We are sad to learn that Japanese master of horror Koji Suzuki has passed away at 68. Koji Suzuki's nightmares defined an era of horror beginning in the '90s with THE RING, originally a Suzuki novel, and DARK WATER, based on a Suzuki short story. Rest in Peace, master.

John Reynolds is kinda perfect for this tbh

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Final Pam!

listening to jets to brazil this morning and it is like a time machine back to being a sad 15 year old

i died in 2007 and now you’re all in hell with me youtu.be/HstymX_anx0

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Don't ask for Hoobastank. The ba stanks for thee.

ELMER FUDD: ahhhhhwwwaa..... da spice mewange.... found oenwe on da desert pwanet of awwakis

Farewell to Tony Stella, one of the greatest.

Tony Stella, an artist of immense brilliance and prolific output, has passed away. He was one of the greatest artists to ever do it. Rest in peace, Tony.

Art by Tony Stella

Tony Stella (1988-2026) Saddened to hear of the passing of artist Tony Stella. Immensely talented, he created some of the most beautiful movie posters of the last decade. Below is just one of Tony’s #JAWS pieces. We drink to your legs Tony ❤️🦈

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Tuvix!

Had an incredible time last night being an old man at the AFI show in Boulder. Second time seeing them in the past 6 months, who knew they'd still be this much fun

Oh brother, The Optics

FACES OF DEATH: Absolutely for the sickos. Relentlessly nasty meta horror and a perfect indictment of our terminally online era, set to a droning Carpenter-esque synth score. The kind of shit that makes you need a long shower after.

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Last four logged: a couple of real gross shorts. Tai Kato's interpretation of a classic ghost story. Lovecraft horror starring Dean Stockwell.

Last four logged: really embarrassing nonsense, devoid of any voice or originality. It's safe to say I'm not the target audience for the work of Marina de Van.

I am not at Emerald City, and I've never wanted to be there more

Logging for the new year: Park's latest is a little bit De Palma, a lotta bit Coen Bros. Some low budget regional Yeti horror. Jeon Do-yeon is incredible in Lee Chang-dong's melodrama about the limits of faith and forgiveness. Middle-school BEAU TRAVAIL.

The final four of my 2025: Mickey Rooney party crashes the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. A couple of J-horror also-rans. One of Linnea Quigley's crowning achievements and a perfect way to ring in a new year.

Last four logged: if you think you're too good for HOME ALONE you can go and fuck yourself. One of Kore-Eda's best. Two seasonal sequels.

Videodrome reference, hell yeah Jane

Of course his full name was Frankenstein'sagar Monsteragon

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Last four logged: one of the most psychotic things I've ever seen in my life if we're being perfectly honest, no matter the holiday. Three from Charles Burnett.

HAL JORDAN: In brightest day, in blackest BEASTIE BOYS: NIGHT! HAL JORDAN: No evil shall escape my BEASTIE BOYS: SIGHT! HAL JORDAN: This is awkward because when I invited you I thought I was messaging Beast Boy from the Teen Titans.

Next four: Insect politics. My flower in your barrel hasn't stopped the slaughter yet. To die and live in Los Angeles. Everybody wants some.

Last four: another notch in Samara Weaving's Final Girl belt. Josh Safdie takes post-war assimilation anxiety to the next level. Wim Wenders pays his respects to Ozu. As shocked as anybody to report how taken I was with Craig Brewer's melodramatic Neil Diamond cover band movie

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: surprised as anybody to report that I kinda fucked with it! All artifice and melodrama with zero subtlety, while being both extremely earnest and unironically funny, qualities very much lacking in most modern romance. Linus Sandgren shoots the hell outta this.

Last four logged: affecting little dramatic short. A little Lonergan, a little Ozu. 100% without question would risk it all for Varang.

Logging through it: Wry early film from Sarah Jacobson. Final flick in Radiance's Corneau box set features a manic Depardieu. Reichardt's Certain Women is slow, still, and perfectly measured. Kore-Eda goes procedural.

Do I have to pretend to like 3 doors down now?

Next four: all-timer shitty guy in Corneau's Jim Thompson adaptation. Delightful, cozy Powell + Pressburger set in the Hebrides. Toni Servillo once again Sorrentino's secret weapon. Everything about Sarah Jacobson's biggest/best picture reminds me of making movies with friends.

Last four logged: the Alain Corneau box set from Radiance has some gems, including this filthy cop thriller. Jessie Buckley pretty much has that Oscar on lock. Marlon Wayans and a surprise Heidecker really the only redeeming factor of HIM. Wagner Moura is 100% fully my guy now.

🚨 To Live and Die in LA is streaming on a bunch of platforms right now: the Criterion Channel, Tubi, & Pluto TV. could not recommend it more

Feeling extremely insulted by the autistic-coded sentient hologram character in Starfleet Academy, it's never been more embarrassing to be a Trek fan, really

Last four: Flynn trades in his tough guys for lil Eddie Furlong in something like if Neuromancer met EC Comics. Zombie nonsense with historic pedigree, lame kills and a lot of tits (derogatory). Joachim Trier's tremendous new flick. An audacious epic shown in its ideal format.

I have also been doing this. I'm not a ski jumper but I do like the idea of flying farther

Last four, marathon edition: a sublimely perfect bad movie. If Abel Ferrara saw FADE TO BLACK or VIDEODROME and then huffed a bunch of ether. Trashy euro-horror with a cenobite-worthy final ten minutes. Rural slasher with great kills, zero tits (complimentary)

Last four logged: all-timer Friedkin, immaculately shot by Robby Müller with a killer Wang Chung soundtrack. The Spanish language Dracula is nearly better than the original, excepting Bela. Kicking off another horror marathon with a Tod Browning classic.

Last four logged: Hackman and Reynolds charm their way through Stanley Donen's messy, gauzy dramedy. Another cozy and entertaining Benoit Blanc mystery. The Thing for the TRL generation. When I said the og M3GAN needed to be either funnier or meaner, this isn't what I meant.

Last four logged: the Danger Vacuum gets me real good, I can't lie to you -- terrible movie, three star bit. Thorny, nasty, southern-fried justice. Early GDT creature feature that I watched on cable frequently as a kid. FIRST COW best cow, am I right?

Another four: ridiculous but watchable Eastwood spy franchise that never took off. Keith Gordon's directorial debut is remarkably confident and has a killer anachronistic Peter Gabriel soundtrack. Finnish action sequel doubles down on annihilating fascists. Punk rock western.