Here, I've got this: "Boy, how weird that we all just happened to drop our phones in puddles of water before we got to this Christmas party, and now none of our phones work!"

Oh yeah? Well, I also remember your mama.

Don't know if it's been brought up yet, but if we're talking about Bloodsport we can also talk about Frank Dux, who came up with the story for Bloodsport and says that the whole thing is true. According to his claims, he served in Viet Nam and by age 19 was already a decorated war hero; the CIA then came to him and…

As a kid I remember a local channel that would sometimes play Van Damme movies and the announcer plugged them by saying "Wham! Bam! Thank you, Van Damme!"

Oh I know exactly what you mean - you went to the bathroom and then fell asleep on the toilet and missed the rest of the movie. I hear ya, man.

Eh, not to be a Tarantino bro or anything, but considering how much of an influence Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs have had I think he's secured a pretty good spot in the cinema-history books.

I Remember Mama

(wow this got long; sorry for teal deer)

Oh neat; directly influenced by Superstudio and their late-60s designs for a 'continuous monument,' which are always worth looking at:

OK, I haven't read the actual study so this is just based on a few articles, but it seems like all this study really shows is that people with lots of Facebook friends are likely to have larger/stronger social networks overall (it's long been known that in general, strong social networks correlate with better health…

This is even more perfect:
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Yeah I liked it a lot, too. As many of us do, I like watching horror films around Halloween; last night I watched The Descent, which I had never seen before. That movie also does a lot with atmosphere and mounting tension, but then (spoilers, kind of, I guess) it explodes into gory violence with flesh-ripping monsters…

Yes definite Shirley Jackson homage vibe, including the title ("I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House" sounds, to me, a lot like "We Have Always Lived in the Castle").

Your head maybe.

Thanks for posting that - I had never heard of that one but yeah, had I seen the trailer with no context (and not knowing the release date) I would've assumed it was a goofy Aliens knock-off.

Yeah, in all fairness he's long been championed as a sort of uniquely American outsider-art stalwart, and also as an important figure in the frequently-overlapping worlds of 'alternative' comics, zines, and underground publishing. Like, the first time I ever saw a Chick tract was actually in a sort of counter-cultural…

I guess 12 years ago isn't that "recent" per se, but this one from 2004 is some virulently homophobic stuff:

I haven't read that one, but there's one that stuck with me which was very similar: a kind-hearted married couple who travel around doing some sort of humanitarian missionary work (or something) are on a plane talking with a one-time murderer who found Christ in prison. As they talk, it becomes clear that while the…

Also, there was another society billions of years ago that was exactly like American suburbia of the 50s, until that dark Xenu messed everything up.

Well I don't know if it's really fair to put 70mm in the same category of gimmick as as high frame rates - when you're fucking with 70mm you're fucking with Lawrence of Arabia and 2001 and the like.