Pirate’s Creed: Swashbuckler

You’re right, it’s definitely not his fault for giving up the responsibility he signed up for... 

It should have been titled “Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison.”

Why would they? Doing so is only going to antagonize the person who made the threats in the first place. They are trying to step away from people like that. Not engage more.

So...Minimum Security Resort Prison, or Federal Pound-Me-In-The-Ass Prison?

WB licenses out movies to the other streamers if there’s money to be had. Harry Potter and The Matrix are good examples. I can see them doing it more often after this Discovery merger. That deal keeps looking worse all the time. 

Yeah if you can find the directors cut without the narration, it's worth it

The narration doesn’t completely answer the question of what’s going on, but it tells you enough major plot points outright to ruin the tension. It’s a bit like if The Matrix had opened with Morpheus saying “The Machines won the war against Humanity, but at great cost. Now they needed new ways of generating power to…

The Cell, fortunately, does pop up on streamers. I’m fairly certain I saw in on HBO back in 2020. Not sure whether it’s still there or if it moved to Netflix or Showtime. 

I’ve encountered a similar issue with a visual masterpiece from 2006 called The Fall. It’s not available to stream or rent digitally anywhere, and none of the discs I’ve seen for sale online are compatible with my player.

I’ve been hemming and hawing about getting a Criterion sub, and Near Dark had been a strong argument for doing so. But it looks like it has moved to Shudder starting on 1/1/23. 

Dark City had one fatal flaw: The opening narration (added at the request of rock-stupid studio execs) that completely undercuts the mystery of the first half of the movie. It puts you so far ahead of the protagonist that you’re sitting there thinking “Well, I already know the true nature of Dark City, when’s this…

That’s pretty insulting to Strange Days.

Strange Days, Suncoast, Tower; I suddenly feel like I belong in a sarcophagus.

Someone pointed out the first Harry Potter and LOTR movies are closer to Lennon's death than the present day, and I think I burst into dust.

I’m glad people are discovering this gem. Better late than never.

A lot of teenagers had that poster up on their wall back in those days. Unsurprisingly, almost none of them had seen the movie; they just thought the movie poster looked cool. Which it did!

Loved this movie as a teenager (14-15ish).  Had the posted for it on my wall, even. Forgot all about that until I saw this headline, so awesome to hear it’s making the rounds again!

Such a great movie.