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  I made a seamless edit reconstructing Michael Myers’ return to Haddonfield using footage, dialogue and music from four “Halloween” films. See the full version (with and without VHS treatment) here: https://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/10/halloween-night-of-terror-ends-seamless.html

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  if the rumored future 'kitchen countertop HomePod with a display' Apple product is a miniature version of the iMac G4 with the hemisphere+adjustable arm design it might be an instabuy for me

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  A new watchOS 27 feature that I actually like: I’ve always been a “list view” guy for the app view, so I was skeptical of this new mini-grid view of my most recently/frequently used apps…. but after using it a bit, I like it! To see all your apps just scroll the Digital Crown a bit. https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/use-apps-apda1bf1a95b/watchos

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  @rmondello in case 1000 people haven’t already sent this to you https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelkosta_/video/7694034668718476574

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  @RecDiffs I also endorse the Smartwool family of products.

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  just got a daily news/analysis newsletter with the subject: "Should executions be livestreamed?" so you know everything is going great right now

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  i have been told that a man named "theo" and a man named "shane" are "comedians"

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  Center Framing is Not New http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2024/10/center-framing-is-not-new.html

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  I finally saw “The Devil Wears Prada 2” (2026) and it’s hilarious that thousands of posts, articles and videos warned us this “dark, muddy” film would herald the END OF CINEMATOGRAPHY. It looked… fine! What a waste of outrage.

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  I’m reasonably aware of how time works but it really blows my mind that the temporal distance between the release of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) and the premiere of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was only FIVE (5) YEARS

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  No, no he is not, ChatGPT. Just because we have the same last name doesn’t mean we’re father and son.

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  Watching "Citizen Kane" (1941) the way it was meant to be seen — an 80's era NTSC telecine stretched to the wrong aspect ratio played on an airplane seat back monitor.

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  Watching “Alien 3” (1992) with a first-timer.

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  After Maverick and The Final Reckoning, TC should continue to only make legacy sequels where side characters spend the first half of the film praising him for his service (“he’s the best to ever do it!”), and he needs to do it ONE MORE TIME because no other human can do what he does. 2027- Days of Thunder: Trickle Up 2028- Eyes Wide Open 2029- Jerry Maguire: Play with Heart 2030- The Firm$ 2031- Lions For Lambs: President Irving 2032- Far and Away… Like, Way Out There 2033- Riskier Business

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  A+ by "stillhazart" https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbTi0FTiJVv/

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  Watching “Trading Places” (1983) with a first-timer.

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  “A.I. Movies” https://www.tiktok.com/@americanbaron/video/7663000335010565407

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  Sam Neill, pitch perfect in so many incredible movies The Piano Dead Calm Event Horizon In the Mouth of Madness Hunt for the Wilderpeople The Hunt for Red October he was even great in Omen III and Memoirs of an Invisible Man

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  gang - I have a LOT of DVDs and Blu-rays and years ago, in order to save space I chucked the cases and put the discs into sleeves, but now I'm reconsidering this system as well any good new ideas on how to store/organize DVDs & Blu-rays that both saves space AND makes them easier to access?

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  pausa de hidratación

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  Stop previews from autoplaying on Apple TV https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/stop-previews-from-autoplaying-on-apple-tv/

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  “Spider-Noir” is now playing on Prime Video. I recommend watching it in black and white. A ton of very creative people worked for months and months on the visual effects for the show (of which there are a LOT) but you wouldn’t know it by watching the credits.

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  Mank!

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  I beg your fucking pardon WHAT gift: https://wapo.st/437arYG

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  Watching “Fight Club” (1999) with a first-timer.

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116687382907528417 THIS is how you make mainstream franchise entertainment that also has something to say

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  it happened

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  my favorite "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode

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  East Side Effects' visual effects reel for "Severance" season two. Includes a quick breakdown of that shot that was promoted as "all practical" when in fact it relied on digital visual effects to complete the illusion. https://vimeo.com/1194550030

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  “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” (2026) is awesome.