SLAM!

I liked the movie!

A must-see for anyone with a stake in the “art versus artist” debates. One of the most finely-crafted films of the year, with Cate Blanchett just embodying the film. A film with a lot to say that, for the most part, succeeds in saying it. Shout-out to any Monster Hunter fans who get surprised by the final scene… Anyway, this gets an A.

Breaking News Alert Regal Cinemas shows video advertisements for movie music albums on the TVs in their lobbies, and guess what? Banshees of Inisherin is already advertising its album on the Regal Cinemas lobby television. We’re moving on up in the world!

I heard that was misinformation from no-good internet pranksters

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh PUT DOWN THE HALLOWEEN CANDY Read this reminder, you gotta submit predictions, please send them by 11:59 PM PST or at least before the Thursday previews announcements! Or else Michael Myers will come and steal all your Halloween candy! Hurry, send them in, do it for the Klondike Bar!!

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh SLAM!: Welcome back to the airfield! It's time to give you information on this week's major twist. The Candy Man: Hold your horses! SLAM!: All right. So now that the impromptu announcement is out of the way, it's time to SPIN THE WHEEL and discover who will be banished this week. Fancyarcher: The wheel... My nemesis... 😡 SLAM!: Remember, banishment doesn't necessarily mean you're out of the game; it only means you're isolated from the other players for all of next episode. You can't vote someone out, nor can you be voted out. All right, let's spin the wheel! SLAM!: Some of you are about to wish you were the one who was banished. 'Cuz I'm about the reveal why players were asked to randomize their numbers. Because next week, we're having...

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh TRIBAL COUNCIL #5 Everyone enters the tribal council arena. SLAM!: Hi again! Welcome to the Mountain Banshees's first tribal council, where one of you will become the sixth player voted out of Survivor: Pandora! ZeeSoh: You know it! Ethan Hunt: Let's get it done. The Dark Alfred: Heck yeah, Shaka-Brah! M37: I guess donuts never stay a dozen. Cuz they're taken out of the box and eaten one by one! DAJK: (side-eyes M37) SLAM!: Welp, it's time to vote! *Voting sound effects—swoosh, skadoosh.* SLAM!: All right. If anyone has an advantage and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so. YM!: (strokes his chin) Fancyarcher: (bites his nails) AN9815: ... SLAM!: All right. Now I can reveal the votes! NannerManCan: Wait. What about second immunity? SLAM!: *sighs* Guess I'm jumping the gun. All right, here's who won second immunity: First vote: Second vote: Third vote: Fourth vote: Fifth vote: Sixth vote: Seventh vote: Eighth vote: Ninth vote: Tenth vote: Eleventh vote: Sixth player voted out of Survivor Pandora...

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Because Tuesday estimates are trickling in, I’ll officially the deadline “passed”—but there’s still time to vote! The vote will be due around 7 PM EST, so you have about seven hours. Remember: - Weekend immunity winners who don’t vote get a -10% deduction from the next weekend score - For everyone else, if you don’t vote, that means it’s a self-vote—which is dangerous because in Survivor Pandora, anything can happen! - And there’s still time to answer those dilemma questions if you haven’t already! Good luck!

@CayomMagazine Studio Groundswell is proud to announce a gothic romantic horror film from Guillermo del Toro called Gargoyle, where in the 1800s, a young man (Bill Skarsgård) must reclaim his humanity and his love (Anna Popplewell) after morally grey nuns trap him in a monastery by turning him into a gargoyle. - Mads Mikkelsen plays a corrupt priest - Liam Neeson plays the young man’s father - Michelle Pfeiffer plays the head nun

Gotham Awards 2022 Nominations *Tár nabs the “most nominations” headlines* Best feature“Aftersun”“The Cathedral”“Dos Estaciones”“Everything Everywhere All at Once”“Tár” Best international feature “Athena” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Corsage” “Decision to Leave” “Happening” “Saint Omer” Best documentary feature “All That Breathes” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” “I Didn’t See You There” “The Territory” “What We Leave Behind” Oustanding lead performanceCate Blanchett (“Tár”)Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”)Dale Dickey (“A Love Song”)Colin Farrell (“After Yang”)Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)Thandiwe Newton (“God’s Country”)Aubrey Plaza “(Emily the Criminal)” Taylor Russell (“Bones and All”)Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”) Outstanding supporting performanceMark Rylance (“Bones and All”)Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)Raúl Castillo (“The Inspection”)Gabrielle Union (“The Inspection”)Nina Hoss (“Tár”)Noémie Merlant (“Tár”)Hong Chau (“The Whale”) Jessie Buckley ("Women Talking") Ben Whishaw ("Women Talking") Breakthrough director Charlotte Wells (“Aftersun”) Owen Kline (“Funny Pages”) Elegance Bratton (“The Inspection”) Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic (“Murina”) Beth De Araújo (“Soft & Quiet”) Jane Schoenbrun (“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”) Best screenplay Kogonada (“After Yang”) James Gray (“Armageddon Time”) Lena Dunham (“Catherine Called Birdy”) Todd Field (“Tár”) Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”) Breakthrough performer Frankie Corio (“Aftersun”) Kali Reis (“Catch the Fair One”) Gracija Flipovic (“Murina”) Anna Diop (“Nanny”) Anna Cobb (“We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”)

It wouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Banshees already feels like an iconic film to me. It’s going to be a film of the moment, at least more than Fabelmans.

Bump, because I just realized this was getting reissued! Hopefully it crosses 100M this time.

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Please remember to submit Tuesday immunity predictions tonight by 11:59 PM PST if you have not already! Votes are due tomorrow by 7 PM EST as well. I will say, Tuesday predictions are technically optional, but I highly recommend submitting predictions anyway because you can never know for sure where the votes are going to land! Predictions just might save your games! Good luck!

Hello again, and welcome to my account of the 25th annual Cucalorus Film Festival. In this blog entry, I will talk about the films I saw and the experiences I had as a volunteer. I’m titling this entry “Humble Beginnings” because this was the first Cucalorus I was truly a part of. In years before 2019, I had a head knowledge of Cucalorus and was mildly interested in attending, but never actually did. You can chalk it up to other responsibilities like for school and stuff, but a major reason was the fear surrounding not knowing anything about the films they were screening. I remember one year when I first scrolled through the selection, and I was telling myself, “I’ve never heard of any of these films.” Simply put, that is the worst possible way you can approach a film festival. “I have not heard of the film, therefore I will not give it a chance”—NOOOO! The discovery of the handcrafted artistic works of filmmakers is the entire point of a festival, right? In film school, folks from Cucalorus came to my classes to talk about the event, and it was something about the way they talked about it where I really wanted to attend it this time. I think the presentation of Cucalorus coincides with my realization of how impactful festivals can be to films and the amount of attention they get from audiences. Two of those speakers were film directors Hannah Black and Megan Peterson, who talked about their experience with entering and winning a fundraising event hosted by the Duplass brothers so they could shoot a film called Drought, and it was their enthusiastic presentation about Cucalorus and indie filmmaking that sold me on attending the festival. But how was I going to attend it? My dad helped me out! He did catering during the production of Drought, and he catered events for Cucalorus in the lead-up to the festival. His volunteering allowed him to earn a free pass to the festival, and he gave that free pass to me. But there were obstacles to my attendance despite the free pass. I was in a terrible car accident a month before the festival, and that festival left me without my own transportation until around Thanksgiving. Not to mention I was already a shut-in and an internet addict who preferred to stay inside my apartment and devote myself to my schoolwork (the semester was eighteen hours) and my online hobbies. The trouble is, I was hardly doing anything aside from that, and not engaging with other people is a dangerous way to live your life. In the parking lot of the apartment complex, my dad was asking me why I wasn’t going and telling me about what he did to earn the free pass. And the day after, I curbed my social anxieties and attended the festival! **** Before I get into the experience, I will first set the scene by telling you where Cucalorus screens its films. Most films are screened in Thalian Hall, which is a cultural building and performing arts venue that has been a part of Wilmington, NC since the late 1850s. Today, Thalian Hall regularly screens indies and documentaries in the main theater as part of its cinematheque program. There are three location in Thalian Hall where Cucalorus can screen a feature or a shorts block. The first is obviously the main theater, where certain selections and programs with the best chance at gathering a large audience are screened. Upstairs, there are two more location: the Thalian Ballroom, which can host a variety of events in addition to films, which are screened via the trusty screen/projector comb; and Thalian Black, a “black box” theater setup which is a great space to watch a movie in. In 2019, Cucalorus also screened movies and shorts blocks in Jengo’s Playhouse, a small lounge venue, as well as the auditorium at UNCW’s film building. Jengo’s Playhouse doesn’t have many seats, but it makes up for that by generally being awesome. The film building auditorium is also a good place to screen movies; the chairs are wooden, but besides that, it has multiple DVD players as well as a retractable curtain where you can open and close the curtain depending on the aspect ration of what you’re screening. I will always love this theater! *** The very first film I saw at Cucalorus was the dramedy Lucky Grandma, about an elderly Chinese-American woman who steals a bag of money and gets pursued by mafia gangsters. I saw it with my stepdad, and he enjoyed it! It was a memorable film with great performances, and it was later picked up for a VOD release by Good Deed Entertainment; it’s also available to watch on Paramount+. My second film came later that night, and it was my personal favorite of the festival. I’m talking about A Great Lamp, which is available for free on YouTube. That film is an experimental black-and-white indie that’s way more poetry than narrative, and it was shot on the streets of Downtown Wilmington guerilla-style. (Makes me feel like a loser knowing there’s these great films being shot in my town and I’m missing my chances to help with filming.) Anyway, I made a complete fool of myself because the credits were rolling, and I was loudly yammering about how the film was great but I was leaving the ballroom; then an actor from the film stared at me in disbelief, and I sat back down because I was embarrassed that I almost left before the Q&A. Of course that would happen to me 😅. But the Q&A was awesome, and I told the actor that I would tell all of my friends about it (which I did). I only sat through two shorts block, the first of which was the animation block. I’m a diehard animaniac and I love watching animated films whenever I can, though I’ve since come to favor the realness of live action just a little bit more. But this block has good shorts, including an experimental one about a night trucker losing his sanity, as well as one of the ten shortlisted films for the Animated Short Oscar, which was about a shy airplane model maker and the little guy living in his mind. Mind Over Mind, I think? The second shorts block was dedicated to *excellent* short films, like burgeoning auteurs who definitely knew what they were doing. There was a drama in a barbershop, then a film about Jamaican Americans where a teenager was trying to find his father, then a horror film (more like “first ten pages of a feature script they’re trying to make”), which was a cross between Get Out and The Descent, and I really hope they make it. It ended with Pony Boy, about a male prostitute working in a laundromat (a wink to My Beautiful Laundrette perhaps?) and that was a very well made short film. I saw a few short documentaries during my volunteer hours, one was about the injustices caused by nuclear plants, and another was about Native American motorcross racers (or some sort of motorcycle sport). Those two were awesome! Then I’ll ramble about the documentaries next; the docs I saw were Hope Frozen, Pariah Dog, and a film I forgot the title of, but that one had the filmmaker follow a boy in a third-world country with the camera, and it was very poetic. But Hope Frozen was about the little girl in either China, Taiwan, or another place who was put in cryosleep. Then Pariah Dog had the filmmaker travel around India to film these packs of street dogs as well as the human discourse surrounding whether they should be taken care of. That was like Kedi but not as lighthearted. Before I get to other features I watched, I want to talk about how I volunteered. And the only crummy part about volunteering is getting a shift that conflicts with your ability to watch a film you really want to watch. In my case, I had to volunteer around the time Bacarau was screening. Yeah, the Boffy-winning masterwork, and I still haven’t seen it too… Anyway, they had me usher in Jengo’s Playhouse, so I was making sure everyone got to their seats, and that there were enough seats for everyone. Then I was pulled aside along with a classmate, and we were in someone’s kitchen peeling shrimp for someone’s huge batch of shrimp and grits they were making for a late night house party. You haven’t volunteered for Cucalorus until you’ve peeled shrimp for shrimp and grits! Okay, it’s narrative feature time again. I watched a film called The Miseducation of Bindu. It’s a high school coming-of-age starring an Indian-American girl who tries to fulfill her final requirements so she can skip Senior year and get the heck out of that dump of a public high school. Up and coming actress Megan Suri stars as Bindu, and with my limited film and television watching experience, I can safely say she’s one of the hidden industry talents I’m rooting for at the moment. She starred in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever as well as a film I’ll be talking about during the 2020 blog post; she will also appear in the Searching sequel Missing. And Miseducation of Bindu is available on Tubi and Peacock if you want to watch it for free! Finally, my last film that I remember watching was The Twentieth Century, a Canadian treasure which takes a zany and satirical approach to the early 1900s divide between British Canada and French Canada. It’s filmed in a old film style, like super old, and it has expressionistic production design. I campaigned it during the 2020 Boffies and got it a bunch of noms, because users were starving for good films to nominate due to the pandemic shutting down theaters. Good times! *** I had a ton of fun at the 2019 Cucalorus Film Festival, and my experience is going to keep me going back to the festival again and again, and also volunteering again and again. If you want to hear about how they pulled off presenting a festival during the pandemic, stay tuned for the next blog post (a much shorter post), where I talk about the 2020 festival!

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Welcome to the airfield. Today, I have an announcement regarding the Rewards Membership Percentage Boost that I told you about a few weeks ago. First, let's put up the logo: 🎞️ REWARDS PROGRAM 🎞️ SLAM!: For the October 28th weekend immunity predictions, multiple players will have an opportunity to earn a percentage boost through the rewards program. And I'm about to reveal how you can earn that boost. For that, I'll need a little help. Come on out, you guys! A helicopter lands on the airfield. The previously eliminated players (@Agafin @Eric Adam @Goldenhour36 @Morieris @Shanks) step out of the helicopter and stand in a row. Morieris: Hi you guys! Goldenhour36: You all look well. Eric Adam: We meet again, Ethan. Agafin: I think Nanner spilled something blue on his shirt... Shanks: Hmph. SLAM!: When these players were eliminated, I gave them the option to choose one film that's playing in theaters in either a wide or semi-wide release. This was entirely optional for the eliminated players. And not one, not two, but THREE of these players selected a film. Players, reveal your selections... Shanks: I picked Tár. Morieris: I picked Tár. Goldenhour36: I picked Prey for the Devil and Call Jane... SLAM!: Thank you guys! The eliminated players get back on the helicopter, and the helicopter flies them away. SLAM!: I will now present the total percentage currently in the rewards bank: SLAM!: All right. No more beating around the bush. Here's how you can earn the rewards boost: SLAM!: Well, that's all for today. Good luck with the percentage boost, and good luck with the next tribal council. Here comes the IMPORTANT INFORMATION DOSSIER (Concession Stand | Tribal | Weekend Challenge)

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh SLAM!: Welcome, everyone, to the merge tribe! Your merge tribe is called the MOUNTAIN BANSHEES The Dark Alfred: Sick title, dude! M37: Heck yeah! Wait… Where’s Eric? AN9815: Huh… Agafin’s not here… SLAM!: I will give everyone time to settle into the Mountain Banshees barracks and get to know each other before the challenge starts. See you in a couple hours! *** Cut to the barracks, where AN9815, Fancyarcher, and Ethan Hunt are talking. AN9815: Agafin… He’s really out! Fancyarcher: And as much as I love data and numbers, even I couldn’t have predicted that. Ethan Hunt: This season is a lot harder than I thought. Things can change on a dime. AN9815: I’m going to go further in this game… And I’m doing it for Agafin! Fancyarcher: Same here. I shall play hard to spite the wheel! Ethan Hunt: For Agafin. They fist-bump. Confessional – AN9815: I have no idea who cast that vote for Agafin… (flashback to Eric Adam casting the sole Agafin/NannerManCan vote) …But I will not rest until I find the players who voted out my best friend! I’m getting my revenge! Confessional – Ethan Hunt: How did I get into that conversation? Right place at the right time, I guess. At least it was a chance to stir the pot. Meanwhile, M37 walks up to Gokai Red and NannerManCan. M37: You guys got Eric out?! Nice job, you guys! Gokai Red: Hate to break it to you, but that wasn’t us. NannerManCan: Our sights were aimed elsewhere… M37: Huh? What do you mean? Gokai and Nanner glare at each other. M37 realizes. Gokai Red: Just wait until I go Super Saiyan. You’ll be packing in a heartbeat. NannerManCan: You’re talking to a forklift operator. I go Super Saiyan every day at work. They turn the other way and cross their arms. Confessional – M37: My allies are turning against each other and it’s only week five. Great. Meanwhile, DAJK walks up to YM!. DAJK: Hey, YM! YM!: …DAJK. DAJK: Amnesia. YM!: What? DAJK: I said that first so you wouldn’t block your ears this time. But yeah. I had Amnesia. That’s why I didn’t remember what I did last week. But now I remember—I got you voted out. And for that, I’m sorry! YM!: …I see. Yeah, I guess we can bury the hatchet. New game new dynamics, after all. DAJK: Friend zone? YM!: Friend zone. They hug. Confessional – YM!: Do I trust DAJK? Not entirely. But it’s to keep up appearances, because if I tell him upright “I don’t trust you,” he could decide to target me. I’d rather have him believe we’re all good than have him believe I’m skeptical. Confessional – DAJK: I feel like I’m off the hook now that we’ve buried the hatchet! Now I can focus on taking Ethan’s advice and playing some Ice Cold Gameplay! Meanwhile, Reddroast walks into The Dark Alfred’s room. The Dark Alfred: Hey Redd. That was a gnarly move with those Icees, man. Reddroast: Thanks! I was expecting my score to be that high. I guess it all worked out. Silence for a minute. Then Reddroast sees what The Dark Alfred. Reddroast: Is that a compact mirror? And what’s with the makeup? The Dark Alfred: Oh, this. I smoke so much weed that I get dark spots under my eyes, and I put some touch-ups under my eyes to cover the splotches. It’s something I’m self-conscious about. Reddroast: Cool. Well, I won’t keep you then. Reddroast checks to see with Alfred’s distracted. Then he slips something into Alfred’s Ziploc bag of weed and steps out. A few minutes later, Cap and ZeeSoh walk into the room, right when The Dark Alfred finishes the touch-up. Cap: Hey Alfred. We’re looking for my Captain America Funko Pop!. Have you seen it around? The Dark Alfred: Nah, man. ZeeSoh: Well, it was worth a shot—woah. Wait a minute. ZeeSoh reaches into the bag of weed and pulls out the Funko Pop!. ZeeSoh: I found it in the weed. The Dark Alfred: Uh… Cap: Alfred? Is there anything you want to tell us? The Dark Alfred: I did not put that there. Cap: Well, then why was it in your weed? A lightbulb flashes above Alfred’s head. The Dark Alfred: Reddroast was the last person in here. Maybe he slipped it in… Cap: That’s a strong accusation. ZeeSoh, what do you think? ZeeSoh: Let’s consider who we’re dealing with. He’s The Dark Alfred, and one would think he’s always too stoned to be up to sneaky stuff. Confessional – The Dark Alfred: That’s what I want other players to think, of course. Cap: He can’t be stoned all the time! You see his eyes, right? No dark circles. There’s nothing on his face to tell us that he’s stoned right now. The Dark Alfred gulps. ZeeSoh: We’re Cap & ZeeSoh, right? Shouldn’t our suspicion be unanimous? The Dark Alfred: Cap and what now? Cap: Uh, nothing! Nothing! He said uh… Snap and… Uh… Veto! The Dark Alfred: Oh, okay. Cap and ZeeSoh hurry out of the room. The Dark Alfred grins, because he knows what’s up… *** Coinsterdam Manager: Step right up! M37 returns to Coinsterdam. M37: Hi again, mister manager. My allies are going crazy… I need to put matters into my own hands and win me some moo-lah. Coinsterdam Manager: Alrighty! That’ll be -5%! M37 pulls the lever. The slots spin… *** Everyone steps into a white room with a long, Olympic pool sized hallway. There’s a laser security maze in the hallway, just like the ones you see in superspy movies. SLAM!: Welcome to the Laser Maze. Here to explain the rules is the challenge’s guest host, the one and only Dwayne Johnson. Take it away, The Rock! Dwayne Johnson: Thank you, SLAM!. One by one, players will be racing through this laser maze. The player who pushes the button in the fastest time wins immunity! But be careful: if you touch a laser, that means you are eliminated from this challenge. Gokai Red: Lasers? More like losers. HA! SLAM!: Why don’t we go in alphabetical order this time? That means AN9815 is up first! AN9815: You know it! AN9815 limbos through the maze with astonishing agility but hits a laser about halfway through, eliminating him. AN9815: Shoot… SLAM!: Sorry AN9815, but you did not win immunity. Cap, you’re next! Cap takes out her Captain America shield and blocks the lasers with the shield. Fancyarcher: She’s allowed to use a shield?! Excuse me?! Cap steps on a laser on accident. Cap: Ah, my America’s heel! SLAM!: Sorry, you’re out. Next! DAJK takes a slow and steady approach and manages to reach the end and hit the button! SLAM!: With a time of one minute and forty-five seconds, DAJK is the player to beat! M37: Nice one, DAJK! DAJK huffs and puffs like a victorius Olympian. The Dark Alfred: I believe it’s my turn next! The Dark Alfred begins a challenge, then looks around and acts confused. The Dark Alfred: A red dot… He touches it and gets eliminated. ZeeSoh: (nudges Cap) See, he’s too stoned to do anything. Cap: That’s what he wants us to think. He’s clearly acting. Cap & ZeeSoh keep arguing. Alfred grins… Ethan Hunt: (cracks knuckles) Let’s see what the Hunt can do. Ethan Hunt rushes in, trips, and falls through lots of lasers. Everyone: OOOOOOH! SLAM!: Sorry Ethan, but you have been eliminated. Confessional – Ethan Hunt: I tripped on purpose, of course. Cut to Fancyarcher lying flat on the ground and dragging himself through the laser maze. Reddroast: Uhhhhh… Fancyarcher. Fancyarcher: I know this method is slow, I’m not going to risk hitting a laser! Reddroast: You’re running out of time. Fancyarcher: I know, but I will not touch the laser! I cannot touch it! Reddroast: Fancy, there’s ten seconds left. Fancyarcher: (starts to hustle) Reddroast: Six… Five… Four… Fancyarcher: AAAAAAAAAAAAH! BEEP BEEP. SLAM!: Sorry Fancyarcher, you timed out. Fancyarcher: (pounds the floor) DARN IT! Gokai Red jumps into the starting lane. Gokai Red: It’s Gokai’s time to shine, baby! You’re going down, Nanner! Gokai Red does front-flips and corkscrews through the maze but overextends his legs during a cartwheel and hits a laser. SLAM!: Sorry Gokai, you’re out. Gokai Red: Oh, come on! M37 assumes a track runner starting position. M37: (under his breath) I may have taken the -5%... But that doesn’t mean I can’t win. M37 bursts into the maze and dodges lasers, doing pretty well, but he anticlimactically hits a laser halfway through and gets eliminated. SLAM!: NannerManCan, you’re up. NannerManCan: SLAM!, I got so many votes last time… I need to win this. So I’m using Two Blue Raspberry Icees. Gokai Red: I—Cee someone’s not too confident about the laser maze! NannerManCan: Big talk coming from someone who lost. M37: Geez, I know you voted each other, but can we just all get along? NannerManCan: Gokai’s heckling aside, I feel very energized and ready to rumble! Because if— Gokai Red: —you can drive a forklift, you can navigate a laser maze, we get it. NannerManCan: Okay, THAT’S IT. NannerManCan uses the energy from his Icees to tackle Gokai Red to the ground. They fight, and security breaks them up. SLAM: On further review, his foot stepped over the line to start, so it looks like he’s already timed out. Who’s next? Reddroast: That’ll be me! Cue the Chariots of Fire music as Reddroast runs through the lasers in slow-motion. He reaches the end pushes the button, and raises the arms in victory. YM!: Uh… You just ran through the lasers. Reddroast: You’re right. I just wanted to run in slow motion. (winks to the camera) Confessional – Reddroast: I actually just threw the competition to look weak. Guess I got some shady tactics in me after all! YM!: *sighs* Guess I’ll have to win this. YM! navigates the maze using the power of logic, and he makes it pretty far, but touches the laser and gets out. YM!: Shoot. SLAM!: Alright! Last but not least, it’s ZeeSoh’s turn. ZeeSoh stares at the lasers and takes a breath. 3… 2… 1… And he’s off! Cap: Go ZeeSoh! You can do it! Ethan Hunt: Woah there. He’s just going and going. AN9815: He’s pushing the button! SMASH! He smashes that button. SLAM!: ZeeSoh reaches the button in less than a minute and wins immunity! ZeeSoh: Good game, DAJK. DAJK: Yeah. Good game. They shake hands… But they look into each other’s eyes. Time slows to a crawl, and they realize that both of them are here to play hard and play to win. It’s the first time ZeeSoh’s noticed this winning drive from DAJK… Confessional – ZeeSoh: Last season, I convinced DAJK to make villainous moves cuz, you know, I was a bit of a villain myself then. And it looks like his drive has returned somehow. I better watch out! *** SLAM!: All right! Let’s see how you did! Everyone's Averages: ZeeSoh has won immunity. This means that, as everyone will attend the next tribal council, all other players are eligible to be voted for. The players glance around at each other. ... BSHHHHK. The intercom comes on. "All castaways to the airfield. I repeat: all castaways to the airfield." SLAM!: Let's go to the airfield for a special announcement. (This announcement and the Dossier will be included in the post below.)

Catchy title... Production values... I think this reaches $50M.

I think this has a shot at breaking the top ten. I’m really hoping that it does. Breaking the ten in only 280 can never hurt, and it can really only help a film secure more theaters over time.

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh NEXT TIME ON SURVIVOR... THIS MONDAY AN9815: I'm going to go further in this game... And I'm doing it for Agafin! DWAYNE JOHNSON GUEST-HOSTS ZeeSoh: I found it in the weed. The Dark Alfred: Uh... AN ELECTRIFYING CHALLENGE Gokai Red: Lasers? More like losers! HA! SURVIVOR PANDORA EPISODE FIVE: "NOTHING BUT HEARTACHE"

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Hello! Yesterday, I sent everyone Three Dilemma Questions. But I want to clear up confusion and answer some questions! - “For Two Coins” means you would be earning two coins by answering “Yes”. - Banishment is not “lol you’re out of the game,” so don’t panic; instead, it’s temporary isolation from the rest of the players. - Coinsterdam needs at least 7 ”yes” votes to increase its lifespan. If there is a 6-6 tie of “yes” and “no” then I will wait until one player gets eliminated at the next tribal council, because when that player is removed, it becomes a 6-5. - The deadline for answers is early Monday before the next episode is posted!

What is this going to do now that Creed III is on that March 3rd date? Creed III’s ads say “made for IMAX” and everything. What’s going to happen if Creed and this actually release together? Will Dungeons have to share IMAX screenings, or could they lose all its IMAX screenings to Creed entirely? Is Paramount trying to find another date? and why is this the first comment on Dungeons’s thread since July? Is Paramount dropping the ball? 😱

So what exactly is Cucalorus, and what makes it different from other film festivals? Cucalorus is approaching its 28th annual festival, which will be going on between Wed. November 16th and Sun. November 20th. From then and now, it’s been screening narrative and documentary films and short films of all types as well as hosting a variety of other events. But wait a minute: what kind of films does Cucalorus select? I will start not by answering this directly, but by instead providing a grand revelation: Cucalorus is a non-competitive festival. No awards at all, and that includes both jury things and audience things. There’s a lot of films out there specifically aiming for awards in order to increase awareness of the project, and honestly, that’s a valid pursuit because festival films compete for attention with stuff like House of the Dragon and typically need all the “reasons to watch” they can muster. But for those films, if they can only get into a certain number of festivals, or if they schedule their release shortly after big awards festivals like Venice/Toronto, then the chance a festival like Cucalorus gets awards-seeking films is slim to none. So in light of all that, what kind of film is typically finding its way to Cucalorus? It’s this: quirky and/or soulful indies, bold international works, and films willing to experiment. Common types include colorful coming-of-age, character studies about middle-aged and elderly citizens, films about family, exciting indie horrors, smaller films from the previous Sundance, and films and docs about important social issues like disability, race, LBGT+, and the environment. And the fact that “bigger films” don’t usually screen actually makes Cucalorus even more exciting, because it means you’re watching movies that you’re unlikely to have access to anywhere else. Uniquely, each year Cucalorus also programs one short film block that is solely dedicated to dance films. The festival itself focuses on dance as well as film, as dancers often perform before a movie starts, and there’s even a separate stage event called Dance-a-Lorus, which is one of Cucalorus’s most popular events. I’ve been to a dance film block (which I’ll elaborate on in due time), and it’s safe to say that there’s more than enough in Cucalorus’s dance films to separate them from a simple “music video” moniker. I wanted to do a “here’s a list of films Cucalorus has screened before,” but I am currently not knowledgeable of an expansive screening history beyond the festivals I’ve attended. There is one film I know for a fact was screened in 2018 though, and that’s Burning—yes, the fantastic South Korea one. And I was this close to seeing that screening but chose not to go. And I still haven’t seen it. I’m kicking myself (;_;). Anyways… Cucalorus is about films with a heart, films with a soul, and films with a message; unburdened by the pressure of awards, Cucalorus films are free to exhibit their artistic traits to an engaged and grateful audience, and the filmmakers and audience can start a discussion about a film without any need to seek out a lucrative Netflix deal. In short, it’s a festival about sharing and enjoying art for art’s sake, and it’s a place for DYI artists and burgeoning auteurs on the margins of the film bubble to truly thrive. If you have any more questions, ask away in the comments, where I plan to continue the discussion!

@AN9815 @Cap @DAJK @The Dark Alfred @Ethan Hunt @Fancyarcher @Gokai Red @M37 @NannerManCan @Reddroast @YM! @ZeeSoh Final reminder: This is the final reminder, get those predictions in (if you haven't already) by 11:59 PST or before Thursday previews, very urgent, very crucial, also listen to "Final Reminder" by Europe— "It's the FINAL REMINDER!" 🎵 Duhn-uh Duhn, Duhn! 🎵

I mean, good luck getting a psychological thriller into the mix, because it’s a rare achievement, but I’ll at least root for Anna Kendrick to succeed.