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Michael R.
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I’m a twenty-three-year-old Southerner who loves movies. Drive-In/Iron Mutant. #FFB. Sammy and Shadow’s owner. ADHD and Asperger's.
#NowWatching The Substance

Much like Saw X, I’ve been wanting to see The Substance ever since it came out, but it wasn’t until Christmas of last year that I got it on Blu-ray. Hopefully, it’ll live up to all of the good things I’ve heard from my followers.
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy 85th anniversary to Fantasia, an animated anthology of eight musical shorts set to classical music. Character actress Ruby Dandridge served as the live-action reference model for Hyacinth Hippo in the "Dance of the Hours" sequence.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Mail call from Fright Rags! Of all the items I own in my Joe Bob Briggs/Last Drive-in collection, this is easily the biggest and coolest thing I own. Apart from It’s a Wonderful Knife and Jack-O, I’ve seen every movie that was featured on the show. I can’t wait to frame this.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#NowWatching Saw X

I’ll be perfectly honest and admit that I never cared for any of the Saw movies after Saw III except Spiral. But after hearing all the good things about Saw X, I snatched up a DVD copy a few months back. Hopefully, it lives up to the hype.
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Happy 26th anniversary to Dogma, which follows two fallen angels who try to exploit a loophole to re-enter heaven. In the opening sequence, Gwyneth Paltrow was sitting a couple of seats away from Ben Affleck. She was only there because Affleck had invited her to the set that day.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#NowWatching Yellow Submarine

For the past few weeks, I've been getting into The Beatles. After watching A Hard Day’s Night yesterday, I figured it would be perfect to follow it up with the first animated movie to star the Fab Four.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Happy birthday to Demi Moore, who is most well-known for playing Molly Jensen in Ghost, JoAnne Galloway in A Few Good Men, Jordan O’Neil in G.I. Jane, Patricia Welles in Parasite, Erin Grant in Striptease, and Elizabeth Sparkle in The Substance, among others.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#NowWatching A Hard Day’s Night

For the past few weeks, I've been getting into The Beatles. When I saw that their first movie was uploaded to YouTube a few months ago, I had to check it out since many people liked it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Happy heavenly birthday to Claude Rains, who was most well-known for playing Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933), Erique Claudin in The Phantom of the Opera (1943), Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca, and Alexander Sebastian in Notorious, among many others.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#NowWatching The Sting

While scrolling through YouTube TV a few days ago, I saw that this classic recently aired on Turner Classic Movies and I've been wanting to see it for years. This viewing is dedicated to the late Robert Redford, who passed away in September.
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy 13th anniversary to Skyfall, the twenty-third film in the James Bond franchise. The porcelain bulldog on M's desk, which she later gives to Bond, is draped in the Union Jack. Royal Doulton created these bulldog figurines during World War II to represent patriotism.
November 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#NowWatching Ghost Ship

After the remakes of House on Haunted Hill and Thirteen Ghosts, which was also directed by Steve Beck, Dark Castle Entertainment made a film about an ocean liner that disappeared in 1962. Aside from how great the opening is, I know nothing else about it.
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy 52nd anniversary to Robin Hood (1973), based on the English folktale of the same name. Originally, Friar Tuck was to be a pig, but was changed to a badger to avoid insulting religious sensibilities.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Here’s a question for the #MutantFam: what is your favorite Giallo or Giallos? Mine are Blood and Black Lace, Torso, and The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh. #TheLastDriveIn
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Bird is the first installment of Dario Argento's Animal Trilogy, a series of giallo films with animals in their titles. The trilogy includes The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The Cat o' Nine Tails, and Four Flies on Grey Velvet. #TheLastDriveIn
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Although The Bird with the Crystal Plumage isn't the first Giallo movie, it is credited for making the sub-genre famous and starting the trend that lasted from 1970 to 1975. #TheLastDriveIn
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
#NowWatching L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo aka The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Today is Joe Bob Day and you know what that means? It's time for #TheLastDriveIn! Tonight’s movie is one I saw long ago, but I'm excited to watch it alongside Joe Bob and @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social.
November 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Happy heavenly birthday to Christopher Alan Pallies, who was most well-known for portraying King Kong Bundy, a pugnacious, trash-talking villain in the WWF from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. He headlined Survivor Series (1987) and the main event of WrestleMania 2.
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#NowWatching Night of Dark Shadows

Apart from the Tim Burton film, I know very little about the Dark Shadows franchise. From what I've gathered, much like House of Dark Shadows, this film is an expansion of the TV show.
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy birthday to Cam Clarke, who is most well-known for voicing Leonardo and Rocksteady in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 English dub of Akira, Liquid Snake in the Metal Gear franchise, and Clay Kaczmarek in Assassin’s Creed II, among others.
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#NowWatching House of Dark Shadows

Apart from the Tim Burton film, I know very little about the Dark Shadows franchise. From what I've gathered, this film is an expansion of the TV show, which I've never seen an episode of.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy 15th anniversary to Megamind, which revolves around a brilliant alien supervillain who finally defeats his do-gooder nemesis, but is left without a purpose in a superhero-free world. A whole crew of animators was dedicated solely to the movement of capes.
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#NowWatching Spinout

Earlier this year, I watched Wild in the Country, one of Elvis Presley’s earliest movies, so when I saw another one of his films was being shown on Turner Classic Movies, I had to record it since I had never seen it before.
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy 9th anniversary to Doctor Strange, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Mads Mikkelsen admitted that with all the computer-generated imagery, he got a bit lost on how to film his scenes, specifically during the scenes set in the Mirror Dimension.
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#NowWatching Gilda

Like many people, I first became aware of Gilda because of The Shawshank Redemption, where the film is shown to the prisoners during movie night. Up until this point, I've never seen any of Rita Hayworth’s movies, so this is the perfect one to start with.
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM