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Trans rights are human rights. Fight for all human rights.

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Found Blood of the Dragon ('71) in a four DVD collection for $5... it has provided so much more entertainment than that price. Ridiculously fun, pretty good choreography and with just enough jokes to keep it fun while not getting absurd. Can't recommend enough and a good gateway film to the genre.
The hero sitting in a tree, leaning back on a branch and eating what looks like olives. He looks off in the distance with lazy indifference while talking to those below. The hero with a scrappy street urchin clinging to his back, serving as a makeshift bandage over a stab wound. He continues to fight the man who stabbed him even with the kid along for the ride and manages get the upper hand to escape. The hero slamming a pot filled with wine in a tavern. He leans heavily on his spear to keep him upright while fighting the fatigue of his recent stab wound. The hero, back to the camera showing blood seeping through his white clothing, standing amongst the dead bodies of henchmen with even more standing ready to fight. The big bad general stands with the goons, about to send even more to their death.
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Finally have a nice copy of Mirror. Tarkovsky's way of using the equipment and film he could get a hold of was masterful. Would have loved to meet them and chew their ear off about how shots were made and just how dangerous some of the rigging was. Never made a film I didn't love.
A woman in a black outfit sitting in the dark interior of a home next to an open window. A book sits open on the still as she crosses her arms and looks out in thought into the woods an fields beyond. Pine trees near the house, as seen through the window in the previous shot. Beyond them lies a thin fence and a field leading to thick woods. The dark of the nearby trees opens out to sun soaked fields. Black and white shot of a woman with disheveled hair, tears running down her cheeks and a frowning look of confusion at a question asked of her seeming uncanny resemblance to another. A close shot of the steam condensation circle left by a hot cup of tea on a shiny wood table. It fades as the water cools and disappears, though the cup and its user are no longer to be found.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Now the day is looking better!
Credit card from Suspiria (1977) that reads: Musica Dei "GOBLIN" Con La Collaborazione Di Dario Argento
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I leave before the dark comes.

We live over in town, miles away.

So there won't be anyone around if you need help.

We couldn't hear you... in the night.

No one could. No one lives any nearer than town. No one will come any nearer than that..

...in the night, in the dark.
Mrs. Dudley in The Haunting (1963), with dark hair and dress, lit from above to give a brooding dark shadow to her eyes making her look gaunt and ghostly and sporting a macabre smile. She is showing Eleanor Vance to a room and warning her to leave.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Bring Her Back (2025) is one of the few recent films that have made me squirm. Immersive acting and setting throughout. Wonderful play with the mystery of what exactly is going on by properly pacing out each intriguing clue and while it's not hard to guess, the truth is nicely ambiguous. Grapefruit.
Andy and his sister Piper stand at the edge of an empty pool at their new foster mom's house. They have a look of concern and confusion at the odd child standing in the pool, off screen, that appears to be the foster mother's child and is silently wrestling with a cat.
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Weapons (2025) has so many details that are touched on just enough to get your interest piqued only to tear away from the exploration only give yet another set of details. Callbacks are masterfully interwoven both narratively and visually to keep you grasping for more. Loved every moment of it.
The silhouette of a child running across a wet road at night, backlit by a streetlight.
August 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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This little dude shall forever have a rent free home in my head.
Little green humanoid creature with a large head and massive black eyes from the show Scavenger's Reign, slowly standing up while surrounded by floating glowing orbs. It lives in a flower-like structure in a giant hedge wall made of thick tubes.
August 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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War of the Worlds (2025) is one of the worst films I've seen in my entire life. Unhinged editing, nonsensical story, uploading "rabbit virus.exe" to fight the aliens, and the product placement is insulting. Do not watch as it's not even fun. I'm just angry now.
The lead character, played by Ice Cube, barely emoting but with a slack jawed open mouth staring into the camera waiting for his Teams call to connect. The entire movie is show from webcam and phone camera perspectives. It's infuriating how lazy this thing is.
August 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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It's always time to watch Over The Garden Wall again.
Wirt, Greg, Greg's Frog and Beatrice riding a horse to get away from yet another bad/odd situation. The highwayman singing his song while going through some perspective warping foreshortening. Greg riding the shoulders of some rich dude while holding a lit candelabra. Greg's frog being revealed as naked to a group of anthropomorphic frogs while standing on top of Wirt's head. Greg stands next to them with his head inside a drum, only his eyes are visible through holes in the drum skin. A band made of frogs stands behind them with shock on their faces.
August 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I also still listen to these
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs Madvillain - Madvillainy Mastodon - Leviathan Front Line Assembly - Civilization
July 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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#bread
Bread on a cooling rack, sitting on a patio table.
July 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Peugeot 205 T16! Only 200 were made purely to enter this car into rally races as a "production" vehicle (old Group B rally requirements). There are many variants of the 205 model, but this one if my favourite.
Peugeot 205 T16, in a dark gray/black with red strips and white hub color scheme, parked on a race track with rolling wooded hills in the background.
July 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Top 4 Video Game OSTs

Still can't get Simon's Quest out of my head... What a horrible night to have a curse...

Control, Outer Wilds and Tunic set the tone for their worlds so well that they wouldn't have been anywhere near as good with different soundtracks. (Ahti's tango is also pretty sweet)
Castlevania 2: Simon's Quest box art Control Outer Wilds Tunic
July 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Don't know why but I've subjected myself to my favourite "hostile" movie again, Enter The Void (2009), where it seems like the goal of Gasper Noé is to harm the audience. It's the best depiction of misophonia/hypersensitivity I've ever seen and makes me physically sick. I love it (for many reasons).
The main character and their girlfriend walking through a marketplace with almost every inch covered in lights, lamps, and reflective surfaces creating an assault on the senses in hues of gold, orange and purple.
July 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Received the new @crobertcargill.bsky.social! Opened it, cracked it and didn't put it down until I was done. Hoping there will be more pieces that will explore this world!
The new book All The Ash We Leave Behind by C. Robert Cargill sitting on a pine table.
July 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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No experimental film has stuck in my head like Sleep Has Her House (2017). It captures the belittling feeling of witnessing nature's violent machinations, taking me back to a memory of camping during a dangerous storm and not knowing moment to moment of what was coming next.
A dark shot of a fog covered steep mountainside filled with pine trees. A stream near the bottom of the mountainside flows towards the camera. Extremely dark shot of what appears to be a large tree branch. An owl sits in a little hollow on the left side, barely distinguishable from its surroundings. A sliver of the sky at sunset, streaked with orange, silhouettes a forest surrounding a river.
May 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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What's the cover art that got you started on the #ttrpg hobby? Here's mine:

My brother had this and it was absolutely fascinating to stumble upon and be exposed to the idea of a organized rules for playing "make believe".
Cover of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness tabletop roleplaying game. A teenage mutant ninja turtle, with twin swords and a red bandana (so maybe Raph but also maybe Leo), stands front and center with the city skyline behind him. Below them are four mutant ninja turtles all with red bandanas but with the signature weapons of the turtles. Along the bottom from left to right are Shredder, Splinter and Casey Jones.
May 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Kurosawa does it again with Cloud (2024). The initial scare really got me. Didn't expect the flow from paranoid character drama to an action thriller, but it's done extremely well. The attention to light, framing and blocking put his work high up in my favourites list every time. #filmsky
Yoshii Ryosuke standing next to his house in the woods, wearing a tan jacket and looking at the camera. He's about to learn why you don't screw people over repeatedly and expect no consequences.
May 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Let's round out the top five with Sunshine (2007). Slight stretch to the bottle requirements as there is a second spaceship for a bit... but I still count it.
The crew of the Icarus 1 spaceship on the observation deck, sillouhetted against the Sun viewed through a tinted view screen. A small black dot moves from right to left in front of the Sun, the planet Mercury, showing the scale of just how enormous and overpowering a star is.
May 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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aaaaand my fourth favourite. The Night Eats the World (2018). Loved the boredom and monotony presented as a part of a zombie apocalypse.
A man leaning out the balcony of an apartment, screaming in frustration and loneliness at the zombies outside.
May 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Now that I'm thinking about them again, my third favourite bottle movie has popped into my head and it's time to watch it again. Pontypool (2008). Really need to find a better copy...
Grant Massey, the protagonist, his eyes-wide and mouth agape he is yelling out. A black cowboy hat is on his head with headphones on his ears but the headband going under his chin. Behind him are clocks on the wall of a sound booth, showing different timezones.
May 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Well I can't type apparently... To clarify I'm looking for more bottle movies specifically. Second post, so have my second favourite bottle movie! Rear Window (1954)
The main protagonist dressed in pajamas, sitting in a wheelchair looking towards the camera as he looks out into the courtyard of his apartment building. His girlfriend stands behind him dressed in a black and white evening dress, also looking out the rear window. Between them is a nicely set table with a lobster dinner and candles.
May 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Cube (1997) is my favourite "bottle" movie (a film taking place entirely in one location). Looking for some more fun, weird, terrifying, etc. films. What's everyone else's favourites? #filmsky
One of the many close shots of an actor in Cube (1997). This is of a bald man looking pensive as he has just entered a softly lit cubic room that most likely has a trap designed to kill him.
May 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Show a moment from TV/Film that broke your heart.
Waymond Wang, played by Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022), looking confused about the long weird day he's had and pleading with everyone who is fighting to stop. He's on the verge of crying. His wife stand behind him, taking in the multiverse memories of their lives and how they've affected each other, coming to the understanding that it's never too late to stop the violence.
May 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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The Red Suitcase (2023) has some issues but its delivery, the cinematography, pacing and especially the acting are on point, making it an impactful political/spiritual horror. A simple look and natural reactions at just the right time had me in tears.
A couple in a dark house at dawn. The husband sits in darkness, a look of weariness on his face as he leans back against a pillar and stares at the ceiling. The wife sits on the floor lit by the morning light, looking at the husband with confusion, doubt and possibly fear of the sudden appearance of her husband.
May 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM