IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Limelight (1952), Charlie Chaplin’s drama-comedy-romance about a stage comedian who is past his prime and feels depressed about his declining stardom. Cue his meeting a younger but equally depressed dancer; they eventually give purpose to each other to turn doom into bloom. A simple feel-good story. This is considered one of Chaplin’s finest films; rave reviews across the board. Let’s watch.

Next is 3-Iron (2004), a Korean crime thriller about a motorcyclist who spends his time snooping around for empty apartments. resting in them and eating their food. In one apartment, he finds a rich wife who wants to escape from her abusive husband, so he goes on the run with her. Drama ensues as a love triangle heats up. Director is Kim Ki-duk, who is otherwise best-known for Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring (2003), which we have not watched it. Excellent reviews from pretty much everywhere for this one, so we’ll check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Limelight: https://letterboxd.com/film/limelight/
• 3-Iron: https://letterboxd.com/film/3-iron/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Limelight: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044837/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• 3-Iron: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/198111

CWs for Limelight:

• Age-gap romance.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Depression.

CWs for 3-Iron:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Misogyny.
• Woman slapped by her husband.
• Bullying.
• Discussion of sexual assault. Not depicted, though.
• Sexual harassment.
• Haircut.
• Death of family member.
• Shower scene.
• Shaky cam.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Nudity.
• Sex.
• Honking horns.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Limelight: https://tankie.tube/w/25T6UMnuKx8x1DjoX3C5Xf
• 3-Iron: https://tankie.tube/w/7RhUheBTtRMtacrzD5GZNb

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more magical girls, and so, we’re going to continue with what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 37 through 39 tonight, followed by the finale movie, Adolescence of Utena (1999). Yep, we’ve reached the end.

After that is Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (2022), a French animated comic adaptation/biopic blend about real French cartoonist Rene Goscinny (also one of the creators of Asterix) creating a cartoon character named Little Nicholas, who then comes to life on the page and starts getting up to all sorts of mischief. Fantasy and reality begin to meld from there as the film switches between telling the author’s story and the story of Nicholas, the character. This is the best-known and best-regarded work to date of directors Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre. This looks pretty precious; let’s check it out.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• Adolescence of Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena-the-adolescence-of-utena/
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be: https://letterboxd.com/film/little-nicholas-happy-as-can-be/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be

• French people.
• Bullying.
• Slapstick violence.
• Child endangerment.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 37: https://tankie.tube/w/81pZyEqagNf6MaZYdwLyrp
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 38: https://tankie.tube/w/gVirWt6W2Dfv6AP9Mr1Cxf
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 39: https://tankie.tube/w/anUeY3C8qhjWuc6WhkzoB9
• Adolescence of Utena: https://tankie.tube/w/tFzW9ZoxYCXqmYrbKSNwD2
• Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be: https://tankie.tube/w/7c994GYqjQdFr7Zk9hX9SN

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Great Beauty (2013), a drama-comedy about a snobbish, pretentious Italian author’s trip through Rome following his 65th birthday, and his realization that life may contain more worth than drinking, drugs, parties, and philandering. What has he done with this life? Existential crises follow, along with some absurdism as he encounters various strange characters. This won a bunch of awards at the time, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, and it is considered one of the best Italian films of the 2010s. Looks neat; let’s watch. This is generally considered to be the best work to date of Italian auteur director Paolo Sorrentino, who is otherwise best-known for Hand of God (2021), which we have not watched. Currently ranked #202 on Letterboxd's Top 250 films of all time.

After that is The Wild Robot (2024), the latest animated feature from Dreamworks. It centers on a robot who becomes stranded on a desert island; it find purpose by caring for a baby goose, and the two bond while the goose attempts to reunite with its flock. Director is Chris Sanders, the guy who helmed Lilo & Stitch (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Critics are calling this one of Dreamworks’ best films ever, and it is already garnering award buzz. A good-quality camrip is already available, so we will watch it.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Great Beauty: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-great-beauty/
• The Wild Robot: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-wild-robot/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Great Beauty: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/40212
• The Wild Robot: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1059280

CWs for The Great Beauty:

• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Cheating.
• Cancer.
• Suicide.
• Sex.
• Car crash.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood.
• Head trauma.
• Profanity.

CWs for The Wild Robot:

• Animal abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Deaths of animals.
• Decapitation.
• Sad animal.
• Bugs.
• Bullying.
• Beatings.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Amputation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Finger and toe mutilation.
• Suicide.
• Death of non-human.
• Deaths of family members.
• Kidnapping.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Trypophobia.
• Vomiting.
• Farting.
• Someone is eaten.
• Audio gore.
• Incarceration.
• Underwater scenes.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Stillbirth.
• Babies.
• Death of pregnant character.
• Ableism.

Links to movies:

• The Great Beauty: https://tankie.tube/w/ppx85wNwLL7iwrJbz6zrS9
• The Wild Robot: https://tankie.tube/w/4ZTU9LwSj9LiZfnEasTxJw

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Inherent Vice (2014), from renowned auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, the guy behind Boogie Nights (1997), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012), among others. Joaquin Phoenix stars a detective in the 1970s investigating the disappearance of his ex; things get weird from there as the plot takes a backseat to his various encounters with the strange inhabitants of southern California. Apparently it is also something of a comedy. I guess we’ll find out.

After that is Welcome or No Trespassing (1964), a farce from Come and See (1985) director Elem Klimov about a group of Soviet children at a youth summer camp who decide to raise some mischief against the camp authorities, a dynamic that increasingly resembles an insurgency against an occupying force. Hilarity ensues. Reviews continually compare this to the works of Wes Anderson.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Inherent Vice: https://letterboxd.com/film/inherent-vice/
• Welcome to No Trespassing: https://letterboxd.com/film/welcome-or-no-trespassing/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Inherent Vice: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10083
• Welcome or No Trespassing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058022/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Inherent Vice:

• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Cheating.
• Mental institution scene.
• Antisemitism.
• Sex.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Welcome or No Trespassing:

• Nudity.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Slapstick violence.

Links to movies:

• Inherent Vice: https://tankie.tube/w/sjZxMHYnYBgxaaX9aCZsQV
• Welcome or No Trespassing: https://tankie.tube/w/iFMoeDSQfumagQMJ6n74JK

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), an adaptation of a manga about a kid ninja who infiltrates an evil clan to take out some bad guys. A whole lot of cartoonish antics follow, along with sword fights, musical numbers, and animated sequences. This is the sort of movie that seems to have been written by a ten-year-old. Looks fun; let’s check it out.

After that is Death Becomes Her, a fantasy-comedy about an aging actress (Goldie Hawn) who decides to take an immortality potion as part of a plan to murder her rival (Meryl Streep) and take back her ex-fiance (Bruce Willis). Unfortunately, the potion doesn’t quite work as planned, and things spiral out of control from there. Hilarity ensues. Director is Robert Zemeckis, the guy behind Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Forrest Gump (1994). As with those, this film was lauded for its groundbreaking special effects, which often cross into a comedic version of body horror.

BONUS: we will also watch the 80s action spoof Kung Fury (2015), which was a Youtube sensation back in 2015.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: https://letterboxd.com/film/watari-the-ninja-boy/
• Death Becomes Her: https://letterboxd.com/film/death-becomes-her/
• Kung Fury: https://letterboxd.com/film/kung-fury/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Death Becomes Her: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16708

CWs for Watari the Ninja Boy:

• Slapstick violence.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Death Becomes Her:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Alcoholism.
• Someone is drugged.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Throat mutilation.
• Decapitation.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Death by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Body dysphoria.
• Claustrophobia.
• Eating disorder.
• Screaming.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Fat jokes.
• Fat shaming.
• Age gap.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• References to sex.
• Fat suits.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: https://tankie.tube/w/pskUTpRHBwMz39hv4vBMX6
• Death Becomes Her: https://tankie.tube/w/snMmpr2au3ZAYuWtfS9L4U
• Kung Fury: https://youtu.be/bS5P_LAqiVg

Yep, it’s come to this: we’re watching a Marvel movie. Once tonight’s vice-presidential debate has wrapped up (it runs from 9PM EST to ~10:30PM), come over to the Hextube movie channel to watch one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, which brings together Deadpool and the most popular X-Man at last through time-travel shenanigans. Hilarity ensues, and so on.

We’ll start at 10:40PM EST, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Deadpool and Wolverine: https://letterboxd.com/film/anantaram/

Doesthedogdie.com link:

• Deadpool and Wolverine: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1072305

CWs:

• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Jokes about men being sexually assaulted.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitation.
• Death by crushing.
• Choking.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Achilles tendon injury.
• Genital trauma.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Someone sacrifices themselves.
• Able-bodied person plays disabled character.
• Ableist slurs.
• Kidnapping.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Possession.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Cancer.
• Mental illness.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• PTSD.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Babies.
• N-word.
• Misgendering.
• Fat jokes.
• Discussion of religion.
• Objectification of female characters.
• References to sex.
• Terminal illness.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.

Link to movie:

https://tankie.tube/w/1JDq6kFh7xFQCdJePCdscH

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this edition of Saturday Anime Night, the people demanded more magical girls, and so, we’re going to start what is arguably the most acclaimed magical-girl anime of all time, Revoutionary Girl Utena (1997). Think Sailor Moon, but a bit more highbrow, and a bit more gay. Episodes 31 through 36 tonight.

After that is Transformers One (2024), the animated, critically-acclaimed latest entry in the neverending fighting-robots franchise. This one tells the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron from back when they were buddies on their home planet, Cybertron. Robots proceed to punch other robots. Director is Josh Cooley, a former Pixar guy who helmed Toy Story 4 (2019). Great reviews for this, and a high-quality camrip is already available, so we’ll give it a whirl.

We’ll start 8PM EST on Hextube right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://letterboxd.com/film/revolutionary-girl-utena/
• Transformers One: https://letterboxd.com/film/transformers-one/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/11039
• Transformers One: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1073732

CWs for Revolutionary Girl Utena:

• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Bath scenes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Panty shots.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Blood and gore.
• Animal abuse.
• Children in peril.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Sexual harassment of schoolgirls.
• Kissing.
• Deaths of parents.

CWs for Transformers One:

• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Gaslighting.
• Deaths of animals.
• Spiders.
• Bullying.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Throat mutilation.
• Decapitation.
• Body horror.
• Choking.
• Amputations.
• Unconsciousness.
• Torture.
• Someone falls to their death.
• Stabbing.
• Someone sacrifices themselves.
• Death of non-human character.
• Kidnapping.
• Incarceration.
• Hospital scene.
• Meltdown.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Car crash.
• Plane crash.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.

Links to movies:

• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 31: https://tankie.tube/w/niqppU2NWMBNFD8MSVjZhs
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 32: https://tankie.tube/w/gJcfy9W8ANUZnBPmmEMpv7
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 33: https://tankie.tube/w/tWSzoy6eeCU6cHpUGX7up4
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 34: https://tankie.tube/w/pMJkunctbgD7kYgxuGwqUY
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 35: https://tankie.tube/w/tLRbK22xnFZVU8qSrxCR4g
• Revolutionary Girl Utena ep. 36: https://tankie.tube/w/x83QmXCZLKpR4QZJLcsoNK
• Transformers One: https://tankie.tube/w/8akvwEfvfYkzrZ8xVBguTR

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, 8PM EST, by popular demand, we will continue the legendary superpowered schoolgirl lesbian anime series Project A-ko, with its fourth installment (1989). Unfortunately, this one has not been remastered yet, as far as I am aware, so we will watch the DVD rip. Nevertheless,Ako continues to rock.

After that is Dirty Ho (1979), a Hong Kong kung-fu comedy about an incognito prince who pretends to be a humble jeweller. Despite his martial-arts skills, he is menaced by a gang of thieves, prompting him to hire the titular Ho as his bodyguard. A whole lot of punching, kicking, and hilarity ensue. Director is Kar-leung, whose films The 38th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) and The 8-Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) we already watched. This is considered one of his best films, so let’s check it out.

Last is Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), one of the best-known teen comedies of the 1980s following the episodic exploits of a group of high-schoolers as they navigate the worlds of drugs, work, romance, and rock ‘n’ roll, with various comic antics along the way. Features Sean Penn in his first leading role. Arguably the earliest big mainstream Hollywood hit directed by a woman, Amy Heckerling, who is otherwise known for Clueless (1995) and Look Who’s Talking (1989). It’s a classic, so we’ll give it a whirl.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Project A-ko 4: https://letterboxd.com/film/project-a-ko-4-final/
• Dirty Ho: https://letterboxd.com/film/dirty-ho/
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High: https://letterboxd.com/film/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Project A-ko 4: No DTDD links for the Ako sequel, but it’s the same stuff as the first one, so I will just link to that: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/886553
• Dirty Ho: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079432/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_ql_stry_4
• Fast Times at Ridgemontt High: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/14827

CWs for Project A-ko 4:

• “Man in a dress” jokes. The aliens look like men who dress as women. The characters barely acknowledge this fact directly, but the depiction is still problematic.
• Bugs.
• Stalking.
• Mention of sexual assault (but no depiction).
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Kidnapping.
• Bath scene.
• Flashing lights.
• Plane crash.
• Gun violence.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Objectification of female characters. -Panty shots of high-school-aged girls.

CWs for Dirty Ho:

• Slapstiick violence.
• Fistfights.
• Blood.

CWs for Fast Times at Ridgemont High:

• Drug use.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Spiders.
• Snakes.
• A teenage girl has sex with a twenty-something-year-old man.
• Sexualization of minor.
• Cheating.
• Vomiting.
• Hospital scene.
• Crying baby.
• Profanity.
• Abortion.
• Babies.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Hate speech.
• Age gap.
• Sex.
• Loss of virginity.
• Car crash.
• Honking horns.
• Blood.
• Guns.

Links to movies:

• Project A-ko 4: https://tankie.tube/w/vzmiLieFdsYbijGqp71s23
• Dirty Ho: https://tankie.tube/w/mrFLCCx7857AtCKQXTtMTS
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High: https://tankie.tube/w/eaMAqx6H6f7HBJQH8wunLx

IMPORTANT NOTE: please use a VPN whenever visiting Hextube, or anywhere else on the internet, for that matter. Protect your privacy.

For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Fireworks (1997), aka Hana-bi, a police drama about an aging cop who’s had enough of the force and just wants to get out, amidst mounting difficulties in both his personal life and his job. He starts making some rash decisions, and things start going downhill from there. ACAB: The Movie. The film is directed by and stars renowned auteur Takeshi Kitano, whose yakuza story Sonatine (1997) and buddy comedy Kikujiro (1999) we previously watched. This is considered by many to be his magnum opus. Sounds good; let’s watch.

Next is The Train (1964), a WW2 thriller about a ruthless Nazi general who wants to transport a collection of looted artifacts out of France via train during the Allied invasion in 1944. The French Resistance catches wind of the plan, and a small band of them pursues and boards the train to keep it from leaving France, taking out some Nazis along the way. This is a Hollywoodized take on WW2, the kind where the French and German characters all speak English, but it is considered one of tbe best of its kind. Director is John Frankenheimer, who is otherwise best-known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and face-transplant drama Seconds (1966), the latter of which we previously watched.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Fireworks: https://letterboxd.com/film/fireworks-1997/
• The Train: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-train/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Hana-bi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119250/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Train: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059825/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Fireworks:

• Suicide.
• Terminal illness.
• Beatings.
• Gun violence.
• Blood and gore.
• Police brutality.
• Stabbing.
• Eye trauma.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Alcohol.
• Smoking.

CWs for The Train:

• War crimes.
• Nazis.
• Explosions.
• Gun violence.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Train crash.
• Leg injury.

Links to movies:

• Fireworks: https://tankie.tube/w/1u9stgoQMF5MDeLQVceVmR
• The Train: https://tankie.tube/w/3iYW7hDEDvkxmNnf5tQ4XP