6 things on a Sunday

a few movie + tv things i've been texting friends about

1. nothing could have prepared me for the amount of sneaky recordings I’d see of Challengers on Tiktok. i’m pretty sure you could watch the entire movie on there in 30 second increments. my stance is I could excuse piracy but I draw the line at someone distracting me with their bright ass iphone screen in a theater! this I can’t even comment on:

i don’t wanna be dramatic but you should be put on a no-fly list if you film the screen at a Cannes premiere.

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nora

and I randomly discovered we both had David Fincher’s Panic Room on DVD and watched it like once a week when we were wee teens. my brother and I watched it so often I was actually convinced not having a panic room in our house would be our demise. that scene where Kristen Stewart has a seizure was so formative I’d make sure we always had sugary snacks on hand despite not having diabetes. was this a common 90s baby experience?

3. sure Tiktok can be a hellscape full of the cringiest people on earth but there’s a pocket of movietok tha…