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When I worked at The Onion in the ’90s and ’00s, we often used photos of family and friends (not to mention ourselves) in stories. Which, thanks to the magic of Internet archives and Instagram feeds, means I *just now* got treated to this photo of my former in-laws:
A story about Stephen Colbert I’ve never shared before. Years ago I was hospitalized for a month. One of toughest things I ever had to do. Confined, monitored, my health a mystery with no solution, cycling through roommates & their families who needed miracles, or would go off to surgery & vanish…
I've shared my love for the Marvel Multiverse Role Playing Game many times, and today is no different - except that they've dropped a free quickstart game guide and One Shot adventure featuring the THUNDERBOLTS* Absolutely free. cdn.marvel.com/u/prod/marve...
Dark Star Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for THE A-FRAME, a goopy sci-fi horror movie that experiments with a new dimension poised to unleash unspeakable horror. The sci-fi thriller hits theaters on July 25, followed by a Digital release on August 5.
Am torn between enjoying all the posts from people disproving that Trump "never wrote a picture" and wanting to imagine that the claim is technically true because had an employee ghost-draw everything for him."You done with that NY skyline? I need a naked-lady picture, pronto!"
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER: This perky update has a few things going for it, including low expectations. It loves its leads (Madelyn Cline!😍) and never becomes that kind of violent vaudeville where you can’t wait for the hook to drag someone off screaming. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
My daughter is entering the workforce now in the next couple years and my advice to her has been mainly "if they tell you they're a family... run." I mean, seriously, who the fuck wants to work at a business that's run like a family? Like Leatherface's family? Manson's? Addams'? What family?
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Next month's theme is Now a Major Motion Picture! I will be looking at silent films that were NOT adapted from novels, short stories or plays. Instead, we will be diving into silents based on comic strips, poetry, fine art, postcards, popular music and more!
EDDINGTON is my least favorite film of 2025 so far. Its ethos is the same as Jon Stewart’s RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY: “Our lives would be soooo much better if the media for BOTH sides, who are equally guilty, were not as extreme, amirite??” No Ari Aster. That’s not how any of this works. Hated this.
My hometown NPR and PBS station in rural Pennsylvania, WVIA, gets 20% of its budget from federal funding. It's a former coal mining region, where public media fills a big gap for many. Cuts mean immediately reducing or eliminating local news & educational programs www.wvia.org/pressroom/20...
As You Can Count on Me arrives on 4K from @criterion.bsky.social, director Kenneth Lonergan reflects on his debut with Mitchell Beaupre, shares his self-doubts after the success of Manchester by the Sea, and teases a 4K disc release for the Margaret extended cut. boxd.it/2DC
Well it finally happened- my wife LEFT me because she’s tired of being married to a pathetic loser who spends his day being cyber bullied by teens (not to mention hanging out in the garage meticulously arranging his matryoshka dolls into Jan. 6 poses). She wants a REAL MAN, and who can blame her??
Ahead of the release of her excellent debut feature, No Sleep Till, I went to Metrograph the other day and sat down for a great conversation with director Alexandra Simpson and producer Tyler Taormina. On liminal spaces, the miracle of sound and so much more: bit.ly/3ITyPG4
I don't think there should be any question that Colbert is the most brilliant man ever to sit behind a desk at a late night talk show. Seriously, watch this clip. As an extemporaneous speaker, he can't be beat. And the depth of his intellect is undeniable.
"Lately, I keep thinking about how we’re everywhere, we women who have been preyed upon, violated and used by older men when we were teens. You pass us on the street every day, in your community, in your supermarket, at the dog park or in your place of worship."
"Cher and her father Mel are both kooks who think they’re the baseline for determining normalcy—like everyone else in the movie, really. All great comedies have this in common, and Clueless is one of them."— I got to write about a movie that I absolutely adore www.rogerebert.com/features/eve...
Fascinating Lupe Velez was #BornThisDay in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1908. I have never seen the 1931 Universal version of RESURRECTION (which was also filmed in Spanish), but I'm tickled by this Photoplay PR piece alleging that Lupe was now simply mad for cooking borscht and shashlik.
How well do you know the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards? @horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social breaks down the history of The FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, from where they started to how they became so iconic. Which original nominees would have gotten your vote? Read the full article: fangoria.visitlink.me/wxXCEs