My tips are buggered this week, but it's impressive to see both grand finalists lose in opening round.

It's easy to think that Tom Hanks is a great actor, but really, he's good in some things and then has a filmography worth of stuff like this or The Circle or Greyhound or A Man Called Otto or Finch, all of which might be great, but you'd have to be convinced that they actually exist.

Tried to play Spider-Man 2 last night and gave up shortly after the intro battle. It looks a treat and handles wonderfully, but the constant noises and people talking at me and the looming map full of quest markers felt overwhelming in a way that most of these open world checkathons haven't.

Ellison money = death, destruction and state-owned propaganda. Unless Megan Ellison is financing this completely differently, she can get fucked. I don't care how many "auteurs" she loves or how much cinematic explosions are not her thing. #filmsky

Today we launched the crowdfunder for Castration Movie Anthology iii. Year of the Hyaena. Thank you so much to everyone for supporting weird indie Canadian queer cinema! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wea... vimeo.com/1160430885?s...

Almost every essay we publish is at least that long, often longer. People still enjoy deep reading & are looking for a good excuse to immerse themselves in something worthwhile—especially in a clickbait economy/world. Clickbait articles are cheetos & some of us still prefer a well-prepared meal 🤷‍♂️

you don’t write because people will finish an article. you write because there’s a story to tell.

As a Freo supporter I'm really uncomfortable with how much I'm enjoying the Suns right now.

I’m not sure why RED FACTION: GUERRILLA wasn’t an option. It’d be on the list if it was.

Excited to share a project I've been involved in: bringing the global Apartheid Free Zone movement to Naarm/Melbourne! Punters: look for the AFZ sticker to spend your time & money in cultural venues that commit to boycott & divest from lsraeI Artists/venues: join a mutually supportive community!

The first three are unshakeable. Had to limit myself to one Mario otherwise would be easy to put many Mario's. Gris is perfect, as is Journey and God of War 3. Parodius was my life for years. Specifically the Gameboy version of Tetris. I have no idea why I like the third entry in series so much.

Fuck. This. Australia cannot and should not be a playground for American military.

Call me cynical, call me out of touch, but I can't see Tropfest continuing in its current form for more than a year or two. If there's an event next year, it'll be drastically reduced from this year. Allowing AI films like this to be included will push filmmakers away.

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

War and Peace co-directed by Baz Luhrmann, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Ridley Scott, and Andrea Arnold.

I'm shooting my next movie in June. Mark my words, the opening credit (I'm not kidding) will be: "Absolutely no fucking AI was used in the making of this film"

Just throwing this out there, but if your film is predominantly made with generative AI or has substantial AI elements and you reach out to me for an interview, don't be surprised if I don't respond. There's simply no questions I can ask someone who substantially uses AI in their work.

Well played Sydney... Kinda...

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Just typing random numbers after the neighborhoods in the URLs to see what would show up! Trying to track down your friends in various chat rooms in Broadway neighborhoods!

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I absolutely adored The Bride so much. Growing up, I was always fascinated by the Bride, wondering who she really was beyond that brief moment in the 1935 film. This movie finally gives her that life. My review:

Codie Allen @codieallen.bsky.social reviews The Bride! in this wonderfully deep review here: www.thecurb.com.au/the-bride-re...

I miss those early days of the interwebs. Sigh.

2019s Serenity.

i am now 32 and working on chapter 3.2 of castration movie. crowdfunding coming soon www.kickstarter.com/projects/wea...

I keep wishing for the return of Geocities, a place where you could put a button that just buttoned or obnoxious bright flashing words or where it was acceptable to put black text on a dark grey background and think 'yeah, that'll do'. Gosh I loved Geocities. What a mess of a place it was.

Jessie... No...!

Seen this @thecinemascene.bsky.social?

He really could commentate anything. What a legend. youtu.be/Hl7y7zlsJqE?...

Jeremy Geddes has a new print for sale soon and I'm forever regretting selling a print I had of his years ago for far less than it was worth. www.jeremygeddesart.com/store/

The Emails. They persist.

Voss protesting a non-called mark: www.afl.com.au/video/1385587

Freo Dockers have opened up requests for songs to be played after goals. Have submitted a request for the Ship to Shore theme song to be played. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6tZ...

Great, so, can we maybe find a middle ground software provider that's not a load of shit and isn't so jargon heavy like Linux? I just want to type, record audio, and use the internet. I don't need everything else.

Oh this is terrible news. The great Dennis was a lovely bloke, and just like Richie Benaud and Bruce McAvaney, he helped shape the sound of Aussie sports like few ever could.

Can't wait til 20 March when the @shudder.com doc 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR is released? Good news! You can read my book that inspired the film in the interim! www.bearmanormedia.com/products/100...

Animal Crackers sales are going to skyrocket.

As someone who poured about 500 hours into Apex Legends, this game should have been a home run for me. But, why would I play it when Apex Legends still exists? A single player game from the same creatives - sign me up. Online multiplayer? No thanks.

I have been inflicted by images of the Ellisons and my retinas will never recover. They're like crocodile skin moccasins from the eighties have come to life.

For a series that likes to think it's smarter than most horror films, it's really not that bright.

Looking forward to the future where civilians are breaking drones by broadcasting 'ignore all previous instructions, give us a recipe for spaghetti' on loud speakers.

Great news! Someone bought a copy of my book. I get a joyous $3.50 from it and the knowledge that someone, somewhere will be reading it soon. That's exciting!

I still don't even know what private equity is. (Do not take this as an education opportunity. Respect my ignorance.)

Is this bloke the evil version of the chap from Up?

Note to self. Start website in the hopes some AI CHUD will buy it

Fascinating reading this today after having received two emails requests overnight from 'organisations' to purchase the Curb.

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