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The integrity of Rotten Tomatoes is small potatoes, don't get me wrong. But its characteristic of how leftist counterreaction toward MAGA America demolishes standards, values, and core beliefs that we used to hold sacred.
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The integrity of Rotten Tomatoes is small potatoes, don't get me wrong. But its characteristic of how leftist counterreaction toward MAGA America demolishes standards, values, and core beliefs that we used to hold sacred.
Holy shit! Keith Uhlich writes a blog post stating that he will never watch MELANIA and it gets counted as a green tomato on Rotten Tomatoes. New precedent- critics no longer have to watch the movie to review it.
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Holy shit! Keith Uhlich writes a blog post stating that he will never watch MELANIA and it gets counted as a green tomato on Rotten Tomatoes. New precedent- critics no longer have to watch the movie to review it.
The Brett Ratner hate-naissance just informed me that he had bought the rights for a remake of THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE in the 90s ?! Had the potential of being possibly the only remake in movie history worse than RED DRAGON.
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 AM
The Brett Ratner hate-naissance just informed me that he had bought the rights for a remake of THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE in the 90s ?! Had the potential of being possibly the only remake in movie history worse than RED DRAGON.
The seemingly coordinated non-response to MELANIA is making it a must-see to me out of general principle. What is in it? What is it like? Not seeing it before SEND HELP, to be sure.
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The seemingly coordinated non-response to MELANIA is making it a must-see to me out of general principle. What is in it? What is it like? Not seeing it before SEND HELP, to be sure.
9%! First in a while. Fortunately able to do some deep digs into the 90s and 00s; area that I'm familiar with.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2610
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Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2610
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Play at:
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Cinematrix No. 675: January 30, 2026
Can you name a Rachel McAdams movie that made $100 million?
vulture.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:38 PM
9%! First in a while. Fortunately able to do some deep digs into the 90s and 00s; area that I'm familiar with.
Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2610
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2610
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
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What's great about the old-school PLANET OF THE APES movies--and this is a subpost but I don't want to squander it on a like--is that it is profoundly about how being able to speak makes you dangerous. And somehow a movie where an ape takes a bubble bath has one of the saddest endings imaginable.
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
What's great about the old-school PLANET OF THE APES movies--and this is a subpost but I don't want to squander it on a like--is that it is profoundly about how being able to speak makes you dangerous. And somehow a movie where an ape takes a bubble bath has one of the saddest endings imaginable.
MARTY SUPREME for casting. This is the only category I have major energy about. If SINNERS wins this it will go down in Oscar history as one of the biggest mistakes they ever made. I will have kittens.
January 23, 2026 at 6:36 PM
MARTY SUPREME for casting. This is the only category I have major energy about. If SINNERS wins this it will go down in Oscar history as one of the biggest mistakes they ever made. I will have kittens.
I like SINNERS, but really don't get why it's praised THIS MUCH. I feel like it's mucked up by ambivalence, if not a lack of commitment, regarding how ironic the title is supposed to be taken. Racial defensiveness sabotages its Catholic dichotomies between religiosity and corporeal sensuality.
January 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I like SINNERS, but really don't get why it's praised THIS MUCH. I feel like it's mucked up by ambivalence, if not a lack of commitment, regarding how ironic the title is supposed to be taken. Racial defensiveness sabotages its Catholic dichotomies between religiosity and corporeal sensuality.
HAMNET is pretty good if you just shut your brain off.
January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
HAMNET is pretty good if you just shut your brain off.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Takashi Miike is doing a remake of BAD LIEUTENANT now? Guess I'm here for it...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lie...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lie...
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Takashi Miike is doing a remake of BAD LIEUTENANT now? Guess I'm here for it...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lie...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lie...
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1100 days left in the Trump presidency.
We can do that standing on our heads.
Right?
We can do that standing on our heads.
Right?
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
1100 days left in the Trump presidency.
We can do that standing on our heads.
Right?
We can do that standing on our heads.
Right?
Ah, the Stephen King Reddit thread was just giving STRANGER THINGS shit for claiming they were the first to cross coming-of-age with horror/fantasy. Somebody helped us conclude that King wasn't even the first and Ray Bradbury (at least) deserves a mention.
[BLUE VELVET] Possibly the only coming-of-age movie in which sex has the danger and the heightened excitement of a horror picture. It's the fantasy (rather than the plot) that's organic, and there's no sticky-sweet lost innocence, because the darkness was always there, inside.
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Ah, the Stephen King Reddit thread was just giving STRANGER THINGS shit for claiming they were the first to cross coming-of-age with horror/fantasy. Somebody helped us conclude that King wasn't even the first and Ray Bradbury (at least) deserves a mention.
IS THIS THING ON? is fantastic. Not quite sure why I'm as dazzled as I am by Laura Dern in this movie though. I'm thinking it might be because it's difficult to be that vulnerable and still maintain your dignity and agency. As the woman on that side of the equation?
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
IS THIS THING ON? is fantastic. Not quite sure why I'm as dazzled as I am by Laura Dern in this movie though. I'm thinking it might be because it's difficult to be that vulnerable and still maintain your dignity and agency. As the woman on that side of the equation?
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January 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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I did see the Sphere version of THE WIZARD OF OZ while in Las Vegas. The AI in the Munchkin scene was indeed terrible, but the biggest sin, by far, was actually how they butchered the run-time. And then, its the excess of headspace in the compositions. #WizardofOzSphere
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I did see the Sphere version of THE WIZARD OF OZ while in Las Vegas. The AI in the Munchkin scene was indeed terrible, but the biggest sin, by far, was actually how they butchered the run-time. And then, its the excess of headspace in the compositions. #WizardofOzSphere
Yeah, I don't know how much she really appreciated the horror genre or rather how deep her appreciation went. This subtext was hardly unique to DePalma. But WTF, he was a master anyway.
CARRIE was about the dread of menstruation, DRESSED TO KILL was about your qualms that sexual pleasure would get you into trouble, BLOW OUT was about your apprehensions that you were a coward and would fail those who counted on you. (1984)
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Yeah, I don't know how much she really appreciated the horror genre or rather how deep her appreciation went. This subtext was hardly unique to DePalma. But WTF, he was a master anyway.
I did a deep dive on this, read her essay, read the response, read the grading matrix. Unless it was too short, she should have gotten partial credit. Like 5 to 10 points out of 25. Not really too much engagement with the article, but there is opinion not summary and its readable.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I did a deep dive on this, read her essay, read the response, read the grading matrix. Unless it was too short, she should have gotten partial credit. Like 5 to 10 points out of 25. Not really too much engagement with the article, but there is opinion not summary and its readable.
I can't feel THAT guilty. Somehow, I imagine I'm maybe one of only 200 people in Weber County that use this service.
Assuming this is still how it works, Kanopy costs the library money every time a patron watches it.
I feel terrible about this and I'm glad I didn't use it as much as I could have. Spending $2 so my stupid ass can watch a movie one time is a really wasteful use of library funds.
I feel terrible about this and I'm glad I didn't use it as much as I could have. Spending $2 so my stupid ass can watch a movie one time is a really wasteful use of library funds.
As Kanopy’s Popularity Grows, Can Your Library Continue to Afford It?
The more successful Kanopy becomes, the more expensive it gets. A new "capped" program might be the answer.
www.indiewire.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I can't feel THAT guilty. Somehow, I imagine I'm maybe one of only 200 people in Weber County that use this service.
The white savior tropes of the AVATAR series don't really bother me as much as how they cartoon-ify the slaughter of indigenous people not to mention of the whales. The formula in the third one balances more to the silliness than to the pretention and works a bit better for me. Still a slog.
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The white savior tropes of the AVATAR series don't really bother me as much as how they cartoon-ify the slaughter of indigenous people not to mention of the whales. The formula in the third one balances more to the silliness than to the pretention and works a bit better for me. Still a slog.
So... in addition to sexism against women peace officers (which reaches a breaking point by the end of the second act, good God!), BLUE STEEL engages in some heavy stigmatism against people with psychosis. Definitely a no for me. Counter recommendations: POINT BREAK, SOTL, THE HITCHER.
December 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
So... in addition to sexism against women peace officers (which reaches a breaking point by the end of the second act, good God!), BLUE STEEL engages in some heavy stigmatism against people with psychosis. Definitely a no for me. Counter recommendations: POINT BREAK, SOTL, THE HITCHER.
Started and not really liking BLUE STEEL. I really despise the trope of the woman cop/FBI agent/security guard/whatever that is incompetent or overwhelmed by her job. As though she didn't get the same training that the men did.
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Started and not really liking BLUE STEEL. I really despise the trope of the woman cop/FBI agent/security guard/whatever that is incompetent or overwhelmed by her job. As though she didn't get the same training that the men did.