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A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a critic who does not exist. Movie reviews: outlawvern.com. Books I wrote: http://amzn.to/2om4NPP. Patreon: patreon.com/outlawvern

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · Oct 31

Happy Halloween, here is your treat: my new essay on A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, the movie that made me a horror fan, and what it says to me about how to live today.
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A Nightmare On Elm Street (revisit) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA

Every Halloween if I'm able to I like to write an essay on one of the great horror movies. This particular one is very important to me in part because it's

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 9m

Good for Reptar speaking out while so many celebrities are silent.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

#WarRavagedPortland

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👻 Pablo Hidalghost 👻 @infinata.bsky.social · 27m

❇️ Abbott and Costello discuss and clarify the players in various positions on a baseball team.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 11h

Like I always say, I don't understand these modern Christians who are mostly about hating and tormenting everybody, because the church I went to was mainly concerned with running a food bank. I remember as a teenager thinking the pastor was all right because he preached against war.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 11h

I'm a non-believer but I was raised Presbyterian so I'm taking pride in this dude like he's on the home team.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Here's the Religion News Service report on the ICE shooting of a Presbyterian pastor in Chicago.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 12h

I'm going to go with MALIGNANT because of the distinctive trophy knife used by Seattle's own Gabriel.

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CamCron @camcron.bsky.social · 15h

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 16h

"Eat the Rich (and nachos)"
Seen in Liverpool, UK

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 16h

True no matter which John Woo's The Killer they play.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

The makeup is incredible and I'm not sure how it would work if he looked like standard The Rock. But knowing the doc was definitely distracting for me.

𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't that just turned into a normal sports drama, though? This is done in documentary style and almost entirely sticks to things that there are footage of in the doc.

𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't seen those. Did they stick to the years the doc was shot, the same story and themes and not show major events as if they didn't have footage?

𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

I can't post a review for today's category because I've never reviewed anything from 1925. The closest I have is one from 1921. Maybe it had a re-release.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

It was very validating to talk to @colonelmortimer.bsky.social about THE SMASHING MACHINE because we're similarly befuddled about the choice to make a fake version of an existing documentary.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure I'm one of the opinionated Parker weirdos referenced but I loved hearing this all star team talking Shane Black.

Action For Everyone @a4epodcast.bsky.social · 2d

NEW EPISODE! @hibachijustice.bsky.social, @vycevictus.bsky.social, Liam, and @odstspartan.bsky.social are back & they didn't come alone. This week they welcome @priscillapage.bsky.social to talk all things Shane Black with the release of PLAY DIRTY! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Hardboiled Throwbacks and PLAY DIRTY (2025) with Prisicilla Page by Action for Everyone

The Boys are back and in full force. Mike, Vyce, Liam, and Max return with a guest that has been a longtime coming. This week they welcome, the one, the only, Prisicilla Page to talk all things hard b...

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

Today I have a double feature of teen-slasher-based horror comedies, HELL OF A SUMMER and CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD.

Hell of a Summer / Clown in a Cornfield | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA

HELL OF A SUMMER (2023) is a horror comedy playing off of the format of FRIDAY THE 13TH and other summer camp slashers. It's not like a Jason movie, it's

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

But I'm also excited to hear from people who haven't seen the doc because I wonder what it's like without that context.

𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

Abe, are you familiar with the documentary? I think I liked the new version but I'm so baffled why they would stay limited to the events already captured for real with the real guy.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

#2 takes the ACAB theme way further. This is good Batman.

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 2d

its truly remarkable, you have to really take the measure of it and it's almost hard to comprehend it, but the president of the united states is having texas invade illinois and oregon just to make twitter content

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

Our upstairs neighbor is streaming the Mariners game on something slightly ahead of our cable and all of his "Yeah baby!"s and "FUCK FUCK FUCK"s constitute spoilers.

𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

This one made me think of IMMACULATE and THE FIRST OMEN, which make a good double feature for many reasons including that they both have a big freak out scene inspired (in one case maybe a little too much) by POSSESSION.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 2d

"Go watch BLADE II again."

CNBC @cnbc.com · 2d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 3d

My friend made the same comparison. I liked that movie too.