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Follow me on YouTube for videos essays on the movies: their history, aesthetic, historical and cultural value.

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New Video Essay- Michael Chrichton’s Westworld (1973) check it out!
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Remember when Alex Garland was like, “Trump is a coward and would beg for his life”
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@PaulSkallas This is a double edged sword bc “movie prop person handing actor a real loaded gun” falls under the competency crisis. John Wayne never had to worry that someone would hand him a live weapon.
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@jessecrall I would disagree based on this character and exchange. Subtly Tarantino is undermining the fun
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@joerussotweets MAGA crowd is working at their 9-5 right now and aren’t watching cartoons at 1 in the afternoon
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@KrangTNelson Also- all these concept restaurants have been clowned on for about a decade and coded as low class. These brands are going away but newer, slightly upscaled (gray paint, cement floors) versions are taking their place.
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@emkenobi I can think of someone's career more worthy of your sympathies.
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@gran1te_mtn They know. They know we know. They know that we know that they know. So why do they keep pretending we don’t know?
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@movieboy69 Great disservice to matinee grandmas everywhere. They expect Best Picture to be Lawrence of Arabia but have to watch a woman fuck a fish man
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@clerkthek1d We had a whole thing about this for weeks when we were all talking about Starship Troopers
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@Srirachachau There’s no underwear in space either- according to George Lucas who wouldn’t let Carrie Fisher wear a bra lol
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@filippoq01 Holy shit no one told me this was in that space jam movie this is insane
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@eyeslasho The test is you sitting down for a one on one with this guy
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"They're lining up in the drive through to give you their money! Are you going to take it? Are you man enough to take it?"
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@Tanner_Slavin Does he think the baseball cap is like his iconic thing? Working that angle is like coming up with your own nickname
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@Variety I’m with Maher on this. The premise of the show is that he’s drinking/smoking. You can’t just demand people change everything to make you more comfortable wherever you go.
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@ayroned I was there
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@IndieWire I guarantee DeNiro’s pitch involved Travis killing Trump lol- thereby rehabilitating the character as a good guy in his mind.
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@viperwave Sad how lame the son is compared to his old man
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@MCUFilmNews I’m hoping for a cameo
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@extradeadjcb And she was cute too- my guy’s game levels are in the absolute basement
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I’m such a “dork” “The Movies” “deconstruction” “bullshit masculinity” “I’m so into Consooooooming movies”
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I’m usually not this mean on here, but I hate this review bc it’s the kind of cutesy academic word salad that serves only to nullify the anxiety this guy had while watching a movie about really tough manly men. It portrays something raw and real about male relationships and power
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@DiscussingFilm Jason Bateman could play Tucker Carlson
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I'd like to wish my parents a happy anniversary! This is them in 1989
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@N0TL0C_ @joerussotweets Amazing how the guns come out for welfare when the recipient is someone you hate
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@nypost More like your age- considering Bryan Singer was casting
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@Esqueer_ Furiously scribbling red and blue colors onto this meme while an elderly person hammers on the door of the handicapped stall
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@WyattDuncan Maybe Milwaukee is the real culprit here
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@realKraftPunk This dude rocked
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@extradeadjcb Every time I was mad at my Dad I was generally correct in the abstract but missing practical application. Reminds me of Uncle Ted talking about how libs throw fits about moral failings in principals everyone already agrees on.
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@Antweegonus Unfortunately, Sports is one of the last remaining elements of the monoculture and is good shorthand for discussion when meeting new people.
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@RichardHanania This all makes sense when you realize that the average liberal is plagued by constant guilt and hates themselves. The only acceptable outlet for the over socialized leftist to cut lose is protest. They can only have fun if they tell themselves they are doing it for a cause.
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@ZeoVGM @joerussotweets Imagine wearing a V neck from target
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@hperryhorton I don’t need to see Martin Scorsese wrangling with his white guilt in the 3rd entry of “the real culprit was racism”
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@saltysauerkraut What you’re missing is that it really doesn’t matter what Verhoeven thinks or what he intended to do.
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Iran will take him out on Live TV
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CBS confirms Spongebob will perform Sweet Victory to kickoff Nickelodeon's #SuperBowl broadcast 🎤
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@mktoon When in reality if Mutants with cool special powers existed this guy would be flipping through Harrison Bergeron like an instruction manual for how to combat their “unearned privilege”
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@saltysauerkraut Liberal: Check mate conservative you’re not allowed to like this movie bc the director didn’t intend you to feel that way! Liberal: also, Jurassic Park is about the dialectic of otherness as interpreted though queer theory
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The Bikeriders, like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is another solid entry in the genre of- classic cool and easy living was killed off by MK Ultra, VietNam, and strung out annoying Hippies. Tom Hardy channels Brando and Austin Butler poses like James Dean- but like, on a
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Brutal. Hat wearers on notice
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When your wife has the temerity to turn down both film options you’ve so lovingly curated for her.
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Fonts and Logos went so hard in the 80’s
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@EmmaTolkin The elite conflicted tough guy with a soft soul
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@Aderaido Reading this with Born Slippy playing
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These soldiers didn’t surrender until 1967. Amazing. They couldn’t believe the war was over.
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@MiddleearthMixr Biden explaining natural law
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He was the model for the Nick Frescia character in Tequila Sunrise. Towne tried to get Riley for the part before settling on Kurt
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Can I offer a nod to the Pat Riley coaching the Lakers era of menswear. V Michael Mann.
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@Gizmodo Ghostbusters was a fun high concept comedy- the whole idea of recasting it as a Star Wars tier lore franchise is exhausting.
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@RichardHanania Inside Hanania there are two wolves.
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this is @NecktieSalvage when he finally snaps
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Post obscure sci-fi with dripped out clothing
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@JackPosobiec Who are you winning over with this?
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@noamkroll Imagine being so tech and fact checked brained that you'd rather your night scene look flat and dull than like the stills below bc they are unrealistic. "Where's the moonlight coming from?"
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New Video Essay! Conan the Barbarian (1982) Enjoy!
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@DiscussingFilm I liked this movie but whatever they were going for with the Alan bit totally fell flat
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It’s like Twin Peaks but nothing bad happens
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@FilmUpdates This guy was put in charge of 4 guaranteed hit films because he had zero clout and could be easily pushed around by the committee actually running marvel. Now he thinks he's Peter Jackson or something.
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7 foot Michael Crichton with his harem of literary muses playing racket ball. Circa 1978
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Finally made it to Hollywood
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@russfischer Charlie Day as Ben Hur?!
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@rocha_earl @FreeBearly @thevivafrei @mtgreenee @RubinReport @michaelmalice You would have never even said the term “bottom surgery” even two years ago. It wouldn’t have even crossed your mind as a possibility 5 years ago. And your argument is that these ideas aren’t going to proliferate further?
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@Batfamilystan Wow! Someone drew that one time.
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@SameeraKhan @itsmorganariel Sweeny looks approachable and nice
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@emeriticus They will try and throw DeSantis in jail too if he does anything worthwhile
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@MiddleearthMixr This was highly traumatic for me at 11
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@BlackRedGuard1 Correct! There’s really no way around it- you have to participate in capitalism of some kind. 😠 Almost like trading goods for services is a naturally arising phenomenon and will emerge via black market even if you impose the workers paradise. 🤔
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@KILLTOPARTY We did something similar as boys. We had a fake “Mafia” organization in 6th grade after AMC’s thanksgiving Godfather marathon. If you fell out of favor you were “wacked”.
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Watched Spirited Away last night- I remember it being rather frightening to me as a child. Reminded me of how vulnerable kids are and how through their eyes- the adult world seems so unfair and complicated.
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POV: You’re about to be molested by the gym teacher
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@LowresWB “Had a great time carrying water for the local government stooge. Hopefully this will bolster my position in the regime as someone who can direct a Jurassic Park sequel.”
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Check out my pod with Low Res and Hans, had a blast!
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We have a brand new episode of //MOVIES out now featuring special guest @FilmJournalGuy on the mostly redundantly titled Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) from director George Miller
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Ragtag Good Guys Versus Uniform Empire. Why does this trope persist so often in popular American Culture? 🧵
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@joshuaofgrap @KrangTNelson That’s my exact attitude. Doesn’t occur to me to eat and chains when I have local people I know who own a restaurant
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Reading material for the next round of videos- coming soon!
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@TheOscarRace Why was he always in the mask on these posters? What- did it test through the roof with market research? Weird.
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@DiscussingFilm The original big rusted cruise ship dictator
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I know that’s supposed to be Mr.Potato head but it looks like Martin Lawrence
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Carpet, rich colors and soft lighting. Is that too much to ask?
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Who are 2 people that actually did match each others freak?
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Saw this movie tonight. Really liked it- and waited until I got home to crank- like a civilized man.
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I made a video about DOOONE from 1984
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This is the best kind of bookstore
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Turns out the reason we didn't get AI corrected voice of young Indy was bc Harrison Ford thought he was really good at it
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@TMZ Frantically wracking my brain for a screenshot from one of Ridley’s movies where someone is prevented from going into their home to score likes and retweets but I’m coming up short.
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@Variety Why can’t there be a company that only makes family movies? Why is that something they need to transcend? Why is it that everything has to be made for everyone?
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Channel Surfing on this lazy Sunday? Good chance you’re watching Road House! Check out my NEW video essay on what makes this film a classic! Road House (1989) Retrospective
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New Video! Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye!
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@ReviewsPossum It’s Fanboys but this time we break into the library of Congress to watch The Day the Clown Cried
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@Monstruktz2 Cranking up the saturation does not fix blandness
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@RpsAgainstTrump “Genius” and “brilliant” are not value judgments of morality
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Currently travel reading
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@PrimaryCinema Vertigo, Dressed to Kill, Match Point
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Watched elegant late 70s tear jerker romance “Somewhere in Time” Last night. Jean Seymour has got to be one of the most beautiful women in cinema history.
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Why do they keep doing this?
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@mattxiv My boy is looking straight up sinister during his speech
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