Neck and neck between "Don't Go Putting Wishes In My Head", "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding", and "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"

Right on. The guy who raised ticket prices despite unpopular rides, fewer amenities, and converted precious real estate into Instagram backdrop locations as an attraction is now in charge of the whole company. Hey, did you know they greenlit a second Avatar park?

Right now, I'm hesitant to talk up anybody famous. Regardless of politics or behavior. Not a good place to be during awards season. Sorry, but after learning about Stephen Hawking, I'm not assuming anything about anyone.

It's also being reported that the man who was ordered to "stop hitting (him)self" was not hitting himself, but his hand was being grasped by the taunter and forcibly propelled into the victim's own body

The headline may make you facepalm, but it's just one subsection of an ongoing problem: Kids raised on short-form video have become adults, unable to live without the constant serotonin drip second-screening provides.

End, in the following order: Fascism The enabling of Fascism Backronyms

Of course the movie Argo famously replaced efforts of the Canadian government with American because Hollywood's gonna Hollywood. It's still a good movie regardless. But this version where America replaces Iran? I don't care for it.

The decline of the TV theme song and the introduction of streaming's Skip Intro button both align with the popularity of the show True Blood, which featured among the imagery in its opening a maggot-infested decomposing animal corpse.

World, we got lucky. There were losses, there were horrors, but Minneapolis persevered. They won this battle, but the war continues. Learn the lessons: Do not stop watching. Do not stop recording. Do not grant your enemy respite. Do not stop helping each other.

As the terrors continue, please try to find mild joy in the schadenfreude of these fuckers, raised on the pageantry and scare tactics of the third reich, getting screamed at by roomfuls of strangers in pom-pommed ski hats while trying to enjoy a cold enchilada plate

We used to have a specific type of actor that we really don't see anymore

Know what? Too easy.

It doesn't get said enough: the most underappreciated people in society are grocery clerks the day before a snowstorm.

It's not that I have strong opinions towards F1, and it's not that I'm upset about all these racing movies feeling somewhat interchangeable. It's just that if F1 didn't get a Best Picture nomination, this would have been the first year I saw all the nominees before they were announced. So close.

The Etsy witches are asleep at the switch

End of my feed? I follow over 300 people. I sort by newest first. I've only been scrolling for maybe ten minutes. There is not supposed to be an end to my feed. I don't make myself miserable five times a day opening this app just for you to not hold up your end of the agreement.

Of all the things fighting for my attention this week, Will Stancil is not cracking the top fifty. Keep chatting about him if you want, I'm just going to pretend he's one of the side characters from a Disney+ Star Wars program everyone's watching except me. Bix Caleen, Romar Adell, Will Stancil.

The important thing to remember about Disney is there's a distinction between Disney (the corporation), Disney (the animation studio), and Disney (the brand). I don't trust the corporation an inch, but by and large, the filmmakers are good eggs.

World history lesson. Get a beverage🧵

As I see it, the dollar sign-as-hashtag thing is only going to be used as joke fodder. It will also infuriate Romans. "I just want my $C, I don't care about Citibank!"

We are not making this a thing. Stop.

Know what's funny? If you lived through the 90s, you know Dilbert was the de facto symbol of office culture and workplace satire. But then Office Space came out in '99, and while it wasn't a big hit immediately, it became popular enough to completely eclipse Dilbert's legacy.

It is weird that we had two British music videos released in 1995 where the lead singer is being pushed around an unnervingly-colored grocery store in a shopping cart

It's ethically dubious, but in Catch Me If You Can, when Leo DiCaprio tells the girl in the principal's office to fold her forged excuse note to make it seem more authentic.

The host of Jeopardy normally takes money away from you if you speak to him and are wrong about something. How wrong are you when he tells you off for free?

End up in space? Or be racist troglodytes on a dying Earth? It's a tough choice, it seems.

Of course there's monkeys. Why wouldn't there be monkeys? Look at everything happening and tell me we don't deserve monkeys

The death of T.K. Carter sent me on a strange journey. Try and guess who else starred on the short-lived 'The Sinbad Show.'

World of Warcraft had raves

As much as I love the vampires and the 'I Lied to You' scene from Sinners, I want to particularly herald the introduction of Smoke & Stack. The VFX of something deceptively insignificant as Michael B Jordan handing a lighter back and forth to himself is seamless and a great sign of filmmaking craft

We possess the tools to fix our problems. We need to get the angry nest of hornets away from the toolbox first.

Know that I don't take glory being right about this.

It sometimes feels like the now is forever. But consider: A few years ago, there was an ad where a guy and his animated Rolls-Royce hood ornament were singing along to Opportunities by Pet Shop Boys. That ad played constantly, everyone hated it, and then one day it disappeared.

And you know what sucks for me personally? I have to put up black curtain drapes as part of my job. I'm going to have to think about that piece of shituation room every shift going forward.

I spent 2025 filling in some gaps from the early days of cinema. And in doing so, I inadvertently fed my bias by chiefly watching the two most well-known figures of the era. Oops.

Feel that? That's the sensation of sports being fun, not formal pageants.

Fine, I'm a procrastinator. You caught me. You feel good about yourselves?

If A24 & General Mills had any nerve they would‘ve released these on grocery store shelves nationally.

As an A/V tech, let me provide some insight: Venues have reputations. Examples include - This place oversells shows - This place hasn't updated their sound system since 1982 - People get killed there because this place cheaps out on security - The asshole who runs this place will try to stiff you

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It's been Indian Summer in St Louis this past week, and its denizens really don't know how to respond. I see folks in parkas standing next to people in shorts. Is this an optimism/pessimism thing? Or am I just clocking the people who spent big money on skiwear and are determined to show it off?

#OnThisDay in 1895, brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière screened a series of short scenes from everyday French life at the Grand Cafe in Paris and charged admission. This is believed to be the world’s first commercial movie screening.

How I'm walking out of 2025

The Marty Supreme; Bacon, Aged Cheddar, and Red Onion on 100% Real Angus Beef. Available only at Burger Mart.

I'll be honest; I've never watched any of the Avatar movies. This is not a value judgment, I just thought they looked like big-budget sci-fi military allegories, and those things irritate me more than delight. So I skipped it in 2009, 2022, and I'm skipping it now.

I have a friend who's no longer active on social media, who was very passionate about two things: BL fiction and the NHL. Wherever they are right now, I hope Heated Rivalry is scratching every itch.

You’ll appreciate this, Dave. I gave my wife this very St. Louis decoration for the tree.

On Christmas Eve 1968, in Lunar orbit, the Apollo 8 crew took this photo: “Earthrise." I'll never forget how inspiring the Apollo missions were to my brother and me as kids. They showed us what our country and humanity can accomplish when we work together toward a common goal.