Victor Morton
@vjmfilms.bsky.social
Raised on Blackpool postcards and Benny Hill, religious nut, Film Nerddom's Jake LaMotta, Japan WW2 apologist, loyal adherent to the disco movement, Deplorable. I block headshrinkers.
minor thing ... but Alec Guinness "only" played eight D'Ascoynes
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
minor thing ... but Alec Guinness "only" played eight D'Ascoynes
As it happens my Saturday is completely open after about noon so I will let you and @bsky.davidsmedberg.me figure matters out
February 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
As it happens my Saturday is completely open after about noon so I will let you and @bsky.davidsmedberg.me figure matters out
Unrelated … when might you, I and @bsky.davidsmedberg.me get together for the shorts packages?
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Unrelated … when might you, I and @bsky.davidsmedberg.me get together for the shorts packages?
The first I saw was BOXING GYM ... but the best IMHO (and there's no "bad" choice, either in quality or quality) is probably NATIONAL GALLERY
February 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The first I saw was BOXING GYM ... but the best IMHO (and there's no "bad" choice, either in quality or quality) is probably NATIONAL GALLERY
The denouement of the relationship … or rather, what led to it and how it did (not) … is perfect. But … we gotta have a happy-ending coda that left me wanting to spit.
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
The denouement of the relationship … or rather, what led to it and how it did (not) … is perfect. But … we gotta have a happy-ending coda that left me wanting to spit.
It’s important to note that the parents are legitimately “not that there’s anything wrong with that” types. “What does you do?” is a fair thing to ask and only a cunt wouldn’t answer. However, the film promptly flees from the “mother-in-law” thread barely one scene later.
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
It’s important to note that the parents are legitimately “not that there’s anything wrong with that” types. “What does you do?” is a fair thing to ask and only a cunt wouldn’t answer. However, the film promptly flees from the “mother-in-law” thread barely one scene later.
The best scene was the two lovers with the sub’s cooperative parents and how the mother went off on the dom. The dynamic at that table was fascinating, trying to normalize a kink/fetish “relationship” around the normies and … well, the kinds of matters that just ARE normal.
February 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The best scene was the two lovers with the sub’s cooperative parents and how the mother went off on the dom. The dynamic at that table was fascinating, trying to normalize a kink/fetish “relationship” around the normies and … well, the kinds of matters that just ARE normal.
Skarsgard is sensationally good at embodying easy privilege ina way that is uncomfortably true (the whole point of “privilege” is that there is no need to assert it), even though the camera lingers on Melling.
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Skarsgard is sensationally good at embodying easy privilege ina way that is uncomfortably true (the whole point of “privilege” is that there is no need to assert it), even though the camera lingers on Melling.
The key to the film’s (eventually faux 😥) radicalism is that it both plays with the conventions of the romcom but puts them in a context where the egalitarianism of both love and our current society is unthinkable.
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
The key to the film’s (eventually faux 😥) radicalism is that it both plays with the conventions of the romcom but puts them in a context where the egalitarianism of both love and our current society is unthinkable.
Imagine CRUISING as a conventional romcom … or rather an anti-romcom, a film about how a relationship’s premises define its bounds. Milqutoast Harry Melling plays the sub and alpha Alexander Skarsgard the dom (for some reason, he has a tattoo of three women’s names on his gut) in S&M biker romance.
February 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Imagine CRUISING as a conventional romcom … or rather an anti-romcom, a film about how a relationship’s premises define its bounds. Milqutoast Harry Melling plays the sub and alpha Alexander Skarsgard the dom (for some reason, he has a tattoo of three women’s names on his gut) in S&M biker romance.
A friend noted on Letterboxd (I think @russellhfilm.bsky.social) how easy and no-downside it would be to actually produce a Yuniochi-free cut. Which may make it even worse.
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
A friend noted on Letterboxd (I think @russellhfilm.bsky.social) how easy and no-downside it would be to actually produce a Yuniochi-free cut. Which may make it even worse.
More “seriously,” I thought I remembered the Egg McMuffin being introduced too, but what I must’ve remembered (1978-79) was the local franchises introducing breakfast at all in the area.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
More “seriously,” I thought I remembered the Egg McMuffin being introduced too, but what I must’ve remembered (1978-79) was the local franchises introducing breakfast at all in the area.
Mrs Roper hadn’t been to France, so she couldn’t have fretted about a Royale with Cheese.
February 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Mrs Roper hadn’t been to France, so she couldn’t have fretted about a Royale with Cheese.
That said, there is a small part of me that would love to see this with a packed audience in 2026, with no knowledge of Rooney’s role.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
That said, there is a small part of me that would love to see this with a packed audience in 2026, with no knowledge of Rooney’s role.
Exchange from THREE’S COMPANY when the Ropers learn Jack might be getting a job at the town’s fanciest French restaurant.
Helen: Oh Stanley, why don’t we go there?
Stanley: What’s wrong with our regular place?
Helen: i’m not in the mood for an Egg McMuffin.
Helen: Oh Stanley, why don’t we go there?
Stanley: What’s wrong with our regular place?
Helen: i’m not in the mood for an Egg McMuffin.
February 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Exchange from THREE’S COMPANY when the Ropers learn Jack might be getting a job at the town’s fanciest French restaurant.
Helen: Oh Stanley, why don’t we go there?
Stanley: What’s wrong with our regular place?
Helen: i’m not in the mood for an Egg McMuffin.
Helen: Oh Stanley, why don’t we go there?
Stanley: What’s wrong with our regular place?
Helen: i’m not in the mood for an Egg McMuffin.