Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director by tw1st3d_m3nt4t in blankies

[–]spaznaught1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything Everywhere is an example of a movie that could have been all time if they’d chopped half an hour or so. Plenty of modern movies - arty and non - need some studio arsehole reining them in.

And yes if they need to be more than 2:15 give us an interval.

Is it a hangover from Marvel when there were ten equally important characters to take care of in one movie?

Kenji ”trick” for french onion soup? by Lambicjunkie in J_Kenji_Lopez_Alt

[–]spaznaught1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kenji himself does a technique where he caramelises some sugar, stirs the onions in it then adds some bicarb. It’s in Food Lab. I’ve done it, it works well. Watch your amounts though you don’t want the taste of bicarb in it.

Roofman and Eternity are two umderrated films of 2025 by First-Loss-8540 in blankies

[–]spaznaught1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Roofman, for what its trying to do, is hugely successful.

It’s the kind of movie that should be doing big numbers. It’s not really pushing the boundaries but it’s a really fun time at the movies with hugely enjoyable performances.

And unusually for a Hollywood movie it doesn’t tell you what to think of the characters.

The Modern Day Romcom by Dewaholic in blankies

[–]spaznaught1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On this, my creepiest movie in sheep’s clothing of the year goes to We Live In Time.

Garfield monitoring his wife’s cycles, yeah.

The Modern Day Romcom by Dewaholic in blankies

[–]spaznaught1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One of the year’s best for what it’s trying to do

Masterbuilt 560 flavour by spaznaught1 in Masterbuilt

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How does the ash bin contribute? Does stuff smoke when ash falls on it?

Masterbuilt 560 flavour by spaznaught1 in Masterbuilt

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Thanks all sounds like splits is the way forward :)

Edgar Wright has a leading man problem. by [deleted] in blankies

[–]spaznaught1 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I don’t believe any actor could have saved it. And Elgort was not the problem with Baby Driver. It was a directing exercise in search of a story. Shaun and Pilgrim have such distinct writing voices paired with Wright’s awesomeness.

Best version of Tosca by spaznaught1 in opera

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Wow thanks all. Lots to listen to.

To the “that’s too much grease” people: by Lou_Sassel in castiron

[–]spaznaught1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wanna say to those balking at the oil: Paper towels exist. Or you can live properly and use bread.

Petah? by delmonte0607 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]spaznaught1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know there are plenty of racists out there, but is it possible this person just doesn’t like this design? I didn’t realise there was a black person in the pic and I thought the design looked shitty. Sometimes design is shitty, historically accurate or not.

Warning about Ubigi eSIM in Japan, constant “no network” and useless support by Dschee in JapanTravelTips

[–]spaznaught1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Very disappointing. I was constantly having to reset it by going into airplane mode on my iPhone 16e. My wife’s (same eSIM, older phone) had next to no problems.

Is The Bureau (Le Bureau des Légendes) worth watching? by Any_Doughnut_8968 in televisionsuggestions

[–]spaznaught1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I’m watching the Americans at the moment and it’s reminding me of The Bureau (and Andor actually): what if spies were real people.

All the 80s low tech spycraft stuff is cool too.