well, other than the fact that he's a huge piece of shit and probably a terrible actor... but on a purely physical level? I've never seen a person who looked more like the comic book Joker in my entire life

(I don't actually want this to happen I'm just saying)

I'm a big horror fan and I like anthologies though they can be very hit-and-miss

never seen a single V/H/S movie because the reviews for them are fairly mid, but are there any genuinely good segments that make these worth watching?

damn there's like 7 of these things now

Recently it has come out that Coppola has inappropriately touched and kissed extras without their consent on the set of his latest film. This is obviously reason enough not to support the film, but if you know anything about Coppola's history with abusers, this should come as no surprise.

In 1989, Francis Ford Coppola's protégé, Victor Salva, sexually assaulted a child actor, a 12 year-old named Nathan Forrest Winters, on the set of a film that Coppola produced.

Coppola defended and protected Salva, hooked him up with expensive lawyers, resulting in a reduced prison sentence of only 15 months, most of which was spent in a cushy rehabilitation center for sex criminals. Coppola remained friends with Salva and visited him in jail. After his release, Salva returned to Hollywood with the help of Coppola, who would continue to produce several of his films.

After Salva's arrest, Winters was forced to complete ADR on the film he was abused on, in Coppola's own home. Coppola, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Hollywood, threatened to sue 12 year-old Winters for breach of contract for trying to leave the project. Coppola told Winters he'd never work in Hollywood again, and he didn't.

In 2006, Coppola said,

"You have to remember, while this was a tragedy, that the difference in age between Victor and the boy was very small — Victor was practically a child himself."

Salva was 29 at the time while Winters was 12. In fact, Salva had been grooming and sexually abusing Winters from the age of 6.

To hear Winters tell his story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M9ATFAYsEk

these guys sure spend a lot of time holding an incredibly phallic object real close to their mouths. idk, seems pretty gay to me bro

yesterday I made a post in c/chat lightly making fun of ICP, because I heard about this movie. ended up watching it last night and it honestly fucking blew me away

it's genuinely sincere and heartfelt while also being funny as fuck, like several parts got an audible laugh from me, and I watched it alone. it does get super dark towards the end and there's some gross, disturbing stuff that might not be for everyone, but it's never mean-spirited or cynical and knows just when to pull back and ease the tension with comic relief

it's also very ACAB, as the plot revolves around our two protagonists getting hassled by small-town cops on their way to the Gathering. I don't want to say too much more other than that you should watch it. my only regret was not grabbing a bottle of Faygo first

WHOOP WHOOP!

for example, Talk To Me (2022) first premiered at the Adelaide film festival in October 2022 and therefore it's considered a 2022 film, even though it didn't get a wide release until 2023. It was one of my favorite movies of last year but you won't see it on many "best of" lists for 2023 because it's technically from 2022. but you won't see it on any lists from 2022 either because practically nobody saw it that year except a few Australians

the same thing is now happening with Strange Darling (2023) which was just recently released in theaters, well into 2024

this happens with a lot of smaller "indie" type movies because it takes time to get distribution after hitting the festival circuit

IMO the official release year for a movie should be based on when normal people can see it and not just a couple hundred film bros and industry people who attended some festival

haven't seen it yet but I'm shocked that it's supposedly good. anyone seen it and can confirm?

I'm pretty hesitant to watch anything by a wealthy aging comedian at this point, but it would seem he's at least avoided going down the anti-woke path or doing political comedy at all, although he's friends with Rob Schneider and had terrible politics in the 00s...

Sandler has not publicly discussed his political leanings. It has been reported that he is registered to vote as a Republican. He performed at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and he contributed $2,100 to Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign (the maximum amount allowed at the time).

I don't recommend doing this

actually had no idea this show even existed until I saw it on Netflix and put it on out of morbid curiosity and self-punishment and needless to say, it's not good

why did they think a rehash of the most boring events of 2016 would make for a compelling TV drama? they're trying to go for the tone of House of Cards (they even got that one guy!) but it feels more like a bad soap opera

like, I shit you not, there's literally a shot of two Russians, vodka flasks in hand, toasting to rigging the US election

also Michael Flynn meets Putin and Putin's all "I can't wait to have you at my dinner, you're gonna be seated next to Jill Stein" lmao

I just got to the election results so I'm looking forward to seeing Brendan Gleeson in grotesque Trump prosthetics

had no idea this was even in the works, but the first part (of 2?) came out on streaming (i.e. torrents). anyone seen it yet?

seems like it could be good if it's just a straight adaptation of the graphic novel and they don't fuck it up like The Killing Joke

hahahahaha get fucked Eli Roth

the X engineer responsible for the change ... stated that this design is "not the final design (going to make it look more badass)"

incidentally this engineer is a fascist weeb who complains about gay characters in TV shows and bragged about getting trans flags removed from a grocery store by leaving a negative google review