Alex Daily! Feb 1

RE: https://beepboop.one/@Alexis/115819642062897116

#MovieThread VII: The Kino Awakens, Chapter Two — February Edition

From 2020 to 2025 I watched 2370 movies.
In January 2026 I watched another 35, for a total of 2405 movies.

This month:
* Wrapping up Fincher.
* More 1957.
* Barbra Streisand, probably.

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Of the Missouri Emptymans? It's —

#36, or #2406, 2020's "The Empty Man."

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My brother who doesn't like horror movies wants to see the YouTubesman's horror movie, so once again heading out into the cold to go see —

#37, or #2407, 2026's "Iron Lung."

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What if I wrapped up David Fincher today, it's —

#38, or #2408, 2011's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."

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Not in the mood to Mank, so let's instead check in with the man who so killed James Bond's sense of whimsy that Daniel Craig wasn't allowed to so much as smile in public for fifteen years, it's —

#39, or #2409, 1997's "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery."

Show threadAlex Daily! Feb 5

The movie that dares to ask, what if somebody wrote 1941's "Citizen Kane" and that somebody's name was —

#40, or #2410, 2020 David Fincher picture "Mank."

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Surely, you might think, 1941's "Citizen Kane" was only directed? No, says 2020's "Mank," it was written also.
Feb 5 at 5:05pmWeb
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This should really be called "Mank!" with an exclamation mark. You wanna say it with some jazz hands.

👋 Mank! 👋

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So far it's a lot about Gary Oldman lying prone.
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"What makes you think it's meant to be anybody?"
"Everyone in the English-speaking world will recognise him instantly."

ruffalo in mickey 17

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What's weird is this is high-energy funny but everyone is playing it low-energy.
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"They showed that Hitler giving a speech, kissing babies. He is /creepers/."

i'll say

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"Ah, Hitler Schmitler."

incredible 1930s Hitler discussion in this thing

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A bit "and /this/ is where he got /that/ idea," this.
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Oh, Bill Nye as Upton Sinclair.
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This is kind of a hoot, honestly.
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"How can I put this nicely?"

you never have, why start now

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It’s all a bit “and THIS is where THAT bit of "Kane" comes from!” and it’s often high-energy funny being weirdly delivered low-energy, but it’s insightful, full of good performances, and kind of a hoot. Love hangin’ with Mank.

Watch as Mank writes while lying prone, watch as Mank drinks while lying prone, watch as Mank chats while lying prone! Sometimes he might even sit!

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@Alexis No one *writes* movies. Surely all movies are only directed? A script falls out of a coconut tree and then someone directs it, we call this person the auteur, no author involved.
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@kurt Well, no wonder I can't get a movie made, the nearest coconut tree is *thinks* probably on a South American island somewhere.