Another week, another #LastFourWatched. You know the drill.

I just watched the 1982 remake of Cat People on Criterion. It oscillates between sleazy B-movie and elevated psychological thriller, but does both fantastically and weaves them together in ways appropriate for a movie about transformation. This works, and it's a worthy successor. 📽️ 🎬

Watched Shadow of the Vampire for the first time in a couple decades and more importantly the first time since actually seeing Nosferatu. Yeah. Not sure why past me thought watching this without seeing the source material was a good idea. I was stupid back then. Well, stupider. 📽️ 🎬

The movie was reappraised by a million guys online about a week after it came out. A massive campaign convinced Warner Bros to finance a four-hour cut of Justice League in the middle of a pandemic. We've already been through this. We can just leave this one alone.

Criterion's 80's Remakes collection includes both We're No Angels, where the original is a Christmas movie while the remake isn't, and D.O.A., where the remake is a Christmas movie and the original isn't. In both cases, you want to watch the Christmas versions. 📽️ 🎬

This is true, though it's worth noting "Thomas Kinkaide" was just the name he painted under. In his day-to-day life he went by Jackie Daytona.

Easy: Santa Claus.

Okay, I know I already did this, but I just thought of a big one. Probably the biggest. Singing in the Rain To clarify, I like it fine, which is why I didn't think of it earlier. But "fine" is where I stop. Like, it's a good movie. Three stars. I don't understand the universal acclaim.

I considered this approach to the original prompt but dismissed it because I was unable to think of a nearly universally hated movie I loved where I didn't get the criticism. I like these movies quite a bit, but I completely understand why they're unpopular.

It's #horrorpostergame time! Post one of your favorite horror movies from (1989) Can't find a decent poster, so here's the Blu-ray. #horrorsky #moviesky #filmsky

I was busy last night, so I didn't chime in despite the Star Wars discourse getting a little unhinged. A little isn't enough. Here's my unhinged top 5 SW movie list: 📽️ 🎬 1. Empire Strikes Back 2. The Force Awakens 3. Return of the Jedi 4. The Last Jedi 5. Star Wars May the fifth or something.

The Met Gala occurring on May the 4th seems oddly appropriate.

All right, that's enough hot takes. Let's cool things down with your most boring, basic Star Wars opinions. I want to know who your favorite Star Wars composer is. What's your favorite melee weapon from the series? Who's your favorite Sith Lord? That kind of thing.

Skeleton Crew is S tier Star Wars television, up there with the last season of Clone Wars and Andor.

Christmas folklore. I'd also watch 20 episodes about extinct megafauna. And I'd watch a 40 episode documentary on Christmas folklore about extinct megafauna, if someone can find a way to make that make sense.

I did not love season 2 of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Titan X was cool, sort of a cross between Biollante and Lovecraft's Dagon, only... you know, actually pretty chill for an eldritch horror. But - you'll never guess the problem - shockingly, the humans in the kaiju show are BORING.

So what I'm hearing is eBay is in stable but critical condition in a Florida hospital.

...because they expected him to start a war with Canada or France instead?

The irony here is that the one group of criminals I don't think are capable of learning are tech people.

It's weird we're living in a timeline where any of this needs to be put in writing, but... hey... Troy went to pick up the pizza, so here we are.

I think A Christmas Story has one decent sequence. The rest of the movie bores me more than virtually anything I've ever seen.

Is that how you improve? Do you have data backing up that claim? Because I feel like public shame might be a more effective motivator.

This was a joke in the movie, LA Story. Patrick Stewart played the maitre d'.

First thing's first: I use my knowledge of the future to become a minor celebrity. Shouldn't be too hard: I remember enough trivia to nail a bunch of weird predictions and get attention...

Despite how the last movie turned out, the sequel trilogy is kind of a textbook example of why you can't always plan franchise films in advance. A plan wouldn't have helped! Even if they'd crafted a perfect blueprint before starting TFA, they'd have had to throw it out after Fisher passed away.

Slightly diminish a book The Holey Bible

Just watched the 1937 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical, Shall We Dance. This movie is incredible. First, the score is Gershwin. Second, the score... it's by Gershwin. Third, there's some incredible comedy in this. Almost fell over laughing a few times. Fourth, did I mention Gershwin? 📽️ 🎬

But the answer is so obvious: Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation Reimagined as psychological horror, obviously.

That... doesn't narrow it down much. Can I at least do 3? King Kong, A Canterbury Tale, and Miracle on 34th Street. And, like, easily a hundred other movies from-- Holy shit, I need Harvey on the short list! So that's my top four. Until I remember-- Fuck! Invention for Destruction! Top five.

I have no idea if this factored into the decision (the director might just be a good person), but it's worth noting nothing an AI craps out is protected by copyright, so hiring humans is always good business.

THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT THANK YOU

Go is a Christmas movie that uses the holidays in a way that's extremely unusual and clever. It's a fantastic film - absolutely worth checking, preferably knowing as little as possible beforehand.

Amelie, Labyrinth, and Shaun of the Dead, in that order.

Successful franchises sometimes just experience diminishing returns, even when audiences like them. The Avatar sequels are a good example: they continue to be massive hits, but so far each makes less than its predecessor. Same with Mario, it seems.

The thing about a prompt like, "favorite TV series," is - even if you're supposedly going off of instinct or whatever - you still have to reflect on what the hell each of those words means in this context...

*Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only* Community Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Fargo She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Hjem til Jul Twin Peaks Penn & Teller: Fool Us Skeleton Crew She-Hulk Hilda Avatar TLA Bluey Steven Universe The Tick (animated) Exo-Squad

Fine. Here's my legally mandated #LastFourWatched screenshot. 🎬

Ultraprocessed foods could increase your risk of dementia. What are ultraprocessed foods? Well, the best explanation I've seen is foods with ingredients you don't recognize. To be safe, you should research all the ingredients in your foods to shift your snacks out of this dangerous category.

This is true. Just a small amount of ultraprocessed food may increase your risk of dementia. That also means it may not, but that framing isn't as scary, and we're going for clicks over accuracy, right?

Most likely die a couple months later in 1066.

Bunny.

Quote with your vibe if you were a vampire.

The Wizard of Oz is too obvious, so

I thought the first one was fine, but there were some baffling decisions working against the premise. Why use a repentant Viking origin rather than a more generic toymaker? It would have been WAY more entertaining (and subversive!) seeing a traditional Santa turn to violence.

Predator: I'm definitely not worth hunting.

If it doesn't play the "you died" music on a loop for all eternity, I'm not interested.

My 10 Favourite Films, off the top of my head. (One per director) - Speed Racer - Amelie - Shadow in the Cloud - Ghost in the Shell - Nimona - Paddington - A Canterbury Tale - The Fabulous Baron Munchausen - The Fellowship of the Ring - The Empire Strikes Back #filmsky 🎬

So, in 1997 I watched Event Horizon in the theater with a friend. I disliked it immensely for reasons best summed up as "dumb teenage nerd stuff." A couple years later in college, another friend convinced me to give it another try. Today, twenty something years later, I got around to it. #filmsky