"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." -MLK As always, Dr. King's message is right on time. Today calls on all of us to hear his wisdom and put it into action.

So, so, sooooo happy this final season of STRANGER THINGS is simply crushing it. Nice to see something finish strong that means so much to so many 💗

Really proud of the HtN team and our coverage this past year! 😍

I wrote a brief review about the new Alan Berliner doc. www.hammertonail.com/reviews/beni...

I said what I said.

HtN Editor Don R. Lewis is a big Marc Maron fan but, does the Maron doc ARE WE GOOD? do him justice? The film is now on VOD... www.hammertonail.com/reviews/are-... @thatdonlewis.bsky.social

Is that the one hit wonder Chi Chiu-Hua and the Red Panda Band!?!

Look, I’m not gonna NOT keep watching but, WELCOME TO DERRY is not a good show.

I’ll be on KRCB today 1:30-2:30 pm pacific doing a Todd Snider tribute, listen in if you can! norcalpublicmedia.org/radio/radio

My sadness over Todd Snider passing away is slowly overtaking the joyful memories I have of his music and friends I made through that. It’ll be there on the other side but man, this sucks. #ToddSniderRules

This show is so, so great. Elliott Gould in LAST GOODBYE with some THE NICE GUYS vibes but, you know, extremely Oklahoma.

No matter what happens, fuck the Dodgers.

Me with that Stephen King world building character reveal in WELCOME TO DERRY, ep 2!

Let’s go Blue Jays!

After some discussion with Jene, I'm finally posting a Gofundme to help us with Sandwiches' vet bills. Our baby has been having more bad days lately so we have to start thinking about at-home euthanasia. Any help would be greatly appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-pa...

Look, I truly love Taylor Swift but her new feature length commercial for her new album knocking ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER off IMAX is some bullllshit.

Oops!...I Did It Again by Britney Spears www.shazam.com/track/111202...

Heard It in a Love Song by The Marshall Tucker Band www.shazam.com/track/407089...

In what is finally a GOOD “I didn’t have that on my 2025 Bingo card” moment, that Mike Patton/Avett Brothers single is pretty great!! Can’t wait for the album!!

Thanks Bob!

Catch the Wind (Single Version with Strings) by Donovan www.shazam.com/track/106684...

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

Plus, his films have ALWAYS been with me my entire life. So glad his last “real” role (non-Avengers) was with my friend, David Lowery. Full circle for me and THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN is a slept upon gem of a movie. 💗

Waking up to news of Robert Redford has passed isn’t a great start to the day but, his actions in life with starting Sundance literally changed my life. That festival spawned my entire adult life’s passion, friendships and creative outlets.

Allll RIGHT, THE LONG WALK, let’s do this!!!

That movie was/is beyond unfairly maligned. It’s a frigging children’s fairy tale and worse, all of a sudden every dim bulb blogger suddenly came out as a Manny Farber stan. Gimmie a break.

#TIFF50 rolls on into a new week and Chris Reed says writer/director Nanouk Leopold's Irish family drama WHITETAIL "ends with catharsis, but it doesn’t arrive via the expected route." www.hammertonail.com/reviews/whit... @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social #filmsky

Hal Ashby was born 96 years ago today in Ogden, UT. boxd.it/m27pg

Ay! Michael Ragusa! 🤌🏼

Tumbling Dice by Linda Ronstadt www.shazam.com/track/528035...

This reminds me of recent AI…just because it makes fun of Trump doesn’t really mean it doesn’t still suck overall 🤷🏼‍♂️

Holy crap, @sgj.bsky.social!! This kicks ass!

I like to save Sarah’s newsletters for Sunday and am so glad I did. This one’s GREAT!!!

Just got out of WEAPONS, second time. What a truly great film. Lives in the common horror tropes, makes them different and also has so, so much going on in and around it. Love this movie.

Guilty as charged.

WEAPONS (2025, dir. Z Cregger) #oneperfectshot

I greatly enjoyed the motion picture WEAPONS.

Tiny ass little boners poppin’ off here 🤮

If you’re looking for a scary ass book to read, I ripped through Josh Malerman’s INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE. Can’t remember the last time I had scares in a book. Good stuff!

GREAT movie!

Didn’t clock Nas as being the best and most insightful talking head in the Billy Joel doc. (Based on genre, nothing else assholes).

Who says AI is for those without creative talent!

EDDINGTON….well, it’s certainly a long film. Very, very long. Real long. Man….just….interminable.

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A dude just rolled into the pub swigging a QUART of kefir, ordered a beer, sighed and said, to no one in particular, “any of you guys know how to get a group of little kids to STOP FOLLOWING YOU?

Allll right 28 YEARS LATER, let’s do this!!!

Apropos of nothing (I have no dog in this fight really) I got Wachs vibes immediately!

It’s soooo annoying when film peeps feel the need to reevaluate some crappy movie like they’re frigging Pauline Kael out here stain g for DePalma. That SHOWGIRLS phase we just had was intolerable.

I’m a Golden State Warriors fan forever but huge congrats to the OKC Thunder! What a great group! Gonna be dominating for a while…