Just Toria

Finally watching Peacemaker. I already knew it was good - I ain't been under a rock.

But, goddang it's great... and I'm only on S1 E2 😆

Showing my 9th graders 'Romeo + Juliet' (1994).

Kids ask me why there's no fight between Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo) and Paul Rudd (Paris), and I just tell them my theory that Paula Rudd was too adorable in the 90s for Baz Luhrmann to have killed onscreen.

They buy it. 🤷‍♀️

I pledged and so should you! My bestie @joefburris.bsky.social is one of the featured writers and I can't wait to see him published!!

See this is why I have you

Just adding to my list now, haha!

As someone who unironically adores 'Samurai Cop,' this just sells it harder. 😂

I can appreciate a film that knows itself, and this gives that vibe!

@joefburris.bsky.social added this to our list, posthaste!

@rejectedjokes.bsky.social affectionately shaming David Tennant for not seeing 'Back to the Future' - but seeing 'Teen Wolf' - is how I hope I come off to my friends who haven't seen perfect films.

It's definitely not, but it's what I *hope* to be.

Genuinely love that 5 of the 10 of the Best Picture nominees had female protagonists and that the comedy about a Gen Z sex worker was voted best of them all -- it's fun when feminism wins something in this reality. #Oscars

Sean Baker begging us to keep going to the cinema and watching films together is more poignant than whatever Brody said 🤷‍♀️

I love him but hey, Hollywood, Tarantino isn't the only autistic representation y'all have!

Adrien Brody should thank the A.I. that helped his accent in 'The Brutalist' 😬

Anora (2024)

#Oscar In Memoriam Snubs:
Ken Page
Tony Todd
Jon Ashtin
Michelle Trachtenberg

And OJ Simpson (lol could you imagine)

Hey Oscars, just let them all speak -- it's literally not a problem for anyone.

and the oscar goes to 'el mal'

#Oscar In Memoriam this year will be the first to include a man's career as they add Drake to their list

My hot take: 'Emilia Pérez' was originally an operetta, and it should have had the chance to be workshopped on a stage where it could have been given notes before ever being allowed on film.

All I'm hearing as Mick Jagger speaks is John Mulaney's impression of him saying, "NAWT FUNNEH"
#Oscars

Love that the production designers for 'Wicked' each worked on 'The Prestige' and 'War Horse' which both utilized practical effects *then* CGI to zhuzh it up. #Oscars

Zoe Saldaña winning for 'Emilia Pérez' proves 2 things: 1) she's the best part of her worst films (this and Avatar), and 2) even bad things have at least one okay thing

CinemaStreams is how I plan to explain to my 9th graders how to watch movies. #Oscars

@joefburris.bsky.social and I are doing our #Oscar ballots and added a category: Memoriam Snubs.

On mine, I added a note that they *will* include O.J. Simpson for his iconic Nordberg.

Sean Baker deserved the #Oscar for screenplay, but especially for all the words not said by Igor in 'Anora'

Had the pleasure to see all 5 short animated film nominees and each one was worthy of that statuette -- Big congrats to 'In the Shadow of the Cypress'!

Conan hosting the #Oscars is proof there are still good things in this reality.

Whisky sent her to you for sure. What a beautiful lil gal.

a man covering his face with his hands in a chair Alt: British Actor Tom Hiddleston covering his face with his hands in a resigned manner

Teachers hate being told to find our "why"...
Yet, seeing what happens to a country's elected gov't when the average nat'l literacy is a 6th grade level and its media literacy is at a TK level might be my "why" for the next 4 yrs.