Erik Burnham 💬

The Thin Man (1934) ⭐ 7.9 | Comedy, Crime, Mystery 1h 31m | TV-PG

03. www.imdb.com/title/tt0025...

Bell Book and Candle (1958) ⭐ 6.8 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance 1h 46m | Approved

02. www.imdb.com/title/tt0051...

Gremlins (1984) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror 1h 46m | PG

01. www.imdb.com/title/tt0087...

Santa Claus stands next to a decorated Christmas tree. Text reads: one like = one movie I enjoy during the holidays. Why engagement bait? Boredom, some say. Others say procrastination. Both are plausible.

Winter afternoons are for brain fog.

I drove 100 miles to see it on the big screen and it was so worth it.

Opening night of Gladiator, they messed up reel change. House lights and music up while they fixed it. Quick attention! Less than a minute! Lights down, movie back. But they left house music on.

Maximus found his family to the accompaniment of the Beach Boys’ Barbara Ann.

I dislike wanting to buy a movie on disc (and hey, a commentary wouldn’t go unappreciated) and I just… can’t. Ever.

I disagree that it’s progress.

Dangit, that DOES sound fun.

This feels like the mental shift on a lot of things that hit in December. "Well, the bulk of the run was '75..." (It's wrong, yep, but feels like the kind of weird hill someone is willing to die on.)

Or hey, maybe they just wrote with AI.

(The usual trolls that complain about everything.)

Horror in 13 words.

I haven’t seen any irritation and yet I IMMEDIATELY knew who you meant.

Seymour Gutz has become the Mutagen Man again, and he’s mutating New Yorkers...even mutated #Michelangelo!

The Turtles need a cure—but first they need to rescue Seymour from the Shredder.

#TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #31 is at LCS!

#TMNT #NewComics

Sure, but that one in particular was a kayo.

In this case they didn’t even know I suggested em. They would’ve been approached if things had cleared the hurdle.

But above joke aside, I’m genuinely pleased they’re all crushing it.

Once more I recommend Bill Bryson’s One Summer.

It shows that headlines today are virtually identical (details aside) as they were a century ago.

Political corruption, natural disasters, sex scandals, sports shenanigans, dim celebrities, dimmer titans of industry, xenophobia… it’s just wild.

I had a few creator owned pitches that went nowhere but the artists I suggested to editors when they asked who we would approach if higher ups gave the okay have all gone on to really cool projects.

Why couldn’t I have picked the right lottery numbers instead? 😆

I’ve just seen all the pages for Archie x Army of Darkness #1.

Uffda. It’s gonna be WILD.

There’s a take, not usually malicious, that creation is more important than analysis.

(Good analysis is, of course, often also creative and worth reading on its own.)

Looks like my old pal Scott is having fun.

Here it can also punch you.

I got two pretty big books coming out in February.

I oughta do some signings.

The question I’ll wait until after the first to sort out the answer to: where.

OBVIOUSLY do not use AI, at all. AT ALL, for anything. I don’t wanna hear about the theoretical good version, it’s not what they’re pushing on us. The absolute worst people in the world have gone all in on this shit, and it needs to be starved out as much as possible. AI: not even once!

Not enough pushups and breathing the vapors from a Wendy’s restaurant are the clear culprits.

Purifying one’s self in the waters of Lake Minnetonka is the only cure.

No one could imagine such a thing. In fact, in all recorded history, it has never happened once. Chatgpt told me so.

No, no. Just the lion’s share. 🎅🏼

Let's just go ahead and crowdfund a WB purchase.

Yes, I’m familiar with GB.

Indy, Gremlins, Golden Child, Big Trouble in Little China, Monster Squad. So many to choose from.

The very 80s genre mash of movies with elements of comedy, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror (in uneven parts.)