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1986 Coming Attractions
YouTube video by Johnny Crispy
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2026 marks the 40th anniversary of 1986. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 7 highest-grossing films of 1986 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1986:
youtu.be/lPZvPhXMnBM?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 7 highest-grossing films of 1986 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1986:
youtu.be/lPZvPhXMnBM?...
Reposted by Michael Curley
Reposted by Michael Curley
Movies are so good man I swear
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Movies are so good man I swear
2026 marks the 40th anniversary of 1986. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 7 highest-grossing films of 1986 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1986:
youtu.be/lPZvPhXMnBM?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 7 highest-grossing films of 1986 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1986:
youtu.be/lPZvPhXMnBM?...
1986 Coming Attractions
YouTube video by Johnny Crispy
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
2026 marks the 40th anniversary of 1986. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 7 highest-grossing films of 1986 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1986:
youtu.be/lPZvPhXMnBM?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 7 highest-grossing films of 1986 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1986:
youtu.be/lPZvPhXMnBM?...
2016 Arrival
2006 Children of Men
1996 Fargo
1986 Aliens
1976 Network
1966 The Battle of Algiers
1956 The Killing
1946 It’s a Wonderful Life
1936 Modern Times
1926 The General
2006 Children of Men
1996 Fargo
1986 Aliens
1976 Network
1966 The Battle of Algiers
1956 The Killing
1946 It’s a Wonderful Life
1936 Modern Times
1926 The General
What is your favorite film celebrating a decade anniversary in 2026? We're thinking films released in 2016, 2006, 1996, 1986, 1976, 1966, 1956, 1946, 1936, 1926, etc.
January 6, 2026 at 10:35 AM
2016 Arrival
2006 Children of Men
1996 Fargo
1986 Aliens
1976 Network
1966 The Battle of Algiers
1956 The Killing
1946 It’s a Wonderful Life
1936 Modern Times
1926 The General
2006 Children of Men
1996 Fargo
1986 Aliens
1976 Network
1966 The Battle of Algiers
1956 The Killing
1946 It’s a Wonderful Life
1936 Modern Times
1926 The General
James Cameron: Remember Spider??
Anyone else: The white kid with dreads from the second Avatar?
JC: Yeah! Wasn’t he awesome??
AE: Actually he was kind of—
JC: Exactly! Now he’s the most important character in the third film.
AE: Really? Maybe he should—
JC: ..have WAY more screen time? Agreed!
Anyone else: The white kid with dreads from the second Avatar?
JC: Yeah! Wasn’t he awesome??
AE: Actually he was kind of—
JC: Exactly! Now he’s the most important character in the third film.
AE: Really? Maybe he should—
JC: ..have WAY more screen time? Agreed!
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
James Cameron: Remember Spider??
Anyone else: The white kid with dreads from the second Avatar?
JC: Yeah! Wasn’t he awesome??
AE: Actually he was kind of—
JC: Exactly! Now he’s the most important character in the third film.
AE: Really? Maybe he should—
JC: ..have WAY more screen time? Agreed!
Anyone else: The white kid with dreads from the second Avatar?
JC: Yeah! Wasn’t he awesome??
AE: Actually he was kind of—
JC: Exactly! Now he’s the most important character in the third film.
AE: Really? Maybe he should—
JC: ..have WAY more screen time? Agreed!
Avatar - air
Avatar: The Way of Water - water
Avatar: Fire and Ash - fire
Avatar 4 - I think they are going to go to Earth in some capacity
Is anyone talking about this? Am I crazy?
Avatar: The Way of Water - water
Avatar: Fire and Ash - fire
Avatar 4 - I think they are going to go to Earth in some capacity
Is anyone talking about this? Am I crazy?
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Avatar - air
Avatar: The Way of Water - water
Avatar: Fire and Ash - fire
Avatar 4 - I think they are going to go to Earth in some capacity
Is anyone talking about this? Am I crazy?
Avatar: The Way of Water - water
Avatar: Fire and Ash - fire
Avatar 4 - I think they are going to go to Earth in some capacity
Is anyone talking about this? Am I crazy?
The newly-announced February Criterion titles are so exciting!
I don’t just want to buy Network, but I also want to buy Fail Safe to fill out my Lumet collection.
I don’t just want to buy Man Who Wasn’t There, but I also want to buy Miller’s Crossing to fill out my Coen collection.
Plus Playtime!
I don’t just want to buy Network, but I also want to buy Fail Safe to fill out my Lumet collection.
I don’t just want to buy Man Who Wasn’t There, but I also want to buy Miller’s Crossing to fill out my Coen collection.
Plus Playtime!
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The newly-announced February Criterion titles are so exciting!
I don’t just want to buy Network, but I also want to buy Fail Safe to fill out my Lumet collection.
I don’t just want to buy Man Who Wasn’t There, but I also want to buy Miller’s Crossing to fill out my Coen collection.
Plus Playtime!
I don’t just want to buy Network, but I also want to buy Fail Safe to fill out my Lumet collection.
I don’t just want to buy Man Who Wasn’t There, but I also want to buy Miller’s Crossing to fill out my Coen collection.
Plus Playtime!
@realgdt.bsky.social sure loves making movies about monsters:
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@realgdt.bsky.social sure loves making movies about monsters:
I’m happier than I should be to have this complete set.
But I love every time Wes Anderson makes his film, and these are beautiful sets from Criterion.
But I love every time Wes Anderson makes his film, and these are beautiful sets from Criterion.
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’m happier than I should be to have this complete set.
But I love every time Wes Anderson makes his film, and these are beautiful sets from Criterion.
But I love every time Wes Anderson makes his film, and these are beautiful sets from Criterion.
Criterion Flash Sale
Two Best Picture winners
Two Wes Anderson films
Lumet, Wong Kar-Wai, Yang, Reiner
Two Best Picture winners
Two Wes Anderson films
Lumet, Wong Kar-Wai, Yang, Reiner
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Criterion Flash Sale
Two Best Picture winners
Two Wes Anderson films
Lumet, Wong Kar-Wai, Yang, Reiner
Two Best Picture winners
Two Wes Anderson films
Lumet, Wong Kar-Wai, Yang, Reiner
Went a bit overboard on the Criterion Flash Sale today.
Aw well, it’s culture.
Aw well, it’s culture.
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Went a bit overboard on the Criterion Flash Sale today.
Aw well, it’s culture.
Aw well, it’s culture.
My top 8 Robert Redford vehicles:
-The Sting
-All the President’s Men
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-Sneakers
-Three Days of the Condor
-The Candidate
-The Natural
-The Chase
I have not seen Jeremiah Johnson, The Old Man and the Gun, or The Hot Rock (to name a few that could make the list)
-The Sting
-All the President’s Men
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-Sneakers
-Three Days of the Condor
-The Candidate
-The Natural
-The Chase
I have not seen Jeremiah Johnson, The Old Man and the Gun, or The Hot Rock (to name a few that could make the list)
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My top 8 Robert Redford vehicles:
-The Sting
-All the President’s Men
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-Sneakers
-Three Days of the Condor
-The Candidate
-The Natural
-The Chase
I have not seen Jeremiah Johnson, The Old Man and the Gun, or The Hot Rock (to name a few that could make the list)
-The Sting
-All the President’s Men
-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
-Sneakers
-Three Days of the Condor
-The Candidate
-The Natural
-The Chase
I have not seen Jeremiah Johnson, The Old Man and the Gun, or The Hot Rock (to name a few that could make the list)
RIP Robert Redford
I recently rewatched Ordinary People, which gets a lot of flack for beating Raging Bull at the Oscars but is fantastic!
And I recently rewatched Sneakers, which is an underrated 90s thriller gem.
And The Sting is one of my all-time favourite films.
The guy was a total star.
I recently rewatched Ordinary People, which gets a lot of flack for beating Raging Bull at the Oscars but is fantastic!
And I recently rewatched Sneakers, which is an underrated 90s thriller gem.
And The Sting is one of my all-time favourite films.
The guy was a total star.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
RIP Robert Redford
I recently rewatched Ordinary People, which gets a lot of flack for beating Raging Bull at the Oscars but is fantastic!
And I recently rewatched Sneakers, which is an underrated 90s thriller gem.
And The Sting is one of my all-time favourite films.
The guy was a total star.
I recently rewatched Ordinary People, which gets a lot of flack for beating Raging Bull at the Oscars but is fantastic!
And I recently rewatched Sneakers, which is an underrated 90s thriller gem.
And The Sting is one of my all-time favourite films.
The guy was a total star.
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of 2005. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 2005 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2005:
youtu.be/teOMAWo1tT8?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 2005 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2005:
youtu.be/teOMAWo1tT8?...
2005 Coming Attractions
YouTube video by Johnny Crispy
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of 2005. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 2005 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2005:
youtu.be/teOMAWo1tT8?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 2005 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2005:
youtu.be/teOMAWo1tT8?...
2025 marks the 25th anniversary of 2000. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 12 highest-grossing films of 2000 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2000:
youtu.be/LQnKVD7-Cto?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 12 highest-grossing films of 2000 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2000:
youtu.be/LQnKVD7-Cto?...
2000 Coming Attractions
YouTube video by Johnny Crispy
youtu.be
June 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
2025 marks the 25th anniversary of 2000. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 12 highest-grossing films of 2000 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2000:
youtu.be/LQnKVD7-Cto?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 12 highest-grossing films of 2000 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 2000:
youtu.be/LQnKVD7-Cto?...
Raiders of the Lost Ark > The Mummy > National Treasure > Lara Croft: Tomb Raider > The Da Vinci Code > Uncharted > Fountain of Youth
(Sequels omitted for clarity)
(Sequels omitted for clarity)
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June 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark > The Mummy > National Treasure > Lara Croft: Tomb Raider > The Da Vinci Code > Uncharted > Fountain of Youth
(Sequels omitted for clarity)
(Sequels omitted for clarity)
Well, Rogue Nation is still my favourite Mission: Impossible film.
HOT TAKE: Each of McQuarrie’s M:I films is a bit worse than the last. I think he needs to move on.
HOT TAKE: Each of McQuarrie’s M:I films is a bit worse than the last. I think he needs to move on.
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May 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Well, Rogue Nation is still my favourite Mission: Impossible film.
HOT TAKE: Each of McQuarrie’s M:I films is a bit worse than the last. I think he needs to move on.
HOT TAKE: Each of McQuarrie’s M:I films is a bit worse than the last. I think he needs to move on.
Man, I can’t wait to see Olga Kurylenko reprise her role as Taskmaster in Thunderbolts!
She really got the short shrift in Black Widow, so it’s so exciting that she has a chance to shine here.
Yep, it’s going to be great seeing her for the whole film as one of the team!
She really got the short shrift in Black Widow, so it’s so exciting that she has a chance to shine here.
Yep, it’s going to be great seeing her for the whole film as one of the team!
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Man, I can’t wait to see Olga Kurylenko reprise her role as Taskmaster in Thunderbolts!
She really got the short shrift in Black Widow, so it’s so exciting that she has a chance to shine here.
Yep, it’s going to be great seeing her for the whole film as one of the team!
She really got the short shrift in Black Widow, so it’s so exciting that she has a chance to shine here.
Yep, it’s going to be great seeing her for the whole film as one of the team!
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of 1995. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 1995 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1995:
youtu.be/6schZp5eRYY?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 1995 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1995:
youtu.be/6schZp5eRYY?...
1995 Coming Attractions
YouTube video by Johnny Crispy
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
2025 marks the 30th anniversary of 1995. All year!
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 1995 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1995:
youtu.be/6schZp5eRYY?...
To mark this occasion, I am watching the 11 highest-grossing films of 1995 (in North America). I’m hoping glean something about the culture of that year. What was popular? Do they hold up?
Here are the top films of 1995:
youtu.be/6schZp5eRYY?...
Wow. Anora. OK.
Palme d’Or and now this. The film of 2024 in many ways.
Palme d’Or and now this. The film of 2024 in many ways.
March 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Wow. Anora. OK.
Palme d’Or and now this. The film of 2024 in many ways.
Palme d’Or and now this. The film of 2024 in many ways.
Adrien Brody winning makes me understand why they are not having last year’s Best Actress present Best Actor.
They protected Emma Stone from Halle Berry’s fate, and I respect that.
They protected Emma Stone from Halle Berry’s fate, and I respect that.
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Adrien Brody winning makes me understand why they are not having last year’s Best Actress present Best Actor.
They protected Emma Stone from Halle Berry’s fate, and I respect that.
They protected Emma Stone from Halle Berry’s fate, and I respect that.
8 of the 10 Best Picture nominees have won an Oscar.
5 of the 8 have won two Oscars.
No film is running away with it this year. They’re spreading the love.
5 of the 8 have won two Oscars.
No film is running away with it this year. They’re spreading the love.
March 3, 2025 at 3:08 AM
8 of the 10 Best Picture nominees have won an Oscar.
5 of the 8 have won two Oscars.
No film is running away with it this year. They’re spreading the love.
5 of the 8 have won two Oscars.
No film is running away with it this year. They’re spreading the love.