Michael Varrati

The can-do punk power of indie filmmaking is unparalleled.

...but we're having coffee in the pro lounge, right?

Far too kind! Thank you! That's an amazing compliment, especially coming from someone with such marvelous taste as yourself!

Great commentary tracks on this disc, I hear.

I mean, I was referring to the creature monster...but, yes, I do suppose this one fits the descriptor. Oof.

The monster at the end of Howard the Duck is next level.

Does anybody else get what I mean when I say that Maura Higgins gives lost Spice Girl energy? (Complimentary)

I largely only remember his turn in DUNE. That's not necessarily an endorsement.

I LOVE KATT SHEA.

I'm very pro-Maggie!

A still from 1985's THE BRIDE, featuring Sting in a glitter dusted tuxedo standing next to Jennifer Beals in a similarly sparkly cloak and collar.

With the recent celebration of Maggie Gyllenhaal's new film, I was reflecting on another movie with the same name: What's your relationship with 1985's THE BRIDE feat. Jennifer Beals in the titular role, Sting as Frankenstein, and Clancy Brown as the Monster? Do you know this gothic ripper?

THIS IS AMAZING

Are you hanging out with the ghost of Sean Connery?

RealReal reopened its SF store & kept the dressing rooms. My giant image is still there! As 7x7 put it, the dressing rooms remain their “favorite feature,” w/ life-size images of SF icons Peaches Christ & the SF Twins.
So it’s confirmed. I’m still there to watch you get naked.
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Haha

(Scary faces leer and reach for the camera in black and white) MONSTROUS MUSINGS The Giant Conspiracy Happening Against YOU By Phil Nobile Jr. I work with a pretty cool and diverse spectrum of employers, staffers and freelancers. Folks of different genders, sexuality, races, backgrounds. I think we're all pretty aligned ethically, morally, and where human rights are concerned, but when it comes to movies, opinions, and pop culture tastes and takes, we're all over the place. And that's great. Sure, I will shake my head at a co-worker's opinion on a movie from time to time. We might even debate our differing positions. It's fun! But I'm becoming increasingly aware that this kind of civil, respectful coexistence is giving way to a troubling, growing line of thinking I see in the world - and, more and more, in horror: "If you disagree with me, something is up." It's not even "you're wrong"; it's "you're only pretending to have a different opinion than mine, which is the correct opinion."

Today’s Terror Teletype: Thoughts about THE BRIDE!, thoughts about your thoughts about THE BRIDE!, and the weirdly right wing-coded trend of thinking everyone who disagrees with you is just pretending to disagree with you. manage.kmail-lists.com/subscription...

Every local TV weather reporter is a potential horror host until proven otherwise.

TROLL 2 is the most TROLL 2 that TROLL 2 can be, and for TROLL 2, that's admirable.

Yes please.

I agree! But I also just want another duo hijinks adventure centering on them!

NOT NO.

Kid ‘N Play make another movie challenge.

Ha!

This is a hell of a way to learn that my WE BOUGHT A PAZUZU script is not going forward.

I *will* be reading!

Thank you. I also don't think Herzog would have believed the Little Engine, in fact, could.

Werner Herzog's STREGA NONA

Bwhaha

That song is a bop.

David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury and Lisa Rina as Contessa Valentina 'Val' de Allegro Fontaine in a promotional still from NICK FURY: AGENT OF SHIELD.

Why yes, I *will* use the current discourse cycle to remind you that Lisa Rinna is technically part of the MCU thanks to her role as "Contessa Valentina de Allegro Fontaine" in the 1998 TV movie NICK FURY: AGENT OF SHIELD - starring none other than The Hoff! Will they return in DOOMSDAY? I hope so.