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Holiday (1938)

Nick Potter: You know, this reminds me a little of the 

palace of Caligula. You remember Caligula, don't you, dear? 

Susan Potter: Oh, very well indeed. Whatever became of him?

I usually only post about my beloved Holiday around the, you guessed it, holidays. But what is the 140th anniversary of the comic legend and "lifelong committed bachelor" Edward Everett Horton if not a holiday? One of the great scene stealers there ever was or ever will be, Horton wandered through classics like Arsenic and Old Lace, Top Hat, Trouble in Paradise, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Design For Living, and on and on and on, stealing scenes left right and right off Cary Grant's bumbling lips and bumblingest hips, among many. We love him! That said Holiday is very much my go-to-fave (as it is for every single actor in it) -- but what's yours?

Let's Hear It For the Schoenaerts

Since the last Matthias Schoenaerts news I'd heard before this morning was decidedly not great -- he got in legal trouble last year for allegedly driving drunk -- we're going to seize onto this more positive news because we're really rooting for the big lug to turn his shit around. This is all Terrence Malick's fault -- if Malick would just finish his damn Jesus movie The Way of the Wind Matty (who's playing Peter) would have some career momentum again. As is it's only been the terrible terrible terrible sequel to The Old Guard (and how fucking bizarre that I have just had to mention that movie two posts in a row) that Schoenaerts has had come out since The Regime, his super-fun and under-appreciated fascism-comedy with Kate Winslet. There are several other projects in his "upcoming" slate -- I talked about a couple last May right here -- but today there's headline-at-Deadline news on another one and we love to see it. Even if... well movies headlined by Halle Berry aren't exactly burning up the box office in 2026. There is a big plus in the plus column on this project though -- it's being written and directed by Ellie Foumbi, who made the fan-fucking-tastic French horror movie Our Father, the Devil in 2021. This would be her follow-up to that. Anyway I should probably get to what "this" is, huh? Here's how Deadline describes it:

"Matthias Schoenaerts (Rust and Bone), Makita Samba (Paris, 13th District) and Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) have joined Halle Berry in Fleur as filming begins in Paris this week. Berry stars as a New York housewife who flees the U.S. and her husband of thirty years (Csokas) to reinvent herself in Paris as Fleur, an upscale escort and dominatrix carving out her own power and identity. As her past collides with her new life, the question isn’t just whether she’ll return, but whether she can."

Taron Egerton Ten Times

Although I agree with the commenter on my post sharing the trailer for the upcoming Netflix thriller Apex that Charlize Theron should be doing better things than the steady stream of Netflix action movies she's been stuck in for the past several years, I nevertheless find myself excited about Apex -- I just think Charlize Theron fighting a bald deranged Taron Egerton sounds like a hoot, I do. More thrillers like this and fewer like the astonishingly terrible Old Guard sequel -- if she wants to pick yp the mantle from Liam Neeson I wouldn't be angry. Tight little two-handers, full of punching and chasing...

... that sounds fun to me. Anyway Apex is out on Netflix on April 24th and in turn Taron is on the cover of ICON Magazine this month (via)  showing off his shaved head from the movie and -- hot. We are hot for the bald on him. He can keep this look, if he wants to. I won't argue. Hit the jump for the rest...

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I Think I'll Go For a (Spider) Walk Outside Now

Even though I'm as ever superhero agnostic I'll always share a trailer for a Spider-Man movie --everybody loves Spier-Man and I am not immune to this. Not when they keep finding adorable twinks to fill out the skin-tight spandex and yes, Tom Holland is somehow still falling, against all odds of age, under that metric. Plus it's fun to see Jon Bernthal's sexy-ass Punisher from Daredevil showing up to order him around (and by "fun" I mean "deeply erotic" obviously) -- and speaking of Daredevil, is this him:

I'd love Charlie Cox to come along for the ride! (And feel free to impose all the filthy puns into that phrase as you see fit.) That said this teaser is... a little underwhelming. He's fighting ninjas? Okay. If you say so. Watch:

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is out on July 31st.

Good Morning, World

So who out there saw The Housemaid? I did, I did, although I got to it pretty late -- I didn't see it in theaters, I only got around to it once it'd hit VOD. Anyway it came out on 4K blu-ray yesterday so I'm here to say that it's perfectly fun and twisty trash; I do like this turn that director Paul Feig's made in his career, from straight-up comedies to camp thrillers. He brings his queer-seeming sensibilities (I still don't understand how he's married to a woman but whatever, there's room under the rainbow for him, says me) to movies like this and the Simple Favor series... by which I mean he films Brandon Sklenar as he's seen in these gifs here (or these even nuder ones here) and he films Henry Golding as seen in this older post. Seriously. Nobody's exploiting beautiful dudes like Paul Feig is right now.

You're a Real Mads Man

(See more photos from this new shoot of Mads Mikkelsen right here) Extremely excellent news today that Pushing Daisies and Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller's deliriously delightful directorial debut Dust Bunny -- the big toothed monster movie starring Mads and Sigourney Weaver -- is indeed getting a physical media release! You never know these days. And it's a 4K disc no less, which drops on April 28th, and which you can pre-order right here. Here's a look at it:

You can read my review of this movie right here -- it's a shame this movie got such a small release because it's so much fun and so inventive and colorful and everythingm we associate with the Pushing Daisies meastro, but now that it'll be available this way I'm hoping, as I said in my review, that it proves to be a cult in the making. It's the perfect gateway horror flick to show your own kids or your nieces and nephews to turn them into psychos and sickos like we are!

I am totally stealing these from @bryanfuller.bsky.social elsewhere but dig these killer photos of Sigourney Weaver bts on DUST BUNNY. Congrats to her on her much deserved Saturn nomination for Best Supporting Actor!

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM

More Hotties Head to Mike White's Place

It was just last week that I admitted to my 90s-brain on the sexiness of overalls (because Joe Alwyn rocked a pair) so how'd I miss this photo of Kumail Nanjiani in the last "Sexiest Man Alive" issue then? I guess I was probably still on the floor from the Joanthan Bailey shoot contained therein but still, no excuse. Anyway! Excellent news this mroning as a new batch of names have been droppeed (via Deadline) as The White Lotus' fourth season cast members -- and yes Kumail is right there up front. He's not the only hot piece in the bunch though, because Mike White loves us -- also named (joining the previously announced Chris Messina and Alexander Ludwig and Vincent Cassel among many) are adorable  Max Greenfield...

... and The Sex Lives of College Girls actor Charlie Hall, seen down below. He's Julia Louis-Dreyfus' son! I had to look back through Charlie's credits to figure out why I was already following him on Instagram and was reminded he played the police officer on Ryan Murphy's Ed Gein show whose mother (played by an astonishing-as-always Lesley Manville) was murdered by Charlie Hunnam. He was great in that role! I know that series got a lot of shit as exploitative but I really dug it. Fuck the discourse. Anyway speaking of "the discourse" I can't wait to see what psychotic behavior Mike White has all of these hotties getting up to in France. How's he ever gonna top last season's bro-cest? I have many perverted ideas, Mike... MANY. Just hit me up if you need any inspiration.  

Whatchu Dune

I've only ever read the first Dune book and I never watched the Children of Dune miniseries, so my knowledge of the weirdnesses that happens down the road in the Dune stories is limited to hearing random things here and there -- some sort of galactic space worm or something? Anyway the teaser for the third Dune movie Dune Messiah has just dropped today (or are they just calling it Dune Part Three now? Yawn) and I am excited! Especially with Robert Pattinson looking like such a freak in it. Freaky Robert Pattinson is always a good sign. This movie isn't out until December 18th though, so let's not let ourselves go too wild. Practice patience! And watch:

Thoughts?

Nothing will ever top Matt Keeslar as Feyd-Rautha in the 2000 miniseries though - the height of Cinema!

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) March 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM

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Good Morning, World

I'm sure Wagner Moura's career is going to get a great big boost from this past awards season where he was deservedly nominated for his ace turn in The Secret Agent. (How incredibly handsome did he look at the Oscars this past weekend when he was presenting and he put on those glasses? I swooned.) He's already got seven titles in his "upcoming" projects including a remake of Abbas Kiarostami's masterpiece Taste of Cherry (from the director of Jauja!) and a Star Wars project (of course) -- I'm sure much-deserved bigger projects are in the works though. I'd love to see him reunite with Secret Agent director Kleber Mendonça Filho again. That said -- I've never yet watched Narcos, the show where he played drug kingpin Pablo Escabar seen above, and... that picture is making me think I really should watch Narcos. There's also the Boyd Holbrook and Pedro Pascal of it. Hrm. Thoughts? Also if you wanna give me your answers for a Narcos-themed "Do Dump or Marry?" in the comments, those three are ready and willing...

A Very John Waters June

I love that Criterion has really taken the concept of "June as Pride Month" to heart and gives all the gays a feast in new 4K releases every year -- take a look at June 2026's just-dropped announcements, which include two yes you read that right TWO John Waters movies entering the Collection! Holy hell! The two movies in question are his 1977 film Desperate Living (perfect cover art) and his beloved 1988 comedy Hairspray -- the latter has been on blu-ray before but the former I don't think has been released since DVD days? And these are both 4K upgrades -- can't wait to see the putrid toxic dump of Mortville that most of Desperate Living is set in be made so shiny clean and in our face lol. Maybe Criterion is working towards a complete John Waters box-set? Dare to dream. What I would give for Serial Mom on 4K! What delightful news, though. 

But the gay pride doesn't end there -- they're also dropping Lisa Cholodenko’s 1998 debut feature High Art starring Ally Sheedy as a lesbian photographer (I think that's what the character has on her business cards) who's over her old love (a tremendously funny Patricia Clarkson) and moving onto the hot new thing played by Radha Mitchell. Good movie! I only saw it for the first time a couple of years ago but Cholodenko rules in general -- can never go wrong with a Cholodenko. 

Next up a couple of tremendous movies from 2025 are being represented -- first there's Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident, which I'm really sad didn't win either of the awards it was nominated for at the Oscars last night, as it was one of 2025's best and we really needed to get Iranian cinema figurehead Panahai on that stage to say some shit about current events. But seriously -- I re-watched this movie yesterday and it's incredible; so light and funny about such a nightmarish topic. And what an ending. The other 2025 is Lav Diaz's Magellan, an astonishing evisceration of colonialism that, in a just world, would've had Gael Garcia Bernal winning acting awards all season long as well. 

There really are a lot of titles being dropped this June -- I wonder if they open the flood-gates then because, besides the gays being courted, there's the month-long 50% Off sale at Barnes & Noble? Anyway this is the "foreign films I'm unfamiliar with" portion of the pile -- and speaking of anti-colonialism, there's Med Hondo's 1979 musical West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty, which is set aboard a slave ship traveling through different time periods and locations. Anybody seen it? It sounds like one I'll have to see soon (it is already playing in the Criterion Channel so maybe I'll watch it this weekend.) And then there's Spanish director Carlos Saura’s "Flamenco Trilogy", a trio of films from the early 80s which is the latest in Criterion's newly reinvigorated Eclipse series of box-sets. And finally the last two June drops are 4K upgrades for Stanley Donen's ever-entertaining Charade with Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn and the Jack Nicholson classic Five Easy Pieces. What are looking you forward to the most?

Pic of the Day

What a beautiful sight. 

 

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Jack O’Connell you will always be famous

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM

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Congratulations to Michael B. Jordan, the deserved Oscar winner for Fruitvale Station. Hey I'm being magnanimous here. Just like how I congratulated Jessie Buckley for her win, see below. So what did we all think of the big show last night? Generally I'm happy, given my favorite movie of 2025 deservedly took home the top prize. I always forget who won the other awards within a week anyway...

Jessie Buckley, best actress for ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ yayyy

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) March 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM

This is Not an Oscars Post

I said all I needed to say on the Oscars yesterday at this link when I shared my ranking of the Best Picture nominees -- now I'm just saying goodbye for the Oscar Weekend, saying "See you on the other side." One of the above two fellows will probably be cradling a golden man in their strong arms come Sunday night -- y'all know who I'm rooting for but whatever will be will be. And so be it! That said my hypocrisy keeps on keeping on because have no doubt I'll be posting about the show on Bluesky as it happens, so if you do want to see me get disgruntled in real time make sure to follow me there. For some people watching me get annoyed is the real entertainment! I'll take it. Have a good weekend, stay safe and stay as sane as is possible in the year 2026. And in summation... I can't say I'd be furious if Wagner sneaked in and pulled it out (so to speak, ahem)...

The Cox Clock is Ticking!

I had no idea, absolutely none, until this very minute that the second season of Daredevil: Born Again is coming out in 11 days. ELEVEN DAYS??? WTF! Of course it would be Charlie Cox's beautiful body that grabbed my attention long enough to get me grasping... this fact. The shot above is taken from a just-dropped teaser for the show's return, which I will share below. Eleven days! Oh my god my body is not ready. In all seriousness Daredevil on Netflix and then it's new iteration on Disney+ is by leaps and bounds the best running Marvel show so I am genuinely excited, and not just because you know, abs. But abs don't hurt!

In related news I started watching Wonder Man last night and it's very funny! I am enjoying it. Any other fans? I've only watched three episodes so far but it's been a treat. We do love us some Yahya...

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Please Baby Please (2022)

Arthur: Heart in ribs like bird in cage. 

When it flutters, set it free.

I have now done quotes from this movie for Harry Melling's birthday three out of the past four years -- see 2023 right here and see 2024 right here (that second one includes lots of Harry on Karl Glusman sexiness and I do recommend) -- not sure what the hell I was doing on March 13th of last year that I missed this ocassion, but I'm making it up to you today, Harry! And then some since I also just realized that even with all the past year's Pillion-ness I hadn't given Harry his own tag here on the site yet -- shame the fuck on me. So that's now fixed. Harry Melling's on the side-bar now -- well earned. 

Also I suppose from now on for his birthdays we'll probably try quoting his other "Harry Melling gets gay subjugated by a hot biker" movie, the aforementioned masterpiece Pillion. My #4 movie of 2025! There's lots to celebrate in that movie too. But here today as an additional birthday treat I'll share Harry's recent photo-shoot for Behind The Blinds magazine (via) -- I hadn't shared it yet because it's wasn't nearly slutty enough to my liking; people need to realize that we are hot for Harry and respect and indulge our desires. Anyway it's what we got for now so hit the jump for it...

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