rob dunson
@wormsgreenrealm.bsky.social
PGH. Movie guy, library guy, movie library guy.
cohost Box Office GROSS
https://open.spotify.com/show/30HWgT2vsbVUtgKokSkvNE
videos on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/@dunsonmovies
writing at THE ART OF ILLITERATES
https://artofilliterates.substack.com/
cohost Box Office GROSS
https://open.spotify.com/show/30HWgT2vsbVUtgKokSkvNE
videos on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/@dunsonmovies
writing at THE ART OF ILLITERATES
https://artofilliterates.substack.com/
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FOLKS! @boxofficegross.bsky.social continues our Holiday Marathon with episode #41, the great @railoftomorrow.bsky.social
returns to delve into JARHEAD, a unique and unusual cultural object that felt massive in the moment and yet seemingly no one has really circled back around. Really good convo!
returns to delve into JARHEAD, a unique and unusual cultural object that felt massive in the moment and yet seemingly no one has really circled back around. Really good convo!
I declared to Brian several days ago that I think this is our most ~*intellectual*~ episode but don't let that spook you...it just means we have to come up with a lot of better and more nuanced ways to basically say "now war belongs to the gooning generation"
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Going to the movies "getting worse" is obviously not just ticket prices, audience behavior, movie quality, or theater quality. It's traffic congestion, grocery prices, commute times, diversification of entertainment, media illiteracy, cultural mores, longer work days, suburban and urban sprawl etc.
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Going to the movies "getting worse" is obviously not just ticket prices, audience behavior, movie quality, or theater quality. It's traffic congestion, grocery prices, commute times, diversification of entertainment, media illiteracy, cultural mores, longer work days, suburban and urban sprawl etc.
Personally love the trend so far this week where Pittsburgh buses will PERHAPS show up within 20-30 minutes when they say they will arrive in 5 minutes. Very cool and good. Especially when it’s 15 fucking degrees
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Personally love the trend so far this week where Pittsburgh buses will PERHAPS show up within 20-30 minutes when they say they will arrive in 5 minutes. Very cool and good. Especially when it’s 15 fucking degrees
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"Ritual in Transfigured Time" is such a good title. So pleasurable to say. This is true for virtually all Maya Deren's work, as well as her very name. "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (nicer to say than type). "Ensemble for Somnambulists." Simply love to say and read these titles
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Ritual in Transfigured Time" is such a good title. So pleasurable to say. This is true for virtually all Maya Deren's work, as well as her very name. "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (nicer to say than type). "Ensemble for Somnambulists." Simply love to say and read these titles
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It’s all connected isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s a way of noting that everything is happening for a reason, whether intentional or a byproduct of something else.
Going to the movies "getting worse" is obviously not just ticket prices, audience behavior, movie quality, or theater quality. It's traffic congestion, grocery prices, commute times, diversification of entertainment, media illiteracy, cultural mores, longer work days, suburban and urban sprawl etc.
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s all connected isn’t a conspiracy theory, it’s a way of noting that everything is happening for a reason, whether intentional or a byproduct of something else.
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Me at McDonald's: I would like a Big Mac.
McDonald's: That'll be $5.75
Me: *sigh* paywalled
McDonald's: That'll be $5.75
Me: *sigh* paywalled
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Me at McDonald's: I would like a Big Mac.
McDonald's: That'll be $5.75
Me: *sigh* paywalled
McDonald's: That'll be $5.75
Me: *sigh* paywalled
Going to the movies "getting worse" is obviously not just ticket prices, audience behavior, movie quality, or theater quality. It's traffic congestion, grocery prices, commute times, diversification of entertainment, media illiteracy, cultural mores, longer work days, suburban and urban sprawl etc.
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Going to the movies "getting worse" is obviously not just ticket prices, audience behavior, movie quality, or theater quality. It's traffic congestion, grocery prices, commute times, diversification of entertainment, media illiteracy, cultural mores, longer work days, suburban and urban sprawl etc.
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Toccata for Toy Trains is a great short too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorg...
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Toccata for Toy Trains is a great short too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorg...
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I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
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IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
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NO OTHER CHOICE
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NO OTHER CHOICE
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It's December, which means it's time for my favorite post of the year (which will be updated all day), the cinema of 2025 as gags from 30 Rock. Starting with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
December 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's December, which means it's time for my favorite post of the year (which will be updated all day), the cinema of 2025 as gags from 30 Rock. Starting with ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
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the word that matters has arrived re: Avatar: Fire & Ash from the great George Matthews aka lboxd's William Gibson's Acronym Collection:
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
the word that matters has arrived re: Avatar: Fire & Ash from the great George Matthews aka lboxd's William Gibson's Acronym Collection:
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
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I declared to Brian several days ago that I think this is our most ~*intellectual*~ episode but don't let that spook you...it just means we have to come up with a lot of better and more nuanced ways to basically say "now war belongs to the gooning generation"
FOLKS! @boxofficegross.bsky.social continues our Holiday Marathon with episode #41, the great @railoftomorrow.bsky.social
returns to delve into JARHEAD, a unique and unusual cultural object that felt massive in the moment and yet seemingly no one has really circled back around. Really good convo!
returns to delve into JARHEAD, a unique and unusual cultural object that felt massive in the moment and yet seemingly no one has really circled back around. Really good convo!
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I declared to Brian several days ago that I think this is our most ~*intellectual*~ episode but don't let that spook you...it just means we have to come up with a lot of better and more nuanced ways to basically say "now war belongs to the gooning generation"
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Shapeless Variations // Francisco Rojas, 2025
Rojas' work is always sick, this is a lovely new addition to his increasingly impressive filmography
viewable free as part of CineSalon 2025 www.cinesalon.org/online
Rojas' work is always sick, this is a lovely new addition to his increasingly impressive filmography
viewable free as part of CineSalon 2025 www.cinesalon.org/online
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Shapeless Variations // Francisco Rojas, 2025
Rojas' work is always sick, this is a lovely new addition to his increasingly impressive filmography
viewable free as part of CineSalon 2025 www.cinesalon.org/online
Rojas' work is always sick, this is a lovely new addition to his increasingly impressive filmography
viewable free as part of CineSalon 2025 www.cinesalon.org/online
the word that matters has arrived re: Avatar: Fire & Ash from the great George Matthews aka lboxd's William Gibson's Acronym Collection:
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
the word that matters has arrived re: Avatar: Fire & Ash from the great George Matthews aka lboxd's William Gibson's Acronym Collection:
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
you can find the whole review here: boxd.it/bZaHAt
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there are people who think what Penn is doing in OBAA is a little broad and, well, I dunno what to tell you
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
there are people who think what Penn is doing in OBAA is a little broad and, well, I dunno what to tell you
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“I was 31 and working as a nurse in an HIV ward in London at the height of the AIDS crisis. A weird, tragic, incredible, confusing time in my life. I love this song and it tears my heart out.” - from the YouTube comments on this video
youtu.be/pe4_3EazskA
youtu.be/pe4_3EazskA
Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock 'N' Roll (Live from Top Of The Pops, 1988)
YouTube video by PrefabSproutVEVO
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“I was 31 and working as a nurse in an HIV ward in London at the height of the AIDS crisis. A weird, tragic, incredible, confusing time in my life. I love this song and it tears my heart out.” - from the YouTube comments on this video
youtu.be/pe4_3EazskA
youtu.be/pe4_3EazskA
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
"Humanity is something DiCaprio thinks a lot about."
Leonardo DiCaprio expressed his doubts regarding AI taking over Hollywood during an interview with Time magazine.
time.com/7338653/ente...
time.com/7338653/ente...
December 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"Humanity is something DiCaprio thinks a lot about."
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When I first came to New York and went to screenings, I'd see all these well-dressed, handsome people and I'd think "Oh my God, they must know so much." Then when I'd attach names to them, I'd repeatedly find myself thinking "Oh, that's that schmuck who writes that awful stuff!"
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
When I first came to New York and went to screenings, I'd see all these well-dressed, handsome people and I'd think "Oh my God, they must know so much." Then when I'd attach names to them, I'd repeatedly find myself thinking "Oh, that's that schmuck who writes that awful stuff!"
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That serious reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air just concluded its run with four seasons
December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
That serious reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air just concluded its run with four seasons
"Ritual in Transfigured Time" is such a good title. So pleasurable to say. This is true for virtually all Maya Deren's work, as well as her very name. "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (nicer to say than type). "Ensemble for Somnambulists." Simply love to say and read these titles
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Ritual in Transfigured Time" is such a good title. So pleasurable to say. This is true for virtually all Maya Deren's work, as well as her very name. "A Study in Choreography for Camera" (nicer to say than type). "Ensemble for Somnambulists." Simply love to say and read these titles
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good time of year to throw back to this piece I wrote a couple years ago in which I analyze what in the culture made "Die Hard is a Christmas movie!" such an incessant part of the annual holiday movie tapestry
Three Unbelievable Reasons why Die Hard is a Christmas Movie!!!
an unscientific scientific analysis / emotional polemic on the subject of “Die Hard is a Christmas Movie”
medium.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
good time of year to throw back to this piece I wrote a couple years ago in which I analyze what in the culture made "Die Hard is a Christmas movie!" such an incessant part of the annual holiday movie tapestry