Mike Vanderbilt: Hairdresser At Large

2026 is the year I watch every picture mentioned in A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES (1995) 1. THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) boxd.it/1h3M

And while I certainly don’t believe that ANY film is above criticism, with MANDO, all these blue check geek sites appear to repeat the same surface level points using the same language and don’t delve into themes or how the movie affects them personally.

And I don’t know if this is a result of there being so many Death Stars or that every other Marvel movie features a big something or another potentially crashing into the Earth, but some viewers need a global threat in their genre pictures. I liked the small stakes of MANDO.

Against my better judgment, I’ve read some negative reviews of MANDALORIAN AND GROGU and have observed this STAR WARS fans are not necessarily film lovers and aware of the concept of a “hangout picture.” In every review of this sort I see “the movie doesn’t have a point.” 🧵🧵

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This review for Chicago’s Alamo Drafthouse tickles me to no end.

Growing up on the South Side of Chicago when we went to a cottage/lake house it was almost always in Indiana or Michigan. My friends who grew up North Side always went to Wisconsin. Better place for a lake house. Indiana, Michigan or Wisconsin?

"New York. Big deal. Scum center of the world.”

Pizza this, beef that. Real Chicago motherfuckers know about the Tom Tom Beef Tamale. “Oh! Give me a bite.”

Smaller scale stories are the future of STAR WARS. THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU (2026) is one of the most surprising pictures of the year with a gangbusters first half (the second half does meander a little bit) and a fascinating character in Rotta The Hutt.

@AshwinFairplay CONGO (1995)

@MikeVanderbilt What film was he talking about?

“False sophisticates will scorn it. Real sophisticates will relish it.” -Roger Ebert

Now that there are Rainbow Cone franchises all over town. Is it still as good? I mean, without the romance of having to pack the kids in the car, drive down to the old neighborhood to wait in line on a hot sidewalk for an hour as cars whiz by ya along Western ave? I sure hope so

@AlexBalexCalexD @Jamellbell BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)

@MikeVanderbilt @Jamellbell What is it?

The simplicity, the passion, Hall doesn't quite throw it away, but he doesn't dress it up with actorly inference to a gag. Pure old fashioned pervert and proud..

@NateGchi 😐😐😐

I went here and everyone knew you

Gambling is arguably the only vice I never adopted… Wine, women, song? Check. Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll? Indeed.

I can’t remember the last time I “ran to the store” in middle of the afternoon without it turning into an epic poem.