This is the scene in Manhunter where Hannibal Lecter asks Will Graham to give him his home phone number.

It's fascinating. Both cuts are on Prime Video, so you can compare and contrast them with minimal movement from the sofa (hence that blog post)!

I like all of the first four for different reasons. One to three are proper films (though two is a remake of one with a different ending, and three is where the cartoonishness starts creeping in). Four is just mad, propagandistic pop art, so I love it in a different way.

I was all in for a return to more grounded drama. Ending a five-film boxing saga with Rocky engaging in a scuffly street fight felt like an anticlimax to me though.

You really need to see the goofy robot - it's amazing. After the film it went on tour with James Brown.

Hm. Conversations I’ve had with insiders at Netflix are all about how any menu system can’t remotely compete with linear TV - so many disadvantages - and that plenty of programmes and whole genres can only survive on a platform that doesn’t rely on an algorithmic / front page priority system.

Yeah I agree. I don't know why they cut out the part where they establish how many pounds per square inch he can punch, though.

Here's an absolutely incredible piece of dialogue from the 1980 Alien knock-off, Contamination: Tony: “You’re the first woman I went after that I never got past first base with.” Stella: “I’m sorry.”

Hi! It looks like you're trying to watch telly

The orbs:

I've recently cleared myself of eating all the fig rolls in the cupboard despite my daughter's ongoing investigation

Honk

pure and simple, gonna be there. parp

The early 2000s were a more innocent, fartier time.