generative AI is garbage
it kills the planet, is based entirely on stolen work, diminishes creativity, and puts creatives out of work

Varsity Blues 🤟

The Disney Open AI Deal Is Worse Than You Think Today, Walt Disney Studios announced a deal with Open AI to bring characters from across Disney's brands to Sora (Open AI's video generation tool). The House of Mouse claims that "Disney and OpenAI af...

Disney's deal with OpenAI is objectively bad for art. Unfortunately, it's also a lot worse than that.

www.picketywitch.com/the-disney-o...

12 Best Burt Reynolds Movies, Ranked - SlashFilm Smokey and the Bandit star Burt Reynolds was one of the biggest box office earners of the 1970s and 1980s. Here are his 12 best movies, ranked.

I ranked the 12 best Burt Reynolds movies (in a leading role), and this will be hard to believe, but I got it exactly right. www.slashfilm.com/2028970/burt...

Bruce Springsteen
Fightstar
Joris Voorn
Wu-Tang Clan
Menzingers

Does anyone else eat their meals directly from the pots to avoid extra dishes? I started doing it a couple of weeks ago and I regret nothing.

I love it when Bret Hart gets a platform to trash modern wrestling and brag about how good he was.

From the Desk of The Horror Chick Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.

Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io

Shares appreciated- thx!

One Thing Sets Oscar Isaac's Victor Frankenstein Apart From All Previous Versions - SlashFilm Guillermo del Toro's take on Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) in his and Netflix's Frankenstein differs from the movie adaptations before it (in a good way).

Good morning! My piece on fuckboi Victor Frankenstein is alive!
www.slashfilm.com/2031238/osca...

I wonder if Prince Andrew will apply for a job in Pizza Express now that he's lost his pocket money.

Exclusive Interview – The Witches of Pepperwood Bay creator Lisa Manuzak Wiley Rachel Bellwoar chats with Lisa Manuzak Wiley about her graphic novel The Witches of Pepperwood Bay… Usually witches dwell in forests and gingerbread houses, not lighthouses, but that’s exactly…

Available now from @papercutzgn.bsky.social, I got to interview Lisa Manuzak Wiley about THE WITCHES OF PEPPERWOOD BAY for @flickeringmyth.bsky.social:

SAME!

Haha I'm the same, but it'll be great. I'm also less of a hot take artist in person than I am online. You'll love Shotts. We have a large tower that no one knows the origin of and a library museum.

Is everyone ready to admit that Hellboy 2019 is a masterpiece yet?

10 Best Comic Book Horror Movies We're sure these comic book horror movies will make your blood freeze in your veins and the hair on the back of your neck crawl!

A few of us horror-lovers at FSR started something crazy back in 2018 -- a new top 10 list for each day of October, culminating in a new giant list for the 31st. Gonna share some this month, starting with my love for RETURN OF SWAMP THING!

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As Above, So Below: ‘Event Horizon’ and Finding Hell at the Edge of the Universe The combination of science fiction and horror has often yielded tremendous results, from the early Universal Monsters days of Frankenstein…

I wrote about one of the great unsung gems of the '90s and one of my favorite space horrors of all time, EVENT HORIZON. We're gonna challenge our perception of Hell as a concept by finding it at the edge of the universe. nbrehmer.medium.com/as-above-so-...

Good luck, Valerie. It's been awesome working with you in some capacity since our FSR days, and getting to know you as a person. If you ever want to grab lunch or something in Glasgow, you know where to find me.

That Weird Time The Toxic Avenger Became a Kid-Friendly Saturday Morning Cartoon The Toxic Avenger is probably the most famous film in Troma's twisted and exploitative catalog. So you just know there's a '90s cartoon version of it!

Great read!
www.denofgeek.com/tv/weird-tim...

Hello everyone. I hope you're all well.

@gradyhendrix.bsky.social might be able to help

Thanks, Amelia. I appreciate it.

Thanks man. I appreciate it x

Love you too bro

I enjoyed Havoc quite a bit. It has a great moody atmosphere, the city feels street-level comic book-esque, and the action is spectacular when it kicks off. It scores extra points for the Gesaffelstein tunes playing over nightclub massacres.

THE WAIT Blu-ray

Back of THE WAIT Blu-ray

It's old hat for some of you, but I'm stoked that my first booklet essay is dropping this month!

I got to write about one of my favorite recent slowburns, F. Javier Gutierrez' folk horror gem THE WAIT. Endless thanks to @jlalibs.com and @filmmovement.bsky.social for the opportunity!

Havoc, John Woo, and how action cinema crosses cultures and continents The action cinema of John Wick, Havoc and John Woo’s The Killer has constantly evolved as it’s travelled between filmmakers and eras.

The action cinema of John Wick, #Havoc and John Woo’s The Killer has constantly evolved as it’s travelled between filmmakers and eras.
filmstories.co.uk/features/hav...

I signed up for my first 5k marathon. I'm not at that level yet, but training is going well.

Young Guns 3 is happening, Emilio Estevez to direct Emilio Estevez will star in and direct Young Guns 3, that's going to be shooting in New Mexico. More details of the announcement here.

Billy the Kid himself, Emilio Estevez, will star in and direct #YoungGuns3, it's been confirmed. Filming is due to begin in due course. Someone call Bon Jovi.

Did your favorite make my list of the 12 best Jason Statham movies? Probably not, but his 12 best movies* did!

* leading roles only, otherwise it would be SPY in all 12 spots

I hope we get some drama at tonight's Oscars.