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Movie reviews, news and interviews since 2004. We particularly love the unusual and absurd – kung fu, giallo, Czech New Wave, etc.
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A gripping, strikingly de-glamorized portrait of North Jersey gangster life. The wise guys we see here are working stiffs who put themselves at grave risk w/o seeing much profit. Hell, unlike in GOODFELLAS, which owes an obvious debt to FAMILY ENFORCER, they don't even get to enjoy good food or blow
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A gripping, strikingly de-glamorized portrait of North Jersey gangster life. The wise guys we see here are working stiffs who put themselves at grave risk w/o seeing much profit. Hell, unlike in GOODFELLAS, which owes an obvious debt to FAMILY ENFORCER, they don't even get to enjoy good food or blow
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There's an account on here called "worst films ever" or something and it'll post something with 58%on TMDB or something and I'm like motherfucker, you've never even experienced The Chose One: Legend of the Raven
February 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
There's an account on here called "worst films ever" or something and it'll post something with 58%on TMDB or something and I'm like motherfucker, you've never even experienced The Chose One: Legend of the Raven
#Watched Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League (2025) - didn’t much care for the first BN, but Batman in an Elseworlds where the entire Justice League are brawling Yakuza in a floating Tokyo? A Yakuza Hurricane is exactly the kind of stupid nonsense I’m here for. Though shouldn’t it be a Yakuza Typhoon? /1
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
#Watched Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League (2025) - didn’t much care for the first BN, but Batman in an Elseworlds where the entire Justice League are brawling Yakuza in a floating Tokyo? A Yakuza Hurricane is exactly the kind of stupid nonsense I’m here for. Though shouldn’t it be a Yakuza Typhoon? /1
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Joe Pesci is 83.
Here’s the pivotal scene from Goodfellas when he gets elaborately whacked by the mob for killing Billy Batts.
Here’s the pivotal scene from Goodfellas when he gets elaborately whacked by the mob for killing Billy Batts.
a man is peeking out from behind a door with a flame coming out of his head .
ALT: a man is peeking out from behind a door with a flame coming out of his head .
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February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Joe Pesci is 83.
Here’s the pivotal scene from Goodfellas when he gets elaborately whacked by the mob for killing Billy Batts.
Here’s the pivotal scene from Goodfellas when he gets elaborately whacked by the mob for killing Billy Batts.
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Zoe Lund in Larry Cohen's SPECIAL EFFECTS (1984)
She was BOTD in 1962
She was BOTD in 1962
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Zoe Lund in Larry Cohen's SPECIAL EFFECTS (1984)
She was BOTD in 1962
She was BOTD in 1962
Shit, I didn’t think anything could ever happen that would actually make me feel bad for the Patriots under any circumstances. But here we are.
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Shit, I didn’t think anything could ever happen that would actually make me feel bad for the Patriots under any circumstances. But here we are.
Commentators saying how brilliant the defense is. You know what I want to watch, two teams that are amazing at offense and shit at defense.
Seriously, tell me my game doesn’t look more fun 😆
and way more murder
and way more murder
February 9, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Commentators saying how brilliant the defense is. You know what I want to watch, two teams that are amazing at offense and shit at defense.
Seriously, tell me my game doesn’t look more fun 😆
and way more murder
and way more murder
February 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Seriously, tell me my game doesn’t look more fun 😆
and way more murder
and way more murder
Jfc, this game may somehow be more boring than the halftime show. The Blood Bowl game I played this morning was more exciting.
And then Ricky Martin popping up like, hey, what if we had a performer with an actual good voice and stage presence.
Gaga briefly waking me up from the deadly dullness of Boring Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Jfc, this game may somehow be more boring than the halftime show. The Blood Bowl game I played this morning was more exciting.
And then Ricky Martin popping up like, hey, what if we had a performer with an actual good voice and stage presence.
Gaga briefly waking me up from the deadly dullness of Boring Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
And then Ricky Martin popping up like, hey, what if we had a performer with an actual good voice and stage presence.
Gaga briefly waking me up from the deadly dullness of Boring Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Gaga briefly waking me up from the deadly dullness of Boring Bunny.
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Who are you rooting for in the big game today?
GO GNOMES!
GO GNOMES!
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Who are you rooting for in the big game today?
GO GNOMES!
GO GNOMES!
#Rereading Corum #4: The Bull and the Spear (Moorcock ‘74) - the 2d trilogy truly feels like a different beast, better written, tighter plotting. Recollected it being more Irish, but man it is so deeply based in Celtic mythology, with the main antagonists being ersatz Fomorians (the “Fhoi Myore”).
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
#Rereading Corum #4: The Bull and the Spear (Moorcock ‘74) - the 2d trilogy truly feels like a different beast, better written, tighter plotting. Recollected it being more Irish, but man it is so deeply based in Celtic mythology, with the main antagonists being ersatz Fomorians (the “Fhoi Myore”).
Ten points for anyone who knows what film series this is from without looking it up.
Okay, another great one for the collection:
Larry Csonka as “Lt. Boulder”!!
Larry Csonka as “Lt. Boulder”!!
February 6, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Ten points for anyone who knows what film series this is from without looking it up.
Okay, another great one for the collection:
Larry Csonka as “Lt. Boulder”!!
Larry Csonka as “Lt. Boulder”!!
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Okay, another great one for the collection:
Larry Csonka as “Lt. Boulder”!!
Larry Csonka as “Lt. Boulder”!!
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- half empty pack of gum
- several one dollar bills
- several iPhones
- a signed 1980’s membership card to the Tick’s Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance with promotion sticker
- lots and lots of Kleenex
- half empty pack of gum
- several one dollar bills
- several iPhones
- a signed 1980’s membership card to the Tick’s Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance with promotion sticker
- lots and lots of Kleenex
February 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- half empty pack of gum
- several one dollar bills
- several iPhones
- a signed 1980’s membership card to the Tick’s Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance with promotion sticker
- lots and lots of Kleenex
- half empty pack of gum
- several one dollar bills
- several iPhones
- a signed 1980’s membership card to the Tick’s Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance with promotion sticker
- lots and lots of Kleenex
Okay, was not going to chase Watchers with Watchers 2, just let it run to see who was in the credits but then:
February 6, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Okay, was not going to chase Watchers with Watchers 2, just let it run to see who was in the credits but then:
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Skeleton dance in DAVY JONES' LOCKER (1900). By the turn of the century, there was a movie shortage with demand far exceeding supply. At Biograph, Fred Armitage combined unrelated 1890s footage of a skeleton marionette and a shipwreck to create a ghostly mashup.
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Skeleton dance in DAVY JONES' LOCKER (1900). By the turn of the century, there was a movie shortage with demand far exceeding supply. At Biograph, Fred Armitage combined unrelated 1890s footage of a skeleton marionette and a shipwreck to create a ghostly mashup.
#Watched Send Help (2026) - Raimi does his own version of Triangle of Sadness/Misery/Swept Away so of course it’s even nastier than any of those (even Lina threw in a little genuine sweetness). Watching a complete lunatic and a total asshole bounce off of each other - consistently entertaining.
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
#Watched Send Help (2026) - Raimi does his own version of Triangle of Sadness/Misery/Swept Away so of course it’s even nastier than any of those (even Lina threw in a little genuine sweetness). Watching a complete lunatic and a total asshole bounce off of each other - consistently entertaining.
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Messy space marine guy. It’s so freeing just scribbling along not thinking about color
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Messy space marine guy. It’s so freeing just scribbling along not thinking about color
@senplus.bsky.social @puritythrufire.bsky.social @wonggifs.bsky.social apropos of our conversation, I pulled up the old omnibus this morning to start rereading some original AvP Dark Horse comics.
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
@senplus.bsky.social @puritythrufire.bsky.social @wonggifs.bsky.social apropos of our conversation, I pulled up the old omnibus this morning to start rereading some original AvP Dark Horse comics.
Must say, got a ton of watching and reading done on last week’s long flights. Watched 3 Oscar noms below and an old Rohmer.
Plus I finished the Russ Meyer book, two volumes of Frieren, Saint Young Men v2, Batman Urban Legends v1, The Yellow M, and Matt Arnold’s Eden. Felt good.
Plus I finished the Russ Meyer book, two volumes of Frieren, Saint Young Men v2, Batman Urban Legends v1, The Yellow M, and Matt Arnold’s Eden. Felt good.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Must say, got a ton of watching and reading done on last week’s long flights. Watched 3 Oscar noms below and an old Rohmer.
Plus I finished the Russ Meyer book, two volumes of Frieren, Saint Young Men v2, Batman Urban Legends v1, The Yellow M, and Matt Arnold’s Eden. Felt good.
Plus I finished the Russ Meyer book, two volumes of Frieren, Saint Young Men v2, Batman Urban Legends v1, The Yellow M, and Matt Arnold’s Eden. Felt good.
February 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I watched sentimental value on an airplane. I have watched mutant girls squad in the theater twice now.
February 2, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I watched sentimental value on an airplane. I have watched mutant girls squad in the theater twice now.
#Watched Sentimental Value (2025) - Solid old-fashioned drama about multiple generations of mental illness. I was kind of ready to hate Reinsve’s character again at first (theater people! shudder!), but she grew on me a bit. Like a mopey fungus. /
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
#Watched Sentimental Value (2025) - Solid old-fashioned drama about multiple generations of mental illness. I was kind of ready to hate Reinsve’s character again at first (theater people! shudder!), but she grew on me a bit. Like a mopey fungus. /