Well god damn, Criterion instigated geoblocking on the Criterion Channel. 7 years as a subscriber and now I’ve got to use a VPN.
Thinking about that bit in Blade Runner 2049 where a tiny horse made of real wood is so valuable that it could get Ryan Gosling new papers to go off world which seems less and less ridiculous every time I plan a new project.
But did anyone ever actually see the metaverse? Pretty sure it was made up to launder money, they just made it so shit everyone laughed at it and never tried to use it. “Oh yeah, we’ve spent billions on it. Let me introduce you to our lead engineers Bobson Dugnutt and Sleve McDichael.”
When you’re watching a complete asshole run full speed into a field of upturned rakes.
Pedro Pascal as Smiling Javi Gutierrez
ALT: Pedro Pascal as Smiling Javi Gutierrez
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Rocked@rocked.net · 2w agoThis is how much Meta wants to charge for the ability to post links. PLEASE JOIN ME IN TELLING META TO GTFOH WITH THIS!
I think Hard Target would have been my first back in ‘93, I don’t think I got to see a Hong Kong Woo film until about ‘97, when I saw Hard Boiled because subbed VHS was not easy to find. Watched it in 4K recently, still a masterpiece, and probably my favourite. But Face/Off is an all-timer too.
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 2w agoCelebrating the films of John Woo today on his 80th birthday 🎈 What was the first John Woo film you saw, and your current favorite?
20 year old me would never have believed a day would come where I couldn’t give a shit that Tarantino and Fincher made a movie together.
this is a fucking bellwether. i cannot emphasize enough just how how deeply entwined the crafting and fiber arts communities were with hp fandom, and if over 50% of the reddit crafting forum has voted it out? it's fucking over, that shit is officially running on fumes now.
Julia Carrie Wong@joolia.bsky.social · 2w agor/crafts has banned all Harry Potter-related crafts due to JK Rowling’s anti-trans bigotry, after a 53-41 vote
Mega corporations assuring people that this new corporate merger won’t be disastrous for everyone
incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater
Glad science is finally catching up with me.
jess m. ☕🍂@jametc.bsky.social · 2w agoyknow how I always say that AI is always going to collapse in on itself without new material to steal and train on? just by using it, its users train the AI. If there's no new material coming in, that training gets more and more insular and it all falls apart: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All time fuck you childhood bullies: Tom sticking with ballet lessons and dancing his way into the West End, the MCU, and that lip sync battle where Zendaya decided to marry him. He just hit the #1 spot on the combined all time box office chart too. Real life ‘this is why I’m a supervillain’ stuff.
Shinobi602@shinobi602.bsky.social · 3w ago‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Overtakes ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ as Highest-Grossing Movie of All Time at Domestic Box Office ➡️ variety.com/2026/film/bo...
I always wondered who took this picture.
Garth Marenghi's Catbus@catbus.phd · last mo.Takeshi Kitano for Canon 📽️
Obviously I’d watch a new Miike film anyway but this is the most hyped I’ve been for one in a while.
Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · 3w agoWatch the Japanese trailer for director Takashi Miike's BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO. Premieres tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival. A disgraced Tokyo detective spirals into a world of corruption, addiction, and violence as he becomes entangled in a twisted investigation.
Incredible that the inexperienced hate grifters that don’t realise they only exist to allow certain people to get donations implode under the pressure of ‘actually doing work’
Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱@dailyherald.bsky.social · 3w agoReform UK has now lost 149 councillors: 55 resigned, 35 went Independent, 27 defected to other parties, 23 were kicked out, 5 lost their seats, 2 were disqualified and 2 are suspended. Latest is Daniel Astley (Newcastle), expelled. Of the 27 defections, 17 went to Restore and 8 to the Tories.
![Q: A couple years ago at IDFA, I saw this movie "About a Hero," which is this partly Al-generated hybrid documentary that tries to recreate the atmosphere of your films.
A: The intention of this young filmmaker was never to remake any [of my films], but making something in the spirit. And I immediately said, "You will fail. It is such a stupid idea. It's phenomenally, abysmally stupid. I will not take part in it." He wanted me to explain things and have my voice in it.
I said, "You are alone. There's such a thing as free speech, which I respect. So go ahead and fail." And it is a failure, period.
It's so standardized that Al can step in because there's not real storytelling. It's mimicry of something that has happened before. And I welcome Al to replace all the idiots who are into nothing but repeating, repeating, repeating until it's ad nauseam.
When it's ad nauseam, please, please, please let Al step in and do the job.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v5vphilwcf6nunioeyrpxw6g/bafkreibeadpx66jtqlttglhgbgkew6g65haxqngz5yt6p3ybwyi5zney54)
Couldn’t be arsed to fight for a decent IMAX seat for The Odyssey at a theatre it will take the best part of two hours to get to, but for the big guy…
Bloody Disgusting@bloody-disgusting.com · 4w agoEverything ends here. Watch the new trailer for GODZILLA MINUS ZERO. In theaters November 6.
Hundreds of masked men blocking the port of Dover as an immigration protest? I’m old enough to remember when the police arrested 50 Just Stop Oil protesters for blocking a road in London. Which was 3 days ago.
I know a guy whose studio was contracted to make a game. After it came out the parent company sold it to another publisher, who then did fake livestream playthrough events with people claiming to be the developers talking about how they made it as they played. Insane industry.
The Ken In Yellow@kenlowery.bsky.social · last mo.It's cool how buying a new video game now feels like attending the wake of the people who made it
The keep of Hirosaki Castle in Aomori Prefecture was moved in 2015 after an earthquake damaged a wall underneath it, and with the repairs recently completed, the city summoned the public to help move the castle back. | via @nytimes.com
A city unites around a common goal: Moving a castle by hand
The project has helped bring together the residents of Hirosaki and revived interest in the castle, which was first moved in 2015 after an earthquake damaged a wall beneath it.
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Looking forward to all the billionaires running to this place and finding out this guy oversold it 20 times over and used the cash to build another bunker that’s not for assholes.
Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · last mo.This is where the 1% will go to restart civilization after a nuclear attack. But it for me thinking: what if the uber wealthy built these bunkers for more people — and not for nuclear attacks but for the climate crisis that will get us all — instead of trying to leave the planet?
I really enjoy commitment to the bit, so I must applaud It Ends. Overall a decent film but there is a *chef’s kiss* moment in there that makes it worth seeing.
Some people get rich and decide there is simply no challenge left but building a giant dick shaped rocket and going to space to earn more money. And some people buy 300 million books for kids.
Ordinarily I’d have pre ordered this in a second but a) Radiance are also releasing this and b) New Wave Video just ruined their release of Visitor Q by converting it to 24p and introducing a really annoying stutter to the motion. So I’m going to wait for Radiance to announce theirs.
Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media@disc-connected.bsky.social · 2mo ago***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming in October on #4K/Blu-ray dual format in Australia from #NewWaveVideo: #Gozu (2003)! When yakuza enforcer Minami is ordered to dispose of his increasingly unstable mentor, Ozaki, a mysterious disappearance sends him on a journey into a bizarre rural town where reality
I wonder how many people were startled into dropping their cigarettes when their phones started shrieking at them about not starting fires. For the record dear government, the instant alert horrible noise should be reserved for ‘you need to do this right fucking now because death is imminent’
The Oshima set was genuinely the best thing I bought last year. I will admit to being slightly less excited by this because I do own Eureka’s old Imamura set, but the Radiance extras do take the sting off the overlap and who can complain about new 4K versions.
Radiance Films@filmsradiance.bsky.social · 2mo agoUK: Japan’s premiere iconoclast Shohei Imamura is showcased in our new edition of RADICAL JAPAN: SURVIVAL AND DESIRE. This box set brings together six films by Imamura - including three UHD world premieres - alongside new interviews and a 120-page book.
Has there ever been a weirder film turned into a franchise? Has there ever been a franchise with a better selection of directors? Long may it continue.
Every Film Now@everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2mo agoFirst trailer for Takashi Miike's 'BAD LIEUTENANT: TOKYO.' Starring Shun Oguri, Lily James and Liv Morgan. Coming soon. #BadLieutenantTokyo #TakashiMiike #LilyJames