Jim Laczkowski

Worth listening to for the number of times I groan or sound like Miss Piggy in response to something I disagree with.

Christmas Movies Actually: 156 - One Battle After Another (feat. Steve Prokopy) "What time is it?" It's time to talk Oscars, but more specifically, Kerry and Collin are focusing on one of the front-runners to win the night, Paul Thomas Anderson's timely and sensational "One Battl...

Our latest episode is up! Yup, we did this movie and, yes, for the reason you're thinking of (IYKYK). Steve Prokopy joins us to break down the film, the intricacies of the Christmas Adventurer's Club and some basic Oscar talk. Also, new Blu-rays! Enjoy! www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmov...

Episode 245: 1996 - Year In Review (feat. Erik & Collin) https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/23ebb2c2-143e-4818-b6e7-3ba974e51727.mp3

Not the best year so we didn’t go the usual six hours plus but the 1996 retrospective featuring @collinsouter.bsky.social and @erikthemovieman.bsky.social is here! Thanks, as always to my friends, thanks for listening! Enjoy some clips, songs, trailers, laughs! www.jimlaczkowski.net/podcast/1996

Never in a million years did I think the upcoming 1996 episode would have combined back to back clips of songs by Stabbing Westward and Spice Girls; I go the extra mile for these epic-length retrospective podcasts on Director's Club each year. Folks are in for a treat despite a ho-hum year in film.

🚨 Calling all aspiring film critics in the Chicagoland area! 🚨

Applications for the Chicago Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program are now open!

Details and how to apply here: chicagofilmcritics.org/grant

Deadline to apply is March 27th, 2026!

pop art style poster of the Music Box Theatre marquee that reads Chicago Critics Film Festival May 1-7, 2026

We're two months out from the 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival, which will be held May 1-7, 2026 at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social 🍿

Early bird passes go on sale next week 🎟️

Keep your eyes peeled for more updates soon 👀

A painting of a bird beside the text "Someday, somewhere, someone will truly understand just how fucked up this was"

You know, nothing surprises me anymore. At this point, I am awaiting a psychic transmission similar to the one in Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness. “I have a message for you & you’re not going to like it.”

combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God's plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth," according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer. From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

“Trump was anointed by Jesus to bomb Iran to cause Armageddon” 🚨

This is bad news. And worse, Pete Hegseth, Russell Vought, probably one SCOTUS justice, and at least half of the White House also believe this.

It’s not just random members of the military!

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

WTF!

“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint.”

i’m at the anti-ICE protest
i’m at the anti-war with iran protest
i’m at the combination anti-ICE anti-war with iran protest

Richard O'Brien with a scissors

Annette Dress Design Kit

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Tonight! Doomscrolling is madness, so you may as well join us for an evening of high fashion! Shorts! Music! Commercials! A feature! Ed Anser! And so much more that'll knock your very chic socks off! Starting at 7pm Central at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...!

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

Now that he’s started a war, I’ve completely forgotten that he’s a pedophile.

The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime.

You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.

Does your LLM get emotional listening to the live version of “Anna Begins” from Across a Wire? (I also like that autocorrect wanted to change LLM to llama)

A U.S. official said American military strikes on Iran were underway.

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran?

Me neither.

Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

what a crazy night for sam altman to be like "yeah we got that dept of war deal, and there's no moral concerns here"

I will hate the people who voted for this man until the day I die

Between what OpenAI has declared and the start of a war with Iran, having a hard time believing that humans beings are inherently good. I feel like we need to be a better species as a whole but right now, it’s looking like we’re only getting worse.

🚨 Donald Trump after launching war on Iran: The lives of American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties. That often happens in war.

DO NOT USE CHAT GPT.

we should invent some new guys. sick of the old ones

Bluesky has as much bad news as X but over here, we're against it

I concur but I know Lynch considered an 18-hour long movie and folks put it on their Sight and Sound list. I do agree it’s TV but I also expect folks out there to argue otherwise.

At least one of my interests is trending today

This should be allowed, but it's up to the Captain. Honestly, for the Lynch draft, obviously that last Twin Peaks season should and could qualify.

Wow I need to track this down. Love Coolidge!

Masterful songwriter of the highest caliber

BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.