Two ghostly pale Canadians are doing a campy dance (on ice skates) to a mash-up of RuPaul and Right Said Fred. They are judged on an incomprehensible, mathematical rubric. This airs in prime time on the same network that aired the Super Bowl 24 hours earlier. The Olympics are the BEST.

When Kermit's face gets smashed so that his nose points down, it is somehow affirming — a symbol of endurance. But when Daffy Duck is injured and his beak flops above his eyes, it's chaotic and speaks to an uncontrollable world. I should probably go to bed.

Okay there has to be supporting evidence somewhere... Unless I grew and changed as a person? Seems impossible

It's a new episode of Number One Movie in America! Will we like WEST SIDE STORY? (Yes.) Will we impugn Tony's intelligence? (Yes.) Will @hitchdied.bsky.social continue to claim, without any supporting evidence, that she doesn't like musicals? (Yes.) Listen here: bit.ly/KrupYou

Here's my first movie review for Table Magazine, as Sam Raimi gets back to his roots with SEND HELP! Plus updates on more movies, both in the cinema and at home, out this weekend! www.tablemagazine.com/send-help-mo...

It's not Friday, I'm just very pleased with this weekend of movies.

Alert! Tomorrow's Steel City Horror Show officially POSTPONED due to presumptive snow! Also Dr. Gielgud stole my shovel, but that's unrelated! This month's show will now happen on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2!

Collier's (January 18, 1947)

It is theoretically possible for this Bears-Rams game to never end, and that is beginning to feel like a real possibility.

This Twilight Zone episode relies on the existence of a passenger ship that ushers its passengers to the afterlife, EXCEPT tickets are available to the public and no one is allowed to warn anyone about it. I'm not even complaining, that's the kind of Rube Goldberg bullshit I show up for.

When my wife asks why I just took $60 out of the ATM:

The second annual @pghfilmcritics.com Awards have been revealed! Go find out how many awards we gave Sinners (a lot)! We are determined to keep the Rose Byrne and Amy Madigan trains rolling! Give a follow over at instagram.com/pghfilmcritics won't you?

It's time to name our favorite movies of the year on The Number One Movie in America! What will emerge as our consensus pick? (You know.) What movie will both be punched and beloved? (You may also know.) bit.ly/YearofSinners

BlueSky-exclusive VOTE REVEAL for Sunday's Critics Choice Awards! I have never voted for one film in so many categories, going with Sinners in NINE, including Picture, Director, Screenplay and Writer! And I made one of my patented LAST MINUTE ACTING SWAPS, going with Rose Byrne for Best Actress! 🎥

The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association is proud to announce our nominees for Best Picture of 2025! The winner will be announced January 7th.

Aww shit, here we go again

Advance message to whichever well-meaning collegiate theater company tries to do The Testament of Ann Lee as a stage musical: IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK

If you start the Stranger Things finale at 10:40, you'll enter 2026 saying "That was underwhelming."

It's about that time! Let's count down the TOP 10 FILMS OF 2025! Some surprises on there! (No surprise at number one.) www.pittsburghmagazine.com/top-10-films...

Time to wrap up my Pittsburgh Magazine column! After 15 years, it feels like "I know every street in this town," as Josh Verbanets put it. But do I? Does anyone? www.pittsburghmagazine.com/colliers-wee...

That ain't the friggin' Christmas star, Griz.

Show me how your 2025 went

Going to the movies tomorrow? May I interest you in a 10/10 film about sex and ping-pong? 🎥 www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...

Last Christmas I gave you my heart The very next day Kali ma shakti de

Time between the Pittsburgh weather hitting 50° and me seeing a guy in shorts: 20 minutes

Read my review or just listen to Jay Sherman on this one. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...

Best part of Avatar 3 (Avatrois) was the extended trailer for The Odyssey.

Just got to a bar at 8pm and was told the band I'm here to see goes on at 10:30. I made an audible "oof" sound like I had been punched.

And the nominees for the Fifth Annual "Death Blow" Award for the Movie Title That Sounds the Most Like a Fake Movie from Seinfeld Are: Death of a Unicorn Father, Mother, Sister, Brother The Life of Chuck The Lost Bus The Phoenician Scheme

Ahem. YOU CANNOT DRIVE UPHILL ON SNOW SLOWLY. IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF MOMENTUM. IF YOU TRY TO CRAWL UP A SNOWY HILL, YOU WILL SIMPLY SKID AND STOP, AND THEN TRAP EVERYONE BEHIND YOU. GIVE IT SOME GAS OR DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.

I need to know what movies are like A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE but feature conclusions

Ooo, can we?

New episode of The Number One Movie in America on 1973's THE WAY WE WERE featuring a guest appearance by Collin's 95-year-old grandfather Franko (a Barbra superfan!) bit.ly/ItsBarBRA

Sight & Sound voters who put Eddington on their ballots, I have some questions re: sleeping at night and how you do so

*sings a little jingle* When you can't think but you need stuff in your face, go to YouTube Shorts!

While you may not have five spare hours this week, please go see Kill Bill to affirm both that a) I've been right all along that it's far better in one sitting and b) What should have been an audacious triumph that got Uma Thurman an Oscar was ruined by Harvey being wrong

Who has made this 🤣

Yeah yeah, Spotify I thinks I'm 65, let's move on

Update: They're corn pretending to be nuts. But mine were Mexican Street Corn flavored. So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form. So take THAT, RFK

To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?

Dangit, Dr. Gielgud, those are NOT your teeth! Put 'em back where you found 'em! The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks! 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!

Didn't know the Zebros in Zootopia 2 were CM Punk and Roman Reigns until the credits rolled. Desperately want them to assume those characters for one night in a wrestling ring.

I want to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but have no desire to march or hold a float. I want to drive one of the vehicles that pulls a modestly sized accessory float. Someone tell me how to get this job.

Lock your phone away. Turn out the lights. In fact, you know what: Download to your device and go watch it in the woods. Just watch TRAIN DREAMS. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...

Our long national intermission is over. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...

Listen to the podcast to discover the SHOCKINGLY low score we give GHOSTBUSTERS! (Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s) bit.ly/LouisTully

Universal — release the Together We're Unlimited cut, you cowards

Just passed a place called "Jake's Bakery." I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Halloween-Christmas continuum. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/colliers-wee...