Wicked: For Good: I don't remember the last time I saw a non-superhero, big Hollywood blockbuster that hates the people and loves authoritarianism this much. And at least superhero movies pretend to question their strong men, instead of giving fascist collaborators sympathetic musical numbers.

I liked Edgar Wright’s #therunningman but apparently I have a TOTALLY different read on the ending than everyone else. My review for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-r...

NEW EPISODE! Spooky season may be over, but Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) and Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) are always up for getting scared, this time with the Umberto Lenzi #polgergeist riff and maybe #evildead sequel, #ghosthouse! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I reviewed #frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro's (mostly pretty good!) retelling of the classic horror tale: www.denofgeek.com/movies/frank...

At this point, offing a kid in a movie isn't the big shock filmmakers seem to think it is, as I get cranky about for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/it-we...

As a Spooky Season treat, we're sharing our Patreon episode on #halloweenends, a movie that both @kirstenhoward.bsky.social and @joewriteswords.bsky.social love! Join in their celebration of the latest last battle between Laurie and Michael! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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I really liked #theblackphone2, and not just because it has a 77s song over the credits (but also because it has a 77s song over the credits). My review for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/black...

I was not expecting to hear THE SEVENTY SEVENS (!!!) over the credits of a horror movie in the year 2025! (the rest of #theblackphone2 is pretty darn good too. full review coming this week at den of geek)

Keaton's passing gave me reason to revisit her infamous episode of #twinpeaks. The story still really stinks, but a) none of that was her fault and b) she really directs it well. So I wrote about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/tv/diane-kea...

Still want more after the #peacemaker finale? Check out this list of comics about the man who loves peace so much, he'll kill for it (for Men's Health Magazine): www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

I really liked the end of #peacemaker and I wrote about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/tv/peacemake...

NEW EPISODE! Kirstie (@kirstenhoward.bsky.social) and Joe (@joewriteswords.bsky.social) hop in the virtual elevator for the other reality bending sci-fi movie from 1999, #thethirteenthfloor! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I ranked the #fridaythe13th movies from worst to best: www.denofgeek.com/movies/frida...

It's true! I got to tag along with Sarah to talk about log jams, spaghetti slips, and spiritual existentialism with the Fear of God fellas. Check it out!

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I went long on the ending of #onebattleafteranother and its depiction of the human love that charges the ongoing fight against White Supremacy: www.denofgeek.com/movies/one-b...

Coming home from One Battle After Another to watch the latest Peacemaker really underscored that pop culture is recognizing that White Supremacy is inextricable from American power and is enforced by the police (or police stand-ins in Peacemaker).

Wolf Man remains one of my favorite movies of the year, so I was glad to get the chance to talk about it on the show.

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I talked with Michael Chiklis about his new movie The Senior and a bit about a #fantasticfour return: www.denofgeek.com/movies/micha...

We shouldn't be surprised that kids are less interested in Batman because very few good Batman stories have been made for kids in the past decade. Which is a problem, because Batman (like all superheroes) is fundamentally for kids (for @denofgeek.bsky.social): www.denofgeek.com/movies/forgo...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I wrote a little bit about my favorite Robert Redford performance, in Sneakers: www.denofgeek.com/movies/sneak...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I ranked the #startrek crews from worst to best which, like most franchise-wide articles I write, is kind of a rough draft for an article I'm going to eventually write about how Carol Freeman is the best Starfleet captain: www.denofgeek.com/tv/star-trek...

Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey get all the attention in that last scene of #seven, but Morgan Freeman is doing incredible acting there, and throughout the movie. I wrote about it for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/seven...

Nothing makes Google's AI look dumber than searching up random deep-cut alien races from DC Comics.

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I look back at #serenity and how its assassin antagonist sure sounds like a Federation true believer from #startrek: www.denofgeek.com/movies/seren...

I feel like I understand less about this movie the more Kirstie and I talked about it. So listen to me get even more confused!

I have been listening to the #rocketeer score non-stop since writing this list of non-Batman comic book movies for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/weird...

The new #conjuring movie stinks, and without James Wan crafting excellent scare sequences, the franchise's retrograde worldview is impossible to ignore. My latest for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-c...

No, Beneath isn't as good as the first movie, but I love that crazy last act. Take a listen!

I pretty much love everything that Gunn has done, especially with superheroes. But now that he's running DC Studios, I'm a little worried that we're forgetting that superheroes are, you know, for kids, as I argue for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/peace...

We generally don't do comedy movies on the show, but we made an exception for Bud the Chud, and I'm glad we did. Check it out!

When you don’t take care of your IP, this is what happens.

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I look back at Paul Verhoeven's #hollowman, a movie that sadly aged better than it should have: www.denofgeek.com/movies/paul-...

The more our culture doubles down on the idea that arts criticism is unnecessary (and critics are the enemy), the stupider and less curious our world will become… Devastating times.

#weapons almost has a cathartic ending. But a country that doesn't care about its children doesn't deserve a cathartic ending, as I write for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/weapo...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I look back at #ghost and how it did romance better than Steven Spielberg's Always, just a few months earlier: www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-n...

I dropped by Meet Me at the Movies to talk with Noel T. Manning II (@noelmanning.bsky.social) about #fantasticfour, #superman, and my book The Superpowers and the Glory. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlCn...

I always love the idea of Dick Tracy, but it's kind of a drag to actually watch the thing, mostly because Beatty's a big nothing. Thirty-five years later, #dicktracy stands as a warning for the modern superhero movie, as I argue at @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/dick-...

For @sojo.net, I wrote about #fantasticfour and the way it imagines a refusal to sacrifice the least of these to feel safe, a foreign concept to too many of my fellow Christians: sojo.net/articles/cul...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I contrasted the couple fight scenes from #superman and #fantasticfour to argue (once again) that Marvel's factory approach really isn't working anymore: www.denofgeek.com/movies/fanta...

The Jack Kirby nod in #fantasticfour would be nice... if Marvel wasn't still exploiting its creatives. My latest for @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/the-fantasti...

A couple of offhand lines in #fantasticfour got me thinking about the Maker and all the evil Reeds, which I wrote about for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/fanta...

Captain: Carol Freeman First: Riker Doc: Phlox Sci: Dax Sec: Tuvok Nav: Ortegas Eng: Scotty (TOS) Admiral Who Is Clearly Incompetent and/or Evil: Owen Paris

Franklin Richards being in the big #fantasticfour movie means I get to talk about Tattletale and Heroes Reborn, which I did for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/fanta...

Enjoy #fantasticfour First Steps? Then follow the comic book adventures of Marvel's first family with this list I put together for Men's Health Magazine: www.menshealth.com/entertainmen...

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I looked back at Spielberg's War of the Worlds (even better on recent rewatch) and the post-9/11 blockbusters: www.denofgeek.com/movies/war-o...

One thing I love about James Gunn's approach to superheroes is that he retains their inherent silliness, and uses that fantasy aspect to engage with real-world issues, as seen in #superman and #thesuicidesquad. I wrote about that for @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/superman-emb...

Watching #fantasticfour after #superman must be what it was like to read a Superman comic in 1961 after reading Fantastic Four number 1.

For @denofgeek.bsky.social, I talked with James Gunn, John Cena, and the cast of #peacemaker season two about building the DC Universe after #superman: www.denofgeek.com/tv/peacemake...

We absolutely do not need to pretend that the 2000s #fantasticfour movies were good. But those movies did understand the importance of Johnny aggravating Ben, as I write for @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/one-t...