Jon Peters watching that STRANGER THINGS finale...

Rather than make a list of 2025 favs because, would you believe it, here's another one with OBAA, I decided to give a shout out to all the films I apparently like more than everyone else. I almost included EDDINGTON but it actually has a positive average score. #filmsky boxd.it/Ra2rc

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY really is a perfect film. A romcom that somehow manages to nail both the romance and the comedy with equal skill and make them inextricable from each other. Romance NEEDS humor. A mandatory watch around New Year's Eve. #filmsky

Clay Davis is only as iconic as he is because of Isiah Whitlock's performance. Clay is one of the slimiest characters on The Wire, but he's so damn charismatic that you can't help but be enthralled by his performance. You know he's running a con, but you want to see how it plays out.

Sheeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiit. Rest in peace.

Put on JAWS because I got a JAWS wine and decided to open it while we were getting dinner ready. Thought we’d just watch it while we ate then shift over to another movie once we were done. So I finished JAWS for the 6th time this year. #filmsky

The company calls itself Scream Factory because you scream every time you open a factory sealed bluray and see all the smudges and scratches on brand new discs. #filmsky

EDDINGTON is will be studied in the future as the scathing cinematic indictment of our era.

Watching RED DAWN in 4K and realizing I’ve never seen it in full. Just edited for TV. It’s simultaneously a much better film than I realized but also just as much of the propagandist, conservative prepper fantasy I always thought it was. The mind of Milius is fascinating. #filmsky

Has anyone ever corroborated that Billy Joel didn’t start the fire? Or are we just accepting his diverting historical references as an alibi?

It blows my mind that RED DAWN isn’t a Cannon Group film. It has a Golan/Globus mishmash pitch (RAMBO meets THE OUTSIDERS!) and Mr. Boogaloo from THE APPLE as the villain. #filmsky

Seen em all. Love em all. Great list!

Finally watched PERDITA DURANGO, the Alex De La Iglesia directed quasi-sequel to WILD AT HEART, starring Javier Bardem, Rosie Perez, James Gandolfini, Damien Bichir, and two SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST FRIDAY THE 13th cast members. It’s as groovy as that sounds. #filmskt

It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.

Was work shopping a joke about MARTY SUPREME just being regular MARTY with sour cream but then I saw the movie and I’ll be darned. Pretty darn supreme. #filmsky

A joke so good it makes you jealous you didn’t think of it.

Given that Fincher hates ALIEN 3, does that mean that if we ever get a 4K release, it won’t be tinkered with but a clean release? Because the bluray is really starting to show its age and I rewatch this franchise too often to not have all of them at their tip top. #filmsky

I don’t know if BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF should be 2 1/2 hours long but I also don’t know where else I’m going to see a French period piece, murder mystery, monster hunt, martial arts, folk horror movie. Plus, it has the craziest dissolve involving Monica Bellucci and two snowy hills. #filmsky

There’s a lot of talk about STRANGER THINGS but I haven’t seen anyone mention how there’s one exchange in S5E3 that feels like Tim Robinson stepped in to knock it out the park: “Why does it smell like shit in here?” “Probably because of all my FARTS!!!”

If someone says to you, "what are you doing about students' use of AI?" ask them, "do you think that this should be my problem? How good do you think my response can be? Should it not be up to legislators & administrators to defend against a commercial industry's attack on your child's education?"

It’s pretty cool that OUT OF SIGHT and JACKIE BROWN both share Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette. It’s even cooler that OUT OF SIGHT and JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL share Paul Caulderon as Raymond Cruz, creating a substantial shared Elmore Leonard universe. #filmsky

Calling out a fascist for taking a hypocritical position is easy. It's also a complete waste of time. Fascist rhetoric is aesthetics— pathos, never logos. You'll never get anywhere pointing out a fascist's hypocrisy. Fascism is not to be debated, it's to be smashed. Get comfortable using power.

UPDATE: One of the most gorgeous 4K remasters Criterion or anyone else have ever done. The grain is restored, the color is vibrant and is such a rich, filmic restoration. This is why the format exists. Stunning.

Watching the 4K of EYES WIDE SHUT, a formative film as a burgeoning cinephile. The polarizing nature of this film has always baffled me, as *gestures at every technical element*, but now that it’s never been more relevant, it just feels like the fitting close to my Christmas. #filmsky

Maybe we’re all just stuck in the alternate universe waiting for the angel to convince George Bailey not to kill himself. #filmsky

THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER works so well because it isn’t afraid to revel in the flaws of its characters and embarrass/humble them for our amusement BUT knows exactly when to embrace their humanity so we fall in love with them. Pitch perfect character work by Raphaelson. #filmsky

William Tracy as Pepi in SHOP AROUND THE CORNER is one of the greatest comedic performances and characters put to film. Steals every scene and he’s stealing from Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullivan and the Wizard of Oz himself, Frank Morgan. #filmsky

Meanwhile, the bluray.com forums are like “I am going to shiv you for thinking the color grade on this 4K is more accurate than a picture I took of a DCP in the theater on my phone!”

Alternate take on Ida Lupino’s encounter with Santa Claus in 1942

“And Tiny Tim… Who did NOT die!” “And this surprises you???”

I don’t know if EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is Tim Burton’s best film. It might be. But I know that it’s Elfman’s best score. Tell me you can’t hear the gif below and feel chills. #filmsky

Holy moly, Batman, the 4K UHD of BATMAN RETURNS is incredible. Glad I saved it for today. Lord knows I need a story this holiday where a grotesque goblin, politically propped up by an amoral billionaire, has their destructive machinations destroyed by a selfless hero. #filmsky

Reminder: THE GREEN KNIGHT is a Christmas movie and it is your chivalric duty to watch it annually. #filmsky

Mick's pick for Christmas viewing: screenplay by L.A. CONFIDENTIAL writer-director, starring the great Elliott Gould.

DON'T OPEN TILL CHRISTMAS deserves more love. Sure, it's a tad incompetent due to a tumultuous production that led to swapping directors, reshoots, and bizarre diversions (Caroline Munroe shows up for one scene! And sings!) but it's fun, sleazy and mean. Like NEW YORK RIPPER in a Santa hat. #filmsky

I started my career as a critic reviewing a lot of direct-to-video stuff and student films that got mailed to us, etc trust me nothing that sees a theatrical release is gonna deserve that Worst title

The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas. It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...

All I'm saying is that AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH made us understand why Rob Stark got Red Wedding'd on a visceral level. Right? #filmsky

Rewatching LETHAL WEAPON for the first time since Shane Black pointed how much he cribbed from DIRTY HARRY and I feel like someone finally realizing those are shadows on the cave wall. They even use the same suicide attempt! #filmsky

GREMLINS: the kind of movie I watch and feel uncomfortable with how much it explains me. Outside of cinematic tastes and a predilection for off-kilter Christmas fare, is this genesis of my adoration of ugly-cute furry creatures and my fascination with depressive, cute brunettes with bangs? #filmsky

Haven't watched 60 Minutes in a long time but I made sure to watch the one they didn't want me to see. The kind of stuff that makes me wish I could believe in karma.

When I've had a few too many and can't read the words on the karaoke screen:

A cool thing about having a forgetful wife is every few years I can blow her mind with the trivia that Bobby Caldwell was white. youtu.be/n9DmdAwUbxc?...

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Coming to realize that even when I appreciate the writing and sentiment, I have almost no use for zero star reviews. Don't think I'd give them zero stars ifI were rating them though. Because I respect the craft and effort in the creating. #filmsky

I rectified an embarrassing mistake I've had the shame of living with for nearly a decade... I finally watched THE NICE GUYS in theater. It is the zenith of Shane Black's career. Every joke/gag hit the audience like a hammer. If we never get a sequel, at least this one is so rewatchable. #filmsky

I know a lot of people want to argue about what the greatest horror film of the 80s is, and there's a lot of merit to those arguments, but here's the thing

Rest in peace. Truly terrible loss.

Say what you will about the AVATAR film but James Cameron's commitment to spectacle, emotional earnestness, and "I hope this doesn't awaken something within me" aliens is unparalleled. #filmsky