Watching 365 movies in 2026. Here's my January list.

Movie #20 of 2026.

Second visit with Dennis in 2026. @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

I don't share all of my Letterboxd reviews, but since this one is lucky number 13 of the year so far and also a particularly weird film I thought some of you might find it interesting.

The woman these fascist stormtroopers murdered was literally a Christian missionary and the mother of a small child and had the last name Good. If this happened in a movie I would call the villainy so over-the-top it would be laughable. I'm not laughing though, because it's real life.

In 1957's Path of Glory, Kirk Douglas' character Col. Dax is in command of the mission to take "The Anthill." Almost sixty years later, Douglas' son Michael is cast as Hank Pym in the Ant-Man movies. Coincidence? I think not.

My first visit with Dennis in 2026. @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social

Ollie's in Lancaster PA was good to me this year.

In preparation for 2026, and after much cajoling from friends, I have finally joined Letterboxd. Would love to have some more contacts over there, so if it interests you please follow my profile!

This might be a weird take, but I just watched Wake Up Dead Man, and I think Bridgett Everett—an actor who I previously have never heard of—will be considered one of the best film performances of the year for a five minute scene that is almost entirely audio.

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You son of a bitch, I'm in

Just saw Hamnet. I was completely wrecked, but my spouse was bored. Still flummoxed at how we had such wildly different experiences.

No spoilers here, but I audibly groaned at the final shot of Wicked: For Good. I'm actually still mad about it.

Hey nerds! It's close to the end of the semester in my History of Superheroes class, which means it's about time to decide what new-ish superhero comic to assign my students to reflect the best/most important/most influential work happening today. Would love to hear some suggestions from folks!

Last night my spouse got to see the aurora borealis at the lake, while I was at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, so I think we both managed to see impossible acts of beauty.

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Hell yeah quoting Spider-Man 2, this is a true New Yorker

I loved the pilot of It: Welcome to Derry, but for me the most horrific thing that happened was when the one kid's dad threw a copy of the original Flash of Two Worlds comic across the room.

You love to see it

I honestly can't tell if this is true or a shitpost

Saw a trailer for Hamnet today, and it looks good and I'm going to see it, but there was a detail that really bugged me. In the trailer, we see Hamnet quoting Macbeth. Hamnet died in 1596, and most scholars believe Macbeth wasn't written until 1603.

Look at this gorgeous massive book

My first piece of useless pop culture paraphernalia in the new place. He came with so many chains I couldn't figure out how to get them on him! The long chain is supposed to connect to his hands somehow but I couldn't get them to fit.

I'm at a friend's house where there are a ton of trick or treaters. My favorites so far have been Tanuki Mario, Larry Bird, a box of Tic Tacs, and Anthony Rapp

If that was the case then the smart move would have been to go and get it covered up or lasered off as soon as he sobered up, but instead he waited until there was an outcry. He might not actually be a Nazi, but he clearly didn't think it was a big deal and that's disqualifying enough.

The Jerusalem Post says American Jews aren't real Jews because we're too tolerant and too liberal. I'm not joking.

When I was a teenager (and already sexually active), my mother said "You know the deal, right? I just have to say two things: always keep it covered, and never do it on my bed." Words to live by.

Scroll through the Major Events Timeline section for some really disgusting jabs at Trump's political enemies. This whole administration is the pettiest bunch of trolls you'll ever encounter.

I really enjoyed Del Toro's Frankenstein, but I suspect Mary Shelley would have had some strong feelings about ending the film with a Byron quote...

My fourth movie of the Chicago International Film Festival (and sadly my last this year) was Park Chan-Wook's new film, No Other Choice.

About to see my 50th movie in 2025

Sexy why can't my partner access shared Alexa devices in the ios app

Now that I have seen Bride of Frankenstein for the first time, I have decided that Ernest Thesiger as Doctor Pretorius and Una O'Connor as Minnie are definitively the greatest film performances of all time.

Me and Dennis, reunited again at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social This morning's film is The Bride of Frankenstein!

Mommy, why ain't I juxtaposed? @scottmccloud.bsky.social

I've had a few in the theater world, and definitely one at one of the schools where I used to adjunct (and she was my department chair so that sucked out loud) but I don't have one now, thank goodness.

#CIFF Third Chicago International Film Festival screening was Hedda, writer/director Nia DaCosta's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.

Dennis at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social warms up the crowd for Hedda at the Chicago International Film Festival #CIFF

Our second Chicago International Film Festival screening was this morning, we saw Franz, a new biopic of Franz Kafka.

#CIFF Our first Chicago International Film Festival screening was The Voice of Hind Rajab. I can't say I "enjoyed" it, because it's a really difficult thing to watch, but it's a tremendous film.

BILL FUCKING KRISTOL IS OUT SHOWING UP A PROTEST 30yo me is fainting

I do arrest thee, traitor, of high treason

[Exit King.]

Hey this is a good thing for you

I wish I thought the Bluesky admins would just go ahead and ban all these government accounts that are popping up but I know they won't...

Clearly they did this specifically to troll, but I don't know why they would think this will go well for them.

That's the post. Nobody is beating this one for today, everyone can come back tomorrow.

I'm seeing Jonathan Coulton in concert tonight so I'm listening to his Spotify playlist, and Still Alive came on, and I realized that I never finished the first Portal and I never even played the sequel. I have a Switch 2 and a PS5, does anyone know if those games are available for one of them?