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andy™ @andylevy.net · 04/10/2026

The big impression I get from the Trump administration is that it’s a bunch of fucking assholes who thought this would be much more fun.

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the man in the drunk castle

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It has its moments but man does it feel like exactly what it is: a potentially vital movie bent vastly out of shape by reshoots. I’d give anything to see Hirschbiegel’s edit.

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Body Snatchers (1992) - Where You Gonna Go? Scene (4/8) | Movieclips

One thing Ferrara gets right is the sense of a slow-rolling, unstoppable apocalypse in your town. My viewing partner lives in Minneapolis and had a *reaction* to a lot of the imagery. Meg Tilly has a classic moment that all by itself makes this one necessary. youtu.be/Lk2gIdLgwz4?...

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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/2026

BODY SNATCHERS: 1956 is a classic, 1978 is definitive, but Abel Ferrara’s take comes this close to being truly great. A woozy bad dream in which the body is destroyed, deindividuated and denuded under by our military. Conspicuous post-production fixing mars it here and there, but it cooks.

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3rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

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BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training

Opinion under seal for now.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

you need to just pack the supreme court, man. they don't care about what arguments you make, the legal movement formed with an explicit objective of making Watergate legal isn't going to make Watergate illegal.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For some reason I was allowed to be in this amazing game. Glad to see the AV Club taking notice of @richardcobbett.bsky.social’s brilliant work.

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Hard to imagine anyone could be media-illiterate enough to think PRIMETIME is somehow pro-pedophile, and yet…

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Having an absolute blast doing COME FROM AWAY at the Fireside Theatre. Doing my three favorite things: fretting, engaging Dadcore Mode, making out on planes. It’s a gorgeous show.

Me in khaki pants, blue button down and navy blue blazer, looking concerned. Standing next to Rebecca Holt, a blonde woman in a red jacket facing the other way.

Me in khaki pants and a blue button down cheesing like crazy, opposite actor Kerry Jules, who holds a hand out at me. He’s wearing jeans, a tan vest and blue baseball cap.

A bunch of actors sitting on chairs in the formation of a plane cabin. I’m getting smooched by Rebecca. And I look utterly shocked

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It’s a feathered fish, this one — a classic detective story that happens to be eye-poppingly grotesque. You get why it bombed. But it’s a sensory pleasure, filmed with style and packed with beautifully achieved setpieces. And Bakula could have carried the intended franchise. He’s perfect.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

LORD OF ILLUSIONS: A wonderfully hideous horror noir. Shame it’s Barker’s last film, as here he finally feels fully realized as a moviemaker. Though less visionary than HELLRAISER and NIGHTBREED, all flows nicely and the images are in conversation instead of smashing up against each other.

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do the men in the group chat like each other, i wonder flaminghydra.com/gentlemen-an...

Do the men in the group chat like each other, I wonder-these men expressing such unmistakable, unrestrained glee as they stain their souls forever and ruin their classmate's life. I can't decide whether they're more odious if the answer is yes or if it's no, but I can't dismiss the question as unimportant, either. These fraternities that the public rarely hears about, except when their members kill or rape: do they foster the bonds of friendship or just cheaply mimic them? When some ex-frat boy needs a lawyer or an introduction to a senator later in his life, when that boy digs through the network of other boys for a hookup, what is the nature of the bond he's leaning on? I want to diagnose it. I'm the naive fool who believes that in diagnosing it, I can cure us all of it.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

cool thanks can we have healthcare

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PRIMETIME: An all-American nightmare, the surface of which feels like neon and burlap, and it just keeps tightening around your face. One of the queasiest, most mesmeric things I’ve seen in ages. Show business is a groomer, too.

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I…loved playing this doofus.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026

Yesterday someone tried to sell me on AI as a legit resource for legal advice, and when I told him it glitches and hallucinates enough to be a genuine liability he responded “well, it’s the future” with a special kind of annoyance. It’s only! The future! If we keep! Using it!

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A thing I learned about Meta when I was trying to understand how their statements relate to their actions a few years ago is that *they just tell absolutely indefensible lies* and journalists almost always let them. They believed no one would ever punish them for it in any way that matters.

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In fact, now that I know the actual premise of DIGGER, I am flat-out astonished that the trailers have completely avoided sharing it.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have discovered that the massive “twist” I saw leaked about DIGGER is, in fact, just the premise of the film.

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i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Like…it’s not just good. It’s exceptional, and it’s genuine all-ages entertainment. I’m so happy it was a hit.

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Okay. One more thing. There’s a remixed Run The Jewels needle drop in here that made me laugh so hard I felt insane.

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CvA also has something to say about how large corporations (especially tech) turn us into unpaid beta testers, suffering indignities as they grow richer. Look, it’s a silly, delightful little picture. But it’s also got a little extra. There’s love in every frame.

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

COYOTE VS. ACME: A double miracle — first that it was ever released, second that it’s this good. Packed with real jokes that fully understand the characters, filmed and staged with genuine cleverness. And it has a thesis that moves me. We fail that we may keep trying. And thus living.

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I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:

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Not Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special Treatment

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One problem with widespread adoption of generative AI is that the results suck now, when it’s had an endless well of actual good art to train on. What happens when all it has to train on is the dogshit made with generative AI?

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josh boo-erman 👻 @bosh.worstpossible.world · 28/09/2026

it’s that easy

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tilly Norwood has died in a horrific zoo accident.

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Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At this point, though, if someone contends they've never listened to even one of Weird Al’s polka medleys, it may say more about the listener than the accordion. Or, for that matter, what they want to project to the world.

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I know we’re all supposed to be concerned by the creeping menace of antisemitism on the left (and there is careless talk that crosses line), but you hop over to Twitter and thousands of right wing chuds are saying that Jews are just naturally pedophiles. It’s not even close.

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Also how is AVATAR 2 a legacy sequel, like how does that work

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I do not speak Portuguese!! But this podcast is discussing my movie FIRST TIME CALLER and it thrills me that we’ve made our way around the world!! (If anyone has a transcript for translation, I’d be so thankful)

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RESIDENT EVIL: A full-throttle unpretentious mean-spirited spookablast that hits the ground running and simply does not stop. Genuinely scary, very fucking funny (mostly because the protagonist is a well-meaning doofus who’s just doing his inadequate best), and beautifully shot.

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The thing is, the greater the loss of “fine intellectual dexterity,” the more people will have to rely on his product. People like this sit at the perfect intersection of pathetic and sinister.

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I love both! I would argue that FC is the less ambitious film with slicker execution (and I love it). But STG deals in harder themes and kinda kicks my ass!!

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And then Nanette was such a hit that she just kept doing comedy and I found that even more contemptible.

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whats a movie less than 60% on rotten tomatoes that you consider to be a perfect movie? like not a bit, genuinely perfect film. Freddy Got Fingered and no this is not a fucking bit

Rotten Tomatoes for Freddy Got Fingered

Critics score: 12%
Audience score: 56%

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If you ever have the opportunity to meet someone in the howling rain and fall desperately in love, I highly recommend it. I did it, and I’m the happiest doofus you’ll ever meet. 🐅

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