My review of One Battle After Another for LEO Weekly: www.leoweekly.com/arts/film-an...

My review of HIM for LEO Weekly www.leoweekly.com/arts/film-an...

My review of ‘The Long Walk’ for LEO Weekly www.leoweekly.com/arts/the-lon...

My latest Substack: on Kubrick and Room 237 and how we miss what matters when we look at art under a microscrope. open.substack.com/pub/danielcr...

My review of The Toxic Avenger for LEO Weekly - Not gross enough! www.leoweekly.com/arts/the-tox...

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke have made two fun movies that I enjoyed watching. My review of ‘Honey Don’t!’ for LEO WEEKLY: www.leoweekly.com/arts/honey-d...

It was cathartic to see so many shared my feelings about content-mills, and it reminded me why I was drawn to write in the first place. So I want to share a new piece on my Substack that is exactly the kind of thing I would not have been able to do there. open.substack.com/pub/danielcr...

In non-soul-crushing-Valnet-news, I am doing freelance work with a local publication and really enjoying it! You can check out my LEO Weekly reviews here, including ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ which I unfortunately really struggled with. Will love Spike forever though. www.leoweekly.com/arts/highest...

Kinda forgot Bluesky existed but this does seem like a good time to remember there are a lot of great writers here. If you feel like you can relate to my experience, I want to connect! danielcruse.substack.com/p/the-things...

Thank you for the shout! I wrote this early this morning and did not expect it to get such a response. But so many have reached out with similar experiences. I barely use this platform and didn’t think to share here, but I’m really touched that so many are sharing my thoughts.

I wrote about the morality of Mission: Impossible, and why Ethan Hunt is our greatest action hero. My latest for Collider: collider.com/mission-impo...

‘The Hurt Locker’ Capri Sun scene underlines what the movie is really about: you have to Respect the Pouch

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