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Movie reviews: outlawvern.com. Books I wrote: http://amzn.to/2om4NPP. Patreon: patreon.com/outlawvern
Movie reviews: outlawvern.com. Books I wrote: http://amzn.to/2om4NPP. Patreon: patreon.com/outlawvern
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Avatar: Fire and Ash | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
I’m not gonna waste your time pretending you need my opinion whether to see AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH or not. If you don’t like these movies, no, don’t bother. If
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Yes, obviously I loved AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH. Not as much of a reinvention as WAY OF WATER, but definitely an exciting continuation. Stephen Lang's freaky villain Quaritch is the M.V.P. this time, and he has a girlfriend!
How dare they make Holly Hunter say "The Burn."
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 AM
How dare they make Holly Hunter say "The Burn."
I'm sincerely very appreciative for the whistle kit but WHY use fucking A.I. art on the instructions?
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I'm sincerely very appreciative for the whistle kit but WHY use fucking A.I. art on the instructions?
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Didn’t know this happened. Also the reboot is on Hulu now www.indiewire.com/features/int...
‘The Toxic Avenger’ Relieved ‘Millions in Medical Debt,’ but Cineverse Only Spent $50K to Make It Happen
Cineverse and Undue Medical Debt explain their PR campaign at the box office for the unrated 'The Toxic Avenger' (2025) to IndieWire. Exclusive.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Didn’t know this happened. Also the reboot is on Hulu now www.indiewire.com/features/int...
That's not how to store Tofutti Cuties!
January 17, 2026 at 7:41 AM
That's not how to store Tofutti Cuties!
Watching THE RIP and realized a new category of movie: HIJBNIT? (How Is Jon Bernthal Not In This?)
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Watching THE RIP and realized a new category of movie: HIJBNIT? (How Is Jon Bernthal Not In This?)
I was going to take credit for Criterion putting out POETIC JUSTICE because I wrote about it last year, but then I realized I haven't posted it because it's part of a series I'm still working on.
Criterion why did you hack my hard drive
Criterion why did you hack my hard drive
January 17, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I was going to take credit for Criterion putting out POETIC JUSTICE because I wrote about it last year, but then I realized I haven't posted it because it's part of a series I'm still working on.
Criterion why did you hack my hard drive
Criterion why did you hack my hard drive
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This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
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Blade Sword Sword Of The Day Walker.
Blade Sword Sword Of The Day Walker.
Louisville, Kentucky
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January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Blade Sword Sword Of The Day Walker.
WIDOWS is on BET and we tuned in in time to see *the shot*.
a man in a black leather jacket is standing in front of a blue car
ALT: a man in a black leather jacket is standing in front of a blue car
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January 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
WIDOWS is on BET and we tuned in in time to see *the shot*.
I guess they'll never have a release of POINT BLANK with any Parker-related extras, but that's cool that it's gonna be in the Criterion Collection, and the Boorman/Soderbergh commentary is a classic.
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 AM
I guess they'll never have a release of POINT BLANK with any Parker-related extras, but that's cool that it's gonna be in the Criterion Collection, and the Boorman/Soderbergh commentary is a classic.
True. I get on the bus. (Had to do it for JUROR #2 because the other dipshit in the photo with you wouldn't give it a proper release.)
"You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to see a movie," says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
Ted Sarandos commits to 45-day theatrical windows, believes theaters are for city folk
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January 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
True. I get on the bus. (Had to do it for JUROR #2 because the other dipshit in the photo with you wouldn't give it a proper release.)
I know the homelessness part is more important but I cannot tell you how good it feels to have a mayor who understands that this specific bus route is a nightmare and wants to fix it!
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I know the homelessness part is more important but I cannot tell you how good it feels to have a mayor who understands that this specific bus route is a nightmare and wants to fix it!
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm about to enter THE BONE TEMPLE.
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm about to enter THE BONE TEMPLE.
I didn't think I could be offended by the @screendrafts.bsky.social Paul W.S. Anderson episode, but I found a couple ways! Luckily I pre-rebutted the "MONSTER HUNTER is boring" allegations with @weinbergs.bsky.social on a Patreon episode of Overhated.
Overhated #242: Monster Hunter (2020) | weinberg+
Get more from weinberg+ on Patreon
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January 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
I didn't think I could be offended by the @screendrafts.bsky.social Paul W.S. Anderson episode, but I found a couple ways! Luckily I pre-rebutted the "MONSTER HUNTER is boring" allegations with @weinbergs.bsky.social on a Patreon episode of Overhated.
Check out outlawvern.com, where in one week I reviewed
1. an obscure 2023 black and white indie dramedy
2. a documentary about THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
3. Jafar Panahi's recent Palme d'or winner
4. a broad 2012 comedy with a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes but I liked it
1. an obscure 2023 black and white indie dramedy
2. a documentary about THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
3. Jafar Panahi's recent Palme d'or winner
4. a broad 2012 comedy with a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes but I liked it
The Life and Art of vern
Movie reviews, badass cinema studies and commentary by Vern, author of "Seagalogy" and "Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!".
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January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Check out outlawvern.com, where in one week I reviewed
1. an obscure 2023 black and white indie dramedy
2. a documentary about THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
3. Jafar Panahi's recent Palme d'or winner
4. a broad 2012 comedy with a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes but I liked it
1. an obscure 2023 black and white indie dramedy
2. a documentary about THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
3. Jafar Panahi's recent Palme d'or winner
4. a broad 2012 comedy with a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes but I liked it
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A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A buddy in MN shared a drawing a classmate of his kid made. They've been making thank you notes for parents who have volunteered to carpool them to school so their own parents don't have to risk waiting out by the bus stop.
Talkative movie nerd behind me at SIFF Uptown said "ohhhh-KAY!?" at the end of trailers for both JU-DOU and THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, and I felt about 200 years old.
January 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Talkative movie nerd behind me at SIFF Uptown said "ohhhh-KAY!?" at the end of trailers for both JU-DOU and THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, and I felt about 200 years old.
I can't stop thinking about the official White House account recognizing the passing of their favorite racist suck up hack cartoonist by shitting out an a.i. illustration of him. He wishes his office calendars were that funny.
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I can't stop thinking about the official White House account recognizing the passing of their favorite racist suck up hack cartoonist by shitting out an a.i. illustration of him. He wishes his office calendars were that funny.
Sometimes I write a review that I'm not surprised gets zero comments. That's okay. That's freedom!
I really liked this odd little movie called FREMONT (2023), about a lonely Afghan refugee who works at a fortune cookie factory in San Francisco.
Fremont | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
FREMONT (2023) is an odd, dry little indie film I came across. I guess if forced I’d have to classify it as a drama, just so nobody gets mad at me for it not
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January 14, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Sometimes I write a review that I'm not surprised gets zero comments. That's okay. That's freedom!
The year of goons and slop.
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The year of goons and slop.
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Eight years ago, I wrote this essay about Seattle’s historic moviehouses, focusing on 7 theaters that were at least half a century old and still operating. Now only 3—the Admiral, the Uptown, and the former Cinerama—are still open; the rest are just memories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Explore Seattle’s romantic — and vanishing — historic moviehouses
All of us go to the movies to feel something: to laugh, to cry, to be frightened, to be thrilled, to lose ourselves in a story. And that experience might feel just the littlest bit richer in a place w...
www.seattletimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Eight years ago, I wrote this essay about Seattle’s historic moviehouses, focusing on 7 theaters that were at least half a century old and still operating. Now only 3—the Admiral, the Uptown, and the former Cinerama—are still open; the rest are just memories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
I enjoyed CHAIN REACTIONS, a sort of visual essay about my favorite horror movie, told through five interviews and the power of montage. (Also I bought the special edition that comes with THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE transferred from eight different film and video formats!)
Chain Reactions | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
I think I mentioned this once a long time ago, but Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is one of my favorite movies, and one of the great cinematic
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January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I enjoyed CHAIN REACTIONS, a sort of visual essay about my favorite horror movie, told through five interviews and the power of montage. (Also I bought the special edition that comes with THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE transferred from eight different film and video formats!)
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Three projects America desperately needs to push back ever so slightly on the copaganda onslaught:
1) Law & Order: Internal Affairs
2) Serpico
3) Untitled city government procedural
1) Law & Order: Internal Affairs
2) Serpico
3) Untitled city government procedural
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Three projects America desperately needs to push back ever so slightly on the copaganda onslaught:
1) Law & Order: Internal Affairs
2) Serpico
3) Untitled city government procedural
1) Law & Order: Internal Affairs
2) Serpico
3) Untitled city government procedural
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living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be