David Rains
@davrains.bsky.social
Loud guy near the end of the hall
Winter Break Viewing Diary: The 80s Peanuts Renaissance continues. This was a another fun one, full of simple slice of life vignettes.
December 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: The 80s Peanuts Renaissance continues. This was a another fun one, full of simple slice of life vignettes.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Jess Franco film I've never seen before. Probably because it was very boring.
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Jess Franco film I've never seen before. Probably because it was very boring.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Not as good as the last Ptushko film I watched. Was his heart not entirely in the Finnish source material?
December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Not as good as the last Ptushko film I watched. Was his heart not entirely in the Finnish source material?
Winter Break Viewing Diary: I dug out this disc of terrible horror movies, to counterbalance all the Criterion movies I've been watching. This may have been a mistake.
December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: I dug out this disc of terrible horror movies, to counterbalance all the Criterion movies I've been watching. This may have been a mistake.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Not as good as the last one. This one took a long time getting the plates in the air. Once it got going, it was fun.
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Not as good as the last one. This one took a long time getting the plates in the air. Once it got going, it was fun.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Three couples in Sweden have their issues worked out with the help of "American" Mrs. Dollar. I love seeing how other countries portray Americans.
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Three couples in Sweden have their issues worked out with the help of "American" Mrs. Dollar. I love seeing how other countries portray Americans.
Found on Twitter: This would be the greatest Christmas special ever.
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Found on Twitter: This would be the greatest Christmas special ever.
Winter Break Viewing DIary: Another good one. Maybe the last one helped them reset on what works in these shows.
December 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Winter Break Viewing DIary: Another good one. Maybe the last one helped them reset on what works in these shows.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: I tell my students you can learn more from a bad movie than a good one. This one challenges that assumption. Brain Damage Films indeed.
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: I tell my students you can learn more from a bad movie than a good one. This one challenges that assumption. Brain Damage Films indeed.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: How can this many great actors with this much money to throw at the production and so many years to come up with the story make a film so boring I almost slept through Christmas gift time?
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: How can this many great actors with this much money to throw at the production and so many years to come up with the story make a film so boring I almost slept through Christmas gift time?
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Not as good as the first two specials, probably because it wasn't about the characters work for Santa, but their off time.
December 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: Not as good as the first two specials, probably because it wasn't about the characters work for Santa, but their off time.
Winter Break Viewing Diary: The feeling when you think the poster is better than the movie.
December 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Winter Break Viewing Diary: The feeling when you think the poster is better than the movie.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Short Indonesian horror movie with a really dark ending. Fun.
December 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Short Indonesian horror movie with a really dark ending. Fun.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Unlike most Indonesian horror movies I've seen, this was restrained, respectful and scary in places. There is a 2017 remake I should try to track down.
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Unlike most Indonesian horror movies I've seen, this was restrained, respectful and scary in places. There is a 2017 remake I should try to track down.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Fun wuxia movie from the Shaw Brothers--Battle Wizard. He becomes a kung fu wizard by drinking the blood of a magic snake and eating a magic frog. Whee.
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Fun wuxia movie from the Shaw Brothers--Battle Wizard. He becomes a kung fu wizard by drinking the blood of a magic snake and eating a magic frog. Whee.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Short film about Cairo by the director of Cairo Station. Made me wonder what a short film about Corpus I could make would look like?
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Short film about Cairo by the director of Cairo Station. Made me wonder what a short film about Corpus I could make would look like?
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: One of the most famous giallo films ever and it took me decades to finally see it, only its not really a giallo at all. Good horror movie, though.
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: One of the most famous giallo films ever and it took me decades to finally see it, only its not really a giallo at all. Good horror movie, though.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Very Interesting Eqyptian film that is ahead of its time.
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Very Interesting Eqyptian film that is ahead of its time.
Reposted by David Rains
I've known a lot of Portland strippers and they are absolutely the best people.
December 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I've known a lot of Portland strippers and they are absolutely the best people.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: rewatching this on the Arrow blu ray, and if anything its even trashier.
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: rewatching this on the Arrow blu ray, and if anything its even trashier.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: I have read essays claiming this is the greatest Christmas special, greatest Dickens adaptation, etc. Nope.
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: I have read essays claiming this is the greatest Christmas special, greatest Dickens adaptation, etc. Nope.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: The season where they almost completely gave up pretending these were supposed to be high school students.
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: The season where they almost completely gave up pretending these were supposed to be high school students.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Oh, my gosh, this was so bad. At one point it had "Night of the Lepus" level effects.
December 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Oh, my gosh, this was so bad. At one point it had "Night of the Lepus" level effects.
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Don't think I ever watched the original short that led to Anderson's first film. Glad he made the feature version in color.
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fall Semester Viewing Diary: Don't think I ever watched the original short that led to Anderson's first film. Glad he made the feature version in color.
Fall semester Viewing Diary: Glad to be back watching these, especially this one which has the hero playing an evil version of himself.
December 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Fall semester Viewing Diary: Glad to be back watching these, especially this one which has the hero playing an evil version of himself.