Verify your age: Three airlines I've flown: Braniff, Ozark, and Eastern.

Down With Love (2003) with Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, *and* Tony Randall!

No new appointments for U.S. Catholic bishops during the last two weeks on the spreadsheet at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... , but we've had some installations and a birthday: -Congratulations to Bishop John Gomez of Laredo on his installation, and happy retirement to Bishop Emeritus James Tamayo.

#DEFAcember 44 for #DEFAsommer: the second film on the @deafcrocodile.bsky.social box set of DEFA Fairy Tales is "Little Red Riding Hood" (1962), though the original title of Rotkäppchen translates to "Little Red Riding Cap". In this version, she meets multiple animals, both enemy and friend.

Saw "Run Lola Run" (1998) for the first time at the Cinemagic in Portland. Why did I wait 28 years to do that?

Presuming a drive-in theater counts, a double bill of "Toy Story 5" and "Hoppers." 🥔

Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976)

A couple of weeks ago I talked about the 33 archbishops leading ecclesiastical provinces in the United States, and how Pope Leo has had a hand in appointing quite a few of them; since he started leading the Dicastery of Bishops a bit over three years ago, he's been involved in 14 appointments.

#DEFAcember 10 revisited for #DEFAsommer : The first film on the DEFA Fairy Tales set from Deaf Crocodile @deafcrocodile.bsky.social , Snow White (1961), is also the only one I've reviewed previously, as part of the original set of #DEFAcember reviews in 2024. bsky.app/profile/nopl...

#DEFAcember für die Kinder: As East Germans found out on a strange episode of "English and You", DEFA spelled sideways is "deaf", so it's no surprise that the physical media company that has released the most DEFA films on Blu-ray in North America has been Deaf Crocodile. @deafcrocodile.bsky.social

No new appointments or installations among U.S. Catholic bishops, but we do have one retirement update on the spreadsheet at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... : -Congratulations to Auxiliary Bishop F. Richard Spencer of the Archdiocese for Military Services on his retirement.

Definition of a monk's reward at the movies: seeing the post-credits scene in "Hoppers" at the end of the double bill at the drive-in at 1:27am.

It took 27 years, but thanks to the Grant High School Cinema Club and the Hollywood Theatre, I finally saw "Dick" (1999) in a reasonably full theater. I'd forgotten how much I loved it! Bonus: I answered a trivia question and received the pictured prize. (The answer: 18 1/2 minutes.)

Explain your @ I watch a lot of movies, and quite a few have confusing or nonexistent plots. "Noplot" came to me as an email alias in the late 1990s when my name wasn't available, and nearly 30 years later, it's still what I use.

Outdoor double feature films every night on an inflatable screen, and staff encouraged to join and watch. Plus free snackage!

10 actresses to get to know me: Carole Lombard Glenda Farrell Ingrid Bergman Christel Bodenstein Catherine Deneuve Annette Funicello Uschi Digart Pam Grier Winona Ryder Michelle Yeoh #Filmsky

Oh Sit! (Yes, the extreme musical chairs show from the CW. Don't judge.)

The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)

Usually Coke Zero Sugar or another diet soda if that isn't available, and most often Red Vines or plain M&Ms. Sometimes popcorn and sometimes a slice of pizza if the theater has it available (and many in Portland do).

We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote-skeet with yours (if you feel like it). Mine is a picture of Joe Etzel Field at the University of Portland, facing from the stands just to the left of home plate and looking towards right field.

Since there have been no new appointments or installations of U.S. Catholic bishops in the last two weeks, let's look at the USCCB's 33 archbishops listed in the spreadsheet at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... .

Truck Turner (1974) and The Accused (1988), both from Jonathan Kaplan.

Merge two movies: Spider Baby Face

The last two weeks have seen a few changes to the spreadsheet of US Catholic Bishops at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... : -Congratulations to Bishop-designate Emilio Biosca Agüero on his appointment as Bishop of Venice, FL. -Happy retirement to Auxiliary Bishop Alejandro D. Aclan of Los Angeles.

Four-ish cultural artworks to answer Why Are You Like This: -The Muppet Show (1976-81) -The Nine Nations of North America -Incredibly Strange Films -East Side Story (1997)

A phrase my wife has never heard before, and yet won't be surprised by: "Sorry I was late getting the lunch you made. I had to look up how to say 'in the grocer's freezer' in French."

Uh... (attempts thought and/or snarky remark) (fails miserably) Uh...

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr.

After a quiet few weeks for bishop appointments for the USCCB, this fortnight (-ish) brings quite a few updates to the spreadsheet at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... -Congratulations to Bishop Godfrey Mullen on his installation as Bishop of Belleville, IL.

🎵 Whatever it is, I'm against it! 🎵

There have been no new appointments or installations among U.S. Catholic bishops in the last two weeks, so the spreadsheet at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... is unchanged. But with Pope Leo XIV approaching the first anniversary of his election, this is a good time to examine the data.

Small repertory movie theater with my own obscure choices of programming. Plus affordable concessions pricing.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Here's a question for everyone: out of the hundreds of people reading sections of the Bible at this event this week, how many are Catholic priests or bishops. Post your guesses below. I'll provide the answer late this evening.

Ever seen a DEFA film?

Without saying your age, post your favorite film that released the year you turned 18. (This shows in Portland at least once a year; later this month it's the Academy Theater's turn.)

I'm about a week late with my biweekly update to the spreadsheet of US Catholic Bishops at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... , but there's only been two changes: -Congratulations to James Golka on his installation as Archbishop of Denver, and happy retirement to Archbishop Emeritus Samuel Aquila.

Depluralize a movie. The Murderer Is With Me (1946) (And, inevitably, Revenge of the Cheerleader (1976).)

A day late with my usual biweekly update, and there have been some new appointments and installations added to the spreadsheet of US Catholic Bishops at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... : -Congratulations to Bishop-designate Godfrey Mullen, OSB, on his appointment as bishop of Belleville, IL.

Pitch an unnecessary sequel Emanuelle and the Cannibals We Found That Turned Out To Be the Actual Last Cannibals (As Far As We Know)

Pitch an unnecessary sequel The Eleventh Through Twentieth Commandments

No new appointments but one new installation on the spreadsheet of US Catholic bishops at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... : -Congratulations to Bishop Manuel de Jesús Rodriguez on his installation as Bishop of Palm Beach, and happy retirement to Bishop Emeritus Gerald Barbarito.

At the Portland Pilots baseball game: Batter: (hits foul ball behind stands into parking lot) Joe Etzel Field audio system: (car crash noises) Me: (quietly) "Longshot!" (Yes, this is how my brain works. No refunds.) #GoPilots

How I arrived on Bluesky

Share a TV show that raised you.

No new appointments in the last two weeks in the spreadsheet of US Catholic bishops at docs.google.com/spreadsheets... , but there have been changes: -Congratulations to James Checchio on his installation as Archbishop of New Orleans, and happy retirement to Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Aymond.

I'm dozing off to this and it's only 8:40pm in Portland... #RexComus

"Comus's identity is always a mystery." Yeah, but that's because this year it's Brian Kelly... #RexComus