The only horoscope I recognize

Somehow I remember so much of this PTA commentary word for word. Many years ago in film school a professor randomly, completely out of context, said a few lines from the commentary, mocking it. I remember thinking “why did he say that, and how do I recognize those lines?!” Anyway it holds up!

I know it’s sacrilege but I skipped through every cutscene in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. But I still found myself choked up during the ending, even though I had no idea who the final boss was, what his plan was, or why we were fighting

Musk is going to get out his rage paying soooo many people to play his video game accounts tonight

I saw my neighbor at our local bakery today, where he called black and white cookies “half and halfs”… …unless he follows me he’ll never know why I’m giving him the cold shoulder for the rest of my life!!!

A report from a British diplomat in Berlin, 1933

Me, having finally watched INFERNAL AFFAIRS: how can there be a part 2?! I can’t even fathom that! I gotta see how they pull this off!!! …Oh yeah prequels exist

Can’t believe my texts are still clogged with Democratic fundraising emails that alternate between “It’s OVER— Elena Kagan just chokeslammed Trump’s entire agenda!” and “It’s OVER— Trump has finally obtained the dark ring of power!!”

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Who made this 🤣

I should rewatch that movie THE WIND since I am now genuinely afraid of the wind

we need an indiana jones style film archivist to get FW Murnau's skull back

how have I never noticed Paul Giamatti is in SINGLES before? Also I remain confused by the garage door opener culture depicted in the film-- we see two instances of people exchanging them within a week of knowing each other. This has always bothered me

After watching s1 of sopranos in one shot while refreshing watch duty like a maniac, I have shifted to this for my comfort viewing. Did you know the first band ever to play a bill signing was soul asylum?! (Were they also the last?)

Just got a call from my Republican uncle making sure I was safe from the fires. Within seconds he was telling me how this is about Ukraine and something involving fish.

Hey @democrats.org there’s hope fam

In a normal society the LAFD would be overfunded. They’d have amazing drones and iron man suits. It’d make sense, they’re defending a crucial but fireprone economic engine a superpower depends on. Instead, thanks to Karen Bass and the LAPD, the LAFD recently had to cut their guy who posts on Reddit

The last two mayors of LA have clearly not wanted to be mayor of LA. It’s a pretty big job, people should be satisfied with it instead of using it to raise their profile. The next mayor should want to be mayor of LA. With the fires like 50 feet from my house, that is all I ask.

shouldn't we rebrand this whole thing the climate war and throw some of that massive defense budget at it? "Climate change" has always been a little too flat for the masses

Call me crazy but with the pacific palisades burning and crazy winds ravaging the city, maybe it wasn’t the best idea to cut the fire department budget to give the LAPD another raise..?

did NFL commentators always talk about end of season financial incentives, like "ooo watch out he needs 6 more catches today for 500k"? keeps coming up in today's games and makes it feel more running man/smash TV dystopian than it already does!!

I've gotten really into listening to podcasts while gaming. But you need a certain kind of mindless game where the audio doesn't matter. I can't tell if WWE2k24 is good or just good for this purpose but I will be unlocking doink while listening to the new yorker radio hour

I'm thrilled to see the video I directed for Brenda - Microscopic Babe in this doc!! Only music video I ever one-man-banded, shot it myself on super 8. Felt like no one saw it so it's nice it's in this doc, esp since it's directed by Blair Young who did many iconic @camera-obscura.bsky.social videos

damn Reagan saw KARATE KID 2 a week before release.

The link in this article is broken but i love this: In one of the most interesting screenings I came across, Carter watched Star Wars with Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, on February 4, 1978 at Camp David. That meeting was actually a secret strategy session for peace in the Middle East...

Did dumbbell squats for like the first time in my life friday and I'm still walking like an action figure with no knee joints

Listen to the great Joe Dante. This special edition includes a commentary by me and director Steve De Jarnatt and comes with this beautiful new slipcover. If you haven't seen it - you're in for a treat.

Despite a love of bad movies I haven’t seen this since the theater. At least I think I saw it in the theater. I choose to believe I did.

Paused THE ORDER 45m in, great so far. However when I resumed somehow the motion flow came on and won’t turn off. This is certainly not how the director intended. This is insane

“Meanwhile, as everyone waxes nostalgic about going to Blockbuster, indie video stores are giving cinephiles the real deal. Stores like Scarecrow Video in Seattle and Vidiots in Los Angeles build communities that unite film fans who want to see and appreciate movies.” www.avclub.com/death-of-dvd...

I wonder if most people my age have a memory of a month where they financially destroyed their parents with 976 numbers. I swear I remember calling this one

I've watched Fellowship many times and ROTK once. I looked at my phone when Grima got shot and had to google who shot him. But "frodo offered to help Grima"?! I know I wasn't looking away that long

me and @breagrant.bsky.social have a podcast @anthologyanthology.bsky.social where we track the making of our horror anthology, watch horror anthologies, and talk to people who have made horror anthologies! On our new episode, @lolablanc.bsky.social joins us to set some lofty goals for the new year!

I signed up for this class! Somehow Powell and Pressburger really slip through the cracks for a lot of film people. Especially young film people. But I can't really lord that over them too much because I didn't discover them til I was like 38.

“Your honor, I’d like to refer you to the precedent established in the case of Alien vs Predator.”

for some reason my father was always talking about how Sandy Duncan played Peter Pan on Broadway. It must have come up once a month during my childhood. He was obsessed with that casting choice. But why didn't he ever tell me that Mr. Belvedere played Captain Hook in that same production?!?

call me crazy but I feel like the fire budget isn't something LA should be cutting moving forward?? just a gut feeling on that one

GRIND, our horror anthology about trying to survive under the boot of late stage capitalism, will premiere next year!

just read the play Born Yesterday (1946), way more relevant than I was expecting!

wait so they are bringing back malcolm in the middle w Bryan Cranston so now people can say holy cow did you know the dad from malcom in the middle is the guy from breaking bad instead of the reverse? that is the circle of life

will someone I know please see CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT because I'm pretty sure it was great but I am really grappling with it

if the aliens from INDEPENDENCE DAY invaded tmw and killed hundreds of millions of people, they'd still have a pretty good shot at getting the FIFA world cup in 2038

I hope to someday write a horror film with as much mounting dread as this rams game

I've always hated these little shields gladiators use. Imagine going back in time and being stuck with these weapons Kirk has here. It'd be like if Atari 7800 was your only console!!

I never knew Walter Murch directed RETURN TO OZ!!!!