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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 22h

Here is the true best of 2020-Present! Quelling debates again!

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yeah I don't know, but then I don't know why no one ever picked up Abel Ferrara films with Willem Dafoe and Juliette Binoche (!!!!!)

Not surpassing Kwaidan, but I also find Ferrara's THE ADDICTION pretty startling.

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I just realized that when you said you only saw four it means you didn't see 16! I was generous in my 15 estimation!

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so which two do you embarrassingly admit to being wrong about???

ha ha I bet you didn't see 15 of them! :P

James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here is the true best of 2020-Present! Quelling debates again!

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ha ha since I never saw any version of Alexander, that couldn't make the list. the Blade Runner reedit was good EXCEPT the ending was completely ruined (it's stupid to have a reveal of androids chasing androids, just a twilight zone trick, it's way better if Deckard is human), so I can't condone it!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

With modern technology, maybe we'll find out he did after all!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here's your definitive list of good director's cuts versus bad ones to quell all debate:

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Steady Eddie just won't quit!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

RIP Freddie Jackson, who sang at Frank White's charity gala to raise money for a children's hospital in Harlem.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Carrie (STAR WARS) Fisher stars in a film by Tim Kincaid (BREEDERS! and some adult films, too)! SHE'S BACK (filmed as DEAD & MARRIED), costarring Robert Joy (DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN) & Sam Coppola (Tony's boss in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER)! youtu.be/RB_BoEdBqOk?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Before MIAMI VICE hit, Don Johnson starred in a 1983 pilot for the show SIX PACK that aired once, based on the Kenny Rogers movie! Markie Post (NIGHT COURT), Jennifer Runyon (GHOSTBUSTERS), & Joaquin Phoenix star! Directed by Rod Amateu! youtu.be/EZqAym-ELrk?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I give Fred Olen Ray points for shooting a drunk Jan Michael Vincent in a day, but this just doesn't cut together.

James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

as are soda machines, lawn mowers, baseball pitch machines and gas dispensers? But cars ok? I'm having a hard time keeping up with this fascinating Overdrive mythology!

how come trucks are possessed but not cars?

Obscure YT of the day: Richard Donner (THE OMEN, LETHAL WEAPON) directs SARA T: PORTRAIT OF A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC, starring Linda Blair (EXORCIST), Mark Hamill (STAR WARS), Larry Hagman (DALLAS), Verna Bloom & William Daniels. Link in reply: youtu.be/EvcXvkJwORY?...

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The Wraith is awful. It looks undirected, it isn't cut togethe well, and one suspects Sheen walked off the picture, he seems to barely be in it. I've never seen a more fact-based opinion!

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I bought this sucker sight unseen on Fandango at Home. Now watching.

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there's lots of good stuff, but the bad stuff (this, Maximum Overdrive) are...pretty bad.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ha ha does the Criterion Channel really have the Wraith in its featured series this month?

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Obscure Ringo of the day: in tribute to the great Ringo Starr concert I went to last night, 1971's "spaghetti western" BLINDMAN starring Tony Anthony and Ringo! From the director of TERROR EXPRESS and COMIN' AT YA! ok.ru/video/276661...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Obscure TV movie of the day: the horror/mystery DYING ROOM ONLY (1973), w/ Cloris Leachman, Ned Beatty & Dabney Coleman! Written by Richard Matheson (I AM LEGEND) & directed by Phillip Leacock (THE WAR LOVER). ok.ru/video/196418...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: John Irvin (DOGS OF WAR, the original TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, & RAW DEAL) directs the Polish political drama/thriller EMINENT DOMAIN (1990), w/ Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer, & Paul Freeman! Shot in Poland! youtu.be/RYHmWyXK6nU?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sure, why not? He also made Turbulence with Ray Liotta. Guy worked a lot!

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It's fast-paced and shot entirely on the streets of New York, so it's watchable. Sidney Furie, the original director, quit or got fired, but the guy who replaced him (Butler) was a pro. So I wouldn't really call it "really terrible." Sorta watchable is more accurate.

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Well there is a difference, SORCERER was a BIG movie by William Friedkin with expectations, JUGGLER was a lower budget movie with James Brolin who had the director replaced, I don't think they ever TRIED to make money with it. But it's better than it's rep, that's for sure!

Yes & no. Juggler actually got a re-release this year, playing theaters across the nation in an new 4k restoration. I don't think it's very good, but it is "hot" for the moment. THE HEARSE also got a Blu-ray release, so it's not entirely forgotten. The Mad Magazine film is still a loser, though.

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Friday June 6th was a day of big openings in New York City: The Hearse, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy, AND Night of the Juggler!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Obscure film of the day: FATAL CHARM, begun by Peter Medak & finished by Fritz Kiersh! Chris Atkins (Blue Lagoon), Amanda Peterson (Can't Buy Me Love), Andrew Robinson (Dirty Harry), James Remar (48 Hrs), Peggy Lipton, Mary Frann, Barbara McNair (Mannix) star! ok.ru/video/282657...

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NEW! My Abel Ferrara series continues at TrembleSighWonder: THE FERRARA FILES (pt. 2): Abel Goes Hollywood. Sort Of. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/26/t...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Obscure Ritter of the day: John Ritter (THEY ALL LAUGHED, SKIN DEEP) stars with Susan Dey (LOOKER, PARTRIDGE FAMILY), Martin Short, Paul Reiser & Martin Mull! Directed by Terry Hughes (Demi Moore's THE BUTCHER'S WIFE). ok.ru/video/730568...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

NEW! My series on Abel Ferrara continues at TrembleSighWonder: THE FERRARA FILES (pt. 2): Abel Goes Hollywood. Sort Of. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/26/t...

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The Ferrara Files Two: Abel Goes Hollywood. Sort Of.

By the mid-1980s, Abel Ferrara was, as they say, moving up the Hollywood ladder.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Sam Elliot plays John D. McDonald's TRAVIS McGEE in an 1983 pilot! Written by Sterling Silliphant & Alan Sharp (NIGHT MOVES)!_Katherine Ross, Amy Madigan, Vera Miles & Richard Farnsworth costar! Andrew McLaglen (WILD GEESE) directs! youtu.be/b5ei1iA7IJ4?...

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I thought it was quite bad, actually!

I like Peter Medak well enough but "The Breakfast Club, The Big Chill, And Now The Men's Club" might've been a little optimistic about The Men's Club.

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I think Amazon has Richert's re-edited version if you wish to compare

Larry Cohen's autobiography is worth a read (full disclosure I edited it, but I swear I didn't screw it up)

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Obscure Jeff Bridges of the day: Larry Cohen (THE STUFF, BLACK CAESAR) wrote THE AMERICAN SUCCESS COMPANY (1980), directed by William Richert (WINTER KILLS)! Bridges stars w/ Ned Beatty, Bianca Jagger & John Glover. This is the original release cut! ok.ru/video/295153...

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Someone played a print in Manhattan w/ Modine in attendance last year, so at least prints still exist, but I think this is in rights hell.