Robert Brian Taylor

Skeleton should just be called “belly luge.”

My Friday the 13th full-saga rewatch has revealed the fact that almost the entire series is a bunch of three-star horror movies that I enjoy watching. (Not you, Jason Goes to Hell.)

I don't think the plot of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die fully hangs together, but the movie both eviscerates the current tech-obsessed state of humanity AND maybe makes Haley Lu Richardson a star. On those counts alone: 👍

Tough to decide which of these I’d rather go to if forced to choose, because IV is easily my favorite of these four movies but III is easily my least favorite. The 3D for III honestly might be the deciding factor.

Someone please explain what's wrong with me.

I had a dream last night that Martin McDonagh released a new movie, and in the last scene Colin Farrell turned into an anthropomorphic goat and gave a big, heartfelt soliloquy. I wrote a review of it with the headline "In Martin McDonagh's Latest, the Devil Retakes the Lead."

Okay, you gotta admit, that Mandalorian and Grogu commercial was pretty clever.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Turns ‘Wonder Man’ Into Marvel’s Most Personal Project Ever Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man,’ acting nerves, and his new superpower: turning his phone off and living his life.

I profiled Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's return to the superhero genre with #WonderMan, how he's learned to push past his own acting nerves, why his current definition of success means turning off his phone and walking his new dog, and more:

Instantly one of my favorite steelbooks, as far as packaging goes. High hopes for the 4K scan.

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

Statler and Waldorf finally have had enough and leave the theater. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones take their seats.

Goddamn you, Stew. And this after I just liked and commented on your Red October review.

BTW, I only need one more Letterboxd follower to get to 300. Who's not following me over there that would like to help me hit a milestone?!

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The Muppet Show pilot/one-off/special is excellent, and Disney should greenlight 50 more episodes immediately.

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Wow. Yeah, I’m going to have to find this place!

The Legend of Billie Jean's poster options over at @letterboxd.social could be, shall we say, a bit more diverse. Hey, movie poster artists, let's get on this! Billie Jean deserves some killer alts.

YouTube video by JaMora A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow from A Mighty Wind

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A Mighty Wind is my favorite of the Christopher Guest mockumentary run. And, as was always the case, Catherine O'Hara is just incredible in it.

Catherine O’Hara Dies: Beloved ‘Schitt’s Creek’, ‘SCTV’, ‘Home Alone’ Actor Was 71 Catherine O’Hara, the beloved comic actor who launched her extraordinary career as one of the ensemble members of the star-making cast of SCTV before gaining acclaim in such films as Beetlejuice, Home...

The best comic actress to ever do it? You can make the case. Absolutely devastating news.

Always worth listening to this man when he has something important to say.

I can see that a movie fight I'm going to be having all year is me arguing that Doctor Strange 2 is a much more effective and fun and positively Raimi-esque Sam Raimi movie than Send Help is. (Which is the downright truth, sorry.)

#TeamLeviathan

Tom Hiddleston Isn’t Playing It Safe Anymore — and ‘The Night Manager’s Return Proves It After Loki and a decade of life, Tom Hiddleston explains why The Night Manager Season 2 had to go deeper for the Prime Video series.

I profiled Tom Hiddleston in his return to #TheNightManager after 10 years, why he wanted to push both himself and Jonathan Pine to the edge in Season 2, the "gift" of playing through Episode 5's most gripping two-hander (spoilers within), chasing story over genre in his career, and more:

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A ★★★ review of Send Help (2026) Fun little thriller bolstered by Sam Raimi's distinctive visual style. The "boar hunt" sequence rips. Rachel McAdams is quite good, although I honestly don't think the movie ever fully locks into her ...

Some brief thoughts on the new Raimi ...

I find this unbearably beautiful as an expression of the joy that comes from making art together as human beings.

This is what the AI dickheads will never understand and never feel.

A ★★★★★ review of Inglourious Basterds (2009) 35mm theatrical screening So, funny story: I saw this at the newly renovated Row House Hollywood cinema in Dormont, PA (a stone's throw away from my house). It was their first 35mm presentation since ...

The funniest thing happened at a 35mm screening of Inglourious Basterds that I went to last night:

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