Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!

Would anyone have any advice on how to contact Captain Midnight? I keep trying to ask him through YouTube comments why he never reviewed "Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings", but he still hasn't answered. I fear if I ask too often in comments, he'll mute me.

Orea releasing cookies with "zero sugar"

" #KissOfTheSpiderWoman costs too much to rent, so I guess I can't watch it in time to put in my next listicle." *notices the price has fallen after the listicle goes up*

Unironically agree, I mean we’ve been calling those mfers “anti-choice” for years now anyway

To try and make up for how often I've left reviews either unfinished or unwritten lately, this year's #NewYearsEve listicle also promotes some Asian- or Latin-led movies released last year. www.manic-expression.com/2025/12/05/r...

Last night's viewing of #TheWizLive often made me want to cry; usually for the creatives' intended reasons, but also because of the same Obama-era optimism that people say dated "Hamilton".

"If you combine both #Wicked movies, #TheWizLive remains the best screen-based, Oz-themed musical with a black female lead." "Isn't it fascinating that we have enough (at least 4) to choose a best?" "Only if you don't mind putting TV specials & movies on equal footing." youtu.be/OZvvxd5RIvg?...

Good job, guys. See if you can't make similar results happen for No Game, No Life and Vinland Saga. Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.

The Parasite director noted that this was his "personal" reaction to AI, while his "official" one was a tad more diplomatic. www.avclub.com/bong-joon-ho...

Filipino American Alma Bowman — an outspoken advocate who exposed ICE's abuses of immigrant women & other harsh conditions — has won her release from ICE detention! While she's finally going home and will be reunited with her children this Thanksgiving, her fight for U.S. citizenship continues. 🧵⬇️

Sometimes I need to remind myself that William Asher directing both #ILoveLucy and #Bewitched doesn't necessarily mean that Lucille Ball and Elizabeth Montgomery met backstage on either show, considering Montgomery didn't marry Asher until after "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" ended.

@mrcoat.bsky.social Because of your fondness for Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", I was wondering if you enjoyed when Freddie Highmore portrayed an older Charlie on "Jimmy Kimmel"? youtube.com/watch?v=QBcK...

In "better late than never" news, Alice Wu's #SavingFace became the first female-directed movie I purchased on its own Criterion release, and one of my more rewarding blind buys in the collection.

After your 100th anniversary movie bombs because people suspect it of being written with AI, why the hell would you expect them to watch content you outright admit was created with AI?

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Two weeks before the release of #WickedForGood, I'm shilling my review of the first #Wicked movie again; the current lack of comments has left me unsure if or when to review "For Good". www.manic-expression.com/2024/12/15/a...

If anyone in my online circles puts off #Andor because it's snootiest fans annoy them, I wonder how they'd feel learning that Pedro Pascal and Ewan McGregor both became fans...

They tried to divide the American people, but Asian, Muslim, and other candidates of color came out on top. It’s a reminder that our democracy is strongest when it reflects the diversity of our nation.

Our takeaway from election night: Hate was not a winning strategy. Throughout the election cycle, Trump and his allies terrorized our cities, disappeared our immigrant neighbors, and fueled racism and xenophobia. Meanwhile, candidates like Andrew Cuomo weaponized Islamophobia for political gain.

just want to remind everyone again that zohran is the one cis candidate i am aware of that had his platform on trans rights written by trans people. i think that matters

In honor of Dick Cheney's passing, go vote for someone/something he would have absolutely hated.

Dick Cheney died! About fucking time, dude had like a dozen heart attacks throughout his life, which is kind of poetic for such an evil motherfucker. We're starting off the day right.

It took five years, but SWAU finally sent me Pedro Pascal's autograph:

@mrcoat.bsky.social If you didn't already know, you should adjust some new settings so that YouTube's AI doesn't upscale your standard definition videos: support.google.com/youtube/answ...

#Sinners & #WickedForGood might place the first 2 African-American Best Costume Design Oscar winners head-to-head at the next ceremony.

Even though I understand why the #WickedForGood soundtrack couldn't come out this month, occasionally I feel bummed about having to wait 'til next year to add its songs to my #Halloween rotation.

From the organization that kettled protesters and beat the shit out of people and even drove their cars into protesters during the BLM protests this is genuinely shocking. Including them making a post about first amendment rights.

Cocomelon, Madame Web, & a hint of the Mouse House widening their theatrical-to-streaming window will surely help Disney+ recoup their losses from people protesting stuff like price hikes & ABC's fickleness. whatsondisneyplus.com/whats-coming...

RIP Drew Struzan A master.

‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ creator Maggie Kang says she doesn’t think a live-action remake would work. “There’s so many elements of the tone and the comedy that are so suited for animation” (Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...)

According to my VPN, titles available in 4K on Canadian Star, but only HD on American Hulu (such as #Alien), received neither an upgrade nor a downgrade in either country after the rebranding.

Is Disney+ the only streaming service with a search engine that places programs you can't watch above those you can?

I wish I knew whether to blame Google or Nintendo for the Switch YouTube app's compatibility issues with Switch 2, which remain unfixed three months after I purchased my console.

Hailee Steinfeld says she’s now recording for ‘BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE’ “I wonder sometimes if anything ever gets scrapped, because I’ve said the word 'Miles' in so many different ways and tones — they probably have a whole library” (Source: variety.com/2025/film/aw...)

Sometimes #TheMandalorian seems like a case *against* giving Star Wars roles to MMA athletes with minimal acting experience, or comedians who openly hate the franchise.

See the reply to this quote for my ranking of movies I've seen with her.

it's important to make these companies more afraid of people with empathy and good sense than they are of weird fucking brigading authoritarian babies we outnumber these assholes by a wide margin

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

Question: When in the actual fuck, as a country, did we decide that our government gets to demand that we mourn someone in some particular way?

Perhaps #Schmigadoon had meta reasons to cast Kristin Chenoweth as an intentionally-reprehensible depiction of a religious prude.

YouTube have implemented an AI powered "Restricted Mode" designed to hide "mature content" & for many users it's defaulted to being switched ON Here's what my channel looks like with & without it and MANY of my videos suddenly disappear. So please make sure you have this Restricted Mode turned OFF

Hundreds of Sesame Street episodes are coming to YouTube in 2026!

My final review of #TheLastOfUs discusses how S2E6 accentuated to a fault Pedro Pascal's importance to the show's appeal: www.manic-expression.com/2025/09/01/t...

HBO's #TheLastOfUs feels practically irrelevant now, but my final review, covering "The Price", will go up tomorrow.

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:

Although all of the backlash to Cracker Barrel’s logo change was absurd I am offended that all white people have to do is complain online for a couple days and they get what they want. Black people have been tanking Target’s sales for months and they still won’t reverse course

French and Canadian researchers have shown that faulty mitochondria directly drive memory loss in dementia. Using a new tool to boost mitochondrial activity in mice, they restored memory performance, proving cause and effect for the first time. buff.ly/2REM0fd #ShareGoodNewsToo

"If Disney can't make money off of movies they'll put up for streaming in a few months, how could Netflix and Sony make money off a movie available for streaming right no-"

The missing piece of the equation explaining why so many critic positions are being eliminated is the little AI summaries at the top of Google results, which reduced click-throughs drastically. Once again, a tech company has stolen human labor and monetized it and doesn't care about the impact.