bleagh (I tried Solaris twice). Vulture Cinematrix No. 680: Feb 4, 2026
I got 7/9 Correct
Score: 1984
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vulture.com/vulturecinem...I'm not saying the job market is bleak but being informed "you've applied to too many roles at the company, your account is temporarily frozen" and choosing to end the last two roles I applied to rather than fill them is...well...happy hour's at 3.
mfw I see you’re also trapped in the nightmare subway void and I’m eager to share cinematrix ideas with you
this is a fun answer if you get tired of someone’s Zoolander answers in Cine2nerdle. Vulture Cinematrix No. 679: Feb 3, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2663
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vulture.com/vulturecinem...the most d.c. thing is being told "only slight 2-hour delays tomorrow" and there are still four foot high ice piles and public transportation isn't working but yeah let's go all Death Stranding 2 out there for the dream
GRIZZLY II REVENGE ('83/'21): Even at 71 minutes this is up there in terms of cine-masochism viewing purely because you give up and begin counting reused footage, new stock footage, slowed down footage, new stock footage in reverse and then the ending where people are told to run through fireworks.
12 minutes into GRIZZLY II REVENGE and I’ve forgotten about Laura Dern, Charlie Sheen and George Clooney with the delivery of “…bear gallbladder. They sell it in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Yes, bear gallbladder.”
sometimes you watch THE BATTLE WIZARD and it’s like where else will this go after introducing a person throwing snakes as spears and then casually the kung-fu gorilla that lives in a pit walks out with the intention of drinking the blood of the magic red python
The funniest thing in this bleak world to me is now espn having to give serious consideration and time to “and the winner of the royal rumble is…”
OILY MANIAC ('76): More than anything I appreciate the gang that decides to blackmail the Oily Maniac and then make sure they all wear white.
Well I got at least one themed row and it's no thanks to Leap Year. Vulture Cinematrix No. 675: Jan 30, 2026
I got 7/9 Correct
Score: 2034
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vulture.com/vulturecinem...Went outside for the first time in almost four days. Truly is giving me the old Sundance experience (walking across sleek ice mounds on major roads while cars try to hit me near a McDonald’s and be told everything is fine)
damn I guess even the cinematrix crowd forgot about guerra. Vulture Cinematrix No. 674: Jan 29, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2621
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vulture.com/vulturecinem...as always I contain multitudes of
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Damn dude guess I know where I’m going since I can’t leave my apartment due to ice and snow and
There’s that other shoe that always seems to drop with a QR code and innovation
how I spend most days
the true beauty of Sundance is asking for a recommendation for the online viewing and a friend's typo making me search for 2+ hours for any reference to the typo and wondering if it was an exclusive, in-person premiere that required an NDA or if he was Abracadeborah-ing me
You: promote your $22 movie log journal with GIA
Me: well actually GIA was a movie but not technically a theatrical release so this log is false adve*wolves descend from a helicopter, brutally ripping me apart as Thad a24 Jr. observes from afar assuring his Marty Supreme Oscar*
For sure I assumed the Tom Hanks musical was a hit--and people did like it--but it just made no money? Vulture Cinematrix No. 671: Jan 26, 2026
I got 8/9 Correct
Score: 2339
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vulture.com/vulturecinem...now faced with three-to-four days of being snowed/iced in and unable to leave it is finally time to throw on Shoah, Dekalog and Berlin Alexanderplatz
The funniest circular media thing that seems like it’s about to happen is Paramount bringing back the “permalancer” job from the 2000s
when the newcomers say "d.c. will be reopened and ready for business by Monday morning it's just 6-12 inches of snow and ice"
my football hot take: I appreciate the agency that decided spokespeople would be at odds together moving forward and hate having their jobs stolen (Jersey Mike's) or learning conspiracies are real and Matthew McConaughey is hired to hit you with a car en route to a delivery (Uber Eats)
no greater horror/sci-fi feeling than being elated that the plow truck is here with the sidewalk cleaner but they've been in their truck now for two hours and night is coming
Truly my moment to shine because McKellen is the rare voice in both Doogal and the Magic Underpants or whatever it is in the UK. Vulture Cinematrix No. 670: Jan 25, 2026
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2668
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