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NEW YORK RIPPER for sure! It’s no masterpiece but it’s an odd duck worth watching.

A year and some change later and this finally arrived at my doorstep yesterday.

Movie poster for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

Really liked Nia DaCosta’s 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. Excellent script from Alex Garland and Ralph Fiennes’ performance is superb! And the Jimmies are a bunch of cunts.

towards an anti-fascist action canon see also: anti-cop, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism etc

Was working on this list over the summer and it felt apt to publish it last week for various reasons but then I forgot to share it elsewhere.

So, here it is.

A vintage advertisement for SHOCK THEATER starring Ghoulardi. The print image features Ernie Anderson as Ghoulardi, sporting a dramatic goatee and lit by creepy lighting. Ghoulardi clutches a skull in his hand. The print on the ad reads: SHOCK THEATER - 11:20PM FRIDAY 8 WJWTV

With his new movie upon us, it's a great time to remind you that Paul Thomas Anderson's production company is named for Ghoulardi, a horror host portrayed by PTA's own father, Ernie Anderson. Ghoulardi's Shock Theater was a staple of Cleveland television and a foundational creature feature program.

the person who decided to use this in the 28 Years Later trailer -- Megan Barbour, the director of music at Buddha Jones agency at the time -- deserves several awards and a million dollars. Boyle liked it so much he decided to put it in the movie.

Gonna start a punk band called I Don’t Know and the Fuck-Offs

I did that exact same double feature on Monday but watched DISEMBODIED on UHD at home before heading to the theater for PRESENCE!

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Movie poster for the film THE DAMNED

Finishing up the evening with birthday movie #4, THE DAMNED. Literally sitting in the same seat in the same theater as the previous film HARBIN. Pretty rare for that to happen!

Movie poster for Korean film HARBIN

Back at AMC for birthday movie #3, Korean historical thriller HARBIN.

Who do we have to kill to get a 4K release of GYMKATA?

Movie poster for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

Seated for birthday movie #2 at Alamo Drafthouse: DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA.

Octopus with Broken Arms movie poster

Birthday movie #1 was OCTOPUS WITH BROKEN ARMS at AMC. A Chinese THE USUAL SUSPECTS but more depressing. Good though!

I see my next paycheck is going to briefly pause in my bank account before being sent to you once again. Who needs to retire anyway!

Every once in a while I check in on NextDoor to see what’s up. Every time it feels like I stumbled into a racist retirement home where no one knows how to Google for the most basic things.

Watched FLOW today. Beautiful film. Life-affirming and heartbreaking. I’m not sure anyone in the theater had dry eyes at the end.

If you’re asking yourself “who the hell is this movie even for” about KRAVEN… me, it’s for me. I enjoyed the hell out of it! Great to see Christopher Abbott show up too.

Long, angry, powerful polemic that everyone who uses the internet should read:

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Left some room for growth this year!

Good news!

A favorite from my disturbing childhood!

Looking forward to watching the grandma melt in a boiling lake in 4K!

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the U.S.! Today we released a minor update, v3.7.22, that updates how average ratings are calculated on movie overview pages. Enjoy!

Exactly how I felt!

In theaters but I think you can rent it on Amazon as well. How are you doing Susan, enjoying retirement I hope!

Movie poster for CONCLAVE (2024) featuring actor Ralph Fiennes.

CONCLAVE is a first rate political thriller and an adult movie for adults, the likes of which we don’t see as often anymore. Fiennes, Tucci, Lithgow and Rossellini all turn in fine performances. Rossellini has a hard stare that will break a man!

Poster for the film GLADIATOR II showing actor Paul Mescal standing over a vanquished foe in the middle of the area, holding two swords.

Saw Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR II in IMAX tonight. That’s a lot of money, time and effort spent on something that, at best, is a whisper of the first. Mainly it lacks tension and the outcome never felt in doubt. The craftsmanship is outstanding though. Great set/costume design!