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Thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s movies?

Okay, leaving out Natural Born Killers and his brief segment of Sin City…

True Romance: Eh. No amount of QT magic can overcome the sheer Tony Scott-ness of the thing. It has its moments, and an impressive cast, but I haven’t returned to it since the 90s.… Read the rest “Thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s movies?”

Christmas Movie Marathon: The Aftermath

A Christmas Story: Simply the best. There’s really no competition. “In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.” Every line of narration in this thing is pure gold.

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In the spirit of the season, remember that sometimes the worst girls are the best girls.

Merry Christmas.

Baby Driver is among a subset of movies so striking that I re-watched them almost immediately. The others?

Branagh’s Henry V
Branagh’s Dead Again (I had a fanboy period.)
Forrest Gump (You deepfake kids are never going to understand why FG’s quiet use of visual effects —from the feather to all the doctored historical footage— seemed so miraculous.)

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Pretty much.

Compliance (2012)

No one in this corner of Tumblr shows enough love for Compliance. Granted, it doesn’t have graphic sexual violence like, say, Irreversible, but as the story of an evil man who rapes a girl without ever touching her, it should be a Must Watch in the deviant weirdo community.… Read the rest “Compliance (2012)”

The fact that you even referenced “Spring Breakers” got me wet 😘

I can’t claim to be a Harmony Korine fan because I haven’t seen Gummo or Trash Humpers, but I was in awe of Kids back in the day, and fucking Spring Breakers was a dizzying, nonsensical pile of sexy goodness wrapped around a balls-out, “we don’t say ‘no’ to the biggest name in the credits” performance from James Franco.… Read the rest “The fact that you even referenced “Spring Breakers” got me wet 😘”

YES. NAOMI WATTS. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FSGHDHDHDHDJDJJDJD

She is my age-appropriate cinematic crush. 21 Grams was fantastic, but watching her desperately, miserably masturbate in Mullholland Dr. was one of my favorite movie moments of the 2000s.

2-3-2:

Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn in Boxing Helena, 1993

Dear god, she looked good in that. Goddamn.

2-3-2:Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn in Boxing Helena, 1993 Dear god, she looked good…

2-3-2:

Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn in Boxing Helena, 1993

Dear god, she looked good in that. Goddamn.

Speaking of Boxing Helena, and thus Jennifer Lynch, this is where I offer my occasional recommendation that you hunt down a copy of her book, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer.… Read the rest “2-3-2:Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn in Boxing Helena, 1993 Dear god, she looked good…”