More grateful than ever that Ryan Coogler secured the ownership rights from WB to Sinners because ...

For the morning crowd, my review of Scream 7, a movie that can't justify its own existence beyond vacuous nostalgia and paying Neve Campbell what she's worth, or rather what it cost to fire Melissa Barrera. share.google/2iPAJnk7JDvx...

“You’re lucky you sat the last one out,” Gail Weathers tells Neve Campbell's Sidney in Scream 7, a line that reads like a backhanded jab at what just happened to be the franchise’s biggest box office hit, and also its best sequel since Scream 2. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/83f0ba5...

Robert Duvall. Iconic.

from @justsayrad.bsky.social over at the bad place: a breaking news report that now doubles as making-of footage for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie x.com/JustSayRad/s...

Had a blast ripping apart and finding ways to appreciate Emerald Fennel's "Wuthering Heights" and the poutine flavours of Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie with @alisonwillmore.bsky.social @jacksonweaver.bsky.social & Hanna Flint. youtu.be/8Eua6g0V3-Y?... youtu.be/8Eua6g0V3-Y?...

Wrote about Tkaronto for the @theguardian.com's Valentine's Day roundup. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Crime 101: The star power is so blinding that you might not care to notice how pandering and dimwitted this movie is.

For anyone who wants a modern and legitimately sexy take on Wuthering Heights without the Emerald Fennell of it all, please watch Emily, a loose biopic of the author that invokes so much of her storytelling. www.theguardian.com/film/2022/se...

So grateful to @theashleyray.bsky.social and El Jones for bringing the heat on this discussion about the people getting caught by the fake immigration snitchline. open.spotify.com/episode/2OHJ...

I wonder if they realize we actually do sell poutine at the concession stand in Canada. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Today on Commotion: Talking about two Queens, Joan Chen and Chappell Roan. open.spotify.com/episode/6Puj...

I was on CBC radio's Commotion this morning talking about protest music with pal @vishkhanna.bsky.social and guest host @justsayrad.bsky.social. (My @slate.com piece on the same subject is coming out later today.) Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

When responding to MAGA, claiming Bad Bunny as American ain't the clapback we intend it to be says @rosaclemente. Listen to this fascinating take on the Super Bowl halftime performance. youtu.be/BGsmhEmJdFw?...

Bad Bunny climbing electrical poles, while the lights in the audience flicker, to perform El Apagon, a song about blackouts (and gentrification) in Puerto Rico. There are levels to this shit.

This how everyone in Toronto is feeling Super Bowl morning.

Spent the afternoon yesterday talking about Bad Bunny, his appeal, why his music matters, the MAGA hate and why I hope he makes room during his Superbowl performance for songs like El Apagón. Listen to my CBC radio pop culture column here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Today on Commotion, we got into Charli XCX's The Moment and the moment Tate McRae is having. youtu.be/vRgNSFVFD_I?...

1) Great to see a bidding war for the kind of comedy that rarely gets released in theatres anymore. (So please let one of the real studios win.) 2) Even better to see a Canadian (super-talented Megan Park) at the centre of it. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Had a fun chat about Send Help with some superstars on Commotion yesterday. youtu.be/nqlM_NuKgW0?...

Heard criticism last night about Send Help making the Rachel McAdams character unhinged. Let's just say this movie isn't going to pander the way that The Housemaid did, and makes room for Gone Girl levels of discomfort.

"I worry about how many other people are experiencing this kind of censorship without it being reported." - Nan Goldin hyperallergic.com/nan-goldin-s...

This A$AP Rocky interview is so fascinating because: -He calls out AKademik's bias repeatedly -He expresses regret that Drake's BM caught strays in their beef -He calls out male insecurity and double standards when it comes to relationship history. youtu.be/dni3W4b2qmk?...

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

Send Help: Sam Raimi makes the last act from Triangle of Sadness his own. Ghoulish and hilarious time spent with the undefeated Rachel McAdams.

Getting as far away from the Oscar conversation as we can. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Help. I don't understand. #Oscars

WB raked in 29 nominations between OBAA and Sinners (30 in total). Remember that time when people were saying Mike DeLuca and Pam Abdy were on the brink of being fired for taking risks on these movies. #Oscars

Discussed how worried I was for this Amanda Seyfried snub in my conversation with @alissawilkinson.bsky.social con Commotion, as we sang The Testament of Ann Lee's praises. Watch the full segment here: youtu.be/_oLbjLrOeWE?...

Another big mess at AGO, resignations, after a work by Nan Goldin was not acquired due to her remarks about Gaza. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...

Today on Commotion, @alissawilkinson.bsky.social joined us to sing the praises of The Testament of Ann Lee, and get into why it's not getting the love it deserves. youtu.be/_oLbjLrOeWE?...

It's so cold in Toronto this morning that the condensation from a sewer grate looks like someone's unloading a fire extinguisher on the street.

Also got into the new A$AP Rocky record with @cadenceweapon.bsky.social. youtu.be/bjjaIx3FGhM?...

Talked the second season of The Pitt with @sophiegilbert.bsky.social and Nicholas Quah. I'm enjoying it more than the first (though not everyone on the show agrees). youtu.be/qebOJLE-C4o?...

My chat with @justsayrad.bsky.social about the phenomenon that is Heated Rivalry. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The discourse has me looking back to our very first conversation on One Battle After Another from CBC's Commotion. Very proud of how well this episode holds up. www.youtube.com/live/5_r2lj2...

Not so impressed with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

For The Guardian's round-up of protagonists we love to hate, I wrote about one of the blueprints. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

"Will he thank Kylie Jenner tonight? We're about to find out." A thing the official announcers just said at the #GoldenGlobes

"CBS news. America's newest place to see BS News." -- Nikki Glaser just said that on CBS. #goldenglobes

For The Guardian's round-up of movies we're most looking forward to in 2026, I wrote about why I find Fincher directing a Tarantino sequel so intriguing. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Wrote about Endless Cookie for the @theguardian.com's round-up of best movies you may not have seen. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Wrote about It Was Just An Accident for the @theguardian.com's roundup of the year's best movie moments. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

ICYMI Wrote about how One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent and It Was Just An Accident form a crowning triptych, speaking to each other and capturing the zeitgeist the way Killers of the Flower Moon, The Zone of Interest and Oppenheimer did before. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

From California to Tehran, this year has been about the films that resist

For my year-in-review piece, wrote about why the movies had me thinking about Mahmoud Khalil, and how the best movies (It Was Just An Accident, The Secret Agent and One Battle After Another) not only speak to this moment but reinforce each other. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

@justsayrad.bsky.social joined me to talk about the new installment of the Avatar movie franchise.

Joined @elamin.bsky.social @roxana-hadadi.bsky.social and Rachel Ho to remember Rob Reiner and point you to some of the best movies and TV this year that you might have missed. open.spotify.com/episode/2wjy...

For the @theguardian.com's roundup of underrated Christmas movies, I wrote about The Miracle of Morgan's Creek. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...