It has always been true that only a fraction of the readership reads long pieces. Or reads past the jump, as they used to say in the newspaper biz.
The ones who read it all are called "readers." And they are more likely to subscribe to the publication and/or become lifelong fans of the writer.
The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.
There’s a Bandai store nearby and I was shocked how much they’re still leaning into TAMAGOTCHI. My wife got one for the kids and after the thing hatched it kept beeping. We just left it in the car to die.
As my pal @thecomicscanon.bsky.social said to me during our PROJECT HAIL MARY screening, “Hey these directors should really make a Star Wars movie.”
Belly rubs are essential within the dogosphere.
We still have a few signed copies left of the first printing of @maxevry.bsky.social's staggeringly thorough history of the 1984 David Lynch version of Dune. It has a black satin ribbon marker and red foil gilded edges and is so big you could do arm curls with it. mzs.press/SIGNED-A-Mas...
The true Emperor of tough guy flicks.
1970s bank robbery kit by Mattel
I have a commentary on Marty!
> @covie93.bsky.social
You’re gonna hate me, but I saw both versions and do not know for sure which one Kino is using. I do know I discovered a song that was written for the movie but never used, and I discuss that in the commentary. Hope you like the disc when it comes out!
#lastfourwatched
#letterboxdfriday
"Wilson’s titular [Becky is] working as a field agent for the CIA ... sent undercover to Poland to infiltrate a family of innkeepers who are running a tourist venture at The Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s WWII bunker."
Directed by Jenn Wexler. NPH gets to go all villain mode. More dead Nazis. YES.
Close reading is a powerful method.
Gen Z is reviving DVDs and Blu-rays, with local video rental shops reporting record months and membership numbers as young people embrace physical media.
Read more: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
DUNE trilogy:
woke up to the email no one ever wants to receive....
Watched The Mist on MeTV. Earns a spot in the Stephen King adaptation pantheon. Slow build, but when the creatures appear, YIKES! Pure nightmare fuel. But the true horror is seeing a functioning society fall apart instantly. And realizing how close to the edge it was even before the mist rolled in.
Another strange strange film… almost “Altman the cocaine years” shambolic, but at least it’s interesting.
Jenni, if you don’t write a book called “Dommed Into Traveling” I will never forgive you.
I was on the set when they were making it, looking around at all the massive production value and resources wondering, “Why is Tarzan? Why are any of us here?” It felt like an existential crisis even during filming.
I look forward to the day my children ask me, “Daddy, why is Chan Chan a dog man in the bee lady movie?”
I need to write a LEAVING LAS VEGAS for eating $1.50 ramen packets…
Bogus
RIP
OILY MANIAC FOR PRESIDENT!!!
Easily my favorite Doctor Who ever. I’ve watched it a thousand times. Wish there were more gothic horror Doc serials, the tone/atmosphere of this one is pitch perfect. Seeds of Doom comes close…
Something I wrote last year, upon the big retro at @filmlinc.bsky.social, about this singular artist. RIP, king crookedmarquee.com/the-comfort-...
So @criterion.bsky.social is having a 30% off flash sale on its 4K catalogue. You should grab PLAYTIME.
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
