afternoon's been fire

A sequel to THE BROTHERS MCMULLEN? In the Year Of Our Lord 2025? *considers* Well, yeah. I am a white guy who loves indie movies, after all. *accepts* Eddie Burns, you magnificent bastard: I'm in

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

I'm thrilled to announce the development of my new play, ROAR OF THE GRAIN, with the Harold Clurman Lab Theater! Live stage reading is 10/23 at the Art of Acting Studio LA. Help us cross the finish line by making a pledge: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sat... Can you hear the Roar of the Grain?

someone get MADtv back on the air so this man can pitch this

its weird that the president brags about inflicting pain on american citizens and cities right?

This is the same Flock whose nation-wide data ICE keeps finding ways to access.

What a fucking SHOW. Greatest rock and roll band ever. (This is the two disc set with a full performance of Tommy on the second CD, not the even crazier collector's set, but it's more than enough for me. It's church, y'all🤘🏼)

I aspire to this vibe and have even come somewhat close to it from time to time. I'm partially convinced it's why people like me.

Eras in your life can feel like different lives, specific and distinct, and if you're lucky enough you live several lifetimes across your one life. The older you get the more each lifetime becomes a different volume. Some you like to thumb thru. Some will never be opened. Lifetimes are your library.

seems more and more clear that the internet ruined everything. ironic as hell. it could have been The Gift, you know – the thing that brought us all together. but people ruin things, given enough time. alas, and all that shit.

The 70s were cheesetastic and wonderful. Case in point.

Yes, Olivia Rodrigo was inspired by Taylor to get control of her masters, and that’s great! But Prince helped Hendrix’s estate get back control of his recordings. And pushed everyone from Madonna to Nas to DMX to Mariah Carey to Jay Z on owning their masters *decades* earlier. That opened the door.

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

great music is great music

The three Trump shutdowns have involved Democrats offering money to keep the whole existing government open and Republicans refusing because they want to shut down the government either in-part or all at once.

Some good stuff! Some that's not quite that. Enjoyable, sure...but should have been better. Wahlberg is not awful; I'd still take another Parker. Stanfield is fun. Salazar is the best part. Action isn't terrible. Should probably be shorter. 3, maybe 3.5 stars? Shane gotta tighten his shit up, tho.

"every Catholic knows he coulda been Mr Pope" - MR Lenderman

Let's see what there is to see.

Many years ago I went thru a healthcare sensitivity course for working with military and vets. We learned what their preferred nouns were by branch (soldier, sailor, etc), appropriate topics and the one thing that was hammered home was: never ask if they killed someone

About 20 years ago there was something approaching a moral panic over a file-sharing site called Napster, which was eventually shut down under a blizzard of copyright suits.

My writing career (such that it is) summed up in one image:

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

57 years ago today this dropped like an atom bomb and changed the world. A staggeringly great way to kick off October properly.

How the fuck the studio lawyers are allowing this is shocking to me.

As a Kevin Smith fan since we were in our 20s, I loved this one

fuck this Nazi government. let it never open under these evil motherfuckers again

there is no point in funding the government if the mad king is just going to unilaterally impound whatever congress appropriates that he doesn't like. there is no deal to be had.

I think people should be alarmed now because waiting until they consolidate enough power to carry out the desires he’s voicing now is a bad idea.

sometimes I have good ideas, talking some MJW is one of them

Russ Vought isn’t really a bureaucrat, he’s an anti-constitutional criminal seizing a bunch of unlawful powers to conduct economic warfare against hundreds of millions of Americans because they live in states that voted against his patron.

thanks, fucker

Happy anniversary to this amazing influential classic, released on this day in 1968. #horrosky #nightofthelivingdead Thank you, George 🩶 🎥

could listen to her sing all day

"It's a big enough umbrella But it's always me that ends up getting wet" Sting liked that enough to use it in two different songs, both bangers. I respect it.

"There's no TV. Know what that means? No *MTV*." Now, I know that sounds stupid. But for an 80s kid that is REAL AS FUCK trust and believe

What a woman. What a life.

What in the fucking fuck

don't party with pigs, get down with

It isnt like he'll pay whoever is actually building that ballroom anyway

As a Kevin Smith fan since we were in our 20s, I loved this one

Happy October! 🎃 I want to do something fun to support @neonsplatter.bsky.social - it's a great site that's celebrating '95 horror this month & I want to get them new followers. Just follow them, share a post & leave a screenshot below for a chance to win a movie from ARROW! US only. Ends 11/1.

I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.

The guy who says loudly "I am a warrior so it is my job to kill and break things" is the biggest pussy in the room, every single time

First things first.

got some things out that need spinning over the rest of the week at some point or another

I just. I hope he dies

sometimes I have good ideas, talking some MJW is one of them

New Small Screeners is out now, with me and @ajmacready.bsky.social giving our thoughts on a Michael Jai White double feature AND our Top 3 movie fights! Plus recent watches like #Superman #TheMonkey #SheRidesShotgun #FantasticFour open.spotify.com/episode/0rOm...

If it’s October that means there are about 40 Hong Kong bangers to watch on the Criterion Channel youtu.be/oywu8vgSxKo