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here's one of my pro-Covenant propaganda essays!

Tuesday, New York City: What kind of bird are you?

being anti-taco stand is anti-LA

profoundly, stupidly excited for this

Episode 3 is up! Chapters 10-21! Ishmael & Queequeg get married.

So she’s also starving herself and sleep-deprived? Nothing bad has ever come of that in cults!

Are spreadsheet people just people with jobs?

You know what, it’s nice that I still have the capacity to be gobsmacked by Trump-related shit.

A teeny percentage of followers will understand this but reading those letters that Michael Wolff just released reminded me of how the young women who orbited Bill Gothard talked to/about him

“Are you now or have you ever been a capitalist?” is the new HUAC opener.

is she copying him or is this where his insane habit of capitalizing random nouns comes from?

I agree with every single one of these

you: why do people still live in gotham city when it’s constantly getting attacked by multiple supervillains me, currently under recalls for lettuce, blueberries, eggs, jalepenos, popsicles and granola: yeah idk

This is so mad I can only assume she’s intentionally tanking her campaign.

On the other site I would occasionally state my theory that the systematic destruction of the local newspaper ecosystem is not collateral damage from digital "disruption" or the Internet in general but a key part of a long range strategy to end accountability. I was informed that I was being silly.

ENGLISH WORCESTERSHIRE-STYLE PRONUNCIATION HELP NEEDED BY AN AMERICAN Lyceum. How?

Wow, I loved Matt Johnson’s new film TONY (in theaters this weekend). The type of biopic that requires zero knowledge of its subject to be enjoyable. A classic coming-of-age story about the dignity of hard work and how the choices we make shape who we are. Johnson 2 for 2 this year.

In 24 hours she came out as anti-taco and pro-Ellison? At this point she might as well just come out as pro-fire.

Platforming the KKK is bad

Korean melon was first to ripeness! Very sweet and crunchy with a soft fruitiness

You did it. You found the dumbest fucking thing someone has ever been mad about. If you are irritated that pedestrians use a crosswalk correctly, you should not have a drivers license.

Makes me want to start a new publication that's vetted to exclude everything but 💯 human writing.

I want the Hello Kitty-Godzilla toy but I don't like McDonalds food. Fortunately, Eva volunteers as Happy Meal tribute.

(pops head up) I think it's fairly obvious that we have given this a try and it just isn't working so I must demand that Hollywood return to the old ways and only make rom-coms based on Hungarian plays or written by little Germans-Austrians.

Gwen Lee in LADY OF THE NIGHT, evading censors with foot powder. That she uses on her feet because she has been walking on the street at night. GET IT???

Earlier today I heard a guest on NPR claim that affirmative action went too far and thats why Arday is dead and that was the end of the show. No pushback or questions what the hell the guest was talking about.

I’ve never wanted Nithya to win more

Is Karen Bass even an Angeleno??? This is one of the greatest hallmarks of our city, incredible street food. There are so many Dems I would actually believe are aliens at this point.

wild night to be in Cape May County

The greatest of the great.

If you're a fan of my books and/or a greedy reseller, I'm offering SIGNED hardcovers of the new book at the normal retail price but they are PREORDER ONLY, and you can ONLY GET THEM AT THIS ONE BOOKSTORE! Direct link: bit.ly/signmycrab I sign them with my own two sticky hands!

No bone spurs on Mr. Miller. So not ship-worthy, it seems.

Day 577 of life in an Assholocracy

I had some thoughts on the new Mary Oliver documentary, poets who dare to be popular and other matters. You do not have to be good, but this movie should have been better. (Thanks to Maya C. Popa for some insights that helped with this.)

We've got so many reviews on The Reveal this week we're running them across two days. Today we can you read me on INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, the series sixth (?!) film and @scotttobias.bsky.social on the new Statham, MUTINY:

how many films have you watched this year so far? 🤓

Felt certain that "with Natalie" would be the two-word phrase that sparked the week's most ludicrous overreactions, but "spreadsheet people" is gaining fast

I am Spreadsheet People but I am tapping out because I had to deal with Bicycle People the other day and I reached my Blueskyness limit

I hope this movie rules and kicks all our asses.

You're laughing at this robot's humiliating death, but in the future they show these clips to terminator T-800s so they know why it's OK to wipe us out.

Utter self-indulgence

Big new data center just went online in my town. Excited to do faster Grok simulated “punishments” of women who’ve wronged me! But first I have to go to the doctor because most of my skin has collected around my ankles & I can “hear” time

CONFIRMED: He’s precious.

Philadelphia & vicinity: Oct. 15, 7 pm., the Bryn Mawr Film Institute will screen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (on 35mm film!), and I'll talk about the film afterward. Assorted volumes of The Wes Anderson Collection series will be available for signing. brynmawrfilm.org/event/the-li...

The Wonderful and Frightening World of Hollywood Elsewhere

do they need a booklet essay

Billy Zane will star in creature feature WEKIWA. Oscar-winning sound designer Richard L. Anderson (Poltergeist) directs. Summer 1983. A showman has sunk every dollar into a resort on a Florida island. Nobody will say what is in the water. By Sunday, they'll wish they had.

A bot that quote tweets random things and says “STOP NORMALIZING THIS”

Reading this sickening headline instantly turned me into Marilyn Monroe in the climactic scene of The Misfits.

no no I think it's fun and good that the only jobs that exist now are either Professional Birth of a Nation Reenactor, or Full-Time Imaginary Friend

I recognize that I'm not an expert on this shit but every time I see an ad for AI it's always like someone asking it for a restaurant recommendation or some shit that like... just Googling could already do? And has been doing for years??? Without destroying a community's air and water?? idfk man

HALLOWEEN: THE GAME is getting an official comic book. "This is classic Michael Myers unleashed. Fans are going to love getting a glimpse of some truly spine-tingling moments that were not seen in Carpenter’s original film." Issue #1 releases November 4. Source: @DailyDeadNews

#TBT To @jackiekashian.bsky.social and I circa 2009 back in good ol'Minnesota! ⭐ 💜 Watch Jackie's Special, Alter-Kashian! Get the link at JackieKashian.com

Dan Aykroyd has shared an original concept sketch for the GHOSTBUSTERS jumpsuits and proton packs, giving us an early look at the film's pre-production process: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/396468...

slaughtering protected wild horses to own the libs?

THIS is the time I don’t bounce off of CRUSADER KINGS III. I need a strategy game for the half-hour spin down at night, and there’s nothing else I can see in the slot. I will gladly take recs in the comments.

I can't want till we finally move beyond this horrible, Lannister-ass administration.

Re-watched ROCKY BALBOA for the book @odienator.bsky.social and I are doing about the Rocky and Creed pix. Better than I remembered. Sixty-year old Rocky in the old nabe, swarmed by memories & ghosts. Love the end of the fight where he embraces his opponent and says, "Thanks for the opportunity."

i just spotted a cucumber outside on my trellis that i am sincerely afraid to pick i think it might eat me

BUDDY: THE VIDEO GAME is coming soon on the ModRetro Chromatic and it's fully compatible with the Game Boy® Color. Based on the upcoming movie. The game brings that world to a cartridge, mixing survival horror, visual novel storytelling, and a collection of mini games.

Here's one small, positive way to deal with your anger over the needless cruelty of the Trump administration using a loophole to sell wild horses for slaughter:

Delighted to see Gina Telaroli, one of my favorite programmers/people, worked on NYFF Revivals this year. A feast as always, but I'm most excited for Visconti's L'INNOCENTE (never seen it) and the original cut of Powell and Pressburger's incandescent GONE TO EARTH. www.filmlinc.org/nyff2026/dai...

Just in case you needed a pick-me-up today:

I don’t think the Piker thing they’re trying to do is going to work simply because most people have no idea who the hell he is or why he is supposedly someone to disavow. They’ll move off him when they find a better boogeyman.

So many teen dramas do so many things badly. "Sterling Point" is gratifying because it proves that, when done well, even the tropes and archetypes still work. It's not a genre reinvention. It's just a genre piece honorably executed. Anyway, yay for a S2...

New haunted attraction JASON UNIVERSE: SURVIVE THE NIGHT opens this Halloween. Coming to 13th Floor Denver, House of Torment, 13th Floor Houston, 13th Floor San Antonio, Fear Farm Phoenix, Terror on the Fox, Twin Cities Fear Fest, New Orleans Nightmare & Nashville Nightmare.

New episode of Jubilee just dropped.

If you miss listening to @juliaturner.bsky.social yammer about culture w/ me & Stephen Metcalf every week, subscribe here to listen to her do the same, about LA life & culture specifically!

scrutiny heads, we are eating good today

There’s a recall of blueberries, thanks to one very prominent dingleberrie.

lol www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Mg...

I'm just gonna keep doing it the old fashioned way and try to stay healthy. In the future, when almost nobody knows how to write or edit without help from machines, I'll make good money again.

I'm just gonna keep doing it the old fashioned way and try to stay healthy. I'm the future, when almost nobody knows how to write or edit without help from machines, I'll make good money again.

Official IMAX poster for Adam Wingard's ONSLAUGHT. In theaters September 4.

"Tony” (2026), directed by Matt Johnson, currently at 95% on the Tomatometer (161 reviews). This has been a good summer for movies.

A lady influencer online is going on about how locals may not like influencer tourism but that’s the reality no matter what they want. GIRL Are you saying they should sit back and enjoy it because it’s inevitable????

A lady influencer online is as going on about how locals may not like influencer tourism but that’s the reality no matter what they want. GIRL Are you saying they should sit back and enjoy it because it’s inevitable????

How are people who do have things on their bingo card supposed to fit into the modern world?

What's next from Inde Navarrette in the world of horror? She's getting trapped high above the ground on a roller coaster in INVERTIGO: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/396464...

Ain't happening in my lifetime without an apocalypse, but ain't gonna happen in *anybody's* lifetime unless we keep talking about it and legitimizing the idea. open.substack.com/pub/howthing...

Our very own @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social was a judge at the State Fair of Texas and you should honor her work by reading about how disgusting Cheetos pizza is www.weareravenous.com/state-fair-t...

May I recommend IN LONELY PLACES: FILM NOIR BEYOND THE CITY, by my friend Imogen Sara Smith? It's a great book on that very topic. And she mentions Road House. :) mcfarlandbooks.com/product/in-l...

Remember, when you have four phone calls back to back, doctors advise watching as many Looney Tuns compilations as you can between them

Our beloved actors, directors, and filmmakers from those halcyon years of my youth keep passing away and I'm just not a fan of that

This is a no brainer. I still watch that video of the Marines performing "Let It Go" and smile.

Paging @crobertcargill.bsky.social

YELLOWJACKETS: THE FINAL SEASON. Premieres November 20 on Paramount Plus.

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NEW TRAILER - The Paramount+ animated series GOLDEN AXE adapts the classic Sega video game. Streaming September 16. Three warriors fight through the fantasy land of Yuria on a quest to defeat Death Adder, who wields the Golden Axe.

Hey, my column this week is a massive round of reviews of new albums by Brandon Flowers, Wild Pink, Mike D, Interpol, Westside Cowboy, Brennan Wedl and many more, plus new songs by Fontaines DC and Gang Of Youths. tinyurl.com/mrm7xwxd

NEW TRAILER - Stephen King calls Japanese horror movie NEVER AFTER DARK "amazing & haunting." In theaters September 25. A psychic encounters a powerful entity. While investigating its origins, she uncovers dark secrets and faces a deadly threat from an unexpected source.

REMEMBER THE TITANS in 4K, please and thank you.

I am sure these are just random trolls I have already blocked, but nobody is going to make me feel bad for “advertising” my books. I am proud of them! I want people to read them!!

Sixth installment INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER arrives in theaters beginning tonight. Need a refresher course on the previous 5 movies? Lin Shaye has got you covered.

MCU fans have started the “Film Twitter wanted us dead but we win!” stuff and: A) Is Film Twitter in the room with us now? B) when are you starting “I watch FUN movies not black and white silent movies made in Croatia!” because I always have great movie conversations with confused Balkan residents

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea

Ryan Murphy apparently doing his version of “Obama playing spades with Malcolm and Tupac” fan art

The new shameless attempt at an Oscar by Diane Warren being called “By Any Means” is so fucking funny.