Let's talk about your DVD collections.

I'll be selling a bunch of mine soon. I can't justify having all these items taking up space in my room that I ignore forever, especially when streaming has made these collections completely obsolete. Obviously, I'll keep the classics and stuff I'll love forever, but I'm totally willing to part with a good chunk of it.

Some movies you love, and you gotta keep. Some movies you like, and that's not good enough anymore. It's weird how much the movie industry has changed, and how meaningless most of my collection has become. It's not like I watch the extras anyway, for 95% of them. And considering Hollywood is filled with so many elitist pieces of shit, I just don't have the appreciation for these actors and filmmakers that I once did.

What about you? Is your collection bloated, or are you efficient?

Thomas Dekker to Star in Giallo Short ‘Artichoke’ Produced by Dario Argento’s Granddaughter
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3923809/thomas-dekker-to-star-in-giallo-short-artichoke-produced-by-dario-argentos-granddaughter/

Anna Lou Castoldi, granddaughter of Italian master of horror Dario Argento and daughter of actress Asia Argento, will executive produce and narrate the giallo-inspired short Artichoke, Deadline reports. Alyson Gorske (“Obliterated”) is set to star as Cynara, a young woman trapped in a macabre fever dream, alongside Thomas Dekker (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” A Nightmare […]
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#ThomasDekker #DarioArgento #Artichoke #AnnaLouCastoldi #AlysonGorske #Movies

My life just fell apart at the start of this new year, so I'll be in a readjustment period for a while. Gotta get a new job and postpone my recent filmmaking plans and recoup some losses.

But hey, at least #Venezuela got liberated! I'm not being sarcastic, I think it's pretty epic.

Anybody got any #NewYears resolutions?

I have a big trash project in the works, but I won't spoil that yet. My other resolutions are generic garbage, like getting more exercise. You?

#SpinalTap2 (2025)

It's hard to make a follow-up to a cult film 40 years later, but I had a lot of good laughs out of this one. Rob Reiner was a loon, but separate the art from the artist because he made some good flicks.

Our trio is all pretty old now, having had a falling out with each other over the years. David makes music in small scale (having won a "Holdie" award), Nigel trades guitars for cheese, and Derek works in a glue museum. Suffice to say, they need to reform, and that's when the magic^disasters happen.

It's not a complex movie, but it's a lot of little things that make it fun. There's a fair amount of nostalgia going on and they'll obviously retread the greatest hits of the first movie, but I don't care. I still listen to same shit I did decades ago, so I'm happy to see these guys still going, even if they're old farts. A short and sweet movie. #RIP Rob.

I have bought a shit load of Metal albums this year! And I've certainly never bought so many albums released in the current year. I know we have a few Metal fans lurking on here, so, for anyone interested in some new releases, here's every 2025 Metal release I've bought this year.

#2025Metal

Dream Theater - Parasomnia - Progressive Metal

Killstinct - The One Reborn - Death Metal

Cancer - Inverted World - Death/Thrash Metal

Crowhill Tales - Where's the Point Of No Return

Glorious Depravity - Death Never Sleeps - Death Metal

Jorogumo - Babylon - Sludge/Death Metal

Crowgod - Emergence - Sludge/Stoner Metal

Candlemass - Black Star - Epic Doom Metal

Silent Tombs - Mourning Hymns From Beyond - Doom/Death Metal

Hooded Menace - Lachrymose Monuments Of Obscuration - Death/Doom Metal

In Mourning - The Immortal - Progressive Melodic Death Metal

Avatarium - Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead - Doom Metal

Hellshock - XXV - Crust Punk/Death/Thrash Metal

Holy Death - Paradice - Doom/Death Metal

Dope Smoker - The Wolfe - Stoner Doom Metal

Ancient Death - Ego Dissolution - Death Metal

Johan Langquist - The Castle - Doom/Heavy Metal/Hard Rock

Scent Of Thorns - Deathless Heights - Melodic Death/Folk Metal

Serpent Rider - The Ichor of Chimaera - Epic Heavy/Doom Metal

Sleep Throne - Tales From The Bog - Doom/Death Metal

Vomitizer - Release The Rats - Death Metal

Weedwagon - Green Dawn - Sludge/Stoner Metal

Pagan Altar - Never Quite Dead - NWOBHM/Heavy Metal, Doom Metal

The Outlourdes - Humanity Is Killing Us All - Heavy Metal/Punk

Pelican - Flickering Resonance - Post Metal

I saw this on X:

What movie did Hollywood learn the exact wrong lesson from?

Die Hard worked because John McClane is vulnerable. He doubts himself, bleeds, breaks down, and feels the cost when people die. Studios fixated on Bruce Willis kicking ass and ignored the humanity, turning later action heroes into invincible machines.

Merry Krampus from me and the wife.

A funny bit in #DieHard I never really noticed until my last viewing...

The news reporters talk about "Helsinki Syndrome", and the guy says, "As in Helsinki, Sweden," and the other guy corrects him with, "Finland". They're both idiots.

2025 Viewings

This is for anyone who wants to keep a log of their viewings/ratings every month so please feel free to add yours.

The links for the previous 7 years viewings are here if anyone still needs to access them for reference:

2024: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=b9a2bf0d
2023: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=a47619a5
2022: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=8627c953
2021: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=386def7c
2020: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=32754f0d
2019: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=b948111c
2018: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=0a46a23a
2017: https://junkepics.com/post/?uid=922b1522