Disney has responded to fan complaints over the removal of multiple Disney Plus movies and shows, many of which were highly rated.

As first reported by What's on Disney Plus on Sunday (September 29), the entertainment giant axed numerous Disney Plus Originals from the streaming service's library. Critically-acclaimed projects, such as historical drama A Small Light, which holds a perfect 100% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and the Willem Dafoe-starring adventure-drama film Togo (92% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes) are among the 25 productions that are no longer available to stream.

It isn't just certain nations that have been impacted by this latest back-catalog culling, either. I've checked Disney Plus' library in the US, UK, and Australia, and I can confirm that none of these films or TV series are now viewable in these countries. It appears, then, that they've been permanently removed worldwide. It also appears that projects like A Small Light, which debuted exclusively on Hulu in the US, have been axed from Disney Plus' sister streamer, too.

I'm a big horror fan and I like anthologies though they can be very hit-and-miss

never seen a single V/H/S movie because the reviews for them are fairly mid, but are there any genuinely good segments that make these worth watching?

damn there's like 7 of these things now

I'm writing this post because it's getting very low ratings. From the reviews that I read, many people say it doesn't meet their expectations of what a superhero movie should be.

I'm not a capeshit enjoyer. I chose to see Joker 2 because Joker 1 had vague themes of "defunding welfare programs is bad". In the first movie, Joker loses access to his mental illness medication because the politicians defund the welfare programs and that leads Joker to start doing crimes.

What I liked about Joker 2 is that everyone around him wants to make him miserable, but instead he chooses to be happy. In my opinion, it is the most pure example of absurdity. The whole world wants to make Joker miserable and he is powerless to change other people, but he can deny giving the world what they want so he chooses to laugh. I find that to be entertaining.

The movie was about 60% musical. Whenever Joker starts to hallucinate, everyone starts singing. I think it was okay, but other people did not like that. You probably won't like the movie if you are expecting it to follow the superhero movie formula.

The Detroit Tigers bullpen looks like the room in Alien Resurrection where they have all the cloned Ripleys that didn't quite work out. But in this case it's 8 attempts to clone Waingro from Heat from a degraded DNA sample.

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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is The Great Beauty (2013), a drama-comedy about a snobbish, pretentious Italian author’s trip through Rome following his 65th birthday, and his realization that life may contain more worth than drinking, drugs, parties, and philandering. What has he done with this life? Existential crises follow, along with some absurdism as he encounters various strange characters. This won a bunch of awards at the time, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, and it is considered one of the best Italian films of the 2010s. Looks neat; let’s watch. This is generally considered to be the best work to date of Italian auteur director Paolo Sorrentino, who is otherwise best-known for Hand of God (2021), which we have not watched. Currently ranked #202 on Letterboxd's Top 250 films of all time.

After that is The Wild Robot (2024), the latest animated feature from Dreamworks. It centers on a robot who becomes stranded on a desert island; it find purpose by caring for a baby goose, and the two bond while the goose attempts to reunite with its flock. Director is Chris Sanders, the guy who helmed Lilo & Stitch (2010) and How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Critics are calling this one of Dreamworks’ best films ever, and it is already garnering award buzz. A good-quality camrip is already available, so we will watch it.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Great Beauty: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-great-beauty/
• The Wild Robot: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-wild-robot/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Great Beauty: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/40212
• The Wild Robot: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1059280

CWs for The Great Beauty:

• Drug use.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Cheating.
• Cancer.
• Suicide.
• Sex.
• Car crash.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Blood.
• Head trauma.
• Profanity.

CWs for The Wild Robot:

• Animal abandonment.
• Abusive parents.
• Deaths of animals.
• Decapitation.
• Sad animal.
• Bugs.
• Bullying.
• Beatings.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is crushed to death.
• Amputation.
• Unconsciousness.
• Finger and toe mutilation.
• Suicide.
• Death of non-human.
• Deaths of family members.
• Kidnapping.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Trypophobia.
• Vomiting.
• Farting.
• Someone is eaten.
• Audio gore.
• Incarceration.
• Underwater scenes.
• Screaming.
• Flashing lights.
• Stillbirth.
• Babies.
• Death of pregnant character.
• Ableism.

Links to movies:

• The Great Beauty: https://tankie.tube/w/ppx85wNwLL7iwrJbz6zrS9
• The Wild Robot: https://tankie.tube/w/4ZTU9LwSj9LiZfnEasTxJw

Don’t worry, volcel police has already been put on high alert

Youtube Link (For US/American audience only. Unless you have VPN or something)

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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Inherent Vice (2014), from renowned auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, the guy behind Boogie Nights (1997), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012), among others. Joaquin Phoenix stars a detective in the 1970s investigating the disappearance of his ex; things get weird from there as the plot takes a backseat to his various encounters with the strange inhabitants of southern California. Apparently it is also something of a comedy. I guess we’ll find out.

After that is Welcome or No Trespassing (1964), a farce from Come and See (1985) director Elem Klimov about a group of Soviet children at a youth summer camp who decide to raise some mischief against the camp authorities, a dynamic that increasingly resembles an insurgency against an occupying force. Hilarity ensues. Reviews continually compare this to the works of Wes Anderson.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Inherent Vice: https://letterboxd.com/film/inherent-vice/
• Welcome to No Trespassing: https://letterboxd.com/film/welcome-or-no-trespassing/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Inherent Vice: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/10083
• Welcome or No Trespassing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058022/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Inherent Vice:

• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Cheating.
• Mental institution scene.
• Antisemitism.
• Sex.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Welcome or No Trespassing:

• Nudity.
• Profanity.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Slapstick violence.

Links to movies:

• Inherent Vice: https://tankie.tube/w/sjZxMHYnYBgxaaX9aCZsQV
• Welcome or No Trespassing: https://tankie.tube/w/iFMoeDSQfumagQMJ6n74JK

Personally my favorite part of this is watching Kirsten Dunst visibly dying next to him as he continues talking.

Not included in the video sadly but afterward she leans over to him and says "Oh. Oh Lars. That was intense" lmfao

Caught at the start of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cxtDpFOBcg

No lie, I literally googled "Booba Fett" for some SW memes but no it's an actual thing. A clone of Boba killed by fucking "Luuke" Skywalker (another clone)

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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), an adaptation of a manga about a kid ninja who infiltrates an evil clan to take out some bad guys. A whole lot of cartoonish antics follow, along with sword fights, musical numbers, and animated sequences. This is the sort of movie that seems to have been written by a ten-year-old. Looks fun; let’s check it out.

After that is Death Becomes Her, a fantasy-comedy about an aging actress (Goldie Hawn) who decides to take an immortality potion as part of a plan to murder her rival (Meryl Streep) and take back her ex-fiance (Bruce Willis). Unfortunately, the potion doesn’t quite work as planned, and things spiral out of control from there. Hilarity ensues. Director is Robert Zemeckis, the guy behind Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), and Forrest Gump (1994). As with those, this film was lauded for its groundbreaking special effects, which often cross into a comedic version of body horror.

BONUS: we will also watch the 80s action spoof Kung Fury (2015), which was a Youtube sensation back in 2015.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: https://letterboxd.com/film/watari-the-ninja-boy/
• Death Becomes Her: https://letterboxd.com/film/death-becomes-her/
• Kung Fury: https://letterboxd.com/film/kung-fury/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: Sorry, nothing on DTDD or IMDB.
• Death Becomes Her: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/16708

CWs for Watari the Ninja Boy:

• Slapstick violence.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Stabbing.
• Child endangerment.

CWs for Death Becomes Her:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Abused becomes the abuser.
• Alcoholism.
• Someone is drugged.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Throat mutilation.
• Decapitation.
• Choking.
• Someone is burned alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Death by falling.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Audio gore.
• Needles.
• Mental institution scene.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Dissociation.
• Misophonia.
• Body dysmorphia.
• Body dysphoria.
• Claustrophobia.
• Eating disorder.
• Screaming.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Fat jokes.
• Fat shaming.
• Age gap.
• Nudity.
• Objectification of female characters.
• References to sex.
• Fat suits.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Watari the Ninja Boy: https://tankie.tube/w/pskUTpRHBwMz39hv4vBMX6
• Death Becomes Her: https://tankie.tube/w/snMmpr2au3ZAYuWtfS9L4U
• Kung Fury: https://youtu.be/bS5P_LAqiVg

I like the goat scream we have at home here better:

Yep, it’s come to this: we’re watching a Marvel movie. Once tonight’s vice-presidential debate has wrapped up (it runs from 9PM EST to ~10:30PM), come over to the Hextube movie channel to watch one of the biggest blockbusters of the year, which brings together Deadpool and the most popular X-Man at last through time-travel shenanigans. Hilarity ensues, and so on.

We’ll start at 10:40PM EST, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Deadpool and Wolverine: https://letterboxd.com/film/anantaram/

Doesthedogdie.com link:

• Deadpool and Wolverine: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1072305

CWs:

• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Jokes about men being sexually assaulted.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Someone’s mouth is covered.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Hand damage.
• Dislocations.
• Throat mutilation.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Decapitation.
• Death by crushing.
• Choking.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Body horror.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Achilles tendon injury.
• Genital trauma.
• Unconsciousness.
• Broken bones.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Stabbing.
• Blood and gore.
• Someone sacrifices themselves.
• Able-bodied person plays disabled character.
• Ableist slurs.
• Kidnapping.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Possession.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Cancer.
• Mental illness.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Unstable reality.
• Meltdown.
• PTSD.
• Sudden loud noises.
• Shaky cam.
• Screaming.
• Profanity.
• Flashing lights.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Babies.
• N-word.
• Misgendering.
• Fat jokes.
• Discussion of religion.
• Objectification of female characters.
• References to sex.
• Terminal illness.
• Honking horns.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.

Link to movie:

https://tankie.tube/w/1JDq6kFh7xFQCdJePCdscH