The okay to good to great movie week of JerAtTheMovies 📽️

Recent acquisitions. 📚📽️

Ten comedy movies you might not have seen, but should: Safety Last It Happened One Night Bringing Up Baby The Great Dictator Arsenic and Old Lace Some Like It Hot Dr. Strangelove Young Frankenstein Monty Python and the Holy Grail Hot Fuzz

ERASER turns *gasp* 30 today. The fact that we're not seeing those railguns everywhere is a sign they succeeded in their mission. 📽️

Ten comedy movies you might not have seen but should: Brothers' Nest Choose Me Modern Romance My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument PlayTime Skin Deep Smiles of a Summer Night State and Main Tampopo Wild Tales

Ten comedy movies you might not have seen but should: The In-Laws Murder by Death Tropic Thunder Clue The Odd Couple (1968) Raising Arizona Galaxy Quest What We Do in the Shadows Uncle Buck Best in Show @jeratthemovies.bsky.social

LEVITICUS – The central idea of a demonic curse taking the form of the one you desire is appealing, but this feels about one draft away from being complete. Underexplains its characters and relationships but overexplains the curse itself, spelling out what would have benefited from some mystery. 📽️

#NowWatching 📽️

So, I just saw Sleepaway Camp (1983), and while I didn't particularly enjoy it, it's certainly not unmemorable. Is it transgressive? Offensive? I dunno. Either way, I welcome your paper submissions.

Can someone explain Toronto weather? Rain, hail, or snow in June?

The Good, Very Good, Good Movie Week of JerAtTheMovies. 📽️

It’s been a long time since a movie had this kind of emotional impact on me. In this clip, I talk about why cinematic experiences like DISCLOSURE DAY are the reason why I love going to the movies. 👽 Episode 3 with @adamrackoff.bsky.social is available now. linktr.ee/hangingwithb...

For completeness: they also posted pics from a recent Rosalía concert.

Updated my Spielberg Ranked List to include Disclosure Day (still have a few I need to catch up on). boxd.it/jlk8y 📽️

DISCLOSURE DAY - The old master still has it: thrilling set pieces, big ideas, and a plea for empathy. What if we discovered the truth of our universe? Would faith collapse? The film resists answers which'll make it divisive. Spielberg hasn't given in to cynicism. Viewers have. I want to believe. 📽️

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆 New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!

Well done, Knicks. Just wow. #NBAFinals

#NowWatching 📽️

CAROLINA CAROLINE - I’ve seen some variation of this movie many times before, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s like hearing a great cover of a song you like. Not every movie needs to surprise viewers. Hitting expected beats with confidence and skill can be its own kind of achievement. 📽️

Afternoon off, which means spending it at the cinema. 📽️ #NowWatching

It might be time to accept that Gregg Araki just isn’t for me.📽️

10 magical realism films you should see, if you haven’t Nine Days Stardust (pure fun) Pleasantville (esp right now!) Big Fish Adventures of Baron Munchausen Amelie About Time (😭 me at the end) Ruby Sparks Defending Your Life Field of Dreams (Last 2 on my top 10 list) @jeratthemovies.bsky.social ?

DJT jinxed the Knicks on Monday but I'm not sure what's happening tonight. 🏀 #NBAFinals

My definitive ranking of the Star Wars saga: letterboxd.com/jeratthemovi...

Just another day in Toronto. Coming back from work and someone has their junk out, urinating on the platform at Yonge–Bloor Station. During rush hour. Thousands of people trying to get home, and somehow this is part of the commute xp.

Recent acquisitions. 📽️📚

42 years ago today, Ghostbusters and Gremlins opened in Toronto cinemas. I wasn't there to experience the double feature phenomenon firsthand—I was still in utero—but it's fun to look back at these newspaper ads from one of the biggest movie weekends of 1984. 📽️

@puzzlepurse.bsky.social Feels odd to say I walked by here and thought of you but our first correspondence on here was over your pic of this locale.

The Venn diagram here: 3 of 6 from 1997, 4 of 6 directed by Atom Egoyan. And yes, I know there was an EXOTICA screening in Toronto with a Q&A featuring Egoyan himself, but I still love seeing this.

Will STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU go down in history as the best entry in the long-running Star Wars canon? No. The answer is ANDOR. But it was certainly a fun way to spend 2+ hours in a darkened IMAX auditorium. Best of all, I didn't have to watch 3 seasons of the show to follow the story 📽️

#NowWatching in IMAX 📽️

Heading out to see a Star War in cinemas. Throwback to 2015. The Force was strong. The t-shirt’s stitching was stronger.

A hair foul. #NBAFinals

HOKUM has stayed in my 🧠 all week, so I might be underrating it a bit. 📽️

On this inaugural episode of @hangingwithbecky.bsky.social, brilliant writer and filmmaker @davidbooher.bsky.social joins @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social to discuss Kane Parsons's #Backrooms, as well as 90s furniture, video games, and The Simpsons in 3D! youtu.be/VdFL5IXaq7o?...

Hey TSN, it’s the NBA Finals. Fans shouldn’t be dealing with streaming outages during the biggest games of the year. Get it together. #NBAFinals

It’s June, and somehow I haven’t made it to a concert yet this year. Time to fix that.

#NowReading The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai 📚

HOKUM – Finally. After being underwhelmed by so many recent flicks, here's one that delivers. There's a lot going on here, and it occasionally slackens. But dir. Damien McCarthy has a real talent for getting under our skin, deploying jump scares effectively. Adam Scott excels at playing an a-hole. 📽️

Damn. I really thought OKC had this one. Credit to the Spurs—they came through when it mattered most. #NBAPlayoffs 🏀

I have the cinema to myself! #NowWatching 📽️

A podcast is the warmest place to hide! I guest hosted on Nothing New: A Remake Podcast with @justinquizon.bsky.social to celebrate THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD & THE THING! We didn’t get out alive but neither did that thing! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968, dir. Mario Bava) 📽️

Courage Under Fire was the first film that ever made me tear up. Thank you for making me feel old, Letterboxd. 📽️

Four films, one recurring subject: outsiders. 📽️

Even worse. 3 more this week. Total is now $492.

The Knicks are absolutely unstoppable. Up big and chasing the clean sweep. Bring out the brooms 🧹🏀 #Knicks #NBAPlayoff

It gets worse. They’ve posted 5 recent physical media purchases totaling roughly $332 (some prices are visible in the photos) over less than two weeks. I have questions about priorities, and about the extent to which someone should rely on the goodwill of others while continuing spending like this.

I LOVE BOOSTERS - Couldn't quite get there but it's close. For the first two-thirds: terrific chemistry between the leads, vibrant production design/costuming, and chaotically funny. But the final act collapses under its own ambition, overstuffed with ideas that aren't well integrated or explored. 📽️