‘Night Always Comes’ Can’t Quite Reckon with the Pain of Poverty something is missing in Night Always Comes, some important reflection that could raise this story from just another Netflix drop into something more revealing about our current socioeconomic hellscape.

"The Substance is a reminder of the toll that this exacts on not only actresses within Hollywood but also everyday people." Guest writer, @thaconwrites.bsky.social, extrapolates aging and Hollywood in the nitty and gritty parts of The Substance. Read now: screenspeck.com/2025/09/02/t...

The Style is ‘The Substance’ By phasing out actors based on their age, Hollywood is phasing out humanity in films

"Fantastic Four suffers from the opposite problem of its summer crosstown rival, James Gunn’s Superman." As far as Marvel films go, The Fantastic Four: First Steps lacks the wow factor some other iterations had according to @vnavarrowriter.bsky.social Our review: screenspeck.com/2025/08/18/t...

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is Missing Something That Isn’t Its Actresses Fantastic Four suffers from the opposite problem of its summer crosstown rival, James Gunn’s Superman.

Keeley Hazell’s ‘Everyone’s Seen My Tits’ Is a Tired White Feminist Trope The result leaves out lot of humanity, replacing it instead with aggressive sarcasm.

Reminder to everyone that @intermissions.bsky.social submissions are now open for its second volume zine! Submissions will close on August 30th. Please make sure you read our guidelines before submitting. screenspeck.com/intermissions/

‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and the Dangers of Nostalgia  Robinson’s I Know What You Did Last Summer joins the ranks of soulless remakes, reboots, and refried stories that seem inescapable these days.

A repost for the evening crowd: I wrote about Superman (2025) and my very complicated feelings about it.

Hello! @intermissions.bsky.social has opened up submissions for its second volume. our theme for this volume is: comedy. Read our post and find our submission form over on @screenspeck.bsky.social where Intermissions is now living. screenspeck.com/intermissions/

Intermissions is opening up submissions for its second volume zine! Submissions will close on August 30th. Please make sure you read our guidelines before submitting. Intermissions is also now housed by @screenspeck.bsky.social so pls go follow them as well. screenspeck.com/intermissions/

James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is Messy. I Hope You See It Anyway. I saw James Gunn's Superman twice in its first weekend. I saw it again the next weekend. It's frustrating and disingenuous; it feels clean, clear, and resonant. It suffocates beneath a stuffed script that never slows down: a…

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The team here at Screen Speck took the challenging task of listing out some of our favorite romantic comedies. Check out our picks! screenspeck.com/2025/07/15/s...

Screen Speck’s Top Romantic Comedies The team here at Screen Speck took the challenging task of listing out some of our favorite romantic comedies.

EMMY NOMINEE TRAMELL TILLMAN I KNOW THAT'S FUCKIN RIGHT

congratulations to 2025 emmy winner tramell tillman

PS we know nippy has the best montage in better call saul because @screenspeck.bsky.social says so screenspeck.com/2022/08/05/b...

pull quote of the year so far

"Seadown may look like the Geiko gecko as a human sociopath, but his evergreen fuckboism is what makes 'The Buccaneers' verge on a horror story." @lyvie.bsky.social's Buccaneers recaps are a thing of beauty: screenspeck.com/2025/06/20/t...

"Mike Flanagan sprinkles his stylistic flair into The Life of Chuck, a whimsical project that often looks down into the abyss." Dive deep into @thejosiemarie.bsky.social 's review on @mikeflanaganfilm.com 's latest #TheLifeofChuck for @neon-rated.bsky.social screenspeck.com/2025/06/19/t...

why yes, yes we can. "zaslav" of course russian for "human oopsie"

"The wait for Song’s sophomore film is over as it arrives like a prophet destined to save the romance genre." Here to review Celine Song's long-awaited second feature film is @thejosiemarie.bsky.social w/ a complex look at the latest romance film. screenspeck.com/2025/06/09/m...

can we please all take just a minute to laugh at the incredible walking mistake otherwise known as david zaslav www.npr.org/2025/06/09/n...

"The men of The Buccaneers are girls—every last one of them." Ahead of Apple TV's The Buccaneers' second season, check out @lyvie.bsky.social 's season one recap. Here's the first episode recap, 'American Poison' screenspeck.com/2025/06/02/t...

The Hannibal recap podcast just got to this episode, if you want to hear Bri & I say the word "theramin" more in one hour than any human ever should

listen to Marco Calvani discuss why he came out of acting retirement for The Four Seasons, his love for directing and what Claude on this series has meant to him. check out the full interview here: youtu.be/CpOB9I_hPMg?...

hey check this out, it's a charming actor talking with an excellent interviewer about a delightful role in which he was charming and delightful

The wonderful Marco Calvani from #TheFourSeasons sat down with @spiceymemory.bsky.social to discuss all things The Four Seasons, how he landed the role of Claude, and the nuances of gay love stories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpOB...

here's Screen Speck's top ten most anticipated films from #CannesFilmFestival

I hate to say it but Screen Speck has the ultimate Mission Impossible ranking screenspeck.com/2023/11/08/t...

no lie not only is this the single best piece of writing about the gilded age it is also the only thing anyone has ever written about it screenspeck.com/2022/03/18/c...

In 1981, Alan Alda made a lovely film called The Four Seasons. 44 years later, not even a terrific cast and Tina Fey's otherworldly talent can save Netflix's humdrum adaptation screenspeck.com/2025/05/01/t...

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sam absolutely stole the show this episode with my favorite podcast moment ever. at least on our podcast and possibly on all podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Screen Speck is officially on here full time.

Screen Speck (A publication on all things film/television from unheard voices) leaves X (1.971 followers) Bluesky: @screenspeck.bsky.social #BlueSkyWins

Sick Day: ‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 14 (RECAP) This is when the 118 is called to the lab due to a sublevel fire. The team goes on a rescue mission, despite Banting telling them it's potentially too dangerous.

‘Holland’s’ Faded Tulips Could’ve Been a Blooming Bouquet (REVIEW) Mimi Cave’s sophomore feature, Holland, takes us for a swim in a sea of twists, turns, and possibilities, only to make us watch as it later drowns in a pool of its blood.

Invisible: ‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 13 (RECAP) Our episode begins inside a Cluck N' Pluck, 911's version of Chick-fil-A, I can only assume. Archie (Kevin L. Johnson) is being fired because he's not Cluck N' Pluck material. The manager was supposed to fire him before Christmas, but forgot he worked…

#severance and #bonsai people, we have a podcast episode for you podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

that scene had me choking too lmfao

Disconnected From All Reality: ‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 12 (RECAP) Season 8 Episode 12 of '9-1-1' brings Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) back into the dispatch center, and gives us a glimpse of Eddie (Ryan Guzman) in Texas. They're both... unique experiences, that's for sure.

There is one character on TV right now who deserves a 394-word, overtly polysyllabic sentence of praise and adulation, and his name is Seth "Reptile Sex King" Milchick from #severance: screenspeck.com/2025/03/27/c...

“Cold Harbor” is a Celebration of Audacity For two seasons, Severance has had a reputation for being – among increasingly many other things – a mystery box show, a puzzle show, a cliffhanger show. "Cold Harbor" disintegrates all of those labels. This episode grabs the concept of narrative and…

‘The Righteous Gemstones’: HBO’s Comedic Crown Jewel Returns with a Heavenly Final Season (REVIEW) It's a shame that Danny McBride's The Righteous Gemstones has flown under the radar for the entirety of its four-season run on HBO (and yes, it is an HBO production; the network's signature static…

SNOW WHITE: This Live-Action Princess has 99 Princess Problems (Review) As a live-action adaptation of the animated feature film that started it all for Walt Disney Studios, 2025’s Snow White fights for relevancy in an otherwise stagnant society. Marc Webb serves as the film’s director. Best known…

Holy Mother of God, Indeed: ‘9-1-1’ Season 8 Episode 11 (Recap) Aisha Hinds' directorial debut also begins to explore "Buddie," (Buck + Eddie), a ship that's only gained popularity in the last several months with 9-1-1's transition from FOX to ABC.