imagine watching this and not thinking that this is the whole goddamn reason to even *have* America

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

a type of content that makes me want to launch myself into space and is huge part of why everything is so bad: TikToker goes down a “rabbit hole,” makes 9-minute video. The “rabbit hole” was she found an Eater article. The Eater journalist did all the work: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTruBS8cp/

What idiot named it THE BEATLES — A FOUR-FILM CINEMATIC EVENT instead of ONE BEATLE AFTER ANOTHER

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

LMAO MassLive wrote an article about Liam Gallagher of Oasis performing at an Irish bar in Boston, but it was actually just an Oasis cover band. web.archive.org/web/20251017...

I have gathered my thoughts and turned it into a fun blog about how IMDb is hell. I hope you like a long, under-explained list of movie ratings. aftermath.site/imdb-review-...

“One Battle After Another” is PTA's most purely entertaining film to date, an alchemic mix of political intrigue, thrilling action, and giddy comedy, all undergirded by some of the most technically spectacular filmmaking in recent memory. Review: www.boston.com/culture/movi...

Some news: yesterday was my last at Rolling Stone. For now, I'm going solo, doing all my TV reviewing, recapping, etc., at my newsletter. I hope you'll consider subscribing. Many more details here:

Sometimes I use Letterboxd for more than just a pithy one-liner or a way to link to my already-published reviews. This was one of those times. letterboxd.com/enricopalazz...

For the past 10 days, our readers have been voting in Massachusetts Movie Madness, our 32-film bracket to determine the best Bay State movie ever made. If you feel strongly about either Jaws or Good Will Hunting, there's still time to vote! www.boston.com/tag/best-bos...

“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is a flawed, overstuffed, vainglorious monument to radical self-belief. But when Ethan Hunt looks you dead in the eye and says, “I’m the only one who can do this,” you believe him.

Seems like I'm in the minority among critics, but I didn't love Murderbot, despite the obvious personal resonance. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/15/a...

“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is a flawed, overstuffed, vainglorious monument to radical self-belief. But when Ethan Hunt looks you dead in the eye and says, “I’m the only one who can do this,” you believe him.

Wrote about a TV show and a comedian that both bring me great joy. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/a...

The Accountant 2 was pretty stupid, but mostly the fun kind of stupid, especially when Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal share the screen. www.boston.com/culture/movi...

Andor is fantastic, and I cannot wait until everyone has seen the full season so I can talk about it even more! www.boston.com/culture/stre...

The Oscars adding a Stunts category in 2027 let's gooooooo

The end of an era www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/03/b...

1975: Vanity Fair writer making $175k spends 8 weeks with unfettered access to a celebrity for a profile piece 2025: A 10-minute Zoom call with Kenan Thompson contingent on explicit mention of his pharmaceutical sponsor in the first 50 words ew.com/kenan-thomps...

Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

why everything sucks online: 1) online ads used to pay for everything until companies realized that ads didn't work that well 2) the companies that owned the ad systems need something that makes money since ads are working less 3) the people making stuff still needed the money that ads gave them

Media critic Ben Affleck is my favorite Ben Affleck www.gq.com/story/inside...

TONIGHT! Come see some idiot talk to a great director and a Red Sox hall of famer.

Do you like the Red Sox? Do you like movies about baseball? Then you should go see EEPHUS at the Somerville Theatre this Saturday, followed by a Q&A with director Carson Lund and Sox legend Bill "Spaceman" Lee! (And @splicedpersonality.bsky.social asking the Qs.) www.boston.com/culture/ente...

I combed through 50 years of SNL scripts, wrote way too many words, then edited this down to something I'm proud of: A 50-year history of Boston on 'Saturday Night Live' www.boston.com/culture/tv/2...

New York Magazine's union is facing the prospect of a work stoppage. Show your solidarity for some of the best culture writers out there and sign this pledge not to cross their digital picket line. nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

Yesterday's would-be federal funding freeze fiasco was the first true test of the mainstream media's ability to cover the second Trump administration. It was an embarrassing failure. Adapt or die. Or, at the very least, die with some dignity. www.garbageday.email/p/yeah-it-s-...

Someone on Reddit searched for (the non-existent) John Wick 5, and Google spared no expense to lie to them.

Gonna hit publish on the Boston Calling 2025 lineup in about 15 minutes. Anyone got any last-second guesses/wishes?

For those not in the know, Screen Boston is an invaluable resource for repertory screenings at the area's independent theaters. They're not on Bluesky, but they do IG, FB, a weekly email, and a website. screenboston.com

Netflix 3 days ago: More than 200 countries watched our NFL game Netflix today: Squid Game is the top show in all 93 countries where Netflix is available ...I have some follow-up questions

After putting it off as long as possible to catch up on some blind spots and make a few tough calls, here are my 10 best movies of 2024. www.boston.com/culture/ente...

The AI madness is so far out of control that "Our product wrote a completely false news alert and credited a real news source" doesn't even rate a corporate comment, let alone an ashamed apology and pulling the product www.bbc.com/news/article...

Caught a screening of the Timothee Chalamet Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown last night. There's a review embargo, but "social sentiment" is OK, so here's my reaction in a few sentences. Overall: Pretty good! (Note: This star rating is out of 5, not 4.)

6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...

Jim Abrahams, one of the creators of the highly quotable movie "Airplane!," has sadly passed away. In 2016, he gave us the backstory on how its most enduring joke, "Don’t call me Shirley," may have saved the entire production. vulture.visitlink.me/whJogz

"The film follows a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role and the high-stakes world of this community theater production." I AM SEATED. deadline.com/2024/11/jess...

"Offensiveness is often so predictable. [...] Jeselnik’s art is in finding ways to be such an astonishing asshole that the nature of the insult is legitimately surprising." Excellent profile of a comedian who, as he puts it, is "steak" to Matt Rife's "cow shit." www.vulture.com/article/anth...

For anyone who is new over here like me, I'd recommend adding some feeds. Specifically this one, which is a real-time list of gift articles/links from paywalled publishers being shared by users. bsky.app/profile/davi...

Wrote about arguably my favorite topic in all of sports: Jerry Jones spending $1.2 billion on a stadium built at the exact orientation so the sun shines directly into players eyes during the months when the Cowboys play football: open.substack.com/pub/rodgersh...

Congrats to @bencollins.bsky.social on his newest acquisition apnews.com/article/onio...

Do you have what friends and family (lovingly) call a "distinctive face"? Then you could be cast as an extra in Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's new movie "The Drama," currently filming in Boston. www.boston.com/culture/cele...

Witness the beginning of a #DarkUniverse.

2027: Following the success of JOHN, Sony is planning 5th and 6th BCU films based on Brian Epstein and Billy Preston 2028: With a soft opening weekend for PAUL, Sony is delaying the release of GEORGE until 2030 2034: RINGO is streaming exclusively on Crackle