IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 139 through 144 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the SuperS arc, which focuses particularly on Chibiusa and her silly antics, as well as the bad guy’s various attempts to obtain Pegasus.

After that is Pokemon: I Choose You (2017), which is the first actual standalone, self-sufficient Pokemon movie. It goes right back to the beginning of Ash’s quest to become a Pokemon Master and shows his first meeting with Pikachu and their emerging bond. I am assured that, for once, the story does not consist of Pokemon shooting beams at each other. For this reason, it received much more attention and better reviews than the prior 12 or so Pokemon movies, and was even theatrically-released outside Japan. Could it be? Do we finally have a good Pokemon movie on our hands? I guess we’ll find out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-i-choose-you/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211653/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You!:

• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. Tankietube is currently down, so I will upload to Vimeo right before we start. Please help comrade TankieTanuki fix Tankietube, if you can: https://hexbear.net/post/2770934

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is A Special Day (1977), an Italian historical drama set in 1938, during the fascist era, on the day of the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. A housewife, played by Sophia Loren, begins a friendship with her neighbor, a dissident journalist, while her fascist-functionary husband attends the event. The husband is secretly gay. Drama ensues. This is the best-known and generally best-regarded work of director Ettore Scola, who is otherwise known for the buddy-reunion dramedy We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974), which we watched a few months ago. This one is currently ranked #168 on Letterboxd’s Top 250 films of all time. Looks good; let’s check it out.

After that is Targets (1968), the debut feature of Peter Bogdanovich, who has a good record on movie nights so far (The Last Picture Show [1971], What’s Up Doc? [1972], Paper Moon [1973]). It centers on a washed-up horror actor (Boris Karloff) who finds himself out-of-touch in modern Hollywood, and things just get worse when he’s stalked by a psychotic sniper who just arrived home from Vietnam and is looking for blood. Will Karloff be another victim of this madman’s rampage? Suspense ensues. This has excellent reviews pretty much everywhere, so we’ll give it a whirl.

Finally, for anyone who is still awake afterward, we’ll watch the nineteenth Pokemon movie, Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (2016). There is light at the end of the tunnel.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• A Special Day: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-special-day/
• Targets: https://letterboxd.com/film/targets/
• Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-volcanion-and-the-mechanical-marvel/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Special Day: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076085/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Targets: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063671/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5889204/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for A Special Day:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Fascism.
• Loveless marriage.
• Mention of sexual assault (not depicted.)

CWs for Targets:

• Gun violence.
• Panic attacks.
• Stalking.
• Voyeurism.
• Blood.
• Death of child.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Kissing.

CWs for Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel:

• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

Forthcoming. Uploading to Tankietube.

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this special Thursday edition of Kino Night, we’re doing two old movies, because old movies are cool. First up is Alphaville (1965), one of the most famous films of one of the most renowned directors of all time, Jean-Luc Godard. It is a French sci-fi dystopian satire about a future police state on another planet ruled by an evil scientist who has banned all expressions of love and displays of emotion. An American private-eye arrives there, and a film-noir mystery ensues. This film was a major influence on Blade Runner (1982), Gattaca (1997), Dark City (1998), and The Matrix (1999), among others. Somehow, we haven’t watched Godard yet; this seems like a good place to start.

After that is The Lady Eve (1941), a screwball comedy about crafty con-woman (Barbara Stanwyck) who woos her way into the heart of a socially-awkward rich guy (Henry Fonda), seeking to get her hands on his money. After he figures out her intentions, he dumps her, only for her to come back under a new, assumed identity, and repeat the process all over again, with him none the wiser. Hilarity ensues. Director is Preston Sturges, who is otherwise best-known for Sullivan’s Travels (1941); he specialized in screwball stuff. This is considered one of the best films in its genre, so lett’s check it out.

Last is Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015), for those who are still awake by then. Yep, we’re continuing the saga. We’re into the Kalos (X/Y, aka Gen 6) arc now.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Alphaville: https://letterboxd.com/film/alphaville/
• Matilda: https://letterboxd.com/film/matilda/
• Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-hoopa-and-the-clash-of-ages/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Alphaville: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/26968
• The Lady Eve: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033804/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4503906/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Alphaville:

• Domestic violence.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Squashed head.
• Shower scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

CWs for The Lady Eve:

• Slapstick violence.
• Pratfalls.
• Gaslighting.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Domestic violence.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.
• Snakes.
• Gambling.

CWs for Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (2015):

• Death of child.
• Child endangerment.
• Death of parent.
• Ghosts.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unstable reality.

Links to movies:

• Alphaville: https://tankie.tube/w/jzyYwo7FVPxTLyUhUTH7MA
• The Lady Eve: https://tankie.tube/w/dVTg1TVFs2hKHQjayBRGki
• Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages: https://tankie.tube/w/4z8gCze5jc1ukg1SJfg8fi

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, we’re starting with Barbarella (1968), one of the most famous 60s slop movies. Jane Fonda stars as a scantily-clad space bounty hunter who hunts down cosmic supervillains for money. She goes to many strange planets and gets into all manner of weird and campy situations, accompanied by a groovy soundtrack and psychedelic set design. Highly influential on a lot of spacey slop to follow, such as the anime Dirty Pair. Be warned that this is pretty much Male Gaze: The Movie, and much of it exists to put Jane Fonda in whatever the director found sexy, though the movie does not depict any actual sex; it is more Maxim than Playboy. The director is Roger Vadim, a Frenchman who specialized in this sort of cheesecakey schlock; this was his biggest hit.

After that is Legally Blonde (2001), a comedy starring Reese Witherspoon as a bombshell whose boyfriend breaks up with her for being too blonde. She pursues him to his law school to win him back, only to discover that she actually likes doing lawyer stuff. Chicks are about to rock. Director is Robert Luketic, who has otherwise made a bunch of junk; this is his magnum opus.

Last is Pokémon the Movie - Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014), for those who are still awake by then. Yep, we’re continuing the saga. We’re into the Kalos (Gen 6, aka X/Y) arc now.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Barbarella: https://letterboxd.com/film/barbarella/
• Legally Blonde: https://letterboxd.com/film/legally-blonde/
• Pokémon the Movie - Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-diancie-and-the-cocoon-of-destruction/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Barbarella: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/64731
• Legally Blonde: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10343
• Pokémon the Movie - Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3918368/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Barbarella:

• Objectification of female characters.
• Nudity.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Striptease.
• Child slavery.
• Drug use.
• Animal cruelty.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual assault: a character is placed inside a machine designed to pleasure them to death.
• Torture.
• Death of child.
• Kidnapping.
• Claustrophobia.
• Flashing lights.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Spaceship crash.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Legally Blonde:

• Domestic violence.
• Misogyny.
• Discrimination against blondes.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Sexual assault: A man touches his student in a lascivious manner without her consent.
• Shaving.
• Broken bones.
• Ableist slurs.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Razors.
• Bath scene.
• Incarceration.
• Outing of LGBT person.
• Meltdown.
• Eating disorder.
• Screaming.
• Obscene language.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Fat jokes.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Ethnic stereotypes.
• Age gap.
• Sexual innuendos.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Pokémon the Movie - Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction:

• Death of child.
• Child endangerment.
• Death of parent.
• Ghosts.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unstable reality.

Links to movies:

• Barbarella: https://tankie.tube/w/w7n3FHsiToKYSQG5VvD6gL
• Legally Blonde: https://tankie.tube/w/6Lk2FmJDMDGwp3aMaSR7og
• Pokémon the Movie - Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014): https://tankie.tube/w/tBC5LJ4CoF3xhGasqY9Db3

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is The Swimmer (1968), a strange and introspective drama about a man (Burt Lancaster) who confronts his suburban ennui by one day deciding to barge onto every property in his affluent neighborhood and swim in every pool he can find. Each yard along the way contains a microcosm of American culture and class relations. God Damn the Bourgeoisie: The Movie. This is generally considered to be the best film of director Frank Perry, who is otherwise known for the camp-classic Joan Crawford biopic Mommy Dearest (1981).

After that is Hong Kong triad action film Exiled (2006), centering a feud between two rival groups of hitmen, one of whom want to kill a retired gangster who just wants to leave all that stuff behind, and another of whom want to protect him. Shoot-outs and other cool action scenes ensue. This is arguably the magnum opus of director Johnnie To, who specializes in stylish action flicks, his best-known being The Heroic Trio (1993) and Election (2005). This is one of Letterboxd’s highest-rated Hong Kong films, so let’s give it a whirl.

And uhh, how about some more Pokemon? The fourteenth movie, Pokémon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom (2011), is coming your way. We’re into the Gen 5 (Black/White) movies now. For this one, they actually released two slightly different versions of the same movie, each featuring its own legendary Pokemon. No, we are not watching both of them. We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Swimmer: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-swimmer/
• Exiled: https://letterboxd.com/film/exiled/
• Pokémon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-movie-white-victini-and-zekrom/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Swimmer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063663/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Exiled: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796212/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokémon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for The Swimmer:

• One character is implied to be a pedophile.
• Sexual harassment of woman.
• Nudity.
• Profanity.
• Alcohol.
• Existentialism.

CWs for Exiled:

• Sex.
• Nudity.
• Prostitution.
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for Pokémon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom:

• Death of child.
• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

• The Swimmer: https://tankie.tube/w/jkjuAmTn4qUK1TBrbb52xt
• Exiled: https://tankie.tube/w/wyDeKkEhHeYqgMiEam4o9W
• Pokémon the Movie: White: Victini and Zekrom: https://tankie.tube/w/n8SsQnQ5FCCZXFiUFB8SEA

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 133 through 138 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the continuation of the SuperS arc, which focuses particularly on Chibiusa and her silly aatics, as well as the bad guy’s various attempts to obtain Pegasus.

After that is Mystery of the Third Planet (1981), a surreal Soviet sci-fi about a space expedition who collects weird cosmic animals to return to the Moscow Zoo, only to discover that some asshole has been killing a bunch of birds. Time to rescue the birds. This is considered one of the best pieces of Soviet animation, and arguably the magnum opus of director Roman Kachanov, who is otherwise best-known for the stop-motion shorts Gena the Crocodile (1969) and Cheburashka (1971). Looks neat; let’s check it out.

Finally, for anyone who is still awake afterward, we’ll watch the thirteenth Pokemon movie, Pokemon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010). We're over halfway through these now.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Ethel & Ernest: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-secret-of-the-third-planet/
• Pokemon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-zoroark-master-of-illusions/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Mystery of the Third Planet: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211653/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Pokemon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1690470/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Mystery of the Third Planet:

• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Pokemon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions:

• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 133: https://tankie.tube/w/2BHMSzjZtLzxxwBiychh9m
• Sailor Moon episode 134: https://tankie.tube/w/9bEbGrZ8fyEHZHZsCvQ11c
• Sailor Moon episode 135: https://tankie.tube/w/1HRXKqwrAWxbG5V18Ckg57
• Sailor Moon episode 136: https://tankie.tube/w/8gfSbnjaLXKm8Jy6i2oVJh
• Sailor Moon episode 137: https://tankie.tube/w/meZ7oaJK8TAsN4nPWr3K1V
• Sailor Moon episode 138: https://tankie.tube/w/m8qjAVT4gTvw7iwVDA5WDa
• Mystery of the Third Planet: https://tankie.tube/w/higY6939N1T7rviL4WSxei
• Pokemon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions: https://tankie.tube/w/sHkFFrWGmtQ4EhxxFK4Gno

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is This Is England (2006), a British hood film about a boy from a dysfunctional family in a poor neighborhoord during the Thatcher era who makes some new friends one day, they being members of the local skinhead gang. Uh-oh. He has some good times with the blokes, but then the Nazi stuff comes out to the fore, and things start getting yikes. This is the most popular film of director Shane Meadows, and generally considered his magnum opus; he made a TV series based on it, too, which is apparently also pretty good. Looks like another worthy entry in the God Damn the UKKK canon.

After that is Yoyo (1965), a French slapstick comedy about an heir to a fortune who loses his inheritance in the 1929 stock market crash and decides to become a clown to get his groove back. The film follows him from the silent-film era to the 1960s, and its aesthetic gradually evolves along the way, mirroring the evolution of film in the interim (such as, for example, introducing sound about 30 minutes in.) Comic antics ensue, in a feature-length homage to Charlie Chaplin, the Marx brothers, and Jacques Tati. This is the best-known and mostly-highly-rated film of director Pierre Ataix, who is otherwise pretty obscure. Even this film was just recently unearthed by Criterion, and is just now gaining a cult following. At any rate, it looks cool, so we’ll give it a whirl.

Finally, for anyone who is still awake afterward, we’ll watch the twelfth Pokemon movie, Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (2009). The Poke-marathon continues.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• This Is England: https://letterboxd.com/film/hunger/
• Yoyo: https://letterboxd.com/film/yoyo/
• Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-arceus-and-the-jewel-of-life/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• This Is England: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15414
• Yoyo: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1468843/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for This Is England:

• Nazis.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual assault: “A 15-year-old girl kisses a 12-year-old boy, and asks if he wants to 'suck her tits'. This is not seen on-screen, and whether he complies is unclear.”
• Sexualization of minor (see above.)
• Discussion of pedophilia. Not depicted.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Shaving.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Amputation.
• Tooth damage.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Blood and gore.
• Ableist slurs.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Homophobia.
• Needles.
• Profanity.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Fat jokes.
• Black character beaten up by skinheads.
• Antisemitism.
• Hate speech.
• Racial slurs.
• Sex.
• Male character ridiculed for crying.
• Honking horns.
• Sad ending.

CWs for Yoyo:

• Slapstick violence.
• Poverty.
• Animal cruelty.

CWs for Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life:

• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

• This Is England: https://tankie.tube/w/qG5gkix6xNDpmz5to34175
• Yoyo: https://tankie.tube/w/aQv3UQLFVHbahdNPFkEcSN
• Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life: https://tankie.tube/w/q7q8YMBL6DGyvNWbqH6inN

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this special Thursday edition of Movie Night, it’s a spooky double feature. First up is Eyes Without a Face (1960), concerning a mad scientist who, despondent after the disfiguration of his daughter, decides to kidnap girls and bring them to his laboratory, removing their faces and grafting them onto her. Aaaaaahhh!! This is one of the most famous French horror films of all time, and the magnum opus of director Georges Franju, who is a one-hit wonder.

Second is The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), a proto-slasher from renowned Italian giallo auteur Dario Argento (Suspiria [1977], Deep Red [1975]), who has surprisingly never been featured on a movie night here. An American writer in Rome investigates a rash of murders, only to find himself and his girlfriend in the killer’s sights. Spookiness ensues. This is a giallo film, so expect lots of stylized sequences with unusual colors, as well as some blood and gore.

Last is Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (2008), for those who are still awake by then. Yep, we’re continuing the saga. We’re into the Sinnoh (Diamond/Pearl, aka Gen 4) arc now.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Eyes Without a Face: https://letterboxd.com/film/eyes-without-a-face/
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-bird-with-the-crystal-plumage/
• Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-giratina-and-the-sky-warrior/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Eyes Without a Face: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/9543
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15966
• Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160525/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Eyes Without a Face:

• Death of dog.
• Stalking.
• Drug use.
• Body horror.
• Deaths of animals.
• Cruelty to animals.
• Someone is drugged.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Blood and gore.
• Disfiguration.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Eye mutilation.
• Kidnapping.
• Death of parent.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide attempt.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Flashing lights.

CWs for The Bird with the Crystal Plumage:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Child abuse.
• Dead cats.
• Discussion of sexual assault as part of character backstory. Not depicted.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Kidnapping.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Jump scares.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Shaky cam.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Sex.
• Someone is hit by a car.

CWs for Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior:

• Death of child.
• Child endangerment.
• Death of parent.
• Ghosts.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

• Eyes Without a Face: https://tankie.tube/w/fnet2BCJVWv6Fpba91yJfp
• The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: https://tankie.tube/w/nHfsaVE3NC7MQv59gxWX9W
• Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior: https://tankie.tube/w/duG7K45ZpfjU4T9jAsh99P

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, we’re starting with Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), the magnum opus of renowned exploitation schlockmeister Russ Meyer (well, it’s either this or Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [1970], anyway.) A trio of strippers live as outlaw bandits in the desert, taking a girl hostage and plotting to rob an old man of his money stash. Along the way, they use their sexuality as a weapon. These chicks are dangerous, but they rock. One of the classics of 60s slop. Big influence on Tarantino. Let’s check it out.

After that is Matilda (1996), which sees Danny Devito taking the director’s chair to adapt the classic Roald Dahl story of the same name. Starring Mara Wilson (the real-life cousin of Ben Shapiro), it follows a young girl who uses her newfound psychic powers to take revenge on her abusive family and her school’s staff. Another entry in the “chicks rock” canon. This one is really popular on Letterboxd for some reason.

Last is Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai (2007), for those who are still awake by then. Yep, we’re continuing the saga. We’re into the Sinnoh (Diamond/Pearl, aka Gen 4) arc now.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: https://letterboxd.com/film/faster-pussycat-kill-kill/
• Matilda: https://letterboxd.com/film/matilda/
• Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-the-rise-of-darkrai/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/93464
• Matilda: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10503
• Pokemon 3: The Movie: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39238

CWs for Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!:

• Child abuse.
• Gaslighting.
• Attempted sexual assault of teenage girl. The film does not contain any sexually-explicit scenes, but the implications are clear.
• Broken bones.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Ableism.
• Someone is hit by a car.

CWs for Matilda:

• Child abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Child abuse.
• Animal abuse.
• Snakes.
• Bugs.
• Bullying.
• Shaving.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Death of parent.
• Destruction of child’s toy.
• Spitting.
• PTSD.
• Claustrophobia.
• Suicide.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Babies.
• Fat jokes.
• Screeching tires.

CWs for Pokemo: The Rise of Darkrai:

• Death of child.
• Child endangerment.
• Death of parent.
• Ghosts.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unstable reality.

Links to movies:

• Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: https://tankie.tube/w/v4DyCXJ63gLEaPATwSn5NK
• Matilda: https://tankie.tube/w/9HS2vzqfLFEbEyvw31Jpdr
• Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai: https://tankie.tube/w/acz2o5Nniup8wVxc77nhSH

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, we’re starting A Visitor to a Museum (1989), a Soviet sci-fi/horror set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in which deranged mutants menace the last remaining vestiges of humanity. One man decides to tour a ruined museum from the before-times now submerged underwater, and various weird and spooky things happen tthere. What will he find? We’ll have to watch and see. Director is Konstantin Lopushanky, who worked with Andrei Tarkovsky on Stalker (1979), which probably explains the similar premise. He is otherwise best-known for another post-apocalypse movie, Dead Man’s Letters (1986). Yes, he made two of these.

After that is comedy What Happened Was (1994), the directorial debut of character actor Tom Noonan, and by far his best-regarded work. The premise is simple: a man goes to a woman’s apartment for their first date, having already been acquainted as co-workers at a law firm; they have dinner, and it goes about as awkwardly as possible, with various social faux-pas committed along the way. Second Hand Embarrassment: The Movie. Rave reviews from critics, though, and it is apparently one of the favorite films of Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich [1999], Synecdoche New York [2008].) Premise looks good; let’s watch.

And uhh, how about some more Pokemon? The seventh movie, Destiny Deoxys (2004), is coming your way. As the title suggests, Deoxys is in this one.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• A Visitor to a Museum: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-visitor-to-a-museum/
• What Happened Was: https://letterboxd.com/film/what-happened-was/
• Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-destiny-deoxys/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• A Visitor to a Museum: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/89107
• What Happened Was: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18671
• Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435286/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for A Visitor to a Museum:

• Post-apocalypse.
• Haunted house.
• Body horror.
• Blood and gore.
• PTSD.
• Panic attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Hallucinations.
• Sad ending.

CWs for What Happened Was:

• Second-hand embarrassment.
• Socially-awkward protagonist.
• Profanity.
• References to sex.

CWs for Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys:

• Death of child.
• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

• A Visitor to a Museum: https://tankie.tube/w/2y4wctykKd9GQhASNSAKE9
• What Happened Was: https://tankie.tube/w/9C8bXMghTYSVAt99NrYVfm
• Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys: https://tankie.tube/w/3zsQfxd9qDLpMnuV8estgC

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more Sailor Moon, and so, we’re continuing on, with episodes 127 through 132 of the 1992 series, the definitive magical-girl anime. This is the completely unabridged, unexpurgated, uncensored, Japanese version of the show, including everything that the English dub butchered, altered, and/or cut, which is quite a bit. Tonight’s episodes see the conclusion of the S arc, and the beginning of the SuperS arc, which focuses particularly on Chibiusa and her silly aatics.

After that is Ethel & Ernest (2016), a British animated coming-of-age story based on the autobiographical picture book by Raymond Briggs, whose work was also the basis for The Snowman (1982) and When the Wind Blows (1988). Briggs’ parents meet, get married, and raise their son Raymond during WW2 amidst bombing raids and other financial strains, and so on. But the family perseveres. A nice, cozy movie with a warm aesthetic. Excellent reviews for this one, so let’s watch.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Sailor Moon: Sorry, not on Letterboxd. Here’s the MAL page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/530/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon
• Ethel & Ernest: https://letterboxd.com/film/ethel-ernest/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Sailor Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103369/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Ethel & Ernest: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/117886

CWs for Sailor Moon:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Ethel & Ernest:

• Death of parent.
• Hospital scene.
• British people.

Links to movies:

• Sailor Moon episode 127: https://tankie.tube/w/xhcRkbkWQ5vFCDBJijJhpE
• Sailor Moon episode 128: https://tankie.tube/w/beMNJKQsQbAay1XjfcHg6H
• Sailor Moon episode 129: https://tankie.tube/w/unH3AfpNNkpmoHYBLG4jEf
• Sailor Moon episode 130: https://tankie.tube/w/ppDxnTQSpfQE1W2FyYUezK
• Sailor Moon episode 131: https://tankie.tube/w/7D8TtLzTFrUMfikqvHYSPS
• Sailor Moon episode 132: https://tankie.tube/w/uByZEKGFuBLqjqQXixXc98
• Ethel & Ernest: https://tankie.tube/w/6oH4RN4nQNt4ZXzKL7p2kM

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is In the Heat of the Sun (1994), the debut feature of Chinese director Jiang Wen, whose WW2 film Devils on the Doorstep (2000) we previously watched. What happens when the adults all leave the city during the Cultural Revolution, and a bunch of rowdy teenage boys are left to run the place? A lot of mischief, that’s what. They may even try to hook up with girls. Things get a little more complicated once the Revolution arrives home and the struggle sessions begin, but this is still one of the more nostalgic pictures of the period to come out of mainland China. One of the highest-rated Chinese films on Letterboxd. Looks good; let’s watch.

After that is Hunger (2008), an Irish drama starring Michael Fassbender about IRA member Bobby Sands’ hunger strike, which he underwent in 1981 in the infamous British political prison, the Maze. Will he achieve his demands? Don’t go to his Wikipedia article if you don’t want to spoil yourself. God Damn the UKKK: The Movie. This was the feature-film directorial debut of Steve McQueen, who is better-known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), though this film is about as well-reviewed.

Finally, for anyone who is still awake afterward, we’ll watch the fifth Pokemon movie, Pokemon Heroes (2002). Latias and Latios are in this one.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• In the Heat of the Sun: https://letterboxd.com/film/in-the-heat-of-the-sun/
• Hunger: https://letterboxd.com/film/hunger/
• Pokemon Heroes: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-heroes/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• In the Heat of the Sun: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Hunger: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/28753
• Pokemon Heroes: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15430

CWs for In the Heat of the Sun:

• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Sexual assault: a boy is held down and forcefully kissed by a girl. There is also a rough sex scene near the end (about 2:09:00 to 2:12:00) in which the protagonist wrestles his love interest onto a bed, and she resists, but then gets on top of him, in a sort of interplay-of-sex-and-violence thing. Dubious consent to say the least. I will CW in the chat before this scene.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Horny teenage boys.
• Discussion of sex.
• Child abuse.
• Struggle sessions.
• Gun violence.
• Beatings.
• Public shaming.
• Alcohol.

CWs for Hunger:

• Nudity.
• Implied masturbation.
• Sexual assault: strip-searching of prisoners. Not much detail shown.
• Drug use.
• Death of horse.
• Bugs.
• Shaving.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Torture.
• Death of parent.
• Bath scenes.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Starvation.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Pokemon Heroes:

• Death of child.
• Death of animal.
• Child endangerment.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Torture.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.

Links to movies:

• In the Heat of the Sun: https://tankie.tube/w/2tkAuQh8shQwv67SCMKzDU
• Hunger: https://tankie.tube/w/vy28tg2yF1EpePNRPFcFYh
• Pokemon Heroes: https://tankie.tube/w/5gMqvyrpincgTRgsNaSzjX