be like a longer, worse Truss episode that won’t/can’t last so why not just skip it?

So I guess Melania is more of a Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen kind of gal.

This is what you want to see when you watch a movie

Kudos to Kimmel for not bringing out "Regretful Jimmy" or "Sincere Jimmy" or "On-the-Verge-of-Tears Jimmy" for this one. This is pretty straight-forward, "What the fuck are we even DOING here?" incredulity, which is exactly the level of respect the situation deserves.

A new official website for Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL has revealed the film's logo. Only in theaters September 18.

Some of the best education you get as a young person is following a sports team full of scrappy, inspirational underdogs who play the game the right way until they get utterly obliterated in the playoffs by a team that is simply bigger, stronger and faster

Do you like CONTACT? Me, too. So, so much. www.drewmcweeny.com/the-hip-pock...

Historical precedent: Pat Nixon’s tiff with Woody Woodbury. Lady Bird Johnson’s attack on Mike Douglas. Jackie Kennedy’s war on Joe Franklin. Mamie Eisenhower’s clash with Robert Q Lewis. Bess Truman’s battle with Tex McCrary & Jinx Falkenburg.

The vast majority of Oscar Best Picture winners are pretty solidly middlebrow, often to great effect. Indeed, strictly speaking, most great populist art is middlebrow. Some is low- or highbrow, but the middlebrow is where the stuff that aimed for profundity AND a mass audience lived.

i collected a bunch of explosions for specific reference so I made a little video of them some cool movie explosions youtu.be/qwl9azNeup4?...

Idiocracy was a documentary of the future

Please stop saying mean things to us and let us kill american citizens and ignore due process and funnel money to ourselves and our friends in peace.

What it's like hanging out with me

Sophie Thatcher will star in 17th-century witch thriller CAVENDISH. A young bride (Sophie Thatcher) is accused of witchcraft and pursued by a relentless witch hunter. She fights back with violence, wit & defiance. Erin Kellyman & Joe Alwyn also star.

All this looksmaxxing and what girls really want to see is boys painted gold and wearing art nouveau headgear

Doula On The Dumbo!! Actor and writer David Dastmalchian discusses his new graphic novel “Through.” Then, healthcare professional Didi announces the launch of an exciting new maternity experience. Finally, Lyle Vanity offers to find you a unique identity for your car!

It’s the Citizen Kane of hate watches.

Oh no my posts are back to hitting the Discover tab What to do, what to do Look! Charlie Chaplin! (Runs away)

Andy Muschietti tells Deadline that he's actively working on IT: WELCOME TO DERRY Season 2. Season 2 is set in 1935. He teases, "The Bradley Gang was a gang of bank robbers that — not accidentally, but they were on their way somewhere and they stopped in Derry and something horrible happens."

I don't follow TikTok but I can always tell when a video that touches on one of my subjects goes viral because I start getting identical replies from multiple accounts. Like people insisting that Alice Guy invented the narrative film in 1896 with THE CABBAGE PATCH FAIRY. She didn't.

How bored were people in the 1960s that they would willingly pay money to see something called "Simon & Garfunkel"

OK wait the SECOND PLACE guy broke 2 hours as well? And it was his FIRST MARATHON good Lord.

One thing about sci-fi costume design for men is the serene confidence that neckties will be gone but long pants, which have been around for a shorter time by centuries, will endure.

STOP SPREADING TOPICAL NEWS THAT I AM INTERESTED IN, I AM TRYING TO POST ABOUT SILENT MOVIES

Fresh look at Norwegian creature feature KRAKEN. A marine biologist encounters several strange occurrences. Following the brutal death of two local teenagers, all clues point to Norway’s deepest fjord, where a gigantic mythical monster is hiding.

When I wrote my Spider-Man book, I just emailed Gerry Conway out of the blue and asked if he'd talk to me. He gave me a ton of time and was so gracious and insightful. He was also a darn good writer, of Spider-Man and many other comics and TV shows. (His Conan movie is underrated too!) RIP.

One of the all-time great bootleg recordings youtu.be/ndUk6yX3PBo?...

Is tough love in the DSM?

Tomato shortages, you say? 🌱

tomorrow! Tuesday 9 am in 90042! Donut show! Free donuts and no one turned away for lack of $!http://outsideintheatre.vbotickets.com/event/free_donut_tuesdays_w_maria_bamford/183150

If i dood it I get a whipping I dood it

The first two are delightful. I will watch the shit out of the third one.

My friend Luke Boyce of Shatterglass Studios, who does the behind the scenes elements for EbertFest, asked me to sit for one last interview, after the festival was over, and talk about what it all meant. It's kind of a manifesto for me as a critic as well. vimeo.com/1184990165/4...

In order for me to trust any cute pet pix anymore, I need them to be your personal pets. To keep the volume consistent, everyone with a pet needs to post much more often. Let's see those pups, folks!

Netflix's first young adult Korean horror series, IF WISHES COULD KILL is now streaming on Netflix. The series is centered on a wish-granting app that demands a deadly price.

"Are you people reposting fake quotes on Bluesky again? What the heck!" -Ernst Lubitsch

I will not tolerate Slate, which already slandered Martin Short, slandering Gardener's World as being all posh and aspirational (derogatory). They literally have whole segments in allotments and show off films from home gardeners.

The mash-up comic book DJANGO/ZORRO is getting a movie adaptation at Sony, @deadline.com reports. Oscar winner Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, LA Confidential) will write the screenplay. In the tale, Django continues to track prey as a bounty hunter & develops a kinship with Zorro.

oh really then how do I greet my dilznoofus

Yup, I’m down for this.

WWE Superstar Chelsea Green has revealed that she's been cast in an upcoming horror movie. "I film in a couple of weeks," she tells Candace Cordelia. "It’s gory as hell, and I can’t wait."

found out the 40th anniversary theatrical rerelease of Highlander is UK only

Saw a line in front of Ray's Pizza in Times Square, and it included a really good looking, fabulously dressed Latino couple, Mom with an empty stroller, Dad cradling a tiny sleeping baby that looked to be maybe a couple of weeks old. It's almost midnight here. Love it.

MICHAEL doesn’t do justice to Michael Jackson’s accusers. It also doesn’t do justice to Michael Jackson.

Attending a George Clooney tribute does not feel entirely unlike going to JAY KELLY in 4DX

It's upsetting that shootings are common enough that when one person is dealing with the trauma of one, they know someone who can help them through it from experience. Like yes of course support is beautiful and excellent...but we shouldn't have to go through this. Any of us.

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What are some good non-American TV shows from the past, say, 18 months? Looking for something to recap for the newsletter and can't recap American TV for the obvious reasons*. *-I work for the American television industry.

Today’s watercolor lesson was fit for a French werewolf played by a Dutchman in Italy

from 2023 The Most Egregious Example of "We Didn't Use CGI" Mythology (So Far) fxrant.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-...

Why now is the perfect time for sequel BEHIND THE MASK 2: THE RETURN OF LESLIE VERNON: bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3...

It's hard for me to take "1052 words" seriously as a "sprawling manifesto" when I wrote 1562 words about "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair." Now my review of "H8r" (devoured by the corporate blob that bought HitFix) at 2500+ words? Definitely a sprawling manifesto.

New episode of CBB-FM with Julia Cumming, whose new solo album is out now! We listen to her songs, her favorite songs by different artists, and of course press random! Exclusively at @cbbworld.bsky.social

Good news: the government has no authority over comedy! Apollo stay in your lane bitch, Dionysus runs this temple.

I did *get* a bunch of emails about That Movie over the weekend, but the ones that disagreed with me all said, to a one, "Why can't we just enjoy a movie and not think about what's wrong with it?" Which, you know, nobody's telling you you can't. That choice is entirely on you.

Sorry for the earnest post but: putting the finishing touches on a new book proposal and getting hyped up about all the stuff I'll have an excuse to watch and books I'll have an excuse to read and archives I'll have an excuse to trawl 🤓

Dee Snider has been trying to make STRANGELAND 2 for years, and now he says he may bring the tale to life as a novel. Snider tweets, "I have a sequel written since 1998. It has been on and off for production for 30 years. Very frustrating. I may release the sequel as a novel.”

Haha many fun/easy ways to defy Trump but genuinely: WOE unto the person who tries to stop him from losing at golf to a former Steelers defensive back w CTE or going to a fuckin south Florida auto dealers’ luncheon or whatever at Mar-A-Lago. Our guy needs that stuff and he’s gonna get it!

Geofence warrants are the latest showdown between privacy rights and law enforcement. Today #SCOTUS considers whether the crime solving technique is constitutional. www.npr.org/2026/04/27/n...

Spun that '80s Roulette wheel... www.drewmcweeny.com/80s-roulette...

This is so stupid but “Kind not NICE” is also right there

“no one’s the main character” WRONG the gigantic red-tailed hawk who just flew in a bunch of slow circles around a water tower right in front of my window is the main character

Four years after being cancelled, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER - THE COMPLETE SERIES is finally coming to Blu-ray on June 23. Madison Iseman stars in the Prime Video series, which told an all-new story with brand new characters. The series ran for just one season.

My series on Al Green concludes today with his first gospel album, THE LORD WILL MAKE A WAY, which includes a discussion of "the Christian phase" as a shockingly common development for music legends. tinyurl.com/ycx6sjkw

And the best part is, we learned last year that you don’t actually need any kind of Congressional authorization whatsoever to tear down part of the White House 🥰🥰🥰