Every freelancer is, to some degree, the dogged paperboy from Better Off Dead.
Better Off Dead (1985) - Paperboy - 2 dollars
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Abby Olcese
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Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e
Tonight at Stray Cat! Fucked Up Fairy Tales Vol. II kicks off with Catherine Breillat's BLUEBEARD! I'll be there to do an intro for a whole month of freaky fairy tale-based programming! COME HANG.
Bluebeard // Fucked Up Fairy Tales vol II — STRAY CAT FILM CENTER
French filmmaker Catherine Breillat (FAT GIRL) turns her interests in feminism and sexual politics toward classic fairy tales with her take on the French folktale BLUEBEARD. In 1950s France, two young...
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i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Robert and Michelle King made a new legal drama about lawyers suing big tech companies? For CBS?? Now??? Color me surprised AND intrigued.
Cupertino: Official Teaser Trailer | CBS
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🚨 PSA: The Kid Detective is streaming on netflix 🚨
Y'all, I cannot get over the fact that MO's district 8 nominee looks like Soft Brock Lesnar.
Missouri Democrats@missouridemocrats.bsky.social · 20h agoChris Reichard will be our nominee in Congressional District 8!
That breeze you hear blowing across the state is my massive sigh of relief that amendments 4 and 5 didn't pass. I can barely believe it.
Rebekah Valentine@duckvalentine.bsky.social · 20h agoMISSOURI FUCK YEAH GOOD WORK
I can't believe I'm about to say this ...I liked the Sex Purge Movie, it was pretty cute 😬
The "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" bleacher scene, but it's "Yub Nub."
doctor eep (alt decorative gourd season)@absolutely-not.bsky.social · yesterdayremake of ten things i hate about you but heath ledger is an ewok
Bots and spammers are out in force today. Is it the voting content?
Universal owns JAWS & TREMORS... RIPPLES. When a deep-sea fissure off the Gulf of Mexico releases a new strain of aquatic Graboids, a remote coastal town becomes the hunting ground for massive, vibration-sensing "Rippers" that move faster in the water than their land-bound cousins ever did.
weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
Don't forget to vote today! Missourians: Vote no on amendments 4 and 5!! They suck!
Dance of the Dead is an episode that feels distractingly out of order with the rest of the show. Not surprised to see most alternate orders list it as 2 or 3.
Abby Olcese@abbyolcese.bsky.social · 3w agoI started The Prisoner on a whim and oh my god I love The Prisoner.
Between TONY and the Mary Oliver documentary, if someone ever offers me a time machine I'm starting to think 70s Provincetown might be the way to go.
You guys, Baba from Baba's Pantry is at the Tony screening and I'm freaking out kinda.
LA pals! WTO/99 at the Laemmle! August 14-20! Go, go, go! www.laemmle.com/film/wto99
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I wrote about the funny, endearing THE LOVE THAT REMAINS for @sojo.net in this month's magazine! I like it when movies love the people they're about in a way that's full and understanding. It's streaming on @criterion.bsky.social.
‘The Love That Remains’ Shows a Director’s God’s-Eye View
Hlynur Pálmason’s drama about the life of an Icelandic family creates a world and characters that he knows completely.
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Ernest Dickerson! GWAR!! Jim Henson Creature Shop!!! (I feel like the V/H/S series' entries are spotty at best, but new Dickerson is cause for celebration always.
‘V/H/S/MIXTAPE’ Set at Shudder; Ninth Chapter of Horror Anthology Features RZA, Ernest Dickerson, Flying Lotus and More (EXCLUSIVE)
'V/H/S/MIXTAPE' is the ninth chapter in the 'V/H/S' horror anthology series, and features segments from Flying Lotus, RZA and more directors.
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Those Lunesta ads acting like the only reason I was watching Cartoon Network at 2 a.m. was insomnia when really it was the only reliable way to catch episodes of Samurai Champloo. We used to be a COUNTRY.
merritt@merrittk.com · 3d agotoday's youth will never have the experience of scrolling the 40 or so channels you had at 1 AM on a friday night looking for something interesting or horny and catching the back half of eXistenZ without having any idea what it was
Gang, I'm catching up on Reacher season 3, and that episode where Reacher has to do a long swim in his skivvies and then says he's gonna hide a dude's gun... ...does he hide the gun in his butt? That's the only place he could hide it, right? Butt gun?
Starch-y Starch-y Not listenin' when you say Whole GRAAAIN
weeder@weeder.bsky.social · 3d agoI want somethin' else To get me through this
You could program a pretty fun double feature of God's and Monsters and The Christophers.
Today I witnessed possibly the most Midwest traffic interaction ever: Two cars stuck behind a car at a green light who wasn't moving, and rather than honk, they just went around until the unmoving car realized they needed to go.
Are there places other than random Etsy shops of dubious authenticity where a person can get The Prisoner-related prints? I'd pay good money to have some of those village signs in my house.
I made it to "Many Happy Returns." Having been in a light sailboat just this morning that tipped over QUITE dramatically, I got Concerns about No. 6's raft.
Abby Olcese@abbyolcese.bsky.social · 3w agoI started The Prisoner on a whim and oh my god I love The Prisoner.
Me: Ah, crap, I need dates. Wonder if World Fresh Market has any? World Fresh Market:
I skipped breakfast to get donuts at a local-viral donut place. The donuts were sold out. Unsure what to do, I ended up driving way too much to finally get a pastry and coffee by 10:30. I am hangry, I am uncaffeinated. Don't skip breakfast. Ever.