It's a Christmas miracle! The new Silent Night Deadly Night reboot is the anti-fascist Christmas movie of my dreams, just a joy from start to finish. Champagne cinema, five stars, no notes, would watch again. Actual film still:

fascinated to see the various machinations under-16s are gonna use in Aus to get around the social media ban. they're gonna reinvent 90s hacker subculture, their rooms are gonna glow green and pulse

“Quentin Tarantino says..” Quentin Tarantino says a lot of things

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(getting dragged away from the zootopia 2 screening) i'm not a furry! it just presents a really interesting world-building scenario! a city organized around unique climatological zones asks challenging questions about equity of power consumption!!

A lot of writers talk about their greatest fear being the empty page but to me that’s nothing compared to mummies

A thread of physical media I’m watching and some thoughts. To encourage me to post more here and share stuff from my collection.

GDT’s FRANKENSTEIN has maybe the most obvious casting of a film I can recall.

Remarkable last words: Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years? Kirk: Too many Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years? Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?

A lot of people asking where I watch silent movies. Lots of physical media, frankly, but also, a lot of freebies from archives! Here’s a thread:

Such an incredible pizza slice meeting face slap sound

Pretty huge swing by Stan. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

Clearly the supreme film in the franchise.

Random, fab and short Saturday night watch. Skateboarding philosophy and big slams. youtu.be/U8sJQje9sks?...

Even though threads are a bit janky on here, going to start a list of wrestling matches and stuff I like. Been watching a bit more recently.

Finally got to see Final Reckoning and I really dug it. Would slot it in third here - in between Rogue Nation and Fallout.

*whispers* I didn’t mind the new LILO & STITCH aye.

I’m really enjoying the new Michael Connelly book. He’s always a great interview too. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Pretty sure Max in Australia hasn’t added a single new movie since they launched.

Been dealing with some unpleasant and unexpected financial expenses. While I will not see residuals from this year's sales until next year, please, buy my book with @willowcatelyn.bsky.social . If not for yourself, somebody you know. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695...

More interested in who the Cardinals select in three weeks #Conclave

Metro, by Joan Mitchell, 1958, 📸 via @liam_mchugh

Thought Wrestlemania night 1 was pretty solid. Jey vs Gunther was better than expected and didn’t overstay its welcome. Bold way to finish. I also had a blast with Rey Fenix vs. El Grande Americano.

This product is so good that you don’t even mind when it leaks all over your refrigerator because it fell on its side and somehow manages to do it every single time you buy it. That’s just the bargain you make with this stern old woman

First watch on my new 4K setup.

I have seen 70% of these. Which is around what I was expecting or maybe a little low.

Screen Drafts has lost the plot in the best way possible.

Fuck yes. Gonna snap this up as soon as it comes out.

Latest episode of @flophousepodcast.bsky.social introduced me to Mr Show’s Mustardayonaisse sketches. Brilliant. youtu.be/mRntutn8udw?...

THE EMU WAR is on Tubi. I laughed my arse off. Crass, absurd and silly. It whiffs on jokes semi-regularly. But because it’s so joke dense, those are quickly forgotten. Aaron Gocs saying “I’m all out of juice, use your culture” is an all-time Aussie film line.

Oh dope. Last time I went searching for this you couldn’t watch it anywhere.

I got a free trial of MGM+ to watch a Gene Hackman film. And this was the recently added slate. What an absurd lineup.

The trailer for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 is the ultimate (year 2000) vibe. youtu.be/hSPtsCQq52k?...

Understand a lot of folks don’t buy from Amazon these days. But if you do, there’s a bunch of Radiance and Criterion blu-rays in their current sale.

Watching NZ vs Fiji in their World Cup qualifier on FIFA+. This app is a must for football fans. So much cool obscure (and not so obscure) stuff. Including loads of African World Cup qualifiers this weekend.

Like a lot of folks been digging back into Gene Hackman’s filmography. Dude played military a lot - wonder if that’s by choice or just what was mainly around. Also means there’s lots of stuff for me to catch up on cause I usually don’t gravitate to that kind of stuff.

One 2025 positive: double Michael Connelly. Start of a new series in May, new Lincoln Lawyer in October.

Ooooh.

Tonight’s viewing shortlist vibes: trashy horror.

Some fucking legend uploaded basically every Margaret and David review onto letterboxd. Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of it til I stumbled upon it today. An amazing resource.

Far out.

LAUREN BACALL: you just put your lips together and blow HUMPHREY BOGART: *holding nintendo cartridge* i know how to get it to work lauren

Wish a film with a fake pop star as cool as this was a bunch better. Or even just gave us more of her in pop star mode.

Glad that Triple M dude lost his job. Now if he would just drive a nail through his penis as he suggested, think we’d all be happy to move on.

India vs Pakistan ODI, live on ABC radio with an 8pm start time. Absolute dream. Cannot wait to curl up in bed with that.