In the latest episode of Schumacast, we discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime drama Veronica Guerin! Check it out at the link below or the podcast service of your choice. #Filmsky #Podcast schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...

#Minnesota this week

Deadcember takes us to the coast as we take in 1981's Dead & Buried! soundcloud.com/nightmarejun...

I'm actually on board with subversively adapting this book as a wacky modern kids film.

KPop Demon Hunters (2025 film) 4 stars letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky

Finally caught up on K-Pop Demon Hunters, and that was an awesome ride.

Saturday! Join me for a holiday stream that'll knock your stockings off with care! It's six hours of shorts, music, trailers, commercials, and miscellany that'll go straight down your chimney! And some stuff yule log to letterboxd! Starts 7pm on 12/13 at app.kosmi.io/room/@dekkop...!

Not personally my preferred take on Supergirl as a character, but it's allowed to do something different, and looks like a fun ride, if a little more Guardians aesthetic than it needs to be.

Jessica Shires and Samm Deighan join Mike for a deep, unflinching look at Just Jaeckin’s Story of O (1975), the adaptation of Pauline Réage’s notorious novel. www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/12/epis...

Had a wonderful time talking with Robert Longo about Johnny Mnemonic www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2023/09/epis...

Julie tried to get me to go braless for this one but I have too much respect for her! And John Boorman!

In the latest episode of Schumacast, we discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime drama Veronica Guerin! Check it out at the link below or the podcast service of your choice. #Filmsky #Podcast schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...

1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...

#NowReading a September 2004 draft of the screenplay for Rent (2005) by Stephen Chobsky and Chris Columbus. #Filmsky

Mother Goose in Prose (1987 story collection) by L Frank Baum. 4 stars. Wasn't sure what to expect from this, but it's a very impressive work, as Baum takes familiar simple nursery rhymes and concocts a full parable for each to retroactively be based on... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Booksky

Physical today. My weight struggles of the last couple years has summoned the return of fatty liver disease. Time for some changes whether I want to or not.

Mr Arkadin (1955 film, aka Confidential Report) 3 stars. A mad film, with badly synced audio and varying quality from the grafted together cuts and outtakes. At its core is a compelling thriller where a blackmailer tries to swindle the wealthy titular Mr... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky

On the 100th episode(!) of The File Room (a fact we completely forgot to mention in the episode itself) we discuss “Elegy”, a deeply flawed episode which still provides an interesting model for a more gracefully serialized approach to The X-Files. overcast.fm/+ABGHvrF4-9Q

In the first part of a sort of crossover with @adventcalendar.house, @makewistful.com joins @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social to talk about a version of A Christmas Carol with Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and bunch of questionable songs. www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/12/405-...

There's a new episode of Schumacast today!

Check this out; we had the chance to discuss Joel Schumacher's ripped-from-the-headlines crime drama Veronica Guerin on Schumacast!

We had a great time discussing this interesting entry in Joel Schumacher's diverse filmography! Check out this episode and the back catalog of this great show!

NEW SCHUMACAST! In the latest episode, @phoenixanew.bsky.social and I are joined by Tim and Agatha of @cinemaspection.bsky.social to discuss Joel Schumacher's 2003 true crime biopic Veronica Guerin, staring Cate Blanchett. #Filmsky #Podcast schumacast.blogspot.com/2025/12/schu...

The Last Winter (2006 film) 3 stars. My second Fessenden film, and I find myself steadily becoming a fan even as this wasn't the strongest outing for me. I love the build, great cast, ambitious thematic ideas and conflicts, high tension with drawn-out... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky

Stuff I Read and Watched from November 30 - December 6, 2025. How many of these have you checked out?

Currently have no working audio devices on my computer. Thanks Realtek, which keeps crashing my computer whenever I try to reinstall it.

Warner Bros, in all its flailing incarnations and buyouts, is up there with General Electric and RCA in the "Great American Corporate Bed Shittings" annals and will be studied for centuries to come. But it's JUST a corporate entity. The priority should be preserving the great art the came from it.

5 stars. A perfect script. Flowing and moving. Brutal, yet engrossing. A clever and rich mix of slavery saga and legal drama at a key turning point for American identity, with even the victorious notes nuanced by bittersweet realities. #Filmsky #Screenplay

#RIP Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa variety.com/2025/film/ob...

Coming Monday: Schumacast returns with a brand new episode!

I grew up with so many family vacations to this lodge. Was crushed when it burned down. Now I'm fuming over the selfish negligence of why.

On The File Room this week we discuss “Zero Sum”, which is a great showcase for both Mitch Pileggi, who gets to be the centre of an episode, and director Kim Manners, who gets some bravura sequences. overcast.fm/+ABGHvpBMyrQ

#NowReading Mother Goose in Prose (1897 collection) by L Frank Baum. Reading an ebook version, but I remember us having a hardcover with the cover below when I was a kid. #Booksky

A discussion of The Langoliers (1995) with interviews from Tom Holland and Timekeepers of Eternity creator Aristotelis Maragkos. www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/12/epis...

America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.

Mike speaks with writer/director William Means and actress Rocky Shay and about their 2025 feature Junkie. The conversation covers the film’s development, its focus on addiction and recovery, and the production choices that shaped its grounded approach. www.spreaker.com/episode/spec...

Intimidation (1960 film) 4 stars. Tight and quick (just over an hour long), yet packed with tension and O Henry twists. Atmospheric crime thriller with a steady boil till it settles into an unexpected battle of wills. Beautifully shot and edited. Great... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky

Carol Borden and Jackie Stargrove join Mike for a double-barreled deep dive into John Woo’s The Killer — both the 1989 Hong Kong classic and Woo’s own 2024 reimagining. www.spreaker.com/episode/epis...

New Episode! @michaelmay.bsky.social and @spidey004.bsky.social invite @jodycollins.bsky.social and @jacobbeanwatson.bsky.social over to put up the Christmas decorations and talk about Ernst Lubitsch’s classic movie, The Shop Around the Corner. www.afterlunchpodcast.net/2025/12/404-...

SHOP IS OPEN and we have new stuff! www.theartofjkwoodward.com/store-1-2

Spree (2020 film) 4 stars. A bleakly and hysterically authentic black comedy about a desperate-for-fame social influencer who decides to live-stream a killing spree. It's just the right tone of crass glee and shocking setpieces, with the charisma and... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky

#NowReading a June 1996 draft of the #screenplay for Amistad (1997) by David Franzoni. #FilmSky

Stuff I Read and Watched from November 23-29, 2025. How many of these have you checked out?

The Rocketeer (1991 novelization) by Peter David. 4 stars. A solid blockbuster script. A great pairing with David's style for adventure and humor. His biggest additions are fleshing out Jenny beyond just being a token damsel in distress, and... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Filmsky #Booksky

Finished this first chunk of Stranger Things 5, and it's already a goddamn standing ovation of a season. Huzzah!

I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?

ROCK ON

Leftovers spring rolls. Rice paper, turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes.

Finally cracked it open!

Made a bowl of leftovers ramen. Sliced the turkey into strips. Broth is a mix a gravy, corn, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and a pinch of extra seasoning.