A lot of discourse today about the failure of superhero movies, but it needs to be stressed that Star Wars and Masters of the Universe underperformed the same way. We need to stop making movies for 50yr old white men and make them for Gen Z. They're going. Obsession is in its 7th week in the top 5.

#Junesploitation Day 28 - PM Entertainment! This was a new area for me, so I took a wild stab and landed on CIA CODE NAME: ALEXA ((1992), featuring Lorenzo Lamas and pre-infamy OJ Simpson. (Pre-show trailers: Final Impact, Intent to Kill) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

The Knicks celebration + progressive primary wins + rent freeze seems to be hitting anti-NYCers hard on social media. It's a reminder to me that for many people, my city's function is to reassure them by serving as a semi-abstract idea of hell, and when we don't deliver that, the force is disturbed.

There is a very real argument being made in Hollywood that AI democratizes filmmaking, making it available to outsiders. In truth, the cost of effective generative AI is cost prohibitive to all but corporations, leading to no improvement in quality at the cost of jobs both above and below the line.

#Junesploitation Day 27 - Italian Cinema! I generally love everything Bava, but THE WHIP AND THE BODY (1963) wasn't my favorite on first watch. Giving it a second chance today. (Pre-show trailers: Black Sunday, Kill Baby Kill) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 26 - Heroes & Villains! Today's movie is CITIZEN TOXIE: THE TOXIC AVENGER IV (2000), the only Toxie movie I haven't seen. (Pre-show trailers: Blankman, Masters of the Universe (1987)) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 25 - Jackie Chan! Today I'm doing a first watch of RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (1995). (Pre-show trailers: Project A, Shanghai Noon) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Fauci needs to sue this man into bankruptcy, if only to dissuade the other inveterate liars of this administration.

It’s such a funny gambit for centrist Dems to keep pressing the panic button over the guy everyone loves who pushed the dust-covered Do Good, Popular Things button on his desk day one and keeps starring in videos of being run down on the street by grateful denizens dapping him up.

90% of modern media criticism just sounds like this

#Junesploitation Day 24 - Slashers! Today's movie is DEATH SCREAMS (1982) (aka HOUSE OF DEATH) (Pre-show trailers: Final Exam, House on Sorority Row) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 23 - Exploitation Auteurs! Fulci usually has a spot on the calendar, but not this year, so I'm watching A CAT IN THE BRAIN (1990) for today. (Pre-show trailers: New York Ripper, The Devil's Honey) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

"My banking buddy" is absolutely a former frat brother who's still listed in his phone as "Booger"

Summer Solstice captured from Stonehenge yesterday. At first light, the sun climbed up behind the Heel Stone and threaded itself straight through the center of Stonehenge exactly where the builders aimed it nearly 5,000 years ago. Ethereal Earth on FB

#Junesploitation Day 22 - Revenge! Cracking open another Criterion Blu for another first watch -- this time, Peckinpah's STRAW DOGS (1971). (Pre-show trailers: Last House on the Left, Death Wish) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 21 - Free Space! Filling this space with Michael Winner's THE NIGHTCOMERS (1972), starring Marlon Brando juuuuust before The Godfather. (Pre-show trailers: The Innocents, The Sentinel) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 20 - 80s Sci-Fi! Big one crossed off the GenX shame list today, as I'm finally watching THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984). (Pre-show trailers: Tron, Enemy Mine) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

I love this kid vomiting up FIFA

#Junesploitation Day 19 - Black Filmmakers! Today's movie is Ernest Dickerson's SURVIVING THE GAME (1994)! (Pre-show trailers: Juice, Bones) @fthismovie www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Anyone up for a Dip in DC today?

#Junesploitation Day 18 - Franco Nero! Watching THE SHARK HUNTER (1979) today! Have seen the trailer many times, and I'm so excited to see the actual movie. (Pre-show trailers: Django, The Visitor) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 17 - Hong Kong Action! Today's movie is THE HEROIC TRIO (1993)! (Pre-show trailers: Police Story 3, Yes Madam) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 16 - Free Space! Using this blank spot for a first watch of ROBOCOP 2 (1990)! (Pre-show trailers: Demolition Man, Total Recall) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Only today did I realize that before he died, Saul Bass was commissioned by Steven Spielberg to do a poster for Schindler's List. Why in the WORLD didn't they use this?

#Junesploitation Day 15 - George Romero! Today's movie is a first watch of KNIGHTRIDERS (1981). (Pre-show trailers: Night of the Living Dead, Creepshow) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

It's fine to wish these people ill.

#Junesploitation Day 14 - Cannon! Today's movie is OVER THE TOP (1987), another first-watch! (Pre-show trailers: Cobra, The Apple) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Olivia Reingold crying, screaming, throwing up

By law Mamdani is president now.

These are fighters rehearsing walkouts for tomorrow (UFC) They’re exiting Blue Room — space to receive foreign leaders since Madison admin. They exit to South Portico balcony that hosted FDR’s 1945 WWII Address, Carter's 1979 solar panel energy dedication, speeches for Pope Benedict XVI & Francis.

#Junesploitation Day 13 - 90s Horror! Today's movie is SUBSPECIES (1991), the first movie of a series I'd never heard of before putting my list together a few weeks ago. (Pre-show trailers: Species, Nightbreed) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Everyone in NYC rn: "Weather Shimmy!" ⚡️⛈️

#Junesploitation Day 12 - Kung Fu! Taking this opportunity for a rewatch of CRIPPLED AVENGERS (1979), the baddest assest kung fu movie of the 70s. (Pre-show trailers: 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Five Deadly Venoms) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire is beyond sickening. He's a mass murdering tyrant and simultaneously one of the most pathetic and embarrassing people alive. He's literally hoarding all the resources and making all our lives worse, while spending all his time bashing the poor

"Why it wouldn't be fair to do a thing that's legally allowed because...uh..." by The Atlantic

#Junesploitation Day 11 - Disasters! It's a travesty I've never seen THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972), so this is the perfect excuse to remedy that. (Pre-show trailers: The Swarm, Towering Inferno) @fthismovie www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

#Junesploitation Day 10 - Private Eyes! Finally going to crack the seal on my Criterion Blu of NIGHT MOVES (1975). (Pre-show trailers: To Live and Die in LA, The Conversation) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Y'all remember when Obama wore that tan suit?

#Junesploitation Day 9 - Thrillers! Today's movie is DREAM LOVER (1993), with James Spader and Mädchen Amick. (Pre-show trailers: Bad Influence, Basic Instinct) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

This would be a fantastic innovation with national impact on theater, and all it would take to make it happen is some institutional will and planning, and probably one deep-pocketed donor who loves the art form. playbill.com/article/alde...

#Junesploitation Day 8 - Zombies! Today's movie is THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016), another first-watch. (Pre-show trailers: Overlord, Blood Quantum) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

Fact, worth quoting

#Junesploitation Day 7 - Free Space! I chose SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER (1970) for today, mainly for the sensational title. (Pre-show trailers: The Seventh Grave, Castle of Blood) @fthismovie www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

From Movie Mirror in 1933. Sure does sound familiar.

I cannot legally say what I hope happens to the people who set these prices.

Trump’s narcissism is transforming an epic NYC occasion into a total nightmare for fans. TSA-style screenings, two hour wait to enter etc etc

A good actor. A committed activist. And a person who just needs to learn how to...you know...never speak.

#Junesploitation Day 6 - South Korea! Today's movie is a first watch of THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD (2008)! (Pre-show trailers: Cobweb, Joint Security Area) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...