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• First of all we need to talk about this ---->
• Actually instead of talking about it since a picture says it all, let me share my favorite comments from reddit/movies thread about this mess:
• Will Smith looks like he gives sensual massages to lonely housewives.
• I want my money back already.
• Every day we stray further from the Lord’s light. Jesus Fucking Christ.
• This picture gets worse the longer you look at it.
• The trailer "SHOW US THE GENIE YOU FUCKS" shows genie "FUCK NO GO BACK".
• Jesus Christ what is happening.
• This shit look ass.
• Jasmine and Aladdin look like hostages.
• This is going to hunt down and suck every last dick.
• Yep. Well said.
• This is probably gonna make some readers' eyes bleed but I turned Roma off after 10 minutes and watched Fifty Shades Darker instead. 
• Oh my God. 
• That helicopter scene is one of the greatest things I've seen in my entire life. It comes from literally nowhere, it features a co-pilot yelling what's going on as they plummet toward the Earth and it has Cyborg Dorman trying to navigate it. Right after that, as his entire family is sitting there being worried we hear the news broadcast where they casually mention how Christian is a great pilot even though he is only 27-years old. Dudes, I was in tears. 
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• I also saw 10 Cloverfield Lane and it was really good but I wish it didn't have that title because then the ending would be even more shocking.
• Vice embargo was lifted this week and the gates of hell have opened. The film got a lot of passionately negative reviews though a lot of those were by critics clearly incapable of separating their own political views from the actual quality of the movie. There's a lot of 'it should have portrayed Cheney as a bigger monster' and 'it should have been funny' but I bet if McKay have done that the 'critics' would say the film is not nuanced enough and irresponsible for being funny. 
• Far out, man.
• They are planning Luther movie again. The ending to season 3 was just perfect yet they keep going.
• Black Mirror is coming back very soon to depress us all again. 
• First look at Us and a teaser for the trailer that's coming Christmas Day. This and Midsommar are my most anticipated for next year.
• Pretty awful poster for new Hellboy movie. Here's the trailer. It looks so bad and cheap. I read the script and it was fun but the execution is just awful. Still Ian McShane is in it and he can elevate anything.
• Speaking of....
• ...we finally have pictures from Deadwood movie!:
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• Of course after seeing those I immediately started rewatching the series. God, I just love it so much!
• Charles Dance is going to be in season 3 of The Crown. I am so looking forward to the new season and now even more. He is awesome. 
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• Here's the first trailer for Men in Black: International and the poster. It's all very meh.
• AMPAS has been embarrassing itself consistently over the years but this time they have done it, man. 
•  Shortlists were announced this week and Aquaman was completely snubbed (and unlike some amateurs would tell you - it was submitted for consideration). I'm not gonna rant about snubbing the excellent score or really great make up, instead let's focus on the lack of VFX love here which is truly insane and indefensible. 
• You can make an argument for a lot of great scores and a lot of great work when it comes to make ups this year but Aquaman is a pioneer in a way Avatar was when it comes to special effects. And it's not even on the goddamn shortlist. There's considerable backlash over this everywhere and James Wan himself even liked this tweet. I mean.....it's just ridiculous. the fact is that even the negative reviews for Aquaman praise CGI in the movie. If you are not into this whole MCU/DCEU thing let me show you another example - Christopher Robin is on the shortlist. Paddington 2 isn't. 
• Black Panther has no business being on that list. Are you really going to tell me there is no Disney bias? Imagine Black Panther was DC and Aquaman MCU. Are you going to tell me Black Panther would still be getting nominated and Aquaman would be snubbed? 
• Other CBMs are getting inflated praise while Aquaman gets snubbed by awards and gets trashed by critics for being *gasps so hard she almost breaks a rib* campy and *looks around in pure and utter horror* goofy. Critics cannot influence other people's opinion, they can only influence if the audience goes to see the movie. And you know what? I don't think that influence is big these days. Just look at Venom. In time things like this backfire and people ask - how come this got so much/little acclaim upon release? 
• Another thing - AMPAS wonders why people don't watch the ceremony? Why would you watch awards ceremony where the decisions being made are continuously ridiculous and baffling? 
• And then, of course we have Bohemian Rhapsody on the shortlist for make up. I've been watching Oscars live for 15+ years and if Bohemian Rhapsody somehow manages to get BP nomination I'm pretty sure that's a no from me dawg. I'll tune for main ones but I am not gonna deprive myself of sleep to see shots of Rami "Mr. Robot apparently can't google so he signs up to work for Singer" Malek. 
• Jason was adorable on both Corden and Graham Norton's show. It's getting to be too much for me to witness all of this and remain alive. I haven't even found the energy to check out the new videos on his youtube channel yet.
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• Yes, he finally saw that movie!
• Ow!
• B-Roll for Aquaman and a new TV spot. That B-Roll is really dangerous:
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• Did the scientists run tests on him? Because there is no way this individual is homo sapiens. It's gotta be the higher, grander, hotter form of evolution.
• Oh how awful for Amber.
• How awful!
• And finally today is Winter Solstice and apparently, Global Orgasm Day. So it's perfect that I finally saw Aquaman today. You can read my spoiler thoughts here and review is coming next week. It's now my fav movie in DC and fav movie of 2018 and I cannot wait to rewatch it over and over again.
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