“Watching the 2nd season premiere of Apple TV's underrated Godzilla show, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, I was surprised at how much I had missed the world created by showrunner Chris Black and writer Matt Fraction.”
My latest Media Roundup is here. #TVSky
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“AMC’s western thriller Dark Winds is back with a new season and not a moment too soon for fans of Peak TV crime shows.”
My latest Media Roundup is here. #TVSky
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"Amazing Grace is more than a fitting testament to a young, gifted, and black artist at the top of her game. It is a testament to the Christian faith that affirmed the humanity and worth of all black lives in the face of ungodly opposition." #FilmSky
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“Unfortunately for this musical theater fan, this Kiss left me cold.”
My latest roundup is here… #FilmSky
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“Bad Bunny turned the Super Bowl halftime show into a literal island party to which the rest of the country, and the world, were generously invited, even if they don't know anyone or speak the language.”
My latest roundup is here… #badbunny
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Today’s #ICE.
Tomorrow’s #ICE.
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“And while the sequel, helmed by Guillermo Del Toro, is a superior movie, the Daywalker’s entrance in Norrington’s film remains the defining moment of the three-film series.”
Below, I share some of my favorite superhero entrances in film, including Blade (1998). What is yours?
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“Anchored by two phenomenal performances from Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley, this show is a gem I hope finds an audience.”
For more thoughts on Marvel’s Wonder Man, check out my latest Roundup. #WonderMan #TVSky
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I will be very disappointed if Wonder Man does not return in Avengers: Doomsday. #WonderMan #Avengers
A critic once described Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 film, Barry Lyndon, as “the most tedious costume drama ever made." I finally caught up with it 50+ years later and posted my reaction in my latest Roundup. #FilmSky
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While the Federal government spent the first winter storm of the season gunning down a dissenter and then lying about it, the new mayor of my town spent it helping residents stuck in the snow. This is what leadership looks like. Way to go, New York!
Unleashing masked posses on American cities, bragging about ignoring due process, posting selfies from CECOT, referring to some immigrants as dirtbags, and lying about others eating cats and dogs.
When the state sows cruelty, it should not be surprised it reaps unrest. #ice #minneapolis
It’s Oscar time! And once again, Ryan Coogler lands a nominee spot with a genuinely original film, unlike anything that has come before. Sinners is an ambitious combination of elements you would not expect to work. But they do, resulting in a singular achievement in filmmaking. #Filmsky #sinners
“The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit.” —Claire Thompson (Kerry Condon), Train Dreams (2025)
Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams can confidently sit alongside other haunting films about our place in the universe. (Works by Robert Redford and Terrence Malick come to mind.) If you are not still thinking about it days after seeing it, you should check your pulse. #Filmsky
Dear Mr. Dokoupil (cc: CBS News),
Instead of hectoring us to get along, how about looking into DHS’s account of Renee Good’s shooting to tell us if it was indeed justified? How about some actual reporting?
And if you don’t know, it’s ok to keep your mouth shut until you do. #cbs
From the ICE training module on how to deal with motorists who are in your way… #ICE
Caught Stealing is Darren Aronofsky’s After Hours—a lean, effective New York crime noir that nevertheless feels nostalgic for the halcyon days of pre-gentrification Lower East Side and the dreamers, schemers, and bleeders who lived there. #Filmsky #caughtstealing
It is always good news when a dictator falls.
However, when it is another dictator or wannabe who brings about the fall, after the dust settles, you still have a dictator or wannabe to deal with.
But I guess that is a problem for another day. #venezuela
Did James Cameron know? #venezuela
Marty Supreme is a showcase for Timothée Chalamet's phenomenal talents. Beyond that, your appreciation of Josh Safdie’s athlete saga will depend on your tolerance for the director’s hyperkinetic style and the trope of the driven genius who alienates everyone around them. #Filmsky #martysupreme
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If there was any doubt, the satisfying series finale of Stranger Things made it clear that the show was never about fastidiously crafted lore but sharply drawn characters. Giving each member of its vast ensemble a satisfying emotional coda was the episode’s singular achievement. #strangerthings
Watching my town’s new #mayor take the oath of office yesterday gave me hope that Americans are not forever destined to elect politicians who mistake cruelty for strength and ignorance for virtue. Way to go, New York!
Ari Aster’s #Eddington is THE horror film for our times. The man behind Hereditary and Midsommar trains his eye for the ominous on the long, hot summer of 2020 and effectively captures the moment American society cracked and something dark was summoned through the fissure. #FilmSky
President Trump’s message to constituents this Christmas…
The problem in a nutshell:
“…the fact will remain that she was chosen in order to make CBS News “fairer” to an authoritarian demagogue and the feral postliberal movement he leads.” —Nick Catoggio, The Dispatch
#CBS
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Bari Weiss is giving Three Days of the Condor vibes. #CBS
