Aaron Hammond
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Aaron Hammond
@aaronhammond88.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Alright, let’s do this:
The Top 60 New-To-Me Films for 2024.
The Top 60 New-To-Me Films for 2024.
It’s so streamers like Netflix can cancel shows they just plain don’t like and claim it’s because of ratings, and everyone will take them at their word like chumps.
The grodiest shit of the 21st century is the willful obfuscation of entertainment data. From this, every dogshit decision about “content” and “metrics” flows like a river of piss
This is innumerate nonsense. An average of 1.1 million people were watching The Simpsons throughout its entire thirty-minute broadcast according to a third-party data company contracted to measure viewership by Disney. Somebody, no way to know who, hit the play button 1.7 million times on Twitter
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s so streamers like Netflix can cancel shows they just plain don’t like and claim it’s because of ratings, and everyone will take them at their word like chumps.
Saw the trailer for the new Glen Powell A24 thing and boy do we need a moratorium on “eat the rich” movies in the worst way.
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Saw the trailer for the new Glen Powell A24 thing and boy do we need a moratorium on “eat the rich” movies in the worst way.
Merry Christmas to myself
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Merry Christmas to myself
Still some Noirvember left
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Still some Noirvember left
I remember in college I was given an application to Entertainment Weekly’s summer internship program, I was about to apply until I got to the part about it being completely unpaid and with no supplied housing and how does a not-rich person survive that
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I remember in college I was given an application to Entertainment Weekly’s summer internship program, I was about to apply until I got to the part about it being completely unpaid and with no supplied housing and how does a not-rich person survive that
I can see SENTIMENTAL VALUE this weekend, might also hit WAKE UP DEAD MAN on Monday
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I can see SENTIMENTAL VALUE this weekend, might also hit WAKE UP DEAD MAN on Monday
Scrubs is a show I loved so much in college that I can’t really revisit because the way JD treated women was borderline sociopathic (Tasty Coma Wife, anyone?)
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Scrubs is a show I loved so much in college that I can’t really revisit because the way JD treated women was borderline sociopathic (Tasty Coma Wife, anyone?)
The worst thing about being a night manager is that when the day managers fuck up the prep for a large customer order *I* get stuck being the one who has to apologize profusely when they pick it up, even though I had nothing to do with it, gets really old after awhile.
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The worst thing about being a night manager is that when the day managers fuck up the prep for a large customer order *I* get stuck being the one who has to apologize profusely when they pick it up, even though I had nothing to do with it, gets really old after awhile.
8 days later, still nothing! Just says “Carrier waiting for package.” This is even more of an outrage!
My BETTER TOMORROW 4K shipped on Monday and 5 days later it still says USPS is waiting for the item. This is an outrage.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
8 days later, still nothing! Just says “Carrier waiting for package.” This is even more of an outrage!
My real answer to this is, as always, a David Simon and/or Richard Price POWER BROKER mini-series. Those guys ain’t getting younger!
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My real answer to this is, as always, a David Simon and/or Richard Price POWER BROKER mini-series. Those guys ain’t getting younger!
If this movie even happens everyone who buys a ticket should be listed as a sex offender
This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this movie even happens everyone who buys a ticket should be listed as a sex offender
THE GREAT DICTATOR being the sole Chaplin movie on a “greatest comedies” list is malpractice
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
THE GREAT DICTATOR being the sole Chaplin movie on a “greatest comedies” list is malpractice
“They couldn’t make this movie today!” needs to be permanently stricken from the lexicon, post-haste
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“They couldn’t make this movie today!” needs to be permanently stricken from the lexicon, post-haste
Finally watching VS’ THE KEEP 4K and it looks insane, I watched this on Amazon years ago on a VHS rip so to see it restored breaks my brain
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Finally watching VS’ THE KEEP 4K and it looks insane, I watched this on Amazon years ago on a VHS rip so to see it restored breaks my brain
A DIFFERENT MAN: Schimberg's thesis on the treatment of disfigured people in life and cinema expands into a withering Faustian black comedy; endlessly canny about ego and jealousy and exploitation. Stan, Reinsve and especially a hilariously guileless Adam Pearson are brilliant here.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A DIFFERENT MAN: Schimberg's thesis on the treatment of disfigured people in life and cinema expands into a withering Faustian black comedy; endlessly canny about ego and jealousy and exploitation. Stan, Reinsve and especially a hilariously guileless Adam Pearson are brilliant here.
American Cinema
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
American Cinema
About to watch A DIFFERENT MAN
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
About to watch A DIFFERENT MAN
The Vader fight scenes at the end is the worst moment in any of the movies.
Rogue One’s growing reputation is just misplaced Andor affection change my mind.
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The Vader fight scenes at the end is the worst moment in any of the movies.
I sometimes just randomly put on the last 45 minutes of that movie, everything that happens after Rey turns herself in is the peak of the series. Not RJ’s fault that Abrams and Kennedy decided to let Reddit write the third movie
the last jedi is the best star wars film because i do not care about star wars at all and when stuff explodes in the last jedi it looks way cooler than it does in any other star wars movie, thank you for your time
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I sometimes just randomly put on the last 45 minutes of that movie, everything that happens after Rey turns herself in is the peak of the series. Not RJ’s fault that Abrams and Kennedy decided to let Reddit write the third movie
Man the Rams offense looks effortless
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Man the Rams offense looks effortless
Ah man, RIP Udo Kier. One of the wildest careers any actor has ever had
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ah man, RIP Udo Kier. One of the wildest careers any actor has ever had
Which team is going to talk themselves into giving George Pickens $150 million next March
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Which team is going to talk themselves into giving George Pickens $150 million next March
Late games suck, so we’re watching a movie I’m drift compatible with
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Late games suck, so we’re watching a movie I’m drift compatible with
“The dynasty continues!” They’re still losing, dipshit
Tony Romo openly rooting for the Chiefs every week needs to be investigated
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“The dynasty continues!” They’re still losing, dipshit
Tony Romo openly rooting for the Chiefs every week needs to be investigated
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tony Romo openly rooting for the Chiefs every week needs to be investigated