THE APARTMENT: after a bit of a hiatus, @stevehackman1.bsky.social and I return to our Every Best Picture series, joined this episode by my longtime crony @pierceconran.bsky.social to discuss this seminal romantic comedy and all things Billy Wilder. Enjoy! youtu.be/8n0gvRblAD0?...

In 1 Samuel 8 the people of Israel demanded that Samuel give them a king. Samuel goes on to explain to the people that a king will control them, abuse them, and use their lives to further his own. And yet, surprisingly they replied, "We still want a king over us!"

Elon should have taken a hint from Mike Pense, Jeff Sessions, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Cohen etc. on how these Faustian relationships with Trump end 😂. Now I am just enjoying my popcorn and watching the show

“With Tesla sales tanking, Tesla stock slumping and angry Tesla investors demanding reasons on why Musk seems committed to brand self-destruction, a humbled Elon leaves the Trump orbit like so may before him; frustrated, diminished, and wondering why he ever made that Faustian deal to begin with."

America is now about two steps away from “The Running Man”

Happy Easter! What better day to dive deep into one of Hollywood’s most lavish and beloved biblical epics. For our latest Every Best Picture @stevehackman1.bsky.social & I are joined by the wonderful David Canfield to discuss William Wyler’s 11-time Oscar winner BEN-HUR: youtu.be/T0ECTIiNl0E?...

Meanwhile Russia’s Putin & China’s Xi look on and must wonder if they are getting pranked as their most cherished foreign policy goal, the splitting of the Western alliance, gets enacted by the very man trusted to protect it.

NeZha 2 is the highest grossing animated film ever and has just overtaken Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be the 5th highest grossing film overall. With a cultural phenomena like that @marshy00.bsky.social and I felt we needed to jump in and give our thoughts on Ne Zha 2 #nezha2

MAGA when “X” goes down must be a lot like teenagers when they lose the internet; lots of confusion and not quite knowing what to do now. My advice is the same, “go outside, play, and get some fresh air” 🙏😇 www.reuters.com/technology/s...

“That was the offer. I’ll deliver your cultural war victory but you have to defend me at best, or remain silent at worst, while I corrupt America’s soul.”

The whole world witnessed the U.S. President shake down a loyal ally on live TV in order to make an eventual deal with our adversary. #treason

As kids I played a comp game called BALANCE OF POWER where as the President you used soft power to increase your influence against the Soviets. Later we just started goofing around and would suddenly stop funding our allies and start siding with the Soviets Our allies would go nuts! Just a kids game

I’ve spent years asking myself “Why do I believe what I believe?” Here is another piece of that puzzle

With Trump pardoning even violent participants, Jan 6 is an open wound that will continue to fester rather than heal. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Remembering David Lynch

Always a Detroiter! Go Lions! #detroitlions

Getting the “Christingles” ready for the afternoon Christmas Eve church service at St. John’s Cathedral #christmas #hongkonglife

Four people representing four various positions on Christianity, science, atheism, suffering, and what it means to be human engaging in a dialogue of mutual respect and holding any certainty they have balanced with a healthy dose of humility? Well, this is my love language.

First Sunday of Advent. Christmas can really begin now! #advent

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

The recent passing of Tony Campolo offered me the chance to reflect on the impact he had on me. open.substack.com/pub/stevehac...

When my love of films collides with my faith the results can be wondrous (e.g. Terrence Malick) or disastrous (e.g. Pure Flix). Sadly, it appears the new biopic on Bonhoeffer falls within the latter.

I enjoyed it..just not as much as @marshy00.bsky.social

Morning Joe & Mika are getting a lot of heat from the Left and ridicule from the Right for meeting with Trump. Well done Joe & Mika, common sense folk who manage to piss off the extremists on both sides are what America needs more of! #morningjoe

Been enjoying my migration from X over to Bluesky and meeting new people. Consider following if your interests include: * Christianity * Pilgrimage (Camino de Santiago) * Film * Peace building * Politics * Theology * History * and jaw dropping quantum physics discoveries

I’ll be engaging Trump 2.0 with a different approach open.substack.com/pub/stevehac...

Do I really want my first post here at Bluesky to be political? Sure, why not… open.substack.com/pub/stevehac...