Critical Nostalgia

What's the contemporary version of "Layla" that we use?

"It's the money, Matt."

I get it.

I just don't get that they're not turning the money from say three of these into one for them.

Oliver Reed (holding a golden grenade) and Diana Rigg (in Edwardian gear) in a lush study. Everything is very fin-de-siècle-by-way-of-the-swingin'-'60s

Telly Savalas, bald as ever, but with a little and little glasses that give him a Gandhi vibe despite his Edwardian business suit

Oliver Reed, in immaculate full dress, holds a sword cane's blade to a man's throat. Background: arts & crafts wallpaper

Diana Rigg in a big bed wearing nothing but a towel. Hell yeah.

Just had an extremely good time with THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU (1968), an Edwardian spy-caper comedy starring Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed, and Telly Savalas

That movie was so much fun. What a delightful surprise.

"un-lifening"

You wanna know how I know there's no cabal of corporations running things?

I know I don't have to watch this stuff, but looking at classic horror stories get prestigified and I know how people live with themselves but how do people live with themselves?

Aw, fuck. Hope the situation is short-lived.

The stories this goblet could tell. Comparing the suppleness and tautness of various celebrities over the years, a library of lips and tongues.

"Sure you can joint this vibrant community of authors here. Just kick in bucks monthly."

If I wanted to join a fraternity, I would've.

Shinichiro Watanabe in the Criterion Closet holding a copy of Branded to Kill, saying, "A well-made film doesn't always mean it's something you'll remember."

Shinichiro Watanabe gets it

On Saturday, March 7th Jello Biafra suffered a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure.



As per Jello:

The Video Game Industry (2026)

7Up – the UnCola posters via www.djfood.org/7up-the-unco...

*pained groan*

This is dumb. Really dumb.

Parnas should me mocked for the two-bit conman that he is.

C'mon, Ari.

The complete triumph of both clapping hog audiences and dead-eyed execs who can say the phrase "steward of the franchise" without feeling the urge to commit sepukku

It's the users that make a platform valuable. Sometimes a thing is only valuable if it's not trying to manufacture money.

Prepare your escape vessels, people. VC sniffing up Bluesky. It's gonna suck.

Ooo! Which one?

It only took three years to cash in! A fad lifetime!

I'm a big fan of 4, mostly because of the setting and various set-pieces. 3 is a masterpiece of utter insanity.

All this indicates is that opportunists sense that the brand is toxic for them in their race. Or they can't gin up party support. It's not a disintegration of anything, unless it keeps up for some time.

BTW, Kiley is in a squishy district that almost went Dem last time. Few percentage points as I recall. He's a nonentity GOP member with zero rizz. This is the first time people have really talked about him since he started his term.

"Hey, Matt! Why don't you more aggressively promote your books with YouTubers and BookTok and Bookstagram?"

1) Because I'd have to engage on those platforms which I walked away from (aside from watching weird stuff on YT.)

2) Because they're not interested in what I do.

3) Because I won't pay.

It's on Prime. Probably Tubi, but I haven't checked.

There's a reason it's not spoken of as breathlessly as even the later Death Wish movies.

Every single Republican dude who switches their party affiliation to Independent will still vote with the GOP. This only matters on abstract maps counting heads in Congress and is fucking worthless.

A Scotti Brothers Picture!

(Go check up who managed Survivor. IT ALL FITS TOGETHER!)

Star Wars third draft storyboards by Alex Tavoularis, 1975

Today's Elliptical Cinema: Eye of the Tiger. Gary Busey! Yaphet Kotto! William Smith! Directed by... Richard Sarafian of Vanishing Point fame!

It's mostly pretty okay with some genuine WTF moments that I won't spoil.