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Where I live, there are a TON of late night greasy-spoon places, and those that serve a mushroom swiss burger with fries are all tied for my favorite late-night takeout drunk food. At home, I think my favorite drunk-snack is to just roll up pieces of bread and dip them in random condiments. I try hard not to judge Canadian food on sight, or even on description. I tried poutine for the first time two years ago because my friends were raving about it and I was in Ontario. It's fine but it doesn't read well. The smell won me over enough to try it, I think. Do you think balls of crumpled up wheat bread dipped in honey mustard or sriracha would play up there? If so, I've got a proposition for you ... Thanks Winning the nothing-prize for the most contentious episode ever with a throw-away comment like that might make one hesitant to celebrate a meaningless victory, but ... Although, assist goes to gigitastic, since it was a reply to their post, so ... I like basketball, I love Looney Tunes, and I'm okay with Mike, and I was never compelled to see it.

You are only a few posts old but already bringing the heat. Bless you. Fun fact, me and some other bad-movie-loving friends went to see Crossroads in the theatre when it came out. All of us were well into our twenties (at least) and we laughed and mocked the film among ourselves at the back while some poor twelve-year-old girls and their moms tried to enjoy it. We were dicks, basically.

For me it's Hudson Hawk. I love that movie so much, in a similar way that people love Spice World. I can recognize that it's not a GOOD movie, but it is a movie that I absolutely love.

Oh! And I totally forgot, now that the first leg of the tour is over, I would like to hear a “baggitry” update about Jason’s bags and June’s opinions thereof. Just wanted to put that out there.

I think this is kind of confirming what I'm saying. There are certain movies that just work for kids of a very specific age that don't work outside of that age range. Goonies seems like one where, if you were born 1974 to 1981, you get it completely. If you're not in that window, it might as well never have been made. Space Jam feels like Goonies to me for a younger group. Doesn't mean people outside the target audience can't love them, but seems like a much stronger cultural experience for those in it.

2:22, Fateful Findings, and the Visitor. Oh i thought it was the one with Roberto Benini when I saw the poster. I haven't seen the JTT version but the donkeys in the Disney version scared me as a kid so I am not a Pinocchio fan. You're spot on about it being a commercial. I just learned today from Google that it was originally a commercial but it got too long and they, like ended up making it into a movie. I sort of wish they made the Larry Bird/Jordan McDonald's commercials into a movie. I did rewatch it like a year ago, and it is like watching a Looney Tunes cartoon, but I loved Tiny Toons and Animaniacs too so maybe I just liked that shit. Also I did go see Hobbs and Shaw today and I have a lot to say about Vanessa Kirby's eyeliner so get ready for that.

I really hate to be "lol millennials" but does anyone actually like Space Jam who wasn't born between (approximately) 1982-1992? It is its generation's Goonies where everyone in a certain age saw it and loved it but it's appeal seems lost on everyone outside of that general age range (unless maybe you really love Looney Tunes or something).

Nice, i bet they do it to coincide with the release of Space Jam 2.

It was an Australian co-production, yeah. Bill Hunter is in so much stuff that I wonder if it was actually required by Aussie law that he appears in everything produced there.

I actually liked this a bit more than Hereditary, as it was a bit clearer in what was going on, although some of the character choices made after the midway point are very tropeish for horror movies. I will say I was amazed that there was no argument/fistfight between the female lead or her boyfriend and the friend who was working on his thesis who clearly knew what the cliff lunch was all about, but didn't inform her even knowing what she was recently dealing with in regards to what happened to her family. It might possibly be one of the biggest dick moves in all of movie history.

(You take care)

For me, and I assume for others that also love it, it was one of those movies that was always on when you were little. It felt like every weekend. Very few of the people I know who like it actually saw it in theaters. It’s more of something they associate with lazy Sunday afternoons as a kid.

Whew, man, poutine is a bigger topic than you might expect. There are some who would argue that the only place to get real poutine is in Quebec, and they are right in the sense that you are more likely to get one made with the best ingredients, ie. proper Belgian style frites topped with squeaky cheese curds (which you can buy as a snack in little bags in every corner store in Quebec) and gravy. And of course there are butthole chefs out there trying to "elevate" the dish by topping it with shaved truffles or some shit and sell it for $20 from a food truck. Edited to add: if you go somewhere that advertises poutine and they serve you something that uses like shredded or cubed marble cheese instead of real curds, it is legal in Canada to burn that place to the ground. Those of us who live outside of Quebec have some decent chain poutinerie options like Smokes, which has pretty decent traditional style poutine plus a bunch of options for topped versions with assorted meats and so on. Definitely a good post-drinking meal, in fact that is probably the only time you SHOULD eat it. A tip for those who don't speak French: make sure you pronounce it "poo-tin", not "poo-teen" and especially not "poo-tan", the latter of which means "whore" in French (and I think Spanish). Finally, I thought you might enjoy this photo that just came up on my Instagram feed this morning from my friend Tim: a local lottery corporation scratch ticket promising poutine for life. I may just have to start playing the lottery. Note to self, make "Poutine Pour la Vie" my new personal brand. I would certainly eat that, but more likely torn up pieces of baguette or cuban bread. Not a big wheat bread eater.

Even that wasn't enough to prepare me for that movie.

Sweet, Friday the 13th 6 is the Berkeley movie, though it's not as nutso as Jason Takes Manhattan or Jason Goes to Hell, it is an interesting movie that actually is a satire of the horror tropes that the series was a big part in creating. The bottom middle is Fateful Findings, which is FUCKING BONKERS. basically made by the American Tommy Wiseau, Neil Breen. It's truly an amazing watch. As for 2:22, I've never but from reading a brief description it seems like a cheap knockoff of numerous time loop films from the past few years. The only thing I saw when I googled it was a line from the movie where Bruce Willis tells Ben Affleck he has five words for him and then says a six word sentence. I thought maybe it might also be something to do with The Fifth Element but I didn't look for anything. As for Hobbs & Shaw, I saw it a couple days ago and actually liked it more than Fate of the Furious, as the chemistry between the Rock and Statham was the highlight of the movie and this film is that on steroids. I felt that Idris Elba was one of the better villains out of the recent batch of films and I am interested in seeing where they go in future films with this organization that he worked for.

I was born in '76 and I like it a lot, but I'm also a giant NBA fan and have been since I was little and think it's fun for that. I haven't seen it in a little bit though. It's definitely just a product placement commercial at its core, though - but certainly there are worse offenders at that too.

I’ll say this for Space Jam: I saw it for the first time a few months ago, and it was absolutely fine for what it was.

Yea, doing Space Jam in Chicago seems kind of crazy. Maybe it's along the lines of "does this movie we loved as a kid still hold up?" angle? The two Seattle movies seem insane, judging by the posters only. I look forward to those!

They announced some of the movies for the tour today. I am trying to figure out why I am so deeply upset about Space Jam being on there. I have concerns about three white people covering a movie that is beloved by urban audiences. I hope they have a person of color as the guest. Or at least someone who knows basketball? Like, intellectually I know it was not a great film. And I have no problem mocking the Looney Tunes or DeVito or the acting of the athletes. But, R. Kelly the notable exception, if you come for the soundtrack we are going to have a problem here.

By far the biggest problem is that Venom clearly doesn't belong in the movie, and by now everyone knows the studio forced Raimi to write him in. It really shows. They have to devote so much time to explaining the character's origin that all the other storylines get short shrift. Sandman + Green Goblin 2 were enough on their own.

Yeah, I kind of agree. It doesn't totally work, but it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be now. (And jazz-dancing Peter Parker is hilarious and I wouldn't want to lose it.)

More Hashtag.Song_Goals.

Are we to believe that you don't want them to cover Double Impact, wherein JCVD plays both one character and said character's twin brother? It has some good JCVD in gratuitous spandex and flexibility shots. https://www.wikiwand...n/Double_Impact

The director made another of these "fine, family, weirdly homoerotic' films called A TALKING Horse?!?. It was hilarious to hear Eric Roberts talking the entire time via a cell phone. Brings the term "phoning it in" to the most literal of meanings.

No, this NEEDS TO BE DONE SOON. NO EXCEPTIONS. ERIC ROBERTS. HOMOEROTIC UNDERCURRENT. BUSINESS SCHOOL And Merge please http://forum.earwolf.com/topic/12033-a-talking-cat/