James Barcomb

That’s Numberwang!

Thought FOMO with no local movie theater would hit hardest with Superman, but seeing everyone rave about Naked Gun is killing meeeeeeee 😭

My old Letterboxd review of Hot Rod (2007): “Dumb, sloppy, repetitive, predictable, and all-around unfunny. 1.5/10”

This was an ‘09 take that I posted nearly a decade later. Either way, it’s wrong! Hot Rod also rules!

My old Letterboxd review of “Predator” (1987) that I no longer agree with: “Brings the expected thrills, even if the characters aren’t that compelling. 7.5/10”

Starting a new Bluesky thread, to be updated periodically: My Old, Bad Letterboxd takes!

First up from 2018: the original Predator! Took me three tries, but all right, fine, it’s basically a masterpiece with several career-best performances, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME

UK rating system effectively has two “R” equivalents, 15 and 18, and the former is much more frequent than the latter, so when a movie gets an 18, shit’s about to go *down* 😈

Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Thrilled that we have a honest-to-God hand-drawn animated feature from our boy Genndy in the year of our lord 2025.

With that out of the way, that new trailer is, uh, not great, Bob! 😬

But Black Dynamite, I sell drugs to the community

DEMI DROPOUT SPECIAL HELLLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHH

Millions Hunt. One Runs. Everyone Watches. Watch the Official Trailer for my new film The #RunningManMovie – Only in theatres November 7!

“No, he should’ve killed hims—“

HE’S PERPETUALLY IN A HELL OF HIS OWN MAKING, THAT’S THE POINT

Hell yeah, man

I mean, the “right side” of this one is so easy.

If that weren’t enough, the stories (arguably the app’s best feature) now seem like they’re fully AI-rendered: robotic-sounding character voices, plots that make no sense and go nowhere, and translation errors galore. Thanks, I hate it! 👍

New Duolingo update (replacing five “hearts” with 25 “energies”) effectively replaces skill-based practice with “You can do like two or three lessons at a time, and then you gotta either pay for the full version or watch more ads, f*ck you, lol”

Gentlemen…….SHUFFLE

If this doesn’t include the Andrew Dismukes lawyer sketch, what are we even doing here?

Also, it goes without saying, but f*ck this guy

He looks like he’s about to seduce Lily-Rose Depp and bring a plague to Germany with a thick Romanian accent

Godddddd, I love Richard Kind so much

Side note: As noted in the interview, Mulaney and Kind being in the same episode was a coincidence and *Spoilers??? Kinda???* they never share the screen together, but there’s one particular reaction shot of Mulaney smiling that’s so goddamn funny with that context in mind

I really do appreciate that @rianjohnson.bsky.social keeps finding ways to work Sondheim into his projects

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

DAAAAAAAAA POPE

A little frustrating that it’ll take this to *finally* get him some major awards recognition, but whatevs, GET ON THE ADAM PEARSON OSCAR CAMPAIGN TRAIN, TOOT TOOOOOT

You're welcome, Canada! May other nations also be so inspired by our cautionary tale