Mark Palermo
markpalermo.bsky.social
Mark Palermo
@markpalermo.bsky.social
Screenwriter of DETENTION (2011), filmmaker, starrer in some stuff. Check out my pod MOVIES AND CHAOS.
An interesting fact is the house where Kid tries to get it on with Tisha Campbell in HOUSE PARTY is also the NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. house. I have been by here many times. It’s way closer to Hollywood Boulevard than you’d expect.
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Many of us said so. “Communist spyware” was always a red herring. They didn’t want kids talking about the world outside the parameters of billionaire-owned corporate media.
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A 2.9 average?? What kinda asshole doesn’t like DEEP BLUE SEA?

The best Renny Harlin film. Number two is THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT.
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
As someone who hosts screenings, my interpretation of this is younger people yearn for communal cultural experiences because they’ve been denied them the longest. The out of touch adult defends all big tech as being down with the kids but kids are critical of this stuff because it’s forced on them.
January 20, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Come on. HIGHER LEARNING is the third part of this “trilogy.” BABY BOY was a reset.
January 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I can’t fully fall back into my physical media days (I’m out of shelves) but they keep releasing so much bomb ass shit.
January 3, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Huh. Jennifer Lawrence may be hilarious.
December 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Merry Christmas whether you react to this photo or not!!

Here’s my nephew watching GREMLINS for the first time.
December 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New Movies and Chaos!

T-U-R-T-L-E POWER (w. Gillian Wallace Horvat and Dave Baxter)

With the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TRILOGY (1990-'93) new on @arrowvideo.bsky.social 4K and Blu-ray, we're joined by two people who participated on this mammoth collection.

Listen!!
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December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bill Murray playing a 17-year-old in a scene from SCROOGED (1988).
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
New Pod!
WARNER BIDDERS

Back with Serena, discussing the future of the movie landscape and the battle for who controls culture.

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December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The category is too restrictive. Greatest Canadian children’s film.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Not to be crass but do you think there will be more Zombie Dong than the last one? The porn version title writes itself.
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Yeah, and this is the kind of argument I see people (mostly on the right) make all the time. “Everything is SO political now. Why can’t movies about vampires just be about vampires?!” They never were! If a movie doesn’t remind you of anything about the real world, it’s probably boring as hell.
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I don’t think that’s a legal term.
(Watching John Woo’s A BETTER TOMORROW.)
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
CLUELESS
Brittany Murphy
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Every shot in BLOW OUT (1981) uses the colours of the American flag.
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m kind of shocked how much impact this one scene in a 32-year-old movie I never see referenced in any other context had on my generation. Also, listen to our new podcast because we talk about it.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m not sure there’s been an actor more on top of the world than Jim Carrey in 1994.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We even have a whole (now obscure) movie called KITCHEN PARTY starring the alien girl from THE FACULTY and the squinty boy from FELICITY. It has the most late-90s poster design I’ve ever seen.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New Movies and Chaos!
HORROR HOT TAKES 2: REQUIEM

You sent us more of your Horror Hot Takes, so we argue about them. It’s the ultimate showdown between good and evil. Plus, class and moral struggle in the movie industry.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
How can you hate them if they don’t hate you?
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I went to a haunted corn maze last night. To not get scared, it’s important to remember that even if the workers there know Kung fu it’s illegal for them to use it except in self-defense.
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
New MOVIES AND CHAOS!
HORROR HOT TAKES!

We asked for your horror movie hot takes, and now we debate 'em! Michael Myers, Jason, Freddy, m'f'in Caspar, Argento vs. Fulci, it's all here.

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October 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM