Mark Palermo
@markpalermo.bsky.social
Screenwriter of DETENTION (2011), filmmaker, starrer in some stuff. Check out my pod MOVIES AND CHAOS.
Mel Gibson should change his name to FKA Riggs because he hasn’t done a LETHAL WEAPON movie in a while.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Mel Gibson should change his name to FKA Riggs because he hasn’t done a LETHAL WEAPON movie in a while.
“It’s not racist because it’s the truth” is such a weird line. Like, don’t you think all racists think the things they believe are true? SPOILER: It’s probably racist.
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“It’s not racist because it’s the truth” is such a weird line. Like, don’t you think all racists think the things they believe are true? SPOILER: It’s probably racist.
All John Hughes movies end in freeze-frames. There is some order in the universe.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
All John Hughes movies end in freeze-frames. There is some order in the universe.
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i was literally just looking for that to make this point. More people have been "cancelled" for charlie kirk blasphemy than the during the entire cancel culture panic.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
i was literally just looking for that to make this point. More people have been "cancelled" for charlie kirk blasphemy than the during the entire cancel culture panic.
I always thought it was wild at the end of the first Toy Story when the toys murdered that kid in the Punisher shirt.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I always thought it was wild at the end of the first Toy Story when the toys murdered that kid in the Punisher shirt.
I’m kind of shocked how much impact this one scene in a 32-year-old movie I never see referenced in any other context had on my generation. Also, listen to our new podcast because we talk about it.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m kind of shocked how much impact this one scene in a 32-year-old movie I never see referenced in any other context had on my generation. Also, listen to our new podcast because we talk about it.
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I'm pretty much mad and depressed all the time now, so maybe it's me, but I am so damn tired of rich people who contribute NOTHING being asked their thoughts as if they are actually someone intelligent or important. Let that bitch get on Threads like everybody else.
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm pretty much mad and depressed all the time now, so maybe it's me, but I am so damn tired of rich people who contribute NOTHING being asked their thoughts as if they are actually someone intelligent or important. Let that bitch get on Threads like everybody else.
I can say anything backwards. This made me semi-famous in junior high but it quickly got annoying when randos kept asking how to say “Fuck your mother” to their friends.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I can say anything backwards. This made me semi-famous in junior high but it quickly got annoying when randos kept asking how to say “Fuck your mother” to their friends.
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Always walk away from bullshit.
This is at least the fourth story I've seen of an author having to exchange multiple emails (over 20) with this publisher to get the contract language to not be rights grabby and it's one of three where the writer walked away.
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
I appreciate the effort and transparency but I will also say-
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Always walk away from bullshit.
I know the 1987 THE RUNNING MAN is mid-shelf Arnold but it's one of the first movies to make me politically angry as a kid and probably informed my views quite a bit. I wanted revenge on that stupid game show host.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I know the 1987 THE RUNNING MAN is mid-shelf Arnold but it's one of the first movies to make me politically angry as a kid and probably informed my views quite a bit. I wanted revenge on that stupid game show host.
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Psyched to check out HAMNET, which I understand to be about a pig with a modem
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Psyched to check out HAMNET, which I understand to be about a pig with a modem
I liked the new FRANKENSTEIN and it’s cool to see it uniting people as a rare movie event. Here’s the time I interviewed Guillermo Del Toro. It was probably the interview I was most nervous about but may be my favourite one I’ve done.
www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/m...
www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/m...
Maze craze
A war movie wrapped in a girl’s fantasy wrapped in a parable, Pan’s Labyrinth is more greatfilm than enigma.
www.thecoast.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I liked the new FRANKENSTEIN and it’s cool to see it uniting people as a rare movie event. Here’s the time I interviewed Guillermo Del Toro. It was probably the interview I was most nervous about but may be my favourite one I’ve done.
www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/m...
www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/m...
I feel like that fancy cat food brand Whiskas is only called that to make elite Carol Burnett types
speak in a New York accent.
speak in a New York accent.
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I feel like that fancy cat food brand Whiskas is only called that to make elite Carol Burnett types
speak in a New York accent.
speak in a New York accent.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
🍿 SPECIAL: Thrillema says Relax, and get your tickets to Brian De Palma's weird, lurid and ultra-stylish 1984 thriller BODY DOUBLE, starring Craig Wasson + Melanie Griffith.
Wed, Nov 26 — FREE 🎟️🎟️ now available (two per person) at Strange Adventures Prince St.
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Letterboxd needs a way to let you filter reviews by middling star ratings. I’m less interested in why people think a highly acclaimed film is worth half-a-star (as they’re probably being unreasonable on some level) than those who think it’s worth two-stars.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Letterboxd needs a way to let you filter reviews by middling star ratings. I’m less interested in why people think a highly acclaimed film is worth half-a-star (as they’re probably being unreasonable on some level) than those who think it’s worth two-stars.
It’s funny how when you’re 16, you get sick of hearing Montell Jordan’s “This is How We Do It” a thousand times a week and then you grow up and randomly push play on the music video and are like, “Jesus, they just can’t make em like this anymore.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s funny how when you’re 16, you get sick of hearing Montell Jordan’s “This is How We Do It” a thousand times a week and then you grow up and randomly push play on the music video and are like, “Jesus, they just can’t make em like this anymore.”
It’s incredible how much we live in a Paul Verhoeven movie now.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It’s incredible how much we live in a Paul Verhoeven movie now.
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Went from IN LIVING COLOR when I don't know that Fox was available in the whole country to being half a movie's budget in the course of that year.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Went from IN LIVING COLOR when I don't know that Fox was available in the whole country to being half a movie's budget in the course of that year.
I’m not sure there’s been an actor more on top of the world than Jim Carrey in 1994.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m not sure there’s been an actor more on top of the world than Jim Carrey in 1994.
“What do you MEAN a Democrat can win an election if they actually stand for things people want? If this was true, someone would have thought of it before.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“What do you MEAN a Democrat can win an election if they actually stand for things people want? If this was true, someone would have thought of it before.”
It’s crazy that the USA is a Socialist country now. This is exactly like in THE HOT CHICK (2003) when a misogynist played by Rob Schneider wakes up and he’s Rachel McAdams.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s crazy that the USA is a Socialist country now. This is exactly like in THE HOT CHICK (2003) when a misogynist played by Rob Schneider wakes up and he’s Rachel McAdams.
People wonder why kitchen parties (parties where everyone congregates in the kitchen) are a Canadian phenomenon. It’s because Americans have an alcohol contribution system at house parties while Canadians bring what they drink and therefore must guard it (this is explained briefly in DETENTION).
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
People wonder why kitchen parties (parties where everyone congregates in the kitchen) are a Canadian phenomenon. It’s because Americans have an alcohol contribution system at house parties while Canadians bring what they drink and therefore must guard it (this is explained briefly in DETENTION).
I really liked M3GAN 2.0’s embrace of kid-trash sequel tradition, like SHORT CIRCUIT 2 and LAWNMOWER MAN 2: BEYOND CYBERSPACE. You’d have to be a particular type of weird to embrace this truth but it’s better than the first one.
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I really liked M3GAN 2.0’s embrace of kid-trash sequel tradition, like SHORT CIRCUIT 2 and LAWNMOWER MAN 2: BEYOND CYBERSPACE. You’d have to be a particular type of weird to embrace this truth but it’s better than the first one.
This is the worst event in Canadian sports history since AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH (2002).
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
This is the worst event in Canadian sports history since AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH (2002).
New Movies and Chaos!
HORROR HOT TAKES 2: REQUIEM
You sent us more of your Horror Hot Takes, so we argue about them. It’s the ultimate showdown between good and evil. Plus, class and moral struggle in the movie industry.
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HORROR HOT TAKES 2: REQUIEM
You sent us more of your Horror Hot Takes, so we argue about them. It’s the ultimate showdown between good and evil. Plus, class and moral struggle in the movie industry.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New Movies and Chaos!
HORROR HOT TAKES 2: REQUIEM
You sent us more of your Horror Hot Takes, so we argue about them. It’s the ultimate showdown between good and evil. Plus, class and moral struggle in the movie industry.
shorturl.at/ojmu2
HORROR HOT TAKES 2: REQUIEM
You sent us more of your Horror Hot Takes, so we argue about them. It’s the ultimate showdown between good and evil. Plus, class and moral struggle in the movie industry.
shorturl.at/ojmu2