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CHILDHOOD BACK

AND CALVIN IS WITH THE GIRL THAT HATED HIM ASFHAGS

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im crying a lil bit

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I need this in my tumblr forever.

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is anyone gonna talk about how his kids name is bacon???

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HE’S WITH SUZIE THAT WAS MY CHILDHOOD OTP

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who names their kid bacon

[ameliacgormley]

Calvin and Hobbes were Reformation-era philosophers, as was Frances Bacon. I’m better his daughter’s name is actually Frances, but he calls her by the appropriate last name of the philosopher, just as Calvin and Hobbes are last names.

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is no one gonna talk about how the girls afraid of Donald Trump in her closet

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I think Trump being the boogeyman makes perfect sense…

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There is literally nothing about this post that I don’t love.

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After the Storm (2016)

Yesterday, I went to the movie theater I work at and saw After the Storm, the new film written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. I hadn’t seen any of his previous work, although After Life, Nobody Knows, and Still Walking have been on my to-watch list for quite sometime now. Recognizing him as an acclaimed Japanese filmmaker, I didn’t want to miss a chance to see one of his films while it was in it’s limited theatrical run (plus it was free because I work there and I do my best to see everything we show).

The film is a drama about a gambling addicted writer turned private detective (he claims he’s doing research for a new novel that he’s been working on for years now). He’s still in love with his ex-wife who he occasionally follows and has trouble paying child support to due to his addiction to gambling. He also wants to spend more time with his son and give his elderly mother the impression that he’s doing well. A big theme in the film is how similar he is to his recently deceased father who also had a gambling addiction and the fear that the more time he spends with his son, the more likely some of those negative traits will rub off on him.

The film is realistic and well-written but is also just a little too long. All the performances are believable but I found myself getting bored once I was past the film’s halfway point. It’s a two-hour long character drama where not a whole lot happens. I’m not at all saying it’s a bad film! In fact, I definitely plan to check out more of Koreeda’s work soon. I just didn’t know what I was going into and may have not been in the mood for something so slow-paced and dialogue-driven (where all the dialogue is subtitled). I recommend watching After the Storm, just know you’re in for a sad Japanese drama about fighting for love and learning to let go.

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We found this when we went to our local convenience store, aprox 10+ years old

[dennys]

When life gives you lemons, combine their DNA with a prehistoric mosquito that was preserved in amber and create the Tyrannosourest Rex.

[dreams-squared]

It’s been a while since dennys got me to say what the fresh fuck

[geremybojle]

Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

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The Invisible Man (1933)

The Universal monster movies are what made me fall in love with film! I remember waking up a couple hours early almost every morning just so I’d have time to watch one of my classic horror movies on VHS before going to elementary school. I loved starting my days with The Creature from the Black Lagoon or The Wolf Man or even the technicolor version of Phantom of the Opera starring Claude Rains. However, the one that amazed me the most out of them all was actually Claude Rains’ film debut as the title character in The Invisible Man.

The effects in this film are still, to this day, absolutely mesmerizing and revolutionary. When he unwraps his bandages and unveils the nothingness underneath, it still looks great and it’s so amazing to see what James Whale was able to achieve back in 1933. James Whale (who was played by Sir Ian McKellen in a great film called Gods and Monsters) was one of the greatest directors of his era. He’s responsible for not only this classic but also Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein (which are two films that made me want to make films). What’s so brilliant about The Invisible Man is that the title character, Jack Griffin (played perfectly by Claude Rains), is absolutely the villain of the film and with the exception of Tod Browning’s Dracula, this wasn’t the case with most of the Universal monsters. Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, and the Creature were all troubled, misunderstood “monsters” that the audience could actually connect to. Even Dracula at one point mentions how “glorious” it would be to actually die as opposed to be cursed to live for eternity. Jack Griffin on the other hand is an absolute psychopath that has gone completely mad with power and will kill literally trainloads of people just because he can!

With such an evil character at its center, you’d expect The Invisible Man to be one of the darkest of the Universal monster movies. James Whale however turns this into by far the most fun of all the monster films from Universal’s canon. Jack takes joy in just screwing with people using his invisibility and, in one hilarious scene, skips around singing wearing only pants. The film also has some hilarious supporting performances from Una O'Connor, who you may know as the servant with an annoying voice in Bride of Frankenstein, here playing the hotel owner with an annoying voice. She’s so over-the-top and ridiculous with a scream that’ll stay in your mind forever. There’s also some really funny performances from the police officers in the film.

The film also sports some great performances by Gloria Stuart as Flora, Jack’s love interest, and William Harrigan as Kemp, a colleague of Jack’s that he uses to help him with his evil deeds. The real stand out though is Claude Rains. Despite the fact we don’t actually see his face until the final moments of the film, his distinct voice is what makes the Invisible Man so menacing! You truly believe that this doctor has lost his mind and is truly trying to take over the world using his new found ability.

Despite being a classic of the genre and being visually referenced in everything from Deadpool to Puppet Master II, I feel as if this is one of the lesser seen of the classic monster movies. And that’s a damn shame because this film truly is a classic and is one that definitely holds up to this day and probably will for all time!

[5/5 Stars] - Highest Recommendation (Must Watch!)

Available on DVD/Blu-ray from Universal Entertainment and available to rent on Amazon video.

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The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

I had no idea what I was getting into when I decided to rent The Eyes of My Mother. I had only heard of it because I had seen several ads for it while scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed a couple months back. I remember being interested because it was filmed in black and white and, for some reason, I thought it was foreign. I immediately thought this was gonna be a subtle indie, horror film in the vain of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. And HOLY SHIT was I wrong! And honestly, I’m really happy I was.

I wanna start off by saying that I’m really sad that this film didn’t get a wider theatrical release. The cinematography was absolutely gorgeous and I would’ve loved to have seen it on a big screen. It’s a damn shame that it didn’t get a wide release when it’s a million times better than many of the other horror films that came out this year that did (like Incarnate).  I assume the only reasons it didn’t was because of it’s black and white and only 77 minutes long.

The film is about a girl named Francisca whose mother teaches her how to do surgery at a very young age. Then when something traumatic happens to her, she uses her surgical skills on someone in a very disturbing way which puts her on a path that leads to her doing some very deranged things later on in life. That’s really as much of the plot that I can give away without spoiling it. It really is a fantastically disturbing character study of Francisca, played brilliantly by both Olivia Bond as the child Francisca and Kika Magalhaes as the adult. You feel sorry for her at times and then shocked by her actions just moments later.

The Eyes of My Mother is a very shocking film overall! Fist-time writer/director Nicolas Pesce did an excellent job at making my stomach churn during the entirety of his film’s brisk run-time. I honestly wish it was longer just because I truly did think this film was something demented and special. Don’t look up anything about it and have it get ruined for you. Just check it out and be prepared for something very original and very disturbing!

[4/5 Stars] - Recommended

Now playing in very limited release (click here for more details) and available to rent on Amazon video.

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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)

“Garbage Day!”

I first saw this film three years ago while I was cleaning my house for my annual Festivus party. I had purchased a cheap copy of the Anchor Bay 2-disc DVD set of Silent Night, Deadly Night 1 and 2 the week before and decided to do a double feature of the two films while I was cleaning. What I didn’t realize before doing this was that the first half of Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 was just footage from the first film re-edited as flashbacks with narration by actor Eric Freeman playing the grown up version of Ricky, the brother of the killer Santa from the first film. Seeing as how I was watching them back-to-back, I immediately hated the sequel for this reason. I didn’t want to re-watch the sub-par slasher film I had literally just finished watching! After finishing it, I just remembered thinking it was just a really cheap and shitty slasher sequel and didn’t think much else of it for a long time.

Cut to earlier this month when I directed a slasher short film with a killer Santa for the 2016 Texas Horror Cult, 48 Hour Christmas Horror Film Race (which you can watch here). After turning in the short, my roommate (who played the killer Santa) and I decided to sit down and watch a Christmas horror film because making one had gotten us in that mood. He said he had never seen Silent Night, Deadly Night and I remembered that the first half of the second one was an abridged version of the first film so I recommended that we just skip to this sequel.

After giving Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 a re-watch, I ended up enjoying it a hell of a lot more. Now it’s not a good film per se, but it is definitely the most entertaining out of the three I’ve seen from the franchise (Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker starring Mickey Rooney and a weird Pinocchio-inspired robot with an oedipal complex being the worst). Not only do you get a re-edit of the first film featuring only the best parts (minus the weird Grandfather), but also a really fun, over-the-top slasher with a very interesting to watch lead performance by Eric Freeman. He is literally just so entertaining to watch and listen to the whole way through! Clips of him, especially the infamous “garbage day” scene, are often featured on online compilations of bad acting in movies. And out of the context of the film, they do seem pretty bad. However, there’s something about watching him in this movie that makes the performance seem so perfect. It’s still a really strange performance but he’s the perfect amount of weird for this character that just hits all the right notes.

There really is no other film like this! It’s in a category all of it’s own! Everything about this is absolutely bonkers and so much fun to watch (especially the lead performance of Eric Freeman). There are definitely better Christmas horror films out there but this has definitely become one of my favorites. I’ve already watched it twice this month and December’s not even halfway over yet.

Much more can be said about this film because it’s such an interesting gem in the holiday horror canon. I recommend watching this and then watching it again with this fan commentary by Rob Galluzzo (host of Shock Waves podcast) and AJ Bowen (star of You’re Next), who are both huge fans of this fun film.

[3/5 Stars] - Recommended

Available on DVD from Anchor Bay as double feature with the first film and available to rent on Amazon video.

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this was 20 years ago and nothing’s changed

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Society (1989)

“Make waves, Whitney - you’re gonna drown!” [Bill Whitney gets pushed into the pool.]

I had heard that this film was pretty disgusting but after watching Street Trash last month, I thought I was prepared. I was so very wrong! “Wrong” is actually probably the best word I can use to describe this film. The first hour is pretty much a Lynchian version of an average cheesy eighties film starring Billy Warlock of Baywatch fame. He slowly begins to realize that nothing is as it seems and something very strange is going on with just about everyone else in his community (including his family). However, he (nor the audience) is fully prepared for what happens in the film’s last half hour that reveals exactly what’s been going on. All I can say is that it’s absolutely disgusting and presented with excellent special effects by Screaming Mad George. Honestly, I can’t think of another time where a film has literally made me feel semi-sick to my stomach. I don’t wanna give away any spoilers because I highly recommend that people check this movie out. It’s got some really fun moments and a surprising amount of really clever satire about class warfare. All I can say is that if you’ve never heard the word “shunting” before, I guarantee it’ll be stuck in your mind after you watch this film.

[4.5/5 Stars] - Highly Recommended

Available on blu-ray from Arrow Video and streaming on Shudder.

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Joe Biden speaks for all of us.[video]

[geremybojle]

100 Days

Last summer was the worst time of my life. Last summer, I did and said so many things that I thoroughly regret. Last summer, I was drinking a liter of rum a day and couldn't sleep unless I had gotten black out drunk. Last summer, I threw a mirror off my roommate's balcony, punched holes in my walls, destroyed every chair on my back patio, destroyed my toilet with a golf club, destroyed a door by kicking it, and destroyed my relationships with the people around me. Last summer, I would wake up covered with cuts, bruises, and even sometimes cigarette burns and not remember how they got there. Last summer, I would take a shot, throw up, and then take another shot to get the vomit taste out of my mouth. Last summer, my diet consisted of energy drinks, hot pockets, nuts, cigarettes, and rum. Last summer, I cried every day because I hated who I was when I drank but I also drank because I hated who I was. Last summer, I was wasting away, knowing that what I was doing to myself would probably lead to an early death and not caring to do anything about it. Last summer, I hated everyone and everything. Last summer, I ran into my house with my car after driving to McDonald's blacked out drunk. Last summer, my roommate pretty much saved my life by calling my mom and telling her what happened while I was passed out drunk on the couch. Last summer, my mom came and picked me up and took me back home where I went through alcohol withdrawals and shook like a leaf in severe pain for a couple weeks. That was 100 days ago and no matter how hard it's been, my mom, my sister, my roommate, and my friends have all been there for me every step of the way. I definitely couldn't have done this alone!And even though some things have been hard and I've gone through some really difficult times since then, I feel better than I have in a really long time! I love being clean and sober. I love who I am and especially who I've become. I never thought I would be someone who goes to AA meetings. I never thought I'd quit drinking! But doing it was the best decision I've ever made. 100 days down, the rest of my life to go!

[geremybojle]

No matter what happens in my day, going to a meeting always seems to lift my spirits! It honestly just feels good how far I've come from where I was just 100 days ago.

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Spooky

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