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HBD, Man.

promo image on Tubi for King Kong (2005) featuring Jack Black, Peter Jackson, Adrien Brody, and Naomi Watts screaming in terror at something off screen

I fucking love that this is the picture they chose for King Kong (2005) on Tubi.

The Bluff (2026) Review: 19th Century Swashbuckling Meets Modern Revenge Actioner The Bluff (2026) understands what audiences have come to expect from action movies with Priyanka Chopra Jonas central to its success.

The Bluff is really fucking great y'all! It's John Wick and the Villainess revenge in 19th-century Cayman Islands where Priyanka Chopra gives us one of the best female action performances that we have gotten in the US.

Revenge Actioner but make it pirates.

My review:

BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS

Hell yeah. Let’s see what Master Yuen Woo Ping has in store for us. Even spotted @jeremykirk.bsky.social , who I’ll need to debrief with after!

Off to see some Guardians about some Blades.

*weeps*

A ★★★★ review of Super 8 (2011) Showed this to my daughter. Really enjoyed that opportunity. I think this is better than its reputation as nothing but an E.T. Homage.

“Bad things happen. But you can still live.” Honestly SUPER 8 is pretty wonderful. An E.T. Homage, sure, but a great one! It’s gorgeous, fun, and filled with sweet characters genuinely trying to live and love. There’s heart and emotion along with the flash and homage. #Super8
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Eve’s Bayou The Bone Temple Rye Lane Atlantics

We’ve unveiled our Two Cents Film Club lineup for March 2026! If you’d like to watch along or even submit your own two cents, check the instructions on the image!

Wow had no idea this existed but now must watch!

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Holy shit! THE BLUFF is fuckin' incredible. Karl Urban is a wonderful scummy villain with the always great Temuera Morrison. But Priyanka Chopra absolutely steals the entire movie. And what a vehicle for her. An absolutely bloody pirate affair with incredible action. She fucks people up, friends.

Our team @cinapse.bsky.social continues our snowy thrillers programming with SMILLA’S SENSE OF SNOW. A 1st time watch for me. Insane cast. Check out our thoughts on this mystery/thriller!

Legit feels so modern to me and can’t believe it was made in 2009!

I would die for Granny.

A ★★★★½ diary entry for Summer Wars (2009)

Oh. boxd.it/deTBqP

THAT’S where I recognized her from. Oh my gosh. Been bugging me but hadn’t googled yet.

Dick Tracy is one of the most beautiful-looking films ever made. It's a tribute to the way that we remember reading comic books as children - the colors pop, the scale astonishes, the framing always built to be purely rousing. It is a fully-realized world of artifice and emotion.

Ah yes, new film from the directors of the last two BAD BOYS movies. Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah unchained.

2 world records, apparently: Biggest explosion in a movie, and most explosions in one take.

The only movie ever where I straight up wrote 2 reviews and published them simultaneously. There’s a positive review praising the aesthetics and a negative review of, like, lots of other stuff. Thought it would be an interesting exercise.

Same.

Curtain Jerkers, Episode 37: BOTCHII-Mania If you read nothing else of our show notes, please read this! Our friend and universally beloved hardcore king – “King Ugly” to be exact – Jeff Cannonball was recently… Continue reading

The homie @dougtilley.bsky.social and I are back at it. With special guest, filmmaker Tom Botchii, we dive into some Roddy Piper with 1995’s TOUGH AND DEADLY. Check out the episode and then go watch Tom’s new film RELENTLESS! #film #prowrestling #podcast

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Oh shit that's prolly a blind buy then.

This one’s on my list of shame somehow. Gotta prioritize it someday soon.

A ★★½ review of Hurricane Smith (1992) Bizarre movie! In the plus column you have Carl Weathers v Jurgen Prochnow in Australia in an action movie. On the other hand you’ve got a bizarrely silly score and the fact that Weathers is searching...

… real weird movie. Streaming on Hoopla. You do get Carl Weathers v Jurgen Prochnow in Australia! boxd.it/daHS7P

A ★★★★½ review of Bushido (2024) Welp, this is the movie of 2026 so far for me. Absolutely phenomenal samurai film in the vein of Twilight Samurai. Quiet and contemplative, beautiful and philosophical, but absolutely not homework cin...

This hits US theaters 3/13 from Film Movement. Easily my favorite film of 2026 so far. A masterful old school samurai tale, in the calm, thoughtful, philosophical tradition of THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI. Adored #BUSHIDO. boxd.it/daxXup

A ★★½ review of Hurricane Smith (1992) Bizarre movie! In the plus column you have Carl Weathers v Jurgen Prochnow in Australia in an action movie. On the other hand you’ve got a bizarrely silly score and the fact that Weathers is searching...

… real weird movie. Streaming on Hoopla. You do get Carl Weathers v Jurgen Prochnow in Australia! boxd.it/daHS7P

A ★★★★½ review of Bushido (2024) Welp, this is the movie of 2026 so far for me. Absolutely phenomenal samurai film in the vein of Twilight Samurai. Quiet and contemplative, beautiful and philosophical, but absolutely not homework cin...

This hits US theaters 3/13 from Film Movement. Easily my favorite film of 2026 so far. A masterful old school samurai tale, in the calm, thoughtful, philosophical tradition of THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI. Adored #BUSHIDO. boxd.it/daxXup

Chris Hemsworth’s Many Mann-ly Efforts - Cinapse How CRIME 101 Learned From BLACKHAT's Failure to Launch The specter of Michael Mann looms over Crime 101 from first moment to last. While the new film, currently in theaters, began as a novella from (...

By Me: On BLACKHAT, CRIME 101, and Hemsworth's evolving efforts to be Mann-ly. cinapse.co/2026/02/chri...