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A Classic Killer Santa Returns in First Trailer for Silent Night, Deadly Night Remake

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2h

A classic killer Santa returns in first trailer for Silent Night, Deadly Night remake, starring Halloween Ends' Rohan Campbell. #horrormovies #halloween #Christmas www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro...

The original Silent Night, Deadly Night traumatized patrons and caused national outrage in 1984. Now the remake wants to provoke again.

NYFF: Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? Keeps the Stage Small and the Feelings Big

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 4h

NYFF: Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? keeps the stage small and the feelings big. #NYFF #IsThisThingOn #BradleyCooper #WillArnett www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bradl...

Bradley Cooper's dramedy might not reinvent the wheel, but his steady direction—plus two terrific leads—delivers a ride smoother than most.

The 50 Best Samurai Movies of All Time

Reposted by Jim Vorel

A Shadow Over KENsmouth (Ken Lowe) @illusiveken.bsky.social · 1d

If #GhostOfYotei makes you wanna watch samurai flicks that inspired it, check out the list I organized for @pastemagazine.bsky.social w/ @sinacolad.bsky.social @thesaintoftous.bsky.social @jimvorel.bsky.social & @crumpandy.bsky.social .

www.pastemagazine.com/movies/samur...

Lotta great ones!

Across eras, across types of weapons and armor, there remains the bushido code that compels us. Here are the 50 best samurai movies:

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

Palate: Butterscotch and caramel, with heat that is at first hidden and then slowly blooms. Baked apple, toasted oats, vanilla cream. Silky texture, with trailing sweet roast and hints of darker fruit. Really lovely sweetness to this dram. Lovely. #whiskey

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Sweet Mash review:

Nose: Really rich, sweet nose. Brown sugar, caramelized bananas, butterscotch and something a little bit more earthy, almost peat-like without the smoke element. The fruity-grainy-sweet combination of apple crisp. Interesting.

Courtney Barnett Returns With Ferocious New Single “Stay in Your Lane”

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

Courtney Barnett returns with ferocious new single “Stay in Your Lane," with a video from Alex Ross Perry. #CourtneyBarnett #rockandroll www.pastemagazine.com/music/courtn...

Four years since her last vocal album, Australian rock icon Courtney Barnett returns with a new single and Alex Ross Perry-directed video.

The Perfect Neighbor Presents a Mundane Murder in Infuriating Slow Motion

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

The Perfect Neighbor presents a mundane murder in infuriating slow motion in new Netflix documentary. #ThePerfectNeighbor #AJOwens #SusanLorincz www.pastemagazine.com/movies/the-p...

The Perfect Neighbor is an infuriating case study of apathetic police intervention in a dispute that surely and steadily turns deadly.

It Was Just an Accident Is Jafar Panahi's Suspenseful and Human Search for Answers

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

It Was Just an Accident is Jafar Panahi's suspenseful and human search for answers and vengeance in Iran. #Iran #Cannes www.pastemagazine.com/movies/it-wa...

A procession of Iranian characters weigh both the value of vengeance and the pain of uncertainty in Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident.

R&B Legend D'Angelo Dead at 51

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

R&B legend D'Angelo dead at 51 following battle with pancreatic cancer. #Dangelo #RIP www.pastemagazine.com/music/dangel...

The pioneering neo-soul and R&B pioneer was only 51 years old, having last released "Black Messiah" in 2014.

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone did!

RIP Drew Struzan, Prolific Illustrator of Iconic Movie Posters

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Drew Struzan, prolific illustrator of iconic movie posters for franchises such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future and many more. #DrewStruzan #movieposters #RIP www.pastemagazine.com/movies/drew-...

Drew Struzan's more than 150 film posters include some of the most iconic and heavily reproduced promotional images ever created.

First Trailer for Rebuilding Captures Josh O’Connor Amid the Ashes of the American West

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

First trailer for Rebuilding captures Josh O’Connor amid the ashes of the American West. #Rebuilding #JoshOconnor #western www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bleec...

Max Walker-Silverman’s Rebuilding stars Josh O’Connor as a Colorado rancher rebuilding his life after a wildfire.

10 of the Most Underrated Kills in Horror Movies

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

10 of the most underrated kills in horror movies -- Ten classic slayings from off the beaten path. #horrormovies #halloween #slasher www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro...

So many horror movies are of course defined by their kills, but these 10 are classics that have largely slipped below the radar.

NYFF: Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice Nails the Joke, Then Keeps Telling It

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 3d

NYFF: Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice nails the joke, then keeps telling it. #NYFF #NoOtherChoice #ParkChanWook #SouthKorea www.pastemagazine.com/movies/park-...

Park Chan-wook's latest is a viciously funny and beautifully made pulpy corporate satire that can’t stop looping its own punchline.

Smiles and Kisses You Is a Sweet, Sad Tale of Loneliness and A.I. Delusion

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 4d

Smiles and Kisses You is a sweet, sad tale of loneliness and A.I. delusion, a documentary about a man who has taken his artificial companion to an entirely new level. #documentaries #AI www.pastemagazine.com/movies/ai/sm...

Smiles and Kisses You is a documentary about loneliness in the A.I. age, and one man taking his companionship to an entirely new level.

Jennifer Lopez Goes Full Musical in a New Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

Jennifer Lopez goes full musical in a new Kiss of the Spider Woman. #JenniferLopez #DiegoLuna www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bill-...

Kiss of the Spider Woman, an Oscar favorite 40 years ago, returns to the big screen as a musical starring a locked-in Jennifer Lopez.

Harris Dickinson’s Homelessness Drama Urchin Is Powerfully Honest British Social Realism

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

Harris Dickinson delivers powerful social realism drama in the searing, raw Urchin, with Frank Dillane's standout performance leading the way. #HarrisDickinson #Urchin #London www.pastemagazine.com/movies/urchi...

Frank Dillane's nuanced portrayal of a backsliding addict captures a true slice of modern London in Harris Dickinson's debut Urchin.

10 of the Best Horror Movies for Date Night

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

10 of the best #horrormovies for #datenight #halloween www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro...

Does your significant other like horror movies? Here are 10 perfect choices for a horror movie date night on the couch.

Somewhere Between Freedom and Forgiveness, Find Andrew Durham’s Fairyland

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

New official trailer: Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother explores family, distance, and time. #JimJarmusch #NYFF www.pastemagazine.com/movies/andre...

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Kathryn Bigelow Ponders America At DEFCON 1 In A House of Dynamite

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

Kathryn Bigelow ponders America at DEFCON 1 in A House of Dynamite. #AHouseofDynamite #KathrynBigelow #netflix www.pastemagazine.com/movies/a-hou...

Kathryn Bigelow's anxious thriller A House of Dynamite provides apocalyptic dread, but little in the way of genuine thrills or pathos.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

Good lord, man. I’m just finding this series now. What compelled you to write 31 essays on one movie?

John Candy: I Like Me Documents a Great Guy, and a Poor Documentary Subject

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

John Candy: I Like Me wistfully remembers a great guy, and a poor documentary subject. #JohnCandy #JohnCandyILikeMe #PrimeVideo www.pastemagazine.com/article/john...

When everyone is so eager to say the same, nice things about the performer of John Candy: I Like Me, a deeper level is hard to uncover.

Something Has Been Corrupted in the Copied Code of Tron: Ares

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

There's something truly wonderful about using a service like Kanopy/your library card to access film content as deeply tawdry as "CHOLO ZOMBIES." It's like using some ancient library full of beautiful manuscripts to read Danielle Steel romance novels. #horrormovies #halloween

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

Something has been corrupted in the copied code of Tron: Ares, a visually engaging film without a thing to say. #TronAres #JaredLeto #JeffBridges www.pastemagazine.com/movies/tron-...

Tron: Ares feels inescapably like something pieced together from its previous installments, with just enough additions to be technically new.