WAKE UP DEAD MAN rules. Not as funny as the other two, but more engaging on a character and story level. And there is an out of nowhere Hollow Man nod for Brolin!

My wife: You never buy me any clothes 😞 Also my wife: *currently returning the sweater I got her for Christmas because she didn't like the color, which matches a regular shirt she wears frequently*

Brian's

Finally going to see WAKE UP DEAD MAN today thanks to the Laemmle NoHo. Which is also still playing Frankenstein, so maybe I can swing that next week too.

Lego Gizmo is smaller than I expected. I thought he'd be about the size of the tuxedo cat they did last year (since he's 10 bucks more but fewer pieces, thought it would even out) but nope. Maybe half that?

This is code for a cocaine deal with Lee Donowitz

This made me tear up. Purple shirt dad MVP

The actual cash payout for the 1.8 billion Powerball was 834 million. A *billion* dollars to taxes. Amazing.

@philnobilejr.bsky.social you rn

It is truly amazing how much better your life gets once you cut negative people out of it.

Finally saw the SAW musical! @suchspiritedwords.bsky.social was amazing (as was the rest of the cast). Very funny, some good jokes about the sequels, and catchy songs. Go see it!

These are the same people who didn't understand that Cypher was a bad guy in THE MATRIX

Next time my LADWP payment is due I will tell them that I estimate itll be paid by the due date and then pay it a day later with no apology or explanation. Treat people the way they treat you!

Spending the day after Christmas the same way I did in 1994: listening to VITALOGY and eating candy from my stocking.

My ability to keep my patience when dealing with producers who do not understand how editing works (and further, how easily mistakes can be made but also that they take mere seconds to fix) is lacking, I've learned.

Someday he will die, and it'll be wonderful, but I must admit: I will kind of miss his unhinged "Merry Christmas to all" posts.

I heard a guy coming out of Avatar 3 saying "Well, way better than the last one, but not as good as 1." Exact opposite of me! 2 3 1 all the way. Movies!

Well that's 5 minutes shorter than Anaconda, so...

I know we need the rain but four days of me not being able to take my walks, during a period where cookies and candy are just constantly sitting there? Seems cruel.

There can be no debate if Die Hard *2* is a Christmas movie. The snow, the airport chaos, the red lighting that looks like absolute shit on the Blu-ray... it's Christmas af

I finally finished reading BLACK CHRISTMAS by Thomas Altman, which I started *last* season and put down around Dec 27th. Unrelated to the film(s), it's a solid little thriller with a decent reveal re: the culprit who has been killing young women around town leading up to Christmas.

Has anyone used FluentPet and does it actually work? fluent.pet?tw_source=go...

Annoyed with the Cine2Nerdle reversal today but I'll have to wait til tomorrow to explain why.

My friend is working two (2) service jobs today and I just want to stress that people who have to work on Christmas are saints and if you witness someone being a dick to them (as someone has already been to her) it is your sacred duty as an American to slash their tires.

Is Prom Night a Christmas movie?

I like to think Jack McGee is playing the same character in SCROOGED and LETHAL WEAPON 2.

At the end of Silent Night Deadly Night 2, Ricky swings his axe straight down at Mother Superior. But when they find her, her head is cut off cleanly at the neck, which would require a side swipe. A rare misstep in this otherwise tightly constructed, well-made film.

I hope when I die there's someone saying "never heard of him" to someone else's RIP post. Keep my ghost humble.

Bullshit Newborn Not Even Christ https://theonion.com/bullshit-newborn-not-even-christ/

As a veteran of crap advent calendars, I love this so very much.

Power came back at 3am or so, just shy of a full 24 hours. Now that I could actually see what I was doing I got all the presents under the tree, set up a plate with cookie and carrot crumbles, and confirmed the (brand new carton of) milk went bad with a glass containing an unfinished sip. #dadlife

Well, the random SHINING homage was fun. #zootopia2

He won't make it to the 60th, so they should have let bygones be bygones.

Say what you will about Spectrum, but they have at least been giving updates on the outage even though there's not exactly anything I can do with Spectrum without power. Meanwhile, ladwp is still saying that my power will be back on at 11:00 this morning.

Everyone references "Garbage Day!" and ignores that one of the most insane car stunts ever occurs just seconds later. Go to about 5:10. youtu.be/v4DymfE74E8?...

Things are so dire I might go see ANACONDA despite literally everyone who has seen it suggesting I should not do that.

Still no power. @ladwp.com has yet to even assign anyone to fix it, so itll be dinnertime before we get it back at earliest. Lovely.

2025 couldnt have been worse than 2024 because Wampler can't die again (amazing episode idea for Trying Times though), but between losing my job and realizing someone I cared about was lying to/using me all along, wasn't exactly night and day, either. I did beat Demon's Souls though.

Amazing day to lose power, when the fridge is stuffed with ingredients for holiday dinners. Couldn't be Friday when I'd be happy for an excuse to toss the leftovers?

Been in LA for 20 years and this is the first time a storm actually knocked out the power.

Will watched Christmas Vacation with me! A blessed holiday miracle. (I didn't share my spiked egg nog with him, however.)

Someone just left a comment under a link to my Black Christmas novelization article saying "I wonder if the ending is more clear in the novel." If only one could click on that very thing and find out!

New novelization column is up at @fangoria.bsky.social ! Merry Black Christmas to you all! www.fangoria.com/black-christ...

Target already has the Valentines Day stuff out! There's no end to their crimes.

As insufferable as the Mariah song is, honestly I think the worst Christmas song of all time is "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses.

*Eddie Vedder voice* Oh where oh where could Bob Denby be? #JokesForNinePeople

*taps the sign*

Last night I played UNTIL DAWN on a giant screen. Here I am picking menu Stormare's nose. Cc @grahamreznick.bsky.social