In this special Meet Me at the Movies bonus spotlight, Thomas Manning joins a global press conference for Universal Pictures’ Wicked: For Good — and gets the chance to pitch questions to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo themselves. @thethomasmanning.bsky.social youtu.be/NuJ-lHLxQiw?...

WATCH: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) reviews #therunningman on Screen Scene: youtu.be/cU_4oR5Sgjw?...

Sitting beside @popnpizza.bsky.social’s doppelgänger on this flight from Charlotte to LA. Unless it is him and he’s just pretending not to know me (wouldn’t blame him if that’s the case)

Coming from a Longhorns fan…Gunner Stockton is an absolute DAWG. Georgia has our number. Hook ‘em forever, but that was a truly embarrassing fourth quarter performance.

This second half performance should also be studied by academics, but in the opposite direction

This first half performance by Texas A&M should be studied by academics

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a man in as much pain as Joel Edgerton in Train Dreams. And I say that as the highest compliment possible to his performance. Magnificent.

It was 70+ degrees in the foothills of NC yesterday, and now it’s snowing. Par for the course baby

READ: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) talks with writer/director David Fortune about his movie #colorbook for Elements of Madness (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social): elementsofmadness.com/2025/11/02/o...

WATCH: Members Noel T. Manning II (@noelmanning.bsky.social) and Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) talk dogs and documentaries at Meet Me at the Movies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ8i...

Just got a “thank you for that question, Thomas” from Dwayne The Rock Johnson in a press conference for The Smashing Machine. I have ascended.

While @thethomasmanning.bsky.social attended the Nashville Film Festival this year, he had the chance to chat with COLOR BOOK filmmaker David Fortune. As he shares with us, we share with you. #NashvilleFilmFestival

Doing some major athletics research tonight folks

I am moving right now, and my TV is in my bathroom, so @thethomasmanning.bsky.social is being a real one giving me the play by play over the phone.

On this episode of Screen Scene, host @thethomasmanning.bsky.social reviews A Little Prayer, the North Carolina–set drama from Music Box Films. youtu.be/tKmmCUf33_U?... @criticschoice.bsky.social @ncfilmcritics.bsky.social @wncw.bsky.social

For those who haven't seen it yet, you can find A LITTLE PRAYER to rent or purchase here as well as on the Academy Screening Room app: linktr.ee/alittleprayer

The majority of headlines these days sound like “Donald Trump set to meet with Satan to discuss a trade deal that would allow the Prince of Darkness and his children to feed on the souls of the innocent, in exchange for tax breaks on the President’s own soul”

A Little Prayer. David Strathairn’s eyes will break your heart in a thousand different ways. Probably the best film to come out of North Carolina in a long time.

Cameraman on this Texas-Kentucky broadcast has missed two important third-down completions from Arch tonight. Like, just forgot to zoom out for some reason.

Saw a singular man standing on the corner in my one-stoplight rural NC hometown with a “no kings, impeach Trump” sign today. Honestly, that’s the equivalent of a gathering of a million in somewhere like NYC. Gotta love it.

10/17/49: Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, w/Toshirô Mifune One of our favorite AKs More: @thetruebrendanf.bsky.social / @cinapse.bsky.social: cinapse.co/2014/07/stra... @cineoutsider.bsky.social: www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/blur... @thethomasmanning.bsky.social: elementsofmadness.com/2021/02/26/s...

A 40-year-old Joe Flacco with a read option. Football is so beautiful

Bijan Robinson is a certified stud. Honestly feel like Texas could’ve won the natty in 2023 if he’d stuck around for one more year.

WATCH: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) interviews #goodboy co-writer and director Ben Leonberg for Elements of Madness (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social): elementsofmadness.com/2025/10/06/b...

I just heard Jim Nantz name-drop the town of Lizard Lick, North Carolina on national television

Greg Olsen might be the best color commentator in the biz

5 years after The Dancin’ Bulldogs doc captured the Gardner-Webb University Men's Basketball historic NCAA run, the alumni filmmakers return to campus for a special anniversary screening. Check podcast convo here @thethomasmanning.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1dK8...

Recently, EoM Sr Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social sat down with Ben Leonberg to discuss the bootstrapped production of GOOD BOY with his wife/producing partner, Kari Fischer, as well as what it takes to make a movie with a dog who doesn’t know he’s in a movie. #GoodBoyFilm

I benched Rico Dowdle in fantasy last week. He runs for 200 yards. I benched Skattebo this week. He runs for 3 TDs. Why must I live in eternal pain?

really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield

John Lithgow acting in the role of *checks notes* Desperately in Need of Miralax Dumbledore?

Ben Leonberg's GOOD BOY is in theaters now. Recently, EoM Sr Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social sat down with him to discuss the bootstrapped production with his wife/producing partner, Kari Fischer, as well as what it takes to make a movie with a dog who doesn’t know he’s in a movie.

WATCH: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) reviews #roofman on Screen Scene: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffEn...

A truly terrible weekend to be a Taylor Swift and Texas Longhorns fan with the last name Manning

It’s like The Rise of Skywalker of Taylor Swift albums

I'm a self-proclaimed Swiftie, but this new album is truly, dreadfully uninspired... however, the only social media platform on which I feel comfortable enough to bash it is Bluesky. I don't wanna deal with any Twitter, Instagram, or *shudders* TikTok Swifties. Especially that @hollywoodmanning guy

Continuing our #FantasticFest coverage, EoM Senior Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social spoke with THE CURSE writer/director Ken'ichi Ugana. In their brief conversation, Ugana discusses his exploration of these themes as well as the film’s visceral sound design.

On Tuesday, a brand-new Marko Zaror film, AFFINITY, releases on digital via @wellgousa.bsky.social. Ahead of the release, EoM Sr Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social sits down to discuss the project's long gestation & the importance of character-driven action storytelling. #Affinity #WellGoUSA

This rooster, by nature of being pedigreed, somehow escapes classification as poultry? Yet he struts around and demands chicken-type amenities, and awakens the farm noisily at dawn as he pleases? Curious.

READ: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) talks with co-writer and actor Marko Zaror about #affinity for Elements of Madness (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social): elementsofmadness.com/2025/09/29/m...

Film critic @thethomasmanning.bsky.social takes you rooftop-hopping in this Screen Scene review of Roofman — Clips are used by permission for review and commentary purposes. #Roofman #ScreenScene #FilmReview #IndieFilm #ThomasManning #MovieCritic #MovieDiscussion #FilmTalk #paramount #Filmnation

READ: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) talks with filmmaker David Fortune about #colorbook: thethomasmanning.substack.com/p/filmmaker-...

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Today a brand-new Marko Zaror film, AFFINITY, comes available on digital via @wellgousa.bsky.social. In the run-up to release, EoM Senior Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social sat down with the co-writer/actor to discuss his work on this long-gestating project. #WellGoUSA

Tomorrow, a brand-new Marko Zaror film, AFFINITY, releases on digital via @wellgousa.bsky.social. Ahead of the release, EoM Senior Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social sits down to discuss the long gestation of this project & the importance of character-driven action storytelling.

I think my biggest "Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the screen" moment in Roofman was seeing the famous Express Inn and Suites just off Exit 14 on I85 in Gastonia. Never thought I'd see such a major landmark in a Channing Tatum film.

This is an impressively bad special teams performance by the Carolina Panthers

It brought me such joy to see the great Eric Schweig in One Battle After Another. Five minutes of screen time was all he needed to leave me thinking about his performance, in a movie filled with performances worth thinking about.

open.substack.com/pub/thethoma... It was a joy to chat with David Fortune about “Color Book,” a lovely directorial debut feature