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Something tacky became funny as an example of tackiness then back to tacky as an example of funniness. It’s a tackiness ouroboros.

Judging by the Disclosure Day trailer, Spielberg was probably a touch frustrated when he found out the premise of Pluribus.

Nice job, Conan!

"Would you like to come to the movie theater to watch TV?" is not the killer pitch Disney thinks it is.

My favorite character on PLURIBUS is the mother who insists her son hasn't changed and treats him like a normal 10-year old even though he joined the hive mind The character is instantly an invaluable reference point for things like when people say we should go back to X like it's still Twitter

Caught up with The Mastermind last night. It’s not going to get its flowers now, but that film is going to age beautifully.

When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.

Creamy Skillet Gnocchi with Broccoli and Pancetta

Tbh I would take “You’ve got garlic in your soul” as a compliment

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Between this and Knives Out I am SOLD on O'Connor

Taking a little break from the art house

The Bear’s potato chip omelette has entered the rotation as the go-to recipe for surprising the girlfriend with a treat. It really is staggeringly good.

Good!

Knives Out films are an unusual case where I read the worst reviews and the most glowing reviews and find myself agreeing with both.

Gotta rewatch Black Bag and decide if it was great as I remember or just March release great

Didn't realize how much I have missed William H. Macy in movies. Hadn't seen him since Room.

The Taste of Things disc from @criterion.bsky.social when?

A list of acquired wisdom as a major birthday approaches: 1. None of the shortcuts for stripping herbs work. You just gotta get in there and pull that parsley off by hand. That’s all I got so far. I’ll add to this if I think of more.

For the third year running Taskmaster is easily my favorite show on TV.

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

Pitching your grift on Fallon is tantamount to an admission of fraud. As damning if they caught him trying to board a plane to South America holding a fake passport and a suitcase bulging with cash.

Pointing out (because when else would I get to show off this research) that about 533 U.S.–produced features, from both major studios and independents, were released into theaters in 1957. In 2017, there were 131 given wide release, including independents. It's astounding how output has shrunk.

Fun story... FDR tried using patriotic appeals to get people to drive less. The voluntary approach didn't work so we went to rationing. The greatest generation wasn't magically great!

Nina Hoss would be cruising to an Oscar nomination right now had this received a proper theatrical release.

"Cultural impact" is the platonic ideal of the kind of idiotic conflict that fuels engagement. A phrase that's elastic enough for both sides of the conflict to feel 100% correct, but meaningless enough to prevent the discourse ever reaching a conclusion.

The only genre/awards discussion I'm interested in is why do we toss Musical in with Comedy like it's some lesser grab bag category instead of nominated dramatic musicals in Drama and comedic musicals in Comedy?

My only futile awards hope this year is that Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Sandler, and Emily Watson all get Oscar nominations, in a delayed Punch-Drunk Love hat trick.

Nina Hoss is A-MA-ZING in this.

Are we really going to do a whole cycle of pretending we can't fathom why One Battle After Another was nominated in a comedy category? After three straight months of everyone quoting their favorite jokes?

Just getting my prediction that Sinners is going to win picture/director down for the record at this moment when One Battle appears to be unstoppable. I'd predict Jordan too if it weren't for Timmy.

can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot

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I'm intrigued by this framing, so I checked the Letterboxd. Post-2015 films with 6+ viewings: Phantom Thread - 8 The Irishman - 7 Death of Stalin - 6 Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood - 6

Funny to say it but I think Adam Sandler was Oscar worthy but too subtle and restrained to get nominated

Really tired of running into this guy under every post about One Battle After Another

Watched a movie with William H Macy in a supporting role. Realized I hadn't seen him in a new film in a decade. I've missed him.

This is such a powerful image

I think we've got water pretty well figured out now. No more secrets for water.

2025 Movie Catch-Up Advent Calendar 1 - Caught Stealing

This little smile that escapes when he says he couldn’t possibly call himself a false prophet. I mean, come on.

I’ve been reading that dumb Dano weak link take since There Will Be Blood came out. It’s always, always based on some vague idea of what the character should have been - some strong Elmer Gantry type preacher who can go toe-to-toe with Plainview - rather than the character of Eli Sunday as written.

The recipient of the most egregious Oscar oversight in recent memory is right there doing tremendous work front and center in one of the year’s big contenders. This should be an easy one.