Jack Albert

Honest question: if a movie is available to buy for $30 and available to rent for $25, who actually chooses to rent?

If you buy it, you at least have a digital copy you can queue up. I prefer physical media but if I was impatient and thinking about renting for $25, id just buy.

Scintillating writing. Captivating acting. Exquisite direction.

This is absolutely one of the best horror films I’ve ever seen and is cemented as high as one of my favorite films as well.

Go and see Zach Cregger’s modern masterwork, Weapons. I’m going to look for it in IMAX.

Just saw #Sinners with a friend today - and we have an instant classic on our hands.

-Emphasis on world building instead of just horror

-original story setting

-masterful Mise-en-scène

Not a masterpiece but extremely engaging and mesmerizing. Wholly recommended.

White House denials over the Signal snafu ring hollow — The Economist The breach raises questions of security and legality

Almost speechless.

“White House denials over the Signal snafu ring hollow” - The Economist

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I don’t believe in reincarnation, but my cat and wife mirror each to an uncanny degree. They even both have night terrors.

I’m behind almost two weeks (yay work) but after watching s2e2 of severance, I’m convinced it is far and away the best thing Apple TV+ has made.

Seeing #Se7en in #IMAX is a borderline religious experience.

It is pretty fun watching people who clearly haven’t seen it before react to certain scenes.

Is and will always be a masterpiece.

The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6 — The Wall Street Journal The second Trump inaugural fund is on track to be the most lucrative yet

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“Trump aides have said that the fundraising isn’t even really about drawing in money anymore: It is a means for extracting a mea culpa from corporate America for its shunning of Trump”

Yikes. Noted.

YouTube video by OddRexStudios Parasocial

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It’s finally here - Parasocial

Over the weekend

So my Facebook account and messenger account were just (wrongfully) suspended. My account was tied to some other Instagram account I’ve never heard of. My account is the same as here (jackjacksmind).

Looking forward in getting this resolved over the next 6 months…

#SkeletonCrew is good, but I’m not sure why the tension and the dialogue are so very milquetoast. There’s a lot of poetential for fun hijinks with space kids, yet it also suffered from very weird runtime.

Holding out for an improvement in those areas because it looked and sounded stellar!

Wow, I’m legitimately blanking. I did just pick this up again so I could finish Final Draft, and I’ll play through my physical Xbox copy once I complete it on PC. So I’m sure I’ll figure out what you mean.

Is this a part exclusive to Final Draft or is it part of the main game? I’ve beaten it the whole way through but not final draft yet.

It might be my favorite game from last year. That or Hi-Fi Rush.

The promise Donald Trump is sure to keep — The Economist He wants more freedom to fire civil servants, but he should weigh the long-term consequences

“Mr Trump has a point: the civil service needs renovating. Too few people get fired…From left, right and centre, people serious about good government have pushed for reform…

But…he should recognise…that even if he has good intentions, some successor might not.”

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Mother of God.

Boycot!

Reports are saying users are growing here…

I’ve been here for months, and seen very little growth/interactivity than I do on Twitter or Threads. Hmm.

I want to like it here, but I really don’t care where I end up. I’ll go where the people are. And I’m not convinced they are here yet.

A musical player visualizing Linkin Park’s new single “The Emptiness Machine” as part of its upcoming album “From Zero” with the fan edit and alteration to “From Xero” referencing the original name for the band.

“I only wanted to part of something.”

#FromXero
#LinkinPark
#TheEmptinessMachine

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? The Acolyte opened the doors for so many Star Wars fans, new and old, to feel seen. To feel welcomed and accepted by an IP and fandom that hadn’t previously been so for anyone who didn’t check off cer...

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#SaveTheAcolyte
#RenewTheAcolyte

‘Ted Lasso’ Eyes Season 4 Greenlight With Main Cast Members Returning 'Ted Lasso' is heading towards a Season 4 greenlight.

Why is this being talked about as if it was off the air for 20+ years?

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/ted-lasso-heading-toward-season-4-greenlight-1236117291/

Stumbled upon this on another site. Drats missed it!

Dune: Part Two is a masterpiece.

Will be interesting to see if anything else comes close to being as good this year.

To all my homies who use Meta services…welcome.

Playing TLOU2 Remastered and I'm appreciating so much more about the game now with the new QoL updates. The faster loading, haptics, and extra content go a long way towards making it a better experience.

While most platforms are moving to video, Bluesky is embracing text — a wordcel playground as I like to call it. If you can’t take the heat, get off my swingset

Rapid fire films that I've seen lately with ratings (out of 5):

Rebel Moon pt1 - 3⭐
Poor Things - 3.5⭐
Napoleon - 3.5⭐
Ferrari - 3.5⭐
Past Lives - 3.5⭐
The Creator - 4⭐
Killers of the Flower Moon - 4⭐
Maestro - 4⭐
Anatomy of a Fall - 4⭐

Also from 4 years ago...Run Hide Fight - 4⭐

You know you married a Christmas-obsessed-spouse when they are singing "Santa Claus is coming to town" from the bathroom on the first of the new year.

Just watched Fast Food Nation.

Why is it that the film feels more relevant today than in 2006 when it first came out? I’m not sure how I feel about eating out at big chains anymore.

Also - Avril Lavigne is great in her supporting role.

Kronk Its All Coming Together GIF Posted from Graysky - get the app to view and post GIFs!

I’ve got multiple computers running multiple renders with multiple GPUs for multiple projects overnight.

It’s beautiful.