Movies Silently

On a serious note, the number of slop books clogging the history selection is truly depressing. Any keyword you can think of, there is a self-published book with suspiciously waxy AI cover art ready to teach you about that exact thing.

WHY WOULD I BUY A SLOP HISTORY BOOK WHEN I CAN PRODUCE MY OWN SLOP HISTORY BOOK AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON I want an impenetrable text written by an academic up to their armpits in papyrus fragments. I want a bibliography that takes up 1/4 of the pages.

On a serious note, the number of slop books clogging the history selection is truly depressing. Any keyword you can think of, there is a self-published book with suspiciously waxy AI cover art ready to teach you about that exact thing.

Nobody... No one at all... Me: THE CANAANITE PANTHEON

Give something a single syllable name and someone somewhere is bound to find it amusing

Egyptian conspirators have a sensible approach to tomb curses in MADE FOR LOVE

The American Kalem company said "Hold my beer" and sent a whole film crew to Egypt to capture the whole darn thing. FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS (1912) was supposed to be a short but everyone got carried away and darn if they didn't make the earliest known American epic feature.

Egyptian conspirators have a sensible approach to tomb curses in MADE FOR LOVE

Can Hollywood be normal about Egypt ever? No. No, they cannot. And you may think that the Egyptian thing started with the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922 but, no, they were mummy mad well before that

Nobody... No one at all... Me: THE CANAANITE PANTHEON

The AI bro obsession with the pope is really, truly fascinating and bonkers. They are hounding him for approval (as near as I can tell, they are not doing this with any other faith leaders) If not this pope, a pope. It’s inevitable, Mr. Pope, how many models are you running?

It reminds me of Elon Musk trying constantly to get the attention of Stephen King specifically. (Instead, he gets Joyce Carol Oates, which I suppose can be taken as proof that god exists and has a sense of humor)

This is a great excuse to plug the British miniseries FLICKERS (1980), one of the most authentic portrayals of the madcap days of early cinema. Hoskins plays a sleazy small timer who ends up paired with a wealthy woman who needs to cover an illicit affair.

This is why I say my dogs are in a polyamorous open relationship It's a) correct and b) unambiguous

This week's review covers the 1907 chase film extravaganza, THE DISINTEGRATED CONVICT. The title character bends the laws of physics, shapeshifting into snakes, blocks and merging with a wall in order to evade the police. moviessilently.com/2026/10/26/t...

Vitagraph specialized in cutting edge special effects in the 1900s and this film makes use of stop motion, substitution cuts, puppetry and stunts

I hate to keep bringing things back to Eurovision (no, I don't, actually) but using betting markets to predict events has been standard in the fandom for years and years and, frankly, psychic hotlines would be rolling their eyes at the dishonesty. The bookies got a few years wrong but

Does anyone want to rewatch the 1972 contest in Edinburgh hosted by Moira Sheerer and one of the years where the juries appeared in the open and sneered at one another? www.youtube.com/watch?v=71De...

I hate to keep bringing things back to Eurovision (no, I don't, actually) but using betting markets to predict events has been standard in the fandom for years and years and, frankly, psychic hotlines would be rolling their eyes at the dishonesty. The bookies got a few years wrong but

I miss following Eurovision itself but I had already decided to disengage with the fandom because... woof.

I hate to keep bringing things back to Eurovision (no, I don't, actually) but using betting markets to predict events has been standard in the fandom for years and years and, frankly, psychic hotlines would be rolling their eyes at the dishonesty. The bookies got a few years wrong but

Even when they were 90% right in predicting a dark horse winner, it was something like "the odds were completely off for a few months and the winner wasn't even in the running but once their performance was unveiled a few days before the final, they shot up" so they didn't really predict anything

Brazilin director Mario Peixoto appears in a small role in his silent masterpiece LIMITE, which imagines the dying thoughts of three people in a lifeboat. The film was suppressed and only one copy survived, so we are very fortunate to have it.

Regarding that lady using AI to describe her daughter's good qualities... I wish to counterprogram with some good parenting. I was in a pet store, an energetic boy (maybe 6 or 7) came meowing up and saw Douglas. His dad was right behind him and told him that they always ASK before approaching dogs

The boy meowed and asked if he could pet Douglas. Douglas was overstimulated so I told the boy that maybe waving would be better. He gave an enthusiastic wave and continued off to the cat toys with his dad (more meows). Good parenting because the boy was allowed to be himself but was given good

Does anyone have a tried-and-true vintage applesauce cake recipe? I am talking old school.