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Writer • SVP @theblcklst • Spooky Scorpio, videostore vixen, Spader scholar ✨📼✨ (she/her)

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Joined August 2009
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K8 Hagen
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Y'all, @am_cinematheque has made @FilmIntuition and I's dreams come true: On August 27, we will show WHITE PALACE (on 35mm!) for their Friend of the Fest series, which will highlight Jen's incredible podcast, @WatchWithJen !! Join us there:
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STREAMING ONLY CREATES THE ILLUSION OF INFINITE CHOICE, IN FACT OUR ACCESS TO FILMS HASN’T BEEN THIS TENUOUS SINCE THE PRE-HOME VIDEO ERA. THE AVERAGE BLOCKBUSTER CARRIED ABOUT 3X AS MANY FILMS AS ARE CURRENTLY STREAMING ON NETFLIX, PHYSICAL MEDIA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EV-
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julia talked to doro
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This is going to happen again with streaming btw
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I find the continuing relationship between Demi Moore + Bruce Willis to be so moving 🥲
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“Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation said that basically half of all American films made before 1950 are lost, & none of the major distributors are looking for them. Even worse, they said that more than 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever.”
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Justice for Natalie Wood. If you know, you know.
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At this moment, Netflix is streaming about 3800 films - less than half of what the average Blockbuster used to carry. As for films made before 1990? Only 79 titles are currently streaming. If we go to 1980 or earlier, that drops to 36 (!) ✨PHYSICAL MEDIA STILL MATTERS✨
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It bums me out so much to see folks dismiss Lynch for being "too weird" or difficult or whatever without ever actually watching any of his work, which so often includes deeply human scenes like this one.
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The best parts of Twin Peaks were when it randomly decided to hit you w/ extremely beautiful and tender scenes out of nowhere with a character you wouldn't expect. This is my personal favorite example:
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2 years
Okay now kiss!!!!
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7 years
Big mood/forever mood.
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Hey, here's another Netflix stat worth talking about: only 3% of movies currently streaming on the service come from the first century of filmmaking!
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10 months
At this point, I'm truly just fascinated by what on earth Gen Z could be watching to think there's too much sex onscreen when we know that roughly less than 2% of media being made right now actually features sex...
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DiscussingFilm
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A study claims that 48% of Gen Z feel that “sex and sexual content is not needed for the plot of most TV & movies.” 51.5% reportedly want to “see more content focused on friendships and platonic relationships.” (Source: )
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Are you “surprisingly attracted to Jack Black” or have you internalized so much fatphobia + body hate that you cannot fathom: 1. A fat person being attractive; 2. Being personally attracted to a fat person; 3. Then sharing that attraction in a public, compassionate way!
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A few folks are taking this as me being anti-piracy, so lemme just say that I am pro-piracy in an era where so many of our personal viewing choices have disappeared + think it is every bit as important as physical media in the current landscape!!
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Her name is Amy Seimetz - she's been more prolific as a filmmaker + an actor than Carruth, but here, she's reduced to "Ex-Girlfriend."
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‘Upstream Color’ Director Shane Carruth Accused of Abusing Ex-Girlfriend
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"A show dominated by some of the most powerful actresses in Hollywood hired a fiercely independent woman director – who was now being forced to watch from the director’s chair as scenes were shot in the style of her male predecessor." FUCK THIS NOISE.
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✨📼 BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA WHILE YOU STILL CAN 💿✨
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Babe wake up, the kids are making WHITE PALACE fancams 🥲
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Ceo of mike faist
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his ability to match anybody’s freak is a lost art
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K8 Hagen
6 years
Also: never forget how Lucas, Spielberg, and Kasdan initially conceptualized Marion Ravenwood in early brainstorming sessions for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.
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In film school, I got into a screaming match with a male classmate who called me a liar for bringing this up + it looks like many folks still didn't know this story. Kill yr idols + stay critical of their work, even if you love it.
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A reminder that Paramount is largely responsible for ANNIHILATION’s disappointing numbers this weekend - not its stellar cast of diverse leading women, not the “difficult” ending, not a lack of desire for cerebral R-rated sci-fi. They gave up on this movie.
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2 years
Nobody wants to reckon with Bill Murray being a bad dude...but we've needed to talk about Bill Murray probably being a bad dude for years.
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Deadline
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‘Being Mortal’ Production Suspended Due To Complaint Made Against Bill Murray For Inappropriate Behavior
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2 years
✨Colin Farrell walk the Oscars red carpet with Jenny the Donkey challenge✨
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5 years
MAX CHERRY + JACKIE BROWN FOREVER 💔
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Hey @nytimes ! Fun fact: I spent six months writing a deeply researched piece about video stores last summer + called it "In Search of the Last Great Video Store," but you obviously knew that because you stole my exact phrasing for your headline today!
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K8 Hagen
3 years
Absolutely gasped at this photo of Jennifer Grey + Mia Sara on the set of FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF.
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One VASTLY under-discussed part of the streaming conversation is that something like 40M Americans don't have access to broadband internet (not a joke!) - physical media solves that problem in many cases AND I think explains why states like Oregon still have many video stores...
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Courtney Howard
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Kevin Costner: Team Physical Media
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I've always loved movies, but even in a lifetime of watching, I've rarely seen anything remotely resembling my own life as a fat woman onscreen... For @letterboxd , I was honored to write about the past, present + future of fat girls on film 💗
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This gets truer every day!!
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what is y’all most liked tweet?
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Guys...I saw JENNIFER’S BODY for the first time since release last night + I’ve never 180’d on a movie so hard??? Justice for Megan Fox, holy shit.
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2 years
If you don't think Yumi Nu is hot, that's your loss honey!!!
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New York Post
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Yumi Nu 'shaking' over SI Swimsuit cover reveal
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Shocked that anyone is still shocked that ANY movie (especially one rated NC-17!) is unavailable on streaming, come on y'all! I need to make a "don't make me tap the sign" meme that says ✨BUY PHYSICAL MEDIA WHILE YOU STILL CAN✨
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1 year
Happy 35th to WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, a perfect movie for uhhhh many reasons.
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"Why don't women speak up sooner?" HUH I WONDER.
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Just thinking about bby goth Christina Hendricks yet again 🖤
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Happy 94th (!) to the absolute queen of cinema.
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I think a lot of times when I say "we need more sex in movies!" people assume I just want wall-to-wall smooching (which is gr8!) but I'm also talking about moments like this of tenderness + tension + heat + anticipation. Campion is indeed a, if not the, queen of erotic cinema.
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🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩
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Jane Campion, one of the queens of erotic cinema
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Only 30 feature films out of 13,000+ 2023 releases have been tagged as having a sex scene, according to IMDB data...for 2022, it was 138 feature films out of 19,000. I know I'm part of the problem by amplifying these bad takes, but y'all are so unserious!!
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What movie is this?
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K8 Hagen
4 years
If your movie is in “4K Dolby” on a steaming service I should not have to crank my new 4K TV to 100 to barely hear dialogue, what is going ON with these sound mixes!!!
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NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is 20 today, so I’m wondering…yay or nay after all these years, friends? I believe it’s still the most polarizing movie in the history of Netflix ratings…
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K8 Hagen
4 years
This is why we're all questioning the "VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHAT!" rhetoric - it's not about not liking Biden or Garcetti personally or disagreeing with one or two of their platforms, it's about not wanting to uphold established power structures that ultimately harm all of us.
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On Joe Biden’s livestream, LA mayor Eric Garcetti confirms national coordination of police crackdown on protests among Democratic Party mayors of major cities.
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Plz steal :)
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6 years
✨LET THE MUPPETS HOST THE OSCARS✨
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HBD to Demme, the king in Pikachu pajama pants.
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The way this image radiates comfort.
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5 years
Happy 70th, Shelley 💛💛💛
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4 years
Joel Schumacher's aesthetic sensibility got me obsessed with mise-en-scene as a teenager before I knew what that term even meant, I still constantly return to his movies because they just look + feel so RIGHT, RIP to an absolute real one.
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Mid-budget movies for everyone including but not limited to: erotic thrillers, legal dramas, unique literary adaptations, thoughtful tearjerkers, weirdo live-action kids movies, nasty neo-noirs, modern teen stories, comedies that DO something with a clever premise...
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hannah strong
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Which genre do u hope makes a come back now superhero movies are dying. Personally I hope it’s alien invasion films
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How are you going to address this outrageous behavior, @MayorOfLA ???
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tyler oakley 🙋🏼‍♂️
4 years
here’s the corner of Beverly & Fairfax in LA today at 2:39pm. here you’ll see the @LAPDHQ starting violence at a @BLMLA march protesting against police violence. (video via )
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Jane Campion really looked at a hundred years of American Westerns + said hmmm you know what this genre needs more of…male nudity + homoeroticism.
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K8 Hagen
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If I see one more dude on this website say "actually, I SAW THE TV GLOW is primarily about nostalgia" I'm gonna scream!!
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andrew 🦇
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this is one of the very first shots in I SAW THE TV GLOW and you still have critics not realizing what the central allegory is
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Honestly.......my favorite description of all of these is Nomi Malone.
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RIP to absolute queen Olympia Dukakis 🤍
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6 years
Happy Labor Day✨
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Julianna Margulies just casually confirming what we all always suspected about Mulder + Scully before noon on a Monday, I'm FINE.
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Which stage of late capitalism is it when the beloved children's puppet is saying wow y'all are TOO SAD for me...
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Elmo
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Wow! Elmo is glad he asked! Elmo learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are doing. Elmo will check in again soon, friends! Elmo loves you.❤️ #EmotionalWellBeing
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Since some folks have asked for a source -
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Happy 25th to Tarantino’s ER episode, what a time!
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"WB is gambling $150M with a filmmaker whose only prior big-screen credit was an $8M indie." Funny, were these guys talked about as gambles?
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If you don't find this moment + their relationship deeply romantic, I simply don't know what to tell you!! Yeah, I want more sex in movies but I also want more YEARNING too!
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Paul Muad’Dib
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people who criticized Furiosa (2024) for not making their relationship explicitly romantic are from weaker bloodlines and will not see Valhalla
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As always, it is a gr8 day to support your local #LastGreatVideostore too! I’m still so stoked from the peek behind the curtain I recently got @vidiots , y’all are NOT PREPARED 📼🍿💿
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K8 Hagen
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What a bummer to see how many writers wanted to be quoted under a pseudonym in this piece because of fear of professional retaliation for simply...being honest about their job - the show has been off the air for 13 years + they're STILL worried about consequences. Not gr8, Bob!
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VANITY FAIR
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‘Lost’ was a gripping, groundbreaking smash, but the show evolved into such a toxic production that even co-showrunner Damon Lindelof now says of his leadership: “I failed.” In a powerful excerpt from her new book, @moryan opens the hatch.
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K8 Hagen
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Truly though: If an Oscar-winning, universally respected female director has creative control completely taken away from her on the single biggest female-driven show in YEARS, what hope do any of the rest of us have?
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K8 Hagen
6 years
BLESS THIS SHADOW & ACT REPORTER WHO JUST ASKED WHY THEY DIDN'T THANK DON SHIRLEY FROM STAGE AND WHAT LESSONS THEY'VE LEARNED FROM TELLING THIS STORY! A LEGEND!
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K8 Hagen
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Youn Yuh-jung literally just got asked what Brad Pitt smells like after like 3 other Brad Pitt questions + another journalist characterizing the totality of Asian cinema as “Kung-fu flicks”, what is WRONG with some of you!!!
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Anne Rice’s “Interlude with the Undead” from the January 1979 issue of @Playboy .
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K8 Hagen
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I guess it needs to be said again: Jillian Michaels promotes disordered eating and unsustainable, dangerous workout routines - THE BIGGEST LOSER ended up being an ongoing nightmare for many participants.
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K8 Hagen
6 years
"Every time somebody's driving somebody, I lose! They changed the seating arrangement!" Thank god for Spike Lee!
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I hope Andrea Arnold + Lynne Ramsay have a drinks date on the books...
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K8 Hagen
10 months
Are you narcs seriously complaining about being STONED AT THE MOVIES, one of life's most treasured pleasures?! Get a GRIP!!!
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K8 Hagen
4 years
The reckoning happening in horror is so very necessary + it is going to take down some of our collective favorites + that's just tough shit - the choice is to fix your hearts or die, period. We're just beginning to scratch the surface of saying what's been unsaid for years.
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K8 Hagen
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According to IMDB tags at this very moment, a mere 103 motion pictures were tagged as having a sex scene out of 18,678 total releases in 2022 - NOT EVEN 1% OF NEW MOVIES LAST YEAR HAD A SEX SCENE, RELAX.
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K8 Hagen
3 years
Good morning.
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K8 Hagen
6 years
INTERNS ARE NOT WRITING SOCIAL MEDIA COPY/CAMPAIGNS FOR MAJOR BRANDS.
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Louie Mantia, Jr.
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What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
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3 years
Imagine having an audience with one of the greatest living directors (who has built her career on emotional, erotic films) + making this your priority ask 🙄
@Variety
Variety
3 years
Jane Campion Will Never Direct a Superhero Movie: ‘I Hate Them’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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K8 Hagen
3 years
Once again, I am tapping the sign to let you know there are fewer sex scenes in movies now then at any other point over the last fifty years.
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Rewatched this for the first time in like 15 years + it’s perfect?
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Happy Pride to this BOUND reunion, even with a Meg Tilly bonus!!
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✨HIRE A WOMAN TO DIRECT EPISODE IX✨
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4 years
My first movie as a producer started shooting today + I've just realized that it is also Polly Platt's birthday, I'm FINE.
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K8 Hagen
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Last night I got to see Carel Struycken read pages from Laura Palmer’s diary AND hear @Kyle_MacLachlan say “what year is this” as Dale Cooper (and shred on guitar?!) all soundtracked by beautiful renditions of the music of TWIN PEAKS from @RedRoomOrch . Pretty good Wednesday!!
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TWIN PEAKS is STAR WARS now, thanku @rianjohnson .
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K8 Hagen
2 years
Please...we've been fighting the "too many sex scenes" discourse for years now, we frontline soldiers are exhausted + in need of some more nourishing rations.
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K8 Hagen
6 months
As I have said before...someone smarter than me needs explain why Disney wants to leave the money from physical media on the table SO badly!! WHY would you not revive the Disney Vault from a "the LAST time you'll EVER need to buy this Disney classic, now in 4K" perspective...
@THR
The Hollywood Reporter
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Disney Outsourcing Blu-Ray, DVD Business to Sony
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5 years
@maddiewhittle CRASH winning Best Picture over BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN when I was 15, 2006.
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K8 Hagen
6 years
Truly: One of the most fascinating disasters I’ve ever seen!!! Cameos from Cronenberg, Demme, Heckerling, Kasdan, Mazursky, Jim Henson. I need a full oral history of this motion picture.
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K8 Hagen
2 years
In a world where we cede almost all of our viewing power to a few corporations, we as an audience have ZERO control about what happens to media we love - this is why physical media, video stores, archives + libraries remain so essential!!
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K8 Hagen
4 years
Happy 30th to this lil slice of cinematic paradise 🧜🏻‍♀️
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K8 Hagen
4 years
This needs a massive CW for sexual violence but should also be the biggest news story of the day, I feel absolutely sick.
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dj party mom
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Milwaukee:
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That's because he was sexy as hell, thanku for coming to my TED Talk!
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8 months
RIP to the gr8 Tom Wilkinson, can somebody plz rescue his finest performance from IN THE BEDROOM from DVD-only obscurity 💔
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K8 Hagen
1 year
This is a very big deal!!
@dvdnetflix
DVD Netflix
1 year
On September 29th, 2023, we will send out the last red envelope. It has been a true pleasure and honor to deliver movie nights to our wonderful members for 25 years. Thank you for being part of this incredible journey, including this final season of red envelopes.
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K8 Hagen
6 years
Made the fatal mistake of looking up Yung Mads.
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K8 Hagen
3 years
Have y'all still not seen the video of Lily Tomlin being berated by David O. Russell on set orrrrr are our collective memories just that short once again??
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K8 Hagen
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We used to be a proper country that had movie tie-in music videos, man.
@Lady_FanAccount
Ladytron Fan Account
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Cher, Christina Ricci & Winona Ryder - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
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