The Judge: Just how fucker up are you? Me: Your Honor, I can recognize the mediocre 1988 Peter Hyams film THE PRESIDIO just by looking at a screen for two seconds. The Judge: Jesus Christ, he really is a lost cause.

TUNER: Reminded me a bit of last year's RELAY, a relatively novel, self-consciously old-school thriller, well-performed all around and backed with some solid direction, somewhat undone by some by uninspired plotting (screenplay gonna screenplay).

This BACKROOMS thing is a real ass phenomenon, huh?

John Moore, one of the greats

Programming this as part of a series between DEATH GAME and PROM NIGHT 2 is really funny.

Heh heh heh

Love this guy

ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE: Sometimes the best a woman can reasonably hope for is a guy who isn't a "total" piece of shit.

Always forget that De Niro is actually barely in MEAN STREETS.

My entire kingdom for HER PRIVATE HELL to be another ONLY GOD FORGIVES.

Can confirm that the ending/last 5 minutes or so of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON still absolutely breaks me.

Love to be waiting at the train station and have someone walk up and ask if I've heard about the second coming of Christ.

Feels like it might be a real "three screenings" type of day.

OH MY GOD

Miranda Otto is really wonderful in RETURN OF THE KING, doesn't get nearly enough shine for the work she's doing here.

It's funny to think that my first exposure to Brad Dourif was almost certainly THE TWO TOWERS.

Madeleine Stowe 1987-1997 (and beyond)

I actually relate to this take because I can't imagine enjoying something that was made a whole 30 seconds ago.

I was a weird kid, but I honestly don't even remember thinking of media in terms of its age when I was that young. When you're 5 to 10 years-old everything is relatively either brand new or really old. I was pretty omniverous and especially interested in things my parents told me they liked.

The based God

TENEBRE: In the cinema of Dario Argento, even dogs hate women!

Sophie Thatcher in the new Winding-Refn and Jennifer Kent 👍

The night scenes in DIRTY HARRY remain insane to look at, Bruce Surtees really was just built different.

The Adam Driver performance in LOGAN LUCKY is just so special to me.

PEARL HARBOR is on at the Mexican restaurant I'm at.

Restoration of SERPENT'S PATH truly like watching it for the first time.

It's Kiyoshi night in America

Remember that weird moment (maybe two years ago) when it was rumored that Nolan's next project was gonna be a remake of BLUE THUNDER?

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

I can't imagine paying actual money out of my pocket to see whatever that biopic is. I have so little respect for myself and the money I earn and even I wouldn't sink to that.

Annabella Sciorra kind of mind-bogglingly pretty

Why does the expository voiveover opening of FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING work so well when literally no other movie can make that work?

WALL-E remains basically perfect and the best looking Pixar film right up until the moment the humans show up. Not a novel take but the correct one.

Four dumb bitches ❤️

Marty ❤️

The fish tank stuff remains far and away the best part of FINDING NEMO

THE DRAMA:

Nolan gets a lot of deserved crap for how sloppy the hand-to-hand fights are in these, but I do think they're a little better in this. Like he knew he needed to step it up a bit.

Rewatching THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. 14 years later and the Hardy performance is still so special.

The Bale batman voice is so good in BEGINS and it's so weird what he does to it in the sequels.

Think I'm gonna rewatch the Nolan batmans over the next couple nights.

My biggest turn-ons 1. A cute laugh 2. Shoulder length hair 3. Masaki Kobayashi's blocking

Triple feature idea: DELIVERANCE, FIRST BLOOD, and SOUTHERN COMFORT.

Walter Hill didn't make bad movies after this run (EXTREME PREJUDICE is phenomenal) but kinda undeniable that there was a falloff after banging out 7 straight great ones to start his career.

Seated for ALPHA

How in the world does ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE not have a blu-ray release?

Finally seeing ALPHA tomorrow, so that means it's time to rewatch TITANE.