Every Michael Jackson dramatization is heavy on the daddy issues, while the weird sibling dynamics go woefully underexamined. If we're gonna keep making movies about this dude, make one set only during the VICTORY tour. Let MJ retort "Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Randy!" and you've got gold

This is a great point, but also, now I can't unsee a future where Anne Hathaway stars in a Liza Minnelli biopic

"Formation" should've been a standalone single LEMONADE should've ended with "All Night Long"

I do karaoke pretty regularly (about once a month) and the number of times I've heard someone perform "You Oughta Know" is nowhere near as high as the number of times I've watched a fictional TV or movie character sing it during a karaoke scene

Nearly every week, a NYT crossword clue answer is "afro." I'm just going to keep saying this until I'm blue in the face: OPEN THE GODDAMN SCHOOLS (WITH EMPHASIS ON HISTORY AND MEDIA LITERACY)!!!!

BEEF's novelty wears off in S2, in part b/c it's now less about the soul-sucking effects of clinging to rage than it is about how capitalism corrupts -- a point Hollywood's been hammering for some time now, to mixed results. S2 still has its moments, though. My review: www.npr.org/2026/04/16/n...

*Cut to reveal an elderly Fred Astaire, hidden offstage and pulling on an invisible string attached to Jackson's jacket*

Unless we learn the glove was possessed by the soul of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, there is nothing in that movie that should be considered a spoiler by any stretch of the imagination lol

Trailer begins: "Spoiler warning" Trailer continues: *proceeds to show a montage of re-enactments depicting one of the most well-documented, heavily dissected, and visually iconographic humans of the 20th century* www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIq0...

ERUPCJA: The best of the growing number of Charli XCX movies thus far is technically her first and is also the best film yet from filmmaker Pete Ohs. It's a poetic, playful, and profound work that itself feels like a work of collaborative musical combustion 📽️ My review: www.ign.com/articles/eru...

"Bickering"? I read that interview they gave and it sounds like they were having the exact kind of healthy, low-key banter happy couples have. 🤔

The reason this can’t be your jumping off point is due to the sheer number of red flags you had to overlook to get here

Yes yes, spot on spot on. Open the schools!!!!!! (And don't cut funding for media courses!!!)

The more I think about this, the more it makes zero sense. After you side-eye Usher for touring with a man who's had multiple restraining orders against him, you then have to turn to craft -- whyyyy would he ever accept that backflipping demon with the tinny voice as his equal???

Range babyyyyyy

Usher and Chris Brown announcing a joint tour??? Ew, man.

I'm working on a special upcoming PCHH episode where I do a bit of analysis of this truly bonkers movie -- sadly, I could not find a way to include this moment, but oh boy, it is a DOOZY.

More DRAMA! Thanks for having me on? @chrislamberth.bsky.social!

MOUNTAINHEAD (2025)

You can't and shouldn't condemn Ye's antisemitism without *also* condemning the years of anti-blackness and misogynoir. And yet...so many people do. ALL of it is sickening, and all of it is a part of his legacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/a...

AVOID INTENTIONAL HARM APOLOGIZE AND MAKE AMENDS WHEN YOU DO CAUSE HARM FIND YOUR PEOPLE CARE FOR THOSE PEOPLE CARE FOR YOURSELF MIND YOUR BUSINESS LET EVERYONE FUCKING LIVE

As I always do on the anniversary of his passing, I'm posting the 2013 tribute I wrote for Roger Ebert. The 11 years I wrote for @ebertvoices.bsky.social were the greatest honor of my film critic career. Miss ya, Roger. As promised, I became a newspaper man. odienator.blogspot.com/2013/04/roge...

Reupping for the post-Friday crowd. Here there be premise spoilers, as well as the increasingly evergreen plea to directors (and Zendaya herself) to LET ZENDAYA'S CHARACTERS BE BLACK ONSCREEN!* *Casting a black actor as one of her parents to show up and say a handful of lines is not enough!

SHRINKING’s humor got really corny this latest season. Veered into 90s sitcom territory, sans laugh track

Here, my dears www.npr.org/2026/04/03/n...

Hard agree. Now, if only THE DRAMA let Zendaya be black! iykyk, my spoiler-filled review's coming tomorrow 🙂

Every brand’s April Fools press release/promo email has got me like

All further AI advancements must be halted until they finally figure out how to make Bluetooth connectivity infinitely less janky. You've had, like, decades to improve this shit man!!!!

Hey now hey now this is what dreeeeams are made of www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...

In this same article:

🎵 I've been a bad, bad girl Just dropped more dough on a Criterion sale 🎵

Lol love this. King Triton has nipples in the original! And Ariel had a clamshell bra! My generation turned out perfectly fine! (Somewhat!)

He has no nipples

On THE ANGRY BEAVERS the beavers become rock stars, boast about being “bigger than sliced bread” & face backlash from the sliced bread community. A parody of Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus” comments, I learn years later. Anywho, been thinking about ANGRY BEAVERS as I watch LaRussell implode 😞

When Jason reached out about appearing on his show Guide for the Film Fanatic, I instantly checked to see if SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS was up for grabs. I love this movie so much, and always love chatting with Jason and Mike! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Hell of a way for Warner Bros. to go out tonight. Shine on ya crazy diamond (until you die, inevitably, and very soon, because of billionaires)

Ah yes, just what the world needs: more humans!

I literally just yelped like a little girl

WALLACE!!!!

I really, truly don't care anymore, but also...I would not be surprised if in 10-ish years, Ryan Coogler gets his "It's time" win for Best Director

There are no jokes left to make about Diane Warren's quest for her elusive Oscar

OMG, that TRAIN DREAMS song is literal as fuck

Absolutely here for a James Baldwin reference

MANK!

I'm not from the bay, but honestly wish I was, and I live here now, so every time someone from here shows out, I feel so much pride

Yeahhhhh buddy!

Welp. Here we go.