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In 2016, we introduced Open Images, a collaborative release of ~9 million images annotated with labels spanning thousands of object categories. Since its initial release, we’ve been hard at work updating and refining the dataset, in order to provide a useful resource for the computer vision community to develop new models
Today, we are happy to announce Open Images V4, containing 15.4M bounding-boxes for 600 categories on 1.9M images, making it the largest existing dataset with object location annotations. The boxes have been largely manually drawn by professional annotators to ensure accuracy and consistency. The images are very diverse and often contain complex scenes with several objects (8 per image on average; visualizer).
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| Annotated images from the Open Images dataset. Left: Mark Paul Gosselaar plays the guitar by Rhys A. Right: Civilization by Paul Downey. Both images used under CC BY 2.0 license. |
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Seth Rogen is currently promoting his Hilarity For Charity Netflix special, which he hopes will become the new Comic Relief in terms of raising Alzheimer’s Disease awareness. As such, Rogen sat down for a wide-ranging new Vulture interview in which he expresses doubt that The Interview was the cause of the Sony hack (and that North Korea was responsible). And there’s also an crazy tidbit about the Green Hornet casting process, which almost ended with Nic Cage playing the film’s villain, Bloodnofsky.
The role of the antagonist — a mobster who became a supervillian after a midlife crisis — of course, went to Christoph Waltz. Yet Rogen revealed how the studio really wanted to cast Cage, but he wanted to play the role as a “white Bahamian or Jamaican.” Yep, and there was a messy dinner meeting:
“Yeah, not that there aren’t white Bahamians, but it seemed perhaps insensitive. So then we were going to have a big dinner with Nicolas Cage at Amy Pascal’s house to talk about the movie. And I remember driving to the dinner with Evan and saying, ‘If he does the white Bahamian thing at the dinner, I’m going to lose it.’ [Laughs.] I was like, ‘I can’t deal with being face-to-face with Nicolas Cage as he’s doing a Bahamian accent’ …. Within 20 minutes of getting to the dinner he’s fully doing it.”
Rogen then revealed that Cage actually did a pretty “good” accent, but he bolted in the middle of the meal after gathering that everyone wasn’t keen on him playing the role in such a potentially problematic way. Yet Rogen insists that he’s still a “huge fan” of Cage, but this meeting of the minds wasn’t in the cards.
So, we missed out on Nic Cage losing his mind onscreen in this particular role, which is a shame in a sense, but Christoph Waltz is a treat whenever he’s onscreen, so it worked out okay. Chances are also slim for Rogen to ever be involved in the “gritty” reboot that may still be planned for the Green Hornet franchise. The new project shall be helmed by The Accountant director, Gavin O’Connor, in what will supposedly be a less campy take on the story … so, it sounds like Cage is out of luck there, too.
(Via Vulture)
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Until the day robots make all our jobs obsolete and we just while away the hours catching up on Netflix and arguing over how a dog wears pants, technology can help us both stretch a dollars further and make more dollars in the first place. Most banking and investing at this point is automated and easily handled through our smartphones.
In 2018, trying to make your money into more money (whether by saving cash or betting on penny stocks) is as easy as ordering an Uber. Though… spending and investing wisely is a different matter altogether.
Whether you need to get a handle on your cash outflows so that you have money in the first place or want to start investing the money you have to get some new cash inflows, we’ve got you covered. Here’s your toolkit for the best money making apps to download right now:
A big part of making money is not spending it on things you don’t need, and the interest rates on debt are the dictionary definition of that. Eliminating debt is actually one of the most important steps to making money; remember, debt comes with a price — the interest — and the more debt you can get off your plate, the more money you’ll have to invest.
Debt Payoff Assistant
If you’ve never heard of the debt snowball, today is your day to learn. As you pay off debts, the monthly payments you used to put towards each debt are instead added to others, forming a “snowball” that, once it gets rolling, pays off even large debts fast. This app doesn’t have the most beautiful interface or complicated tools, but it helps you get started on the snowball and keep it rolling.
ChangEd
Student loans stink, particularly since you may only be able to pay the minimums. That can rack up a lot of interest over time, so ChangEd helps you chip away at the rock by connecting your credit cards to the app. As you buy stuff, it rounds up the charges, so if you drop $3.95 on a coffee, it charges $4 to your card. That nickel goes to an FDIC insured account, and once it hits $100, they send an extra payment to your loan. It won’t obliterate your debt tomorrow, but every little bit helps.
That said, it’d be nice if it didn’t cost a dollar a month, considering the goal here, but it’s better than dealing with tons of ads.
Trim
Focused exclusively on recurring payments and negotiating down your bills, Trim is great for finding those little money drains. It looks at payments that come out every month, and prompts you to reexamine them. It can also, with major providers of services like internet and car insurance, automatically try to negotiate your bills down to something slightly more affordable.
It’s a very focused tool, and you may not use it that often, but it’s incredibly effective at what it does.
ReadyForZero
This app helps you get all your debt in one place, and then work out a plan to pay it off. Whether you need to take the long view over a decade, or you want to pay off as much debt as possible as fast as you possibly can, this puts what you owe in one place and makes it much, much easier.
The one downside? It’s no longer fully supported by the ReadyForZero team, so what you get from the app is all you’ll get. But it’s still a powerful, useful solution.
So, you’ve got your money organized, you’ve got your debt under control, now it’s just a question of starting to get your money to work, even if you’re starting with only two cents to rub together. Fortunately, a few cents is all you need with some apps.
Penny
Penny is a chatbot who’s also a personal finance coach. Penny doesn’t invest money for you; it just gathers your data in one place and answers your questions, getting smarter over time. Like any chatbot, it starts generically and gets better as it learns more about you, but it’s pretty good about answering questions, like how much you drop at Starbucks, that can help you think about your money more clearly. Another nice feature? The team behind the app feed Penny important financial alerts in the news, so you find out about data breaches and other problems faster.
Acorns
One of the more popular savings apps, Acorns works on the “round-up” principle, where every purchase on a credit card is rounded to the nearest dollar and funneled into a stock fund that’s widely diversified. It is not going to rack you up billions of dollars, and in fact, it’s been criticized by money nerds for playing it overly safe and thus offering a low return.
On the other hand, your change jar offers zero return, and if you need to start saving but just don’t have a lot of money, this is a superb way to start, and you can diversify into other financial tools.
Digit
If you want to do a little more than just an amped up change jar, Digit figures out just how much you can really afford to save, based on your income and spending, on an everyday basis. And then? It just squirrels it away for you. It’s got a 1% cash back rate, you can withdraw whenever you feel like it, and the automation is smooth and simple. The one downside? It’s $3 a month, so you might want to look at an old-school savings account first.
You should also try out the interface first: You mostly work with the app via chatbot and text messages.
Qapital
If you want to save for specific goals, be they a vacation or dropping an extra student loan payment every few months, Qapital is designed to make goals-based savings a simple process. Just connect your accounts, set the goals and the pace and total of the withdrawals, and it’ll pile up the money for you. It’s particularly useful if you’ve got a big expense you know is coming and want to automate saving for, although you do have to sign on for another bank account to get the tools.
Finally, you’ve got your debt under control, you know where your money is going, you’ve saved up enough to do something…and now what? Investing can be intimidating, but fortunately, it’s easy with the right tool.
WiseBanyan
An investment app that tries to be all things to all investors of all levels, WiseBanyan can ease rookies into investing and help experienced savers get more out of their portfolio — casting a wide shadow, much like its tree mascot. The trade-off is that it’s a good jack of all trades, but is still steadily improving.
Depending on your interest and investing tastes, you may outgrow it quickly.
Betterment
If you want what amounts to a corporate retirement account, without the “corporate job” part, Betterment is one of your stronger automated options. Tell it your age, your income, and your goals for the future and it’ll work out a portfolio for you automatically. You can also roll over 401(k)s and other financial tools. Especially if you’re just getting started, this is a simple, cheap way to build your own personal investment portfolio. That said, if you already have a 401(k), or not much to invest, you might not get the most out of this.
Stash
Stash’s investment focus is with exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Basically, your money goes to a fund, that fund buys a set of assets, the assets make money, the money flows back to you. Stash does not do a great job of explaining this, it has to be said, which isn’t helped by the fact that it offers titles and descriptions of funds it writes itself instead of just telling you what the fund is.
As a method of investing in a relatively safe kind of financial instrument, as you build your investment portfolio, it’s direct, simple, and fairly cheap. Just be sure to do your research.
Robinhood
If you want to get really granular, Robinhood lets you buy stocks and other assets, including cryptocurrencies, individually. If you know what you’re doing, the low commission fees (zero, in most cases) make it a great app for finance nerds and people who know exactly what they want to buy. That said, it’s bare bones compared to other investment tools in some areas, especially advising, so you need to know your stuff to get the most out of the app.
E-Trade
The old-school stock investment app is still a great choice for granular investors who want to personally handle everything about their investing. It’s relatively inexpensive as something this detailed goes and has the deepest amount of data of any investment app. That said, this really is for the people who read the Wall Street Journal and argue over investing strategies for fun, so before you open an account, crack a few books and learn what you’re getting into.
Simple: An “anti-bank” that’s entirely online and offers a solid suite of savings and automation tools.
NerdWallet: The popular personal finance site has an app filled with tips and tricks to save money based on your goals, but could be more robust with its features.
Chime: An alternative bank that does quite a good job eliminating fees, but its “all-in-one” approach, which has you opening several different accounts and automating between them, may not be for everyone.
Moven: Probably the most detailed spending tracker you’ll find, with Daily Digests, but it can make it a little too easy to miss the forest for the trees with its day-by-day approach.
Stock Trainer: Basically a fantasy stock trading app, where you use real data but invest fake money. A good way to get a sense of what investment strategies won’t terrify you, but also… you’re not making any money!
IRS2Go: Hey, your money’s going to the government every time your paycheck gets cut, and this can help manage your taxes, although we wish it was more robust: A tool that let you track your withholdings and projected tax liability would be great.
Drop: A digital loyalty card, tie Drop to your credit and debit cards and you’ll automatically earn points on purchases that qualify. You just have to weigh that against sharing your purchase history, although the app does pay relatively well in the loyalty card space.
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It seems like the consequences of R. Kelly’s decades of being, as Vince Staples deemed, a “f*cking child molestor” are finally affecting his music career. The R&B veteran has had trouble overcoming the outrage over longstanding accusations of ephebophilia and sexual abuse since whispers of a “sex cult” and a recent BBC documentary. He was dropped by his publicist, lawyer and assistant, and has had trouble finding new staff. The Blast reported that R. Kelly has made efforts to hire a crisis management firm, but two high-powered firms rebuffed the singer’s request because his alleged actions were apparently too disturbing to support.
Atlanta-based activists Oronikie Odeleye and Kenyette Tish spearheaded the #MuteRKelly movement after expanding on Dr. Sharnell Myles and Dr. Stephanie Evans’ hashtag. Now, a coalition of women of color in Hollywood’s #TimesUp movement have joined their campaign.
Odeleye and Tish noted in their Medium post that they had two demands: for Atlanta radio to stop playing R Kelly’s music, and for the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to cancel a show he had planned in Atlanta. They also want to “hold the artist’s community accountable and complicit for their silence and de-facto endorsement of his behavior.”
Despite the controversy around R. Kelly’s alleged sextape with a 14-year-old girl (which includes urinating on her), his marriage to a then-15-year-old Aaliyah, being indicted for 21-counts of child porn, and the recent accusations of a “sex cult,” R Kelly has still been able to tour the country, release music, and accrue a fortune that Odeleye noted ”insulates him” from investigations of his alleged actions.
#TimesUP is expanding on the two activists’ requests, calling upon the RCA Records label he’s signed to, Ticketmaster, Spotify and Apple Music to respectively end their relationships with him and take his music off of their services. They’ve also asked the Greensboro (NC) Coliseum Complex, where R. Kelly has a show scheduled on May 11th, to cancel the performance.
#TimesUp concluded their open letter by demanding “appropriate investigations and inquiries into the allegations of R. Kelly’s abuse made by women of color and their families for over two decades now.”
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This week in This Week In Posters, we begin with this poster for Action Point, starring Johnny Knoxville, who’s a big enough star to get his name above the title, but not big enough not to be introduced as “the star of Jackass.” The poster itself looks like a cross between Meatballs and the album cover for Green Day’s Dookie. I’m expecting hijinks. Also, is it just me, or does that character of Knoxville make him look kind of like Michael Shannon.
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This is just one of a new batch of character posters from The American Meme. The great thing about “meme” is that it can be pretty much anything that makes you go “I recognize that.” So, yeah. Emily Ratajkowski. Fame is not private. Those are things I understand, I guess.
*Pushes glasses up nose* *Looks up from leather-bound volume* I like it when the boobs are squashed together.
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Whoa, snapping selfies on a bare single mattress? Is this a thing? Is that a young Madonna? I have to admit, I do not recognize this meme.
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“Fame is a beast” accompanying a picture of… The Fat Jew? Does that mean the Fat Jew is meant to be the beast? Or fame? I’m not sure either of those things are the first attribute that comes to mind to describe The Fat Jew.
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Kids, future, DJ Khaled’s kid, sure, why not. I would’ve also accepted a picture of the rapper Future. That one probably wouldn’t have translated as quickly.
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Maybe this is an inside joke I’m missing, but this has to be the weirdest one of these. “Not for the weak” is represented as… a sad guy dressed as Wonder Woman at a strip club? What’s happening here? Is this actually world famous YouTube Prankasaurus Chris Del Chris?
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I see the poster designer has cleverly created a parallel between Paris Hilton and Marilyn Monroe. By posing Paris Hilton in front of a picture of Marilyn Monroe. A little subtle, but I think it works.
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American flag imagery is fast becoming to posters what the nutshot is to trailers — a sort of kiss of death, a confirmation that this movie probably isn’t going to be good. You’re going to have to work a little harder to prove that this is an American thing, or a comment on America. American flag imagery is the “Got ____?” of poster designs. Keep calm and flag on.
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Okay, I recognize the Lennon-Ono pose, but who are these people? Is that motocross star Phoenix Duffy and his baby mama, tattoo artist Inky Robins? Is this a promo for the Vine Star tour? I need a translator for these.
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Something about that font makes me think this should be a TV show. Is it that it looks like the little TV rating box?
Anyway, this looks like My Big Fat Greek Mamma Mia Wedding. Just replace uncles named Nick with Tiger Moms. “Isn’t my family nutty?” is sort of the immigrant narrative version of “women be shoppin.”
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Whoa, is this for “Deadpool Babies?” I’m actually a little creeped out by how fully realized this is. Nice work, I guess?
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Okay, I’ll bite, what’s the unicorn thing?
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Deadpool 2, I get it! And again with the unicorn. Sorry, I refuse to look this up.
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The mistake this poster makes is assuming that people who want to watch a dog movie (me) need the dog to be wearing a funny hat. “Love comes when you call it” is a pretty great tagline though.
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“Finn Wolfhard” seems like a little too on-the-nose of a name to be starring in a dog movie. On the snout?
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I’m gathering that this movie will have different kinds of dogs.
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“Is your life on paws??” Nice. I actually wish The Rembrandts would sing an entire dog-pun version of the Friends theme song for this. I’lll be there forrr youuuuuu (when the vacuum starts to vroom) I’ll beee there forrrr youuuuuu (when it’s bath time for youuuu) I’lll be therre forrrr yooouuuuu (when eating grass makes you puuuuuke)
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It’s interesting to me that the ultimate boss move is not putting your arms through the sleeves in your coat. How did that even start? Also, is that a nurse in the middle? She seems like the focal point of this poster, but I’m not sure how she fits in. Is she doing a house call… at a hotel? Is she an evil nurse?
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“Well, they already know that Jim Parsons and Claire Danes are in this, but maybe add them in at the bottom in a nonsensical person collage where no one’s eye lines match up. …Yes, perfect.”
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Is that a DJ kit? A gun? This looks cool but this poster is too dark. Did they let the Game of Thrones cinematographer design this or something?
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All he needed was a way out… And so he found… a giant portal?
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I was about to make fun of this and the movie poster cliché of lots of trees, but then I saw that it’s from the Winter’s Bone director. Winter’s Bone owns.
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Were skulls an Alexander McQueen trademark? Because otherwise, a giant skull imagery for a movie about a dead guy seems kind of dark. Too soon, man, too soon. By which I mean he’s probably not even that decomposed yet.
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It’s funny how much pixelated Mark Wahlberg just looks like Donny Wahlberg.
“Hey, it’s me, Mahky. I’m ya othah awption.”
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I don’t know who Mr. Soul is, but this poster was cool enough that I Googled it, which seems like a success.
Before Oprah and Arsenio, there was a man named Ellis Haizlip. From 1968-1973, Haizlip hosted a groundbreaking weekly TV show called SOUL! that aired on PBS networks that celebrated the Black community and changed the television landscape. Ellis’ niece and documentary filmmaker Melissa Haizlip puts the spotlight on the game-changing show in the documentary Mr. Soul! [Deadline]
And now you know.
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Ah shoot, this reminds me that I still need to see the first Wreck-It Ralph. This poster looks like the Silicon Valley intro. Is Ralph going to wreck the internet in this one? Go Ralph! Save us from this online prison!
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Did they just not want to call this “Maid in Manhattan 2” or what?
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In Mexico… everyone has a submachine gun.
I like this poster design a lot, but I wonder: what’s more of a kiss of death, American Flag imagery or people in the poster wearing a scary mask? Scary mask posters are the Affliction shirts of movie posters.
That being said, great job matching the faces with the names.
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I like that he’s holding his gun all casual, as if to say “he flip you. Flip you for real.”
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I have to admit, not many people look as badass in soldier gear as Josh Brolin. He actually makes being a Narc look cool.
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“No rules this time.” Oh, you mean as opposed to last time, where Benicio Del Toro murders a drug dealer’s entire family at the dinner table? I can’t wait.
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This poster is very minimalist, just two ladies names above a martini glass. Is it presumptuous of me to assume that they do lesbian stuff?
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Wait, didn’t this movie already come out? I vaguely remember seeing posters for this like a year ago. And now it’s finally coming out… in September?! Jeez, okay, maybe next time start making the movie before you put out 12 posters. I still think it’s weird that the Yetis don’t have noses.
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This is the first of a giant new batch of Solo posters, which are basically the same as all the other giant batches of Solo posters. It seems like the goal here was to make them look as 1970s as possible, like I should be watching this on top of an avocado throw rug in the back of my van. Even that facial expression looks 70s, somehow.
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Emilia Clarke is the only one who doesn’t fit. Everyone else looks like they’re going to a 70s weed party and Emilia Clarke looks like she should be wearing a poodle skirt and heading to the Enchantment Under The Sea sock hop.
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No matter what happens with the actual movie, it’s pretty clear that the costumes are totally boss.
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Does Chewbacca always wear the bandoliers? Are those like his dog-man collars so that you know he’s not a stray?
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good dog-man with a gun.
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The paradox of Solo is that it looks like they’re on a hot, dusty desert planet, yet everyone is wearing fifty layers.
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Oh hell yeah, Thandie Newton is doing the Pam Grier face. This is gonna be good.
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I hope the twist is that the guy with scars on his face is actually a good guy this time, but I’m not counting on it. It looks like Paul Bettany got scratched by Alexander Skarsgard and now he’s turning into him.
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Well that’s good, I don’t know if I could’ve lived without the knowledge that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the voice of the L3-37. Also, is this robot doing a peace sign? Is this, like, some super smooth ladies-man robot (or ladies woman, as it were) that’s been trained by Lando Calrissian? This feels like a ripoff of both Chappie and Pimpbot.
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So is this guy the new porg or what?
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Same pose. Always the same pose. Han Solo is such a hearthrob that he’ll look through his brow even when he’s trying to aim a blaster. He’s a slave to that pose.
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SHOOT THEM, DOG MAN! Man, I want to live in a world where giant dogs can shoot guns.
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Lando is still chill as hell even when there’s a pew-pew laser space battle going on behind him.
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Okay, she looks a little more period-appropriate in this one. I think the ponytail was throwing it off. I don’t know why we needed the dirt flying around when we already have the lasers back there.
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I mean he’s gotta be hot under there, right? He’s wearing a full-length canvas cape, some thick coveralls, with a turtleneck underneath, and that’s just what we can see. If it’s above 40 degrees he’s going to be sweating his ass off.
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I only know that this is for something called Suspiria because of the file name.
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Tag. Yep, it’s a movie about adults playing tag. I’ve noticed one thing studio comedies like to do is put together a bunch of people who look like they would never hang out together in real life. Come on, guys, it’s a friend group, not a boy band.
Also, a movie about tag seems dangerously close to the fake poster I made for a Vince Vaughn-Owen Wilson vehicle I made up:
I want royalties.
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Hey guys, isn’t this just Flatliners?
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I understand the syringe, but why is there glass shattering? Do they fall off the gurney? Someone needs to secure that operating room.
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Debris flying around diagonally, that’s double poster cliché points! And why doesn’t Nic Cage get a gun?
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This movie needs to come out already so I can understand what the hell is going on. Is it going to be like a Borat thing where the basketball scenes are real? Otherwise I can’t imagine Kyrie Irving is being cast for his acting skills.
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This Venom poster strikes me as a little too Photoshopped-looking. By the way, remember the other day when everyone was freaking out about Venom’s giant tongue? Ever think that’s just the way Tom Hardy’s tongue looks? It would explain all the mumbline.
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Ooh, I don’t know if this is going to work. Has Jessica Chastain ever played a strong woman before? Someone check on this for me.
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