Brent Simons

"Hoppers" Review - Pixar Leans into the Funny and Weird with Terrific Results Pixar's latest gets a little goofier and darker.

My review of #Hoppers, as Pixar delivers a very funny and delightfully weird movie (but it still sneaks in a bit to make you cry!)

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I’m so happy I finished the book just before the first teaser trailer came out (which basically reveals everything). Hear great things from everybody who’s seen the flick, though.

I hate that we are living in times where it feels the only thing we can do is triage those affected. Where charity is the only weapon against the worst people in the world. But if you can fix something for someone today, please do it. A lot of folks are asking for help, maybe throw them some.

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

scene from saw guy with ax contemplating sawing his ankle

When the bottom of your sock gets wet

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#ProjectHailMary is terrific. Prepare to feel all the emotions (seriously, since I laughed a lot and then had full on tears streaming down my face a couple of times)

What If… David Letterman led The Avengers?

Star Wars fan art featuring the characters from the original trilogy: Luke, Leia, Han Solo, Obi Wan Kenobi, Lando, C3PO, R2D2, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Yoda, Boba Fett and Jabba

The biggest of these collages I’ve done so far, this one came as a request from a relative who’s a big Star Wars fan (an older one too, one of the OGs!)

#StarWars

We have strayed so far from God’s light

There's no better metaphor for modern fandom than Breaking Bad and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms fans review bombing each other on IMDB so their show has the best score and lowering both scores in the process.

Yeeees!

Last night I watched two different Youtube videos that were objectively wrong - which I knew because I had been present at the events in question - and it really highlights the old saying: The more I read online about things I'm an expert in, the less I trust anything I read on the internet at all.

Three words: Ralph Bakshi Boxset.

‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Joining Criterion Collection (EXCLUSIVE) 'KPop Demon Hunters' and Guillermo del Toro’s 'Frankenstein' are two of Netflix's award season films that are joining the Criterion Collection.

YES

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May I suggest…

Had to see the JACK KIRBY exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center one more time. See it while you can! (Closes March 1st)

I’m a screenwriter, but my passion is accidentally taking screenshots of my desktop.

Me, dancing around while making breakfast and projecting a sense of innocent joy.

What my kids probably perceive:

Gas station French vanilla cappuccinos.

Oh yeah! Loved the pizza ones, especially.

I can't even express how important it is to see someone who was willing to give up the thing she was best at, that some would say she was born to do. To only come back when she could love it again, and do it on her own terms. And then win a gold medal BECAUSE she found the joy and the fun in it.

How revising this pitch for the nth time feels rn

Remembering the extraordinary Dwayne McDuffie on his birthday. Co-founder of Milestone Comics, creator of Static, DCAU producer and one of the best writers the franchise ever had.

THIS. Modern audiences sometimes equate a character being challenged with the writer wanting to punish them. That’s not how it works.

My friends and I were obsessed with this music video in 2007.

It's a cover of Lightning Strikes by Klaus Nomi. I didn't know it was a cover, so whenever I hear the original I'm like "why doesn't this have classically trained opera in it? This is boring."

It is perfection.

This is amazing.

Screenshot of a YouTube video posted by NBC Sports titled, "Alysa Liu's FABULOUS gold medal-winning free skate, Winter Olympics 2026."

This is the Alysa Liu performance everyone is talking about, and yes, you should watch it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrF...

This really is a great picture:

Yeah, they’ve been knocking it out of the park!