My ★★★★ review of 28 Years Later boxd.it/b94bhT Circle of life keeps spinning, even in land ravaged by brutality & disease. Coming-of-age saga mixes with frantic violence & disorienting imagery. Alfie Williams is excellent confronting love, death & acceptance in time of rage virus. #filmsky 📽

What's in the box? 📦 OTD 9/22/95: David Fincher's thriller SE7EN opened. Established tropes: 1) Mismatched partners 2) Impossibly complicated death tableau 3) Genius serial killer with unlimited access & resources Despite familiar themes, created something uniquely horrifying. #filmsky 📽

My ★★★★½ review of Raging Bull boxd.it/b8FQth Scorsese's masterpiece of misery is raw, punishing, & maddening. DeNiro is legendary in self-created tragedy, unrelenting in brutality. Stunning editing & cinematography put you in every fight...at home & in ring. #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 1134

#NowWatching 28 YEARS LATER (2025). Director: Danny Boyle. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Director Danny Boyle & writer Alex Garland return to the franchise they began in 2002. Damn, it's almost as if zombies never die...but they sure run fast. #filmsky 📽 #horrorsky

What's in the box? 📦 OTD 9/22/95: David Fincher's thriller SE7EN opened. Established tropes: 1) Mismatched partners 2) Impossibly complicated death tableau 3) Genius serial killer with unlimited access & resources Despite familiar themes, created something uniquely horrifying. #filmsky 📽

My ★★★½ review of Transformers One boxd.it/b8r9BT Expose government corruption? Fight exploitation & oppression? Underdog story of friendship & belief in oneself feels particularly relevant in 2025. Well executed animation combines action, humor, heart to surpass live-action films. #filmsky 📽

Stephen Miller: "You have no idea the dragon you have awakened." The dragon we have awakened:

Four 📖 Faves: Stephen King Happy Birthday, King of Horror, 9/21/47 *75 Salem's Lot *78 The Stand (masterpiece #1) *82 Different Seasons (source of Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption & Apt Pupil) *09 Under the Dome Incredibly hard! Have read every book...many other legit choices. #booksky 💙📚

Sleepy dog, pass it on 🐾🖤🐾 #dogsky 🐕

Sleepy dog, pass it on.

My ★★★★★ review of The Maltese Falcon boxd.it/b8pn0j Ultimate cage match: Bogart, Astor, Lorre, & Greenstreet enter the ring for a priceless artifact. Who will emerge victorious? No one remains unscathed in John Huston's hard-hitting, fast-talking noir. Whip smart & funny as Hell. #filmsky 📽

Exclusive photo: In memorial service for charlatan podcaster, fake piety & tent revival hysteria has been struck down by the wrath of God. If only... I just have my fave ELMER GANTRY (60) on the brain. At least Burt Lancaster had charisma when he spouted nonsense! #filmsky 📽

My ★★★★½ review of Raging Bull boxd.it/b8FQth Scorsese's masterpiece of misery is raw, punishing, & maddening. DeNiro is legendary in self-created tragedy, unrelenting in brutality. Stunning editing & cinematography put you in every fight...at home & in ring. #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 1134

My ★★★★ review of Dottie Gets Spanked boxd.it/b89EIZ Tasteful & gently amusing view of childhood innocence, alienation, and burgeoning sexuality. Young protagonist doesn't understand his own confused feelings, but is obsessed with I LOVE LUCY-type show. Sets mood, not reliant on plot. #filmsky 📽

Exclusive photo: In memorial service for charlatan podcaster, fake piety & tent revival hysteria has been struck down by the wrath of God. If only... I just have my fave ELMER GANTRY (60) on the brain. At least Burt Lancaster had charisma when he spouted nonsense! #filmsky 📽

Four 📖 Faves: Stephen King Happy Birthday, King of Horror, 9/21/47 *75 Salem's Lot *78 The Stand (masterpiece #1) *82 Different Seasons (source of Stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption & Apt Pupil) *09 Under the Dome Incredibly hard! Have read every book...many other legit choices. #booksky 💙📚

Sleepy dog, pass it on 🐾🖤🐾 #dogsky 🐕

#NowWatching RAGING BULL (1980). Director: Martin Scorsese. Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci. Needed cheerful pick-me-up this Sunday morning. This classic from Marty is so fun & frothy...it never fails to put a smile on my face. 8 Oscar nods. Well deserved DeNiro win. #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 1134

sleepy dog, pass it on 🐾🖤🐾

My ★★★½ review of Transformers One boxd.it/b8r9BT Expose government corruption? Fight exploitation & oppression? Underdog story of friendship & belief in oneself feels particularly relevant in 2025. Well executed animation combines action, humor, heart to surpass live-action films. #filmsky 📽

#NowWatching RAGING BULL (1980). Director: Martin Scorsese. Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci. Needed cheerful pick-me-up this Sunday morning. This classic from Marty is so fun & frothy...it never fails to put a smile on my face. 8 Oscar nods. Well deserved DeNiro win. #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 1134

Sleepy dog, pass it on 🐾🖤🐾 #dogsky 🐕

My ★★★★★ review of The Maltese Falcon boxd.it/b8pn0j Ultimate cage match: Bogart, Astor, Lorre, & Greenstreet enter the ring for a priceless artifact. Who will emerge victorious? No one remains unscathed in John Huston's hard-hitting, fast-talking noir. Whip smart & funny as Hell. #filmsky 📽

My ★★★½ review of Nunsense boxd.it/b7Iz7F Gotta meet NUNSENSE on its own terms! Music, comedy, dance, ventriloquism! Who doesn't love a bawdy nun? Have a drink, smoke, or both...enjoy the cheese. Where else can you see 52 nuns drop dead & Rue McClanahan hopped up on poppers? Nowhere! #filmsky 📽

My ★★★½ review of Hondo boxd.it/b7GUWb Appealing western paints its Apache "enemies" as more than just savages. Screenplay provides plenty of action, but also lets viewers chew on some weighty moral dilemmas. Wayne & Page have completely different acting styles, but still make it work. #filmsky 📽

#NowWatching TRANSFORMERS ONE (2024). Director: Josh Cooley. Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry. Animated origin story of Optimus Prime & Megatron, before they were enemies. NOT a fan of any of the TRANSFORMERS movies, but I'll trust you guys aren't lying when you say this is worth it. #filmsky 📽

Some actors just have "it!" In Jon Bernthal's career, electrified screen with unusual blend of honesty, charisma, menace, & even fast-talking bullshit. Elevates any role! Where were Emmy voters for HBO's WE OWN THIS CITY (22)? Still hurts! Happy Birthday, 9/20/76, future Oscar winner! #filmsky 📽

Happy Birthday to an OG Diva Goddess, Miss Sophia Loren, BOTD: 9/20/34 First actor to win Oscar for film in foreign language, she's powerhouse as mother trying to protect daughter from atrocities of war in Vittorio De Sica's TWO WOMEN (60). ❤️: 64 MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 77 A SPECIAL DAY #Filmsky 📽

My ★★★★ review of Dottie Gets Spanked boxd.it/b89EIZ Tasteful & gently amusing view of childhood innocence, alienation, and burgeoning sexuality. Young protagonist doesn't understand his own confused feelings, but is obsessed with I LOVE LUCY-type show. Sets mood, not reliant on plot. #filmsky 📽

#NowWatching THE MALTESE FALCON (1941). Director: John Huston. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor. The perfect noir? Perhaps. Bogart, Astor, Lorre, & Greenstreet are, indeed, the stuff that dreams are made of... Never get tired of this one! #filmsky 📽

My ★★★½ review of Nunsense boxd.it/b7Iz7F Gotta meet NUNSENSE on its own terms! Music, comedy, dance, ventriloquism! Who doesn't love a bawdy nun? Have a drink, smoke, or both...enjoy the cheese. Where else can you see 52 nuns drop dead & Rue McClanahan hopped up on poppers? Nowhere! #filmsky 📽

#NowWatching DOTTIE GETS SPANKED (1993). Director: Todd Haynes. J. Evan Bonifant, Barbara Garrick. Todd Haynes...never stop being you! Never seen this early short done between POISON & SAFE. In 60s America, can a TV show "sissify" a young boy? His father thinks so! #filmsky 📽

Some actors just have "it!" In Jon Bernthal's career, electrified screen with unusual blend of honesty, charisma, menace, & even fast-talking bullshit. Elevates any role! Where were Emmy voters for HBO's WE OWN THIS CITY (22)? Still hurts! Happy Birthday, 9/20/76, future Oscar winner! #filmsky 📽

My ★★★½ review of Hondo boxd.it/b7GUWb Appealing western paints its Apache "enemies" as more than just savages. Screenplay provides plenty of action, but also lets viewers chew on some weighty moral dilemmas. Wayne & Page have completely different acting styles, but still make it work. #filmsky 📽

Happy Birthday to an OG Diva Goddess, Miss Sophia Loren, BOTD: 9/20/34 First actor to win Oscar for film in foreign language, she's powerhouse as mother trying to protect daughter from atrocities of war in Vittorio De Sica's TWO WOMEN (60). ❤️: 64 MARRIAGE ITALIAN STYLE 77 A SPECIAL DAY #Filmsky 📽

#NowWatching NUNSENSE (1994). Director: Dan Goggins. Rue McClanahan, Christine Anderson. I know you're jealous that I'm watching this & you're not! 🤣🎭 Filmed off-Broadway play about Little Sisters of Hoboken doing variety show to raise money for other nuns injured in cooking accident. #filmsky 📽

OTD 9/19/1997 Curtis Hanson's gorgeously filmed portrait of 50s corruption L.A. CONFIDENTIAL premiered in U.S. cinemas. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, & Danny Devito soar in this exemplary modern noir...but Kim Basinger, doing her best Veronica Lake, gets Oscar. Up for 9. #filmsky 📽

OTD 9/19/90 Martin Scorsese's game-changing GOODFELLAS premiered in U.S. theaters. True story of Henry Hill's life in the mafia, top tier performances by Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Robert DeNiro, & Joe Pesci. Nominated for 6 Oscars, Joe "Funny how? Like a clown?" Pesci wins. #filmsky 📽

Absolutely savage takedown on new era of Disney under state-controlled media. All too plausible! Courtesy of Dutch TV show Lubach. #filmsky 📽 #tvsky 📺

Happy Birthday to musician, singer & actor Paul Williams, 9/14/1940! Yes...just another excuse to clip Brian De Palma's nutty, camp, glam-rock PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (74). His portrait of evil record tycoon Swan is gloriously funny, but Williams is no joke! #filmsky 📽

Happy Birthday to Jeremy Irons, 9/19/49! Post so often about Irons' tour-de-force as identical twins in DEAD RINGERS, might know it's my #1 fave performance. When he won Oscar as evil Claus von Bulow years later, he thanked Cronenberg! #filmsky 📽 ★★★★ review of Reversal of Fortune boxd.it/8QXxyP

My ★★★½ review of River's Edge boxd.it/b6TSuh Chilling premise (based on real events) packs punch, but oftentimes tonally confusing. Glover & Dennis Hopper are doing David Lynch, Ione Skye & Reeves are in morality play. Occasionally heavy-handed, but spot-on in portrait of teen ennui. #filmsky 📽

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Flashback to 80s! *86: Teen murder & apathy with baby-faced Keanu *89: Provocative & influential indie from Soderbergh *80: Redford's Oscar-winning portrait of family grief & alienation *89: Timeless rom-com with Billy Crystal & Meg Ryan #filmsky 📽 boxd.it/bhE8j

#NowWatching HONDO (1953). Director: John Farrow. John Wayne, Geraldine Page. As you might imagine, I'm not biggest Wayne fan. Geraldine Page, on the other hand....oh yeah! Legend! Her first Oscar nod. #filmsky 📽

Absolutely savage takedown on new era of Disney under state-controlled media. All too plausible! Courtesy of Dutch TV show Lubach. #filmsky 📽 #tvsky 📺

OTD 9/19/1997 Curtis Hanson's gorgeously filmed portrait of 50s corruption L.A. CONFIDENTIAL premiered in U.S. cinemas. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, & Danny Devito soar in this exemplary modern noir...but Kim Basinger, doing her best Veronica Lake, gets Oscar. Up for 9. #filmsky 📽

OTD 9/19/90 Martin Scorsese's game-changing GOODFELLAS premiered in U.S. theaters. True story of Henry Hill's life in the mafia, top tier performances by Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Robert DeNiro, & Joe Pesci. Nominated for 6 Oscars, Joe "Funny how? Like a clown?" Pesci wins. #filmsky 📽

Happy Birthday to Jeremy Irons, 9/19/49! Post so often about Irons' tour-de-force as identical twins in DEAD RINGERS, might know it's my #1 fave performance. When he won Oscar as evil Claus von Bulow years later, he thanked Cronenberg! #filmsky 📽 ★★★★ review of Reversal of Fortune boxd.it/8QXxyP

Happy Birthday to musician, singer & actor Paul Williams, 9/14/1940! Yes...just another excuse to clip Brian De Palma's nutty, camp, glam-rock PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (74). His portrait of evil record tycoon Swan is gloriously funny, but Williams is no joke! #filmsky 📽

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Flashback to 80s! *86: Teen murder & apathy with baby-faced Keanu *89: Provocative & influential indie from Soderbergh *80: Redford's Oscar-winning portrait of family grief & alienation *89: Timeless rom-com with Billy Crystal & Meg Ryan #filmsky 📽 boxd.it/bhE8j