I’ve seen both the original and the remake, and they are both equally great. That said, I’m not sure you NEED to see one over the other. Haneke, of course, directs both, which provides a nice consistency. If I were to identify one difference that gives one an edge over the other, I would say I slightly liked Michael…

Also, Ghosts sounds like the killer track that Gaslight Anthem so badly wanted to make.  Bruce is like, “oh, is this what you were trying to do?”

Bruce loves his train songs. Downbound Train. Tucson Train. Now Burnin’ Train?!

Watched this over the weekend and fell in love with it (and Radha).  

It “works” is an understatement. A genuinely troubling film that is difficult to watch. Lurid, ugly, unrelenting. A true classic. I strongly agree with you: it’s a must see for anyone even remotely interested in the genre.

I tried to re-watch the original Phantasm a couple weeks back and ... man it is fucking boring. I don’t know.

The Descent is so effective, to me at least, because [SPOILER] the pre-monster events are so harrowing. The monsters then show up and up the scare quotient by 1000.

I can say with some confidence that a couple of the Friday sequels rank right up there as genre classics. Specifically - Part II, which has a terrific pivot to the reveal that Jason is, in fact, still alive, and also a terrifying and eerie scene where he’s made an altar to his mom with her decapitated head in the…

And they managed to advance each one of these ideologies in this 7 minute video! Physically attacked a member of a student press organization, attacked a female journalist because she was a female and also, they concluded, an “Arab,” physically assaulted another female observing the rally. Yep, they checked all of the…

really, really weird!

No one will answer your actual question!  I think it’s a typo, and it should say “toward.”  If it’s not a typo, then it makes no sense

Agreed, with one suggested change: “Then I see the picture and just feel old and profoundly disappointed.”

we are samesies.  Betty Gilpin was freaking EXCELLENT in this most recent season of glow.  I love Annie Murphy, and could make a case for her all day.  But if I had to pick the best?  It’s Betty by a longshot.

Hard agree. There could be a hell of a lot more to this movie that will reflect Villenueve’s artistic sensibilities and grant it life beyond “big Hollywood blockbuster adaptation of sci-fi book.” I’m certain there will be. He’s a gifted director. But the preview alone doesn’t suggest that.

Speaking of out of place, what about Curb?! I mean, come on. I love Larry David. I dutifully watched every episode of Season 10. There were certainly laughs. But an Emmy nomination? This season was all over the place.  Some things worked, sure, but lots of storylines were so flat and unfunny.  It feels like this is a…

I am mostly on board with your predictions and preferences. In my view, you nailed it on the comedies and limited series - The Good Place and Schitt’s Creek were both groundbreaking shows, and the latter included an absolutely legendary comedy performance by Catherine O’Hara. That said, the final seasons of those…

You are not alone.  Conceptually it seems great.  The actors are, to a person, terrific.  But I just can’t get behind it.  I actively dislike the show, and exhausting is the right word.

To be clear, it is a must see. It was my personal favorite movie of 2017 and, in my mind, top 5 of the 2010s.

Came here to find The Florida Project. Found it. Now we should be friends.

I was somewhat disappointed in it the first go-round, largely because I saw it in a theater full of people, some of whom were laughing at the end.  So I watched it again about a year ago in the privacy of my own home and was sufficiently blown away.  It’s incredible.  And, I would suggest, it gets better with each…