M. Derbecker
@mderbecker.bsky.social
Seeing how things play out.
'Wake Up Dead Man' is so good I'm amazed the National Review hasn't attacked it yet. Tuesday, maybe...?
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
'Wake Up Dead Man' is so good I'm amazed the National Review hasn't attacked it yet. Tuesday, maybe...?
The Right Stuff - preview screening at the University 70mm cinema in Toronto.
Blue Velvet - opening night with a 1/3rd walkout audience. Those who stayed, cheered.
The Elephant Man - Saw it alone in an empty cinema. Haunting. I never forgot a frame.
Blue Velvet - opening night with a 1/3rd walkout audience. Those who stayed, cheered.
The Elephant Man - Saw it alone in an empty cinema. Haunting. I never forgot a frame.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The Right Stuff - preview screening at the University 70mm cinema in Toronto.
Blue Velvet - opening night with a 1/3rd walkout audience. Those who stayed, cheered.
The Elephant Man - Saw it alone in an empty cinema. Haunting. I never forgot a frame.
Blue Velvet - opening night with a 1/3rd walkout audience. Those who stayed, cheered.
The Elephant Man - Saw it alone in an empty cinema. Haunting. I never forgot a frame.
Something something no cell phones just people enjoying the moment...
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Something something no cell phones just people enjoying the moment...
Monroe? Your doctrine's here.
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Monroe? Your doctrine's here.
I'M IN.
***RELEASE DELAY***
According to the @kinolorber.com website, #Mimic (1997) on #4K has been delayed to February 24th.
From master mythmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) comes a “terrifying film of great elegance” (San Francisco Chronicle). Starring Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite),
According to the @kinolorber.com website, #Mimic (1997) on #4K has been delayed to February 24th.
From master mythmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) comes a “terrifying film of great elegance” (San Francisco Chronicle). Starring Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite),
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'M IN.
Dr. Detroit was greenlit before Ghostbusters?
Stand On It?
Stand On It?
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Dr. Detroit was greenlit before Ghostbusters?
Stand On It?
Stand On It?
Howard Hesseman could have done 'Three Days of the Condor' but Robert Redford could not have pulled off Dr. Johnny Fever. Discuss.
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Howard Hesseman could have done 'Three Days of the Condor' but Robert Redford could not have pulled off Dr. Johnny Fever. Discuss.
US Transportation Secretary Duffy: "I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better, which encourages us to maybe behave all a little better...Let’s try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport.”
America:
America:
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
US Transportation Secretary Duffy: "I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better, which encourages us to maybe behave all a little better...Let’s try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport.”
America:
America:
Trump speaking to Putin (offscreen).
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump speaking to Putin (offscreen).
Of course this was the German poster.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Of course this was the German poster.
10 films laced with doom from the first 5 minutes in:
Black '47
Das Boot
The Devils
Fail Safe
The Killing Fields
No Country for Old Men
Rosemary's Baby
Straw Dogs (Peckinpah)
The Thing (Carpenter)
Unforgiven
Black '47
Das Boot
The Devils
Fail Safe
The Killing Fields
No Country for Old Men
Rosemary's Baby
Straw Dogs (Peckinpah)
The Thing (Carpenter)
Unforgiven
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
10 films laced with doom from the first 5 minutes in:
Black '47
Das Boot
The Devils
Fail Safe
The Killing Fields
No Country for Old Men
Rosemary's Baby
Straw Dogs (Peckinpah)
The Thing (Carpenter)
Unforgiven
Black '47
Das Boot
The Devils
Fail Safe
The Killing Fields
No Country for Old Men
Rosemary's Baby
Straw Dogs (Peckinpah)
The Thing (Carpenter)
Unforgiven
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
There's random, then there's you-go-online-to-look-for-beer-from-a-smalltown-brewery-and-find-footage-of-your-father-in-1948 random. He shows up around the 13min 30 sec mark. It's. A. Small. World.
Neustadt ontario 1948
YouTube video by Mark D
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There's random, then there's you-go-online-to-look-for-beer-from-a-smalltown-brewery-and-find-footage-of-your-father-in-1948 random. He shows up around the 13min 30 sec mark. It's. A. Small. World.
I named my fists This and That because it's what we'll be talking about when I find you alone in that dark alley.
I named my fists Hall and Oates because your face is on my list
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I named my fists This and That because it's what we'll be talking about when I find you alone in that dark alley.
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Magapropisms
"we're going to use every tool at our disposable to bring him to justice..."
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Magapropisms
I am hosting an open mic Storytelling Night at Hamilton's Centre for Talking Arts on Friday, Dec 5th. Newbies and veterans welcome - doors open at 7, show is at 8 and cold beer is available. Visit www.cfta.live for details
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I am hosting an open mic Storytelling Night at Hamilton's Centre for Talking Arts on Friday, Dec 5th. Newbies and veterans welcome - doors open at 7, show is at 8 and cold beer is available. Visit www.cfta.live for details
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If Trump looked any more like a roadkill RFK Jr would cook him for breakfast.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If Trump looked any more like a roadkill RFK Jr would cook him for breakfast.
"I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead."
- Tom Stoppard, 'The Real Thing'
- Tom Stoppard, 'The Real Thing'
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead."
- Tom Stoppard, 'The Real Thing'
- Tom Stoppard, 'The Real Thing'
"Would NOT."
- David Orchard
- David Orchard
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Would NOT."
- David Orchard
- David Orchard
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Seen at my local Home Depot. It's the living embodiment of that line from The Elephant Man: "This exhibit degrades all who see it, as well as the poor creature himself."
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Seen at my local Home Depot. It's the living embodiment of that line from The Elephant Man: "This exhibit degrades all who see it, as well as the poor creature himself."
Christ, this is heartbreaking.
Maya, 17, accessed her mental health records, then killed herself. Her mom wants reform
Maya Cassady was just two months away from graduating high school with honours when she obtained her mental health records through a freedom of information request.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Christ, this is heartbreaking.
I never knew Trump had read Ibsen.
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I never knew Trump had read Ibsen.