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If you're like me (and you're at least something like me, because we both like Taskmaster), you spend October watching lots of horror movies.  I thought it might be fun to watch some horror movies starring TM contestants, so I went hunting. Here's what I found.

(I tried to count only major roles in feature-length movies, though there are a few shorts and a few cameo appearances worth mentioning. Most of the movies I found are horror-comedies, which is what you'd expect from a group of mostly comedians.)

Reece Shearsmith is, without question, the biggest horrorhead, and the only one with a sizable horror filmography. He and Steve Pemberton made their careers in horror-comedy wit

I teach philosophy of science, and over on Letterboxd, I recently posted a 2000 word piece on the science and metaphysics of my preferred interpretation of the Final Destination universe.  I thought I might post the general idea behind the theory here as well.  So, here are some excerpts that give the brunt of it. (I go into a lot more detail in the original post):

It's pretty curious that everyone, characters and audiences alike, see the deathtraps as orchestrated by an intelligence. The first movie had shadows and other effects signifying a supernatural presence, and the second movie has a few inexplicable moments, but they wisely did away with those. Some peo

On The Dressmaker episode, Chris requested a list of movies like this to choose from for a possible theme month. Here you go!

This is a Pro and Patron feature you can find on your yearly stats page.

I always think this is a much better representation of a person's individual tastes than their Top Four. It shows how someone differs from the norm. They're fun stats to peruse.

Post yours below if you've got them! (And remember that this will basically be an "Unpopular Opinions of 2024" thread, so try not to be heavy-handed in downvoting opinions that you dislike. Let's celebrate diversity of movie enjoyment!)

I want to watch a couple of the holiday noir movies to count against my Christmas movie challenge, but I suspect that some of them just have Christmas as a light backdrop and I wouldn't feel great about calling them Christmas movies. Which ones are the most Christmas forward? Which ones are very light on Christmas content?

For those who can't get enough Director Park, I wanted to flag this movie.

The Truth Beneath is a Korean thriller than came out the same year as The Handmaiden. Park didn't direct it; it's directed by Lee Kyoung-mi, who was an assistant director on Lady Vengeance. But Park did co-write it and produce it, and it clearly picks up where the two left off with Lady Vengeance. There's a kidnapped child, an obsessive quest, multiple forms of revenge... there's even a surprising bit of violence with a hammer. 

You could've fooled me if you told me that this was a new Park Chan-wook feature. It has a lot of his imprimaturs, although it doesn't ever really lean on humor, it's less violent,

I want to applaud them. I love checking out all the new teasers on the first of every month, and this month not only do we get five (which is more than usual), but every one is a banger that makes me want to watch the whole collection. Good job, teaser editors!

Does Danny Boyle have a point of view? A directorial arc? Does he have anything to say?

I like when Blank Check takes a director who doesn't have an obvious auteurish point of view then discovers one over the course of the miniseries. It was so satisfying when ARP admitted he was wrong for thinking that Demme would be the death of the podcast after Griffin and David discovered Demme's humanity and his sensitivity toward his side characters. It was so satisfying when Kevin Smith came on and tried running the old line that "there's nothing that makes an Ang Lee movie an Ang Lee movie other than quality," David got to respond, "Well, no, they're about family...."

I expected this to happen