"Well I hope you learned your lesson Lisa; never help anyone." Used to be reporter for Powys County Times Mostly talk about movies here he/him
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Genuinely think a big problem in modern discourse around film is how many people forget this
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The funniest thing about the “Avatar isn’t popular because it’s not memed” argument is that less than a year ago a studio convinced itself that memes = interest, re-released their movie based only on that and that’s how Morbius flopped twice
‘AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER’ earns $63.4M in the film’s third weekend domestically, a 0% drop from its second weekend.
Read our review: bit.ly/DFAvatar
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“My planet needs me” becoming shorthand for any contrived/hasty exit of a character from any medium might be my favourite, especially when the original joke is a work of art
Been thinking about Simpsons phrases that have entered the popular lexicon. Things like "land of contrasts" and "saying the quiet part loud," what else is there (not thinking of neologisms/solecisms like "cromulent" or "embiggen")
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If you’re gonna get mad when Scorsese calls these things “amusement park movies” then you’ve gotta stop treating them like you’re on a ride at Disneyland
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Winner gets the Medium Cool dvd
2023's March Madness has come down to this.
This year, Blank Check will cover a Korean filmmaker - but who?
Are you thirsty for THIRST? Or are you hungry for OKJA? Jk, please don't eat Okja.
It's PARK CHAN-WOOK (4) vs. BONG JOON HO (1).
Vote: blankcheckpod.com/march-madn…
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People mock Sony for that error but then show with their whole chest that they would’ve made exactly the same mistake because “if Avatar makes money where are all the memes about it”
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Correction: "All these women, are women."
Oh wait no now I get it, it's funny because it's transphobic. Wow, what comedic wit. So funny. You see it's funny because it's misinformed and wrong about gender dysphoria and sexuality. So funny......
Most replies here make me sad
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He’s doing his part (hanging upside down from a plane) so I can do my part (buy a ticket)
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My favourite part is after Neil says he didn't know who Shapiro was prior to the interview and Benny, outraged says "Then why are YOU interviewing me?"
He's aware that anchors don't have free reign over who they interview right? Does he know how broadcasters work?
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If you're in any doubt over Robert Pattinson being cast as Batman because you only know him from Twilight, then please watch these three movies. Then try to tell me he isn't an amazing choice. (by all accounts High Life is also great, but I've yet to see it)
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The idea of having to "reel yourself in" to have polite interractions with other people but assuming that such a condition is the fault of all the people around you and an assurance of your own rightness sounds textbook sociopathic to me.
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Ah yes, this humour is so relatable. For I also enjoy driving my Porsche as a way to prove how annoyed I am by a 16 year old girl
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The Whale is a force of nature, Aronofsky at his most intimate and intricate, following the slow self destruction and self-imposed exile of a damaged soul, but still bearing that soul in all its empathetic beauty. Fraser is stunningly vulnerable, Hong Chau is shattering #LFF
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This is gonna be the one that people look back on in years to come and go yeah probably shoulda won for that
Benedict Cumberbatch, 'The Power of the Dog' (Best Actor, 2021) #Oscars #oscarsclip
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It's hilarious that they think Carlin can be held up as some champion of "offensive comedy". Yeah his stand-up was provocative but not because he just randomly blurted out slurs which is what some of these guys seem to think he did. Carlin put real thought and effort in.
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It wiuld be funny if not for the fact that we know every time Morgan is acknowledged by a celebrity he has a shattering orgasm
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It's worth remembering when he screams like a lunatic about the fact that some people are vegan and certain places cater to them as a customer base,
Piers Morgan is the one accusing everyone else of being an easily offended, whiny snowflake
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I'd argue that robbing women of their reproductive rights is a sign of a diseased society, but whatever
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It’s not just that Spielberg moves his camera better than anyone else, it’s that within that movement he always finds perfect frames
Each framing in this shot feels so perfectly composed and staged it seems like there should be cuts in between, not pans
Never not in awe of it
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Actual reply: "It's fine to disagree with Peterson, but anyone who claims to dislike him clearly just doesn't understand him."
I just....I just can't even...
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When Damon says “maybe you’re a shitty cameraman idk” and the shot is framed like this you know he managed to cut deep
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Reaching a point where Michael Shannon is angry with you is probably the single scariest position any human could possibly be in
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It's almost as if the movie is trying to imply he's the bad guy by invalidating what he has to say....
Nah, I'm sure it's bad writing. Just like how the Emperor keeps saying Luke can't turn his father back from the dark side and then the movie just goes against him. Awful.
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after watching Hamilton I think it's fair to say we haven't talked about Johnathan Groff's range as much as we should
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Benny Shapiro: "Stop being ruled by feelings,only the facts matter! You guys are all overly sensitive snowlfakes!"
Also Benny Shapiro: "Some people are wearing clothes differently and that hurts my feelings!"
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This is a shockingly bad take, and I shouldn't need to name a bunch of "visionary" directors to even demonstrate that. Out of hundreds of filmmakers that are working today, statistically there's definitely more than one.
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New PTA movie starring Regina Hall, Boyle and Garland confirming that 28 Years Later is happening, a new Trek movie in the works. Good day
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This is amazing and I don't want to seem picky, but.....
Where the hell is dancing Oscar Isaac?
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Another classic “it probably didn’t happen.....and if it did happen it’s not a big deal anyway” excuse
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Yah, I mean look at the ridiculous amount of women in this picture. Not nearly enough men...….
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You’re laughing, millions of apes got stolen and you’re laughing
🚨BREAKING: Bored Ape Yacht Club and Otherside Metaverse Discord servers have been hacked. Millions worth of #NFTs reportedly stolen.
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The conservative liked the "nostalgia filled" product with no deeper meaning or new concepts, what a surprise
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"Oh you're coming home to eat food after work? Well if you're not selling that food instead of eating it you deserve to stay broke!!!"
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Shapiro hasn't let not being an actual expert stop him from speaking as if he's the sole authority on every subject he's so obviously never remotely looked into or researched before, so it's not surprising he's still pushing this grift
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Restricted videos has everything to do with content and nothing to do with ideology.
But congrats on trying I guess
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They’ve got some geniuses working in those studios I tell ya
Studios have “come to recognize that having an exclusive theatrical window is the best way to maximize profits instead of releasing everything simultaneously on demand,” says analyst Eric Handler. variety.com/2023/film/news/h…
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Plus you're unlikely to find another film this great with it's own accompanying christmas album
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Beginning to wonder if @Isabelvsandoval’s entire directing career is an elaborate excuse to cosplay
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Listening to @GriffLightning recapping Bart the bear’s entire filmography is unreasonably funny to me
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Yes because just look at the most recent mass shooting in America which was.....by a white guy
Or look at the one before that which was....a white guy
Or the pipe bomb threat which was carried out....by a white guy
But nah, immigrants are the REAL danger
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Everyone knows you can’t be a “real critic” unless your criticism is several hours longer than the actual movie itself. Obviously!
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"Uh oh, they're challenging my bigotry. Guess I'll go to my bullet proof strategy of *checks notes* spreading lies and misinformation about a children's charity as a veil for my own shitty views" - Graham Linehan, now and forever
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I’m late in saying this but I made my debut in @filmhoundsmag with some ramblings on 1999 and why it’s the best movie year, thanks to @thejasvalentine for hearing my pitch in the first place the whole team who made it all look so lovely
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Carlin’s genius relied on him understanding the power of words more than almost any other comedian. Randomly yelling offensive words isn’t inherently comedic gold, it’s where and how you deploy them and to what end, which again is something Carlin was acutely aware of
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You're telling me the administration that has a man with a history of donating to and being involved in conversion therapy as their VP is now going to be anti-LGTBQ. Imagine my shock......wonder how journalists overlooked that when they praised Trump as progressive?
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You're right, when I went to the supermarket the other day there were entire AISLES of vegan food. NO meat in sight. They called it "fruit and vegetables". Those monsters!!!
Also I wasn't aware Greggs introducing a vegan option actively stopped you ordering the usual
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Wow it sure is weird how most of Ben's supporters don't seem to be leaving comments of agreement when it comes to this issue. Almost as if they consult him for blind bigotry to validate their own prejudices...….
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Paul Rudd’s Mac and Me gag on Conan is the single greatest running joke ever, to a point where the show it started on has ended and yet somehow the joke lives on in other forms, please never let it end
Paul Rudd went on Conan’s podcast and spent a good amount of time plugging an Audible series he created. It was five minutes into it that he set up an audio clip and I realized what he was doing…
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WarnerMedia: Stop pirating movies, that's as bad as a real crime.
Also WarnerMedia: That place where you can stream hard to find movies legally and in good quality, it's gone now.
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You know it’s times like this when I remember in that first interview where Scorsese “trashed Marvel” he also spoke very highly of Ari Aster and Midsommar
It’s almost as if these old directors aren’t angry at any new things, but just object to the dominance of huge franchises
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Can we talk about the fact that they added Kanye to a list of "rebels". Nothing more rebel than unconditionally endorsing and praising the current administration in power
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Ah yes, nothing says worthwhile criticism like 5 guys unanimously agreeing that their point is sooooo obvious that it doesn't even need stating and that they were correct all along
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There's nothing duller than giant conflicts, emotionally powerful story beats and one of the most epic scopes in cinema history. Apparently.
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Yep, gotta love those completely apolitical films from Paul Veerhoven, director of Starship Troopers, Elle and the aforementioned, no social commentary to be found whatsoever, Robocop...…..
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"Why would you assume Hitler wanted to win?"..........I can't even...how/why does anyone take him seriously?
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The irony is that they see throwing water as inciting violence while conveniently forgetting that this girls whole thing is flaunting an assault rifle at schools and remaining people that she carries during debates, cos the latter seems way closer to the label of violence
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"Who defines hate"
I dunno Daddy Peterson but I feel like Carlgon threatening to rape an MP is a good indicator of hate at the very least. But maybe I'm just an idiot....
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There's something depressingly predictable about Randolph using a phrase like "racebending"
Like I'm not surprised since she also decided that the racially motivated hate against KellyMarie Tran was "partly her own fault" but still....new low has been reached.
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We’ve gone from “here’s a picture of me next to a black person” to “I occasionally listen to songs performed by black people”.
Neither of which really means anything
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This just in, George Lucas totally ripped off Akira Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress to make some artistically bankrupt space movie! Better target him next....
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Which is weird considering they’re all angry at football players who kneel because it’s “disrespectful to veterans”
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Well, I mean basedon what the trailer gave us I'm assuming they're a group inspired by Rorshach, using his mask as a basis for their own cheap immitation
But sure why would story or context matter, gotta get that hot take out
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It’s a dilemma, because on the one hand I want to tell people I know about him to explain and share my anger, but also I want to preserve their innocence
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This was already addressed on @GLucasTalkShow
It's hilarious that Darth Vader stepped on Obi-Wan's robe to make sure there wasn't a human being under it. #StarWars
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As someone who did see movies like A Fantastic Woman and Tangerine I like to think I can do both. Just because it's routine doesn't mean we can't still call them out on their bullshit.
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“Sofia Coppola was married to Spike Jonze, she must have given him a lot of tips on directing” - said no one ever
See how dumb this sounds?
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Ben Shapiro: Yeah of course I'll actively mock and belittle the murder of Trayvon Martin cos I'm certain he had it coming
Also Ben Shapiro: Hitler deserved a second chance
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The Swimmers is a profound, humane drama that manages to be uplifting without losing sight of the tragic context of its drama, it’s a somber study of the physical and emotional toll refugees undergo but at the same time it has multiple Rocky-esq training montages that rule #LFF
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I would real love to know what he means by "objective arguments". All art critique is subjective, that's just how it works. If there was an "objective way of looking at movies to decide whether they were good or bad there would be literally no discourse in film discussion.
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The irony is that anyone making a video response defending Cinemasins will likely have to put more work into said video than anything Cinemasins have ever made.
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What? You're saying a bunch of derranged and bitter fanboys with little to no filmmaking experience between them couldn't make a better movie than the director of Looper, Brick, and the best episode of Breaking Bad would? How dare you?!?!??!
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Love how this balances showing the tour as repetitive and unfulfilling but how it still kinda rules and how that punch is cheer worthy every single time
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I feel like people aren’t fully processing the fact that we now know Obama has seen that episode of Fleabag where Phoebe Waller Bridge masturbates to one of his speeches
Next up are my favorite movies and TV shows of 2019. Of course, there’s also American Factory, a film from our own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. Here’s the full list:
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Disappointed that no one mentioned The Grandmaster, who is the most powerful on account of being played by Jeff Goldblum #MovieFightsLive
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