M.J. Ocasio

For real the solidarity! My buddy saw it in Salinas, CA, and told me that when Bob asks the Latino guys on the side of the road which way the truck went toward the end of the movie, then does the Mexican whistles thing to them as he drives off, the crowd went nuts. It’s a movie we *need.*

It’ll go down as the defining text of the Trump era/2020s for sure. Incredible. Saw it on Thursday, then again on Friday.

Absolutely. And also all the poor inner-wall books are going to get completely sunbleached. 😓

I mean, “revenge movies“ are one of the most popular loose genres of the past few decades, from Kill Bill to John Wick to Sisu. I feel we all leaned pretty hard into revenge being sweet (if not destructive) as the world has fallen further into chaos and despair.

@thelouvreof.bsky.social contender?

I agree, for the most part, except—when a director of this caliber takes on franchise projects, they bank goodwill with the studios to later create their own project with so much more gusto than they ever could have imagined before. Villenuve’s next personal project will kill people with its focus.

Whippin’ Stick

Slang for penile masturbation

As in: “We all know that boy ain’t doin’ nothin’ in that basement but whippin’ stick.”

Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before? Why do we not all say it? I guess we must be the change we want to see in the world, etc.

Hands down the lamest and most atrocious human on earth, and has been since the day he hit the stage.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times, gif only

Broke: John Wick

Woke: Sisu

@jadomian.bsky.social called me a “tough act to follow” tonight. Now, granted, he was talking about my Tenacious D: Beelzeboss karaoke set, and not stand-up comedy, and he killed it with his own song after my own. Nevertheless, I’m gonna take the compliment/dub/win.

This critique has Big Steve Energy written all over it (though he curses less in his feedback) @stevelieberart.bsky.social

Cover image of Cory Doctorow's short story collection "Radicalized", with black-and-red icons depicting the four stories contained within: "Unauthorized Bread", "Model Minority", "Radicalized", and "Masque of the Red Death".

Apropos of nothing, but if you haven't read the short story "Radicalized" by Cory Doctorow, now would be the time. Prescient, dark, and hopeful.

"A man becomes embroiled in a dark web network targeting insurance companies after his wife's cancer coverage was declined by their health insurer."

They just remastered Silent Hill 2. Mercy be.