Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day

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It's Christmas movie season. And if you need some help choosing a new classic this weekend, here's a list to help! The latest for Collider. collider.com/best-christm...

This is also the reaction I've had to HFR, which looks like the movie theater forgot to turn motion-smoothing off.

No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.

If you want an alternative to STRANGER THINGS this weekend, you can't go wrong with TRAIN DREAMS, WAKE UP DEAD MAN, or ZOOTOPIA 2. chrisicisms.substack.com/p/reviews-kn...

And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both. The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.

Joke's on you: I never stopped listening to Christmas music.

My review will come later today or tomorrow, but I cannot stress this enough: Do not get talked into playing a drinking game where you take a shot every time there's an animal pun in ZOOTOPIA 2 or you will die in 5 minutes.

Breaking news this morning at the Washington Post. And you people think I should cancel my subscription??

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.

The story for the new Pixar movie "Hoppers" is: "Mabel, an animal lover, seizes an opportunity to use a new technology to hop her consciousness into a robotic beaver and communicate directly with animals." Whatever happened to their traditional plots, like "What if your stuffy feared death?"

The only time it's acceptable to say "Quiet Piggy" is if he doesn't have the conch.

50 years ago today, this photo of the Chicago press conference for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was taken. In the background you can see Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert — in the clothes they wore in the Siskel & Ebert pilot, which was also shot that same day.

I'll have a full review next week, but after seeing WAKE UP DEAD MAN, I'm wondering if @rianjohnson.bsky.social ever listened to the Mars Hill podcast and if it's safe to say Josh Brolin is playing Catholic Mark Driscoll.

I enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD, even if its source material keeps it from reaching the heights of the first film. #filmsky chrisicisms.substack.com/p/review-wic...

people just dumping everything before the epstein files get released

If you haven't seen THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, I highly recommend doing it once (and only once). And it should be on Disney+ for all to see as a piece of STAR WARS history. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk, now read my article. collider.com/star-wars-ho...

Maybe they're just releasing files alphabetically. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16? (I'm so sorry, but I was that nerdy teen who only listened to Christian rock, so it was this or No Doubt by Petra).

I really liked PREDATOR: BADLANDS. I didn't write a review for Chrisicisms, but I did write this piece for Collider. collider.com/predator-fra...

Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope. Yes, THAT Pope.

Every day someone new learns that Oscar Isaac was in a late 90s Christian ska band. Who will today’s person be.

I don't understand the problem. Sure, you'd have a hard time if you were made a BRAVEHEART sequel and had to explain why William Wallace was back. But this is James Bond. He's been played by 6 guys. He went to space and had an invisible car. You're overthinking it. radaronline.com/p/james-bond...

MAGA, learning Clinton is actually mentioned in the Epstein files

Oh there's a new Osgood Perkins?

Here it is, from @clairewillett.bsky.social

Thinking about this Predator 2 poster I got on my 11th birthday, from a friend, and wishing I still had it. These were sold in places like Walmart back then, displayed next to New Kids on The Block and Lamborghini posters in those big, plastic “flip book”endcap displays. We were once kings…

Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die

Psyched to check out HAMNET, which I understand to be about a pig with a modem

I get why some people didn't like PREDATOR: BADLANDS. I get it. But

In DC for a work conference but had an evening to kill. Finally able to cross seeing a movie at Alamo Drafthousr off my bucket list.

I've been watching MR. SCORSESE on Apple TV, and I'm glad they have talked so much about THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Here's a piece I wrote on the movie awhile back that I felt was worth a reshare. chrisicisms.substack.com/p/last-tempt...

“It's kind of a cosmic gumbo. It almost moves to the beat of jazz”

Sorry, guys. Not too interested in a Gremlins 3 without Joe Dante.

We have a dog. We got a cat this summer. Last night, a mouse snuck in our room. And you know what? The cartoons were right. These guys really don't like each other!

You still have a few days to catch Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN in theaters before it debuts on Netflix this Friday. While I understand the convenience of watching at home, this is one that deserves to be be seen on a big screen. #filmsky chrisicisms.substack.com/p/del-toro-f...

When the news calls you a “divisive figure” in 2025 that means you did some atrocities

This was a fun list to put together. For Collider. collider.com/best-steven-...

I know we're after Halloween, but we can still have some horror posts, right? Latest for Collider. collider.com/matthew-lill...

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you're the 6-foot infant that should have existed at the end of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?

Wait so you can strip someone of their power on account of their association with Jeffrey Epstein? Interesting

I found the Netflix documentary THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR to be gut-wrenching and quietly compelling. And it's a step in the right direction for a streamer that too often goes for the sensational approach with its true crime docs. For Collider. collider.com/the-perfect-...

Exvangelical art remains an intriguing underground movement in American pop culture.

This is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

Watched THE MONSTER SQUAD with the kids earlier this Halloween season. And while I know we're all tired of reboots and remakes, this seems to be one that could be improved by a revisit. For Collider. collider.com/the-monster-...

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, now on Netflix, terrified me. It's an intense and smart look at the absolute insanity of nuclear war. Now on Netflix. chrisicisms.substack.com/p/review-nuc...

I've been writing a lot about Stephen King at Collider. Which is good, as it's relevant to my interests. This deep dive on a beloved King character was fun to write. collider.com/dick-hallora...

Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag “Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management. Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless