Rob Worley

Award-nominated writer of Scratch9
Producer of Purple

[Rob Worley @robworley]

He @panasonic - why does the DP-UB154 4K Blu-Ray player have such a hard time reading 4K discs? That's like its whole job!

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Those complaints are easy to forgive because the ride is so entertaining. Slither is packed with creativity, relentless escalation, memorable creature design, and the early signs of the filmmaker James Gunn would become. Still a blast.

Rating: 🪱🪱🪱🪱(4 brain-burrowing worms)

🧵 9/9

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Rewatched James Gunn's Slither for the first time since seeing it in theaters in 2006. Happy to report: it absolutely holds up. It's funny, disgusting, inventive, and already feels unmistakably like a James Gunn movie.

#4kultrahd #4kretro #4krewatch #slither @JamesGunn

🧵 1/9

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I do have one quibble: I don't really buy the plot device that finally resolves the movie. It doesn't make sense. The ending also quips over the fact that the entire town is basically wiped out. It's a fun ending more than a logical one.

🧵 8/9

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Starman isn't the masterpiece I remembered. The plotting creaks and some of the effects are undeniably dated. But the emotional core is so sincere that, by the final goodbye, none of that mattered much. I still got choked up. Good movie. Not flawless, but deeply human.

Rating: 🟣🟣🟣(3 space balls)

🧵 9/9

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Continuing the John Carpenter tour, I rewatched Starman for the first time in many years. It's a much more complicated movie than I remembered. It's emotionally powerful, but also surprisingly uneven. A fascinating mixed bag.

#4kultrahd #4krewatch #4kretro #starman

🧵 1/9

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One line sums up the whole movie: "You are at your very best when things are worst." That's ultimately the alien's judgment of humanity—not that we're perfect, but that our greatest qualities emerge under pressure.

🧵 8/9

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Regardless of criticism through the modern lens, To Kill a Mockingbird reminds us that the world is changed less by clever speeches than by simple acts of decency, empathy, and choosing to see another person's humanity.

A genuine classic.

🧵 9/9

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Finally watched To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) last week. I had read the novel decades ago and knew the broad story, but I don't think I'd ever actually seen the film from beginning to end.

It's exceptional.

#4kultrahd #4kfirstwatch #4kretro #tokillamockingbird

🧵 1/9

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Robert Duvall's film debut surprised me. I'd never really seen a young Robert Duvall before, and with almost no dialogue he completely overturns everything the audience has been led to believe about Boo Radley.

#RobertDuvall

🧵 8/9