Reviews the delightful and visually grand 'Little Amelie or the Character of Rain' for @butwhytho.net butwhytho.net/2025/11/litt...

Sharing this again because writing it was so cathartic - thank you everyone who has taken a moment to read it so far. "Three Toasts to a Woman I Never Met" - open.substack.com/pub/rootsand...

Wrote some words inspired by Sorry, Baby and loss and watching others commiserate life.

A personal essay of mine about Sorry, Baby, the grief of loving people, and community is live now at the Roots & Friends Substack from @westtradereview.bsky.social - it is, by far, the best title I'll ever come up with - rootsandwords.substack.com/p/three-toas...

Scrolling through our texts over the past 5 years - here are some films my Nana, who passed away late last week, recommended to me/urged me to watch. She never went for the expected.

My review for 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle' which I found abysmal and dull @theplaylist.bsky.social theplaylist.net/the-hand-tha...

Women I work with are going to a 1920s inspired event and are looking for easy hairstyles to emulate the Era. I'm looking for recs from more historical geared people / good stills from film.

Three Favorites with Eli Rallo: Literary fiction favorites - inbetweendrafts.com/three-favori...

I am shocked with each new actor who shows up on The Faculty...Usher ? Jon Stewart?! Commandant Spangler from Malcolm in the Middle?!?

I reviewed SHE LOVED BLOSSOMS MORE for @inbetweendrafts.bsky.social and while I had some minor complaints, it’s a wonderfully strange little film that oozes style and punches way above its above its weight class. Confident filmmaking and a unique vision. It’s out on digital too so it’s easy to find!

Honestly Taylor Swift is just a Karen with money and power. Where she has to center herself in everything. But when you call her out, she plays victim.

6 years married to him 🩷💜🩷

Well...guess I'm definitely tuning in to this one.

We join our colleagues in @lafilmcritics.bsky.social and @nsfc.bsky.social in condemning the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air.

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

Bought myself flowers and made some food. Tomorrow maybe I'll even hydrate.

Coming to a restaurant, spending $360 on the meal, only to complain at the last second and tear me down in a crowded dining room and THEN leave no tip. Get fucked, have a terrible day jfc

Learned a hard lesson that when a quote from our site IBD is wrongly attributed to a different site on an OFFICIAL poster, the PR response will be to just ghost lol.

I couldn't stand 'The Paper' - a dull, unfunny, and half-baked attempt to recapture the magic of the earlier works of Greg Daniels. Skip it. theplaylist.net/the-paper-re...

Really great news from a group of Polygon veterans: A new creator-owned site with a very apt name and a very timely philosophy. It's great to see so many familiar names on the roster and on the bylines.

Finally wrote about 'Long Story Short' for @inbetweendrafts.bsky.social - it might not hit the peaks of 'Bojack' but I loved it. inbetweendrafts.com/long-story-s...

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I miss writing lol

Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.

For context since the majority of film people aren't on bsky

TIFF opening every film with a land acknowledgement only to screen Israeli propaganda propping up a genocide

‘How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow’ review: Campy campfire horror - inbetweendrafts.com/how-to-survi...

‘To Kill a Wolf’ review: A fairy tale for the modern age - inbetweendrafts.com/to-kill-a-wo...

‘The Summer Hikaru Died’ Episode 5 review – “Wig Ghost” - inbetweendrafts.com/the-summer-h...

Got the chance to interview one of my favorite romance authors, Alexis Hall, for his latest rerelease, 'Looking for Group'.

‘Platonic’ Season 2 review: When friendship takes more than love - inbetweendrafts.com/platonic-sea...

brain bad - someone tell me 33 isn't too old to wear this.

‘Check Please’ review: A love letter to action cinema | Fantasia 2025 - inbetweendrafts.com/check-please...

The 17 year old sister reaching out with the important questions. Good to know I can help.

I got home from the screening at 9:30pm, wrote 2k words and went to bed at 1am and I STILL feel like the movie is lacking. There are really good things about it, nd the way it looks squarely at Kirby's legacy is fantastic but I still just don't feel like its beyond the "fine" marker. My review:

Glass Heart struggles with characters but soars in the big, epic-scale performances and production. Read our review:

‘The Summer Hikaru Died’ Episode 3 review: “Denial” - inbetweendrafts.com/the-summer-h...

‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ review: A reboot that’s here to slay - inbetweendrafts.com/i-know-what-...

Me: There's no way I'll be able to write a lot about an arc I've already seen and written about. Me at 1:30am and 1400 words later, oops. I wrote about the theatrical release of the Hidden Inventory/Premature Death arc for @butwhytho.net butwhytho.net/2025/07/juju...

‘Injustice 2’ is alternate universes done right - inbetweendrafts.com/injustice-2-...

‘Dandadan’ Season 2 Episode 1 review: “Like, This Is The Legend Of The Giant Snake” - inbetweendrafts.com/dandadan-sea...

Shonen for non-shonen fans: What anime to watch, a streaming guide - inbetweendrafts.com/shonen-anime...

While bisexuality has been better represented on screen in recent years there's still a definite need for improvement. Read more from @allysonaj.bsky.social here:

‘Materialists’ suffers from its own misguided and disguised vanity - inbetweendrafts.com/materialists...

We were gone for 2 hours. He was yelling at anyone passing by.

Wrote about one of my favs.

‘Lost In Starlight’ review: A cosmic courtship - inbetweendrafts.com/lost-in-star...

The Wheel of Time cancellation is a disservice to a series that has found a way to enrich and embolden the existing story. Here is our belated and angry obituary:

carly capturing every version of Lazlo

How Quinn would like me to style my hair now.