anyhoo, i'm out. might be back for the oscars, but probs not. ✌🏾

the only other thing i'll add to this movie conversation is people need to learn how to separate "not liking a piece of art" and "this art isn't good." do i like HAMNET? no. it is a good film? YES.

nah, i deadass went 16/16. predicted every single bloodclaat oscar nom less than 3 weeks after seeing it for the first time. wow. WOW.

WHAT DID I SAY????????

fueled my annoyance with the general confusion about heated rivalry's popularity into an essay! ROMANCE IS THE REASON: "demystifying" heated rivalry's popularity. maxineayawrites.com/blog/romance-is-the-reason

Colombian President Petro commenting on the US; “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

what a way to realize why everyone’s referencing grenada. SMDH.

"People from St. George’s to New York City heard Maurice Bishop affirm Grenada’s sovereignty and connect its struggle to Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and every place where people sought to cast off imperial domination. He said 'We are not in anybody’s backyard, and we are definitely not for sale'.”

HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRR!!!!!!

nothing says NYE to me like a packed theater for WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. love that i’ve made it one of my traditions.

my top 10 films of 2025: SINNERS SENTIMENTAL VALUE NO OTHER CHOICE SORRY, BABY HEDDA MARTY SUPREME SUPERMAN ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER THE SECRET AGENT RENTAL FAMILY

it's yearcompass time again! #2526 yearcompass.com

the MARTY SUPREME original score is so good i immediately went home and added the final track to my funeral playlist.

OMGGGGGGGG!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

@mminthecity.bsky.social wrote a really great blog post on this bsky.app/profile/mmin...

i’m either not there at all or there with weed. 😭😭😭

a little commotion for the christmas dress. 💚🎄

still in my seat as credits roll on NO OTHER CHOICE. that was fucking great! cannot wait to see it again! 🔥🙌🏾

MERRY CHRISTMAS, YA FILTHY ANIMALS!!!!!!! 🎄❤️💚

Surgery is 12/31. I expect to be in bed for week at minimum during recovery.

absolutely not discussing HR here, btw. the vibes are 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾.

about to watch it a third time. ☺️☺️☺️

did i just watch the brand new episode of heated rivalry? yes. am i now immediately rewatching the brand new episode of heated rivalry? also yes.

this is the joy i chase. when it happens while i’m at the movies and the movie just started to hit its stride… bitch.

been living the “oh, you’re estranged from us??? NOPE. we’re estranged from you!” life for over a year now. 🤣

SINNERS / WAKE UP DEAD MAN double feature. someone do it.

THE GRINCH is 25 years old this year! and i’m finally seeing it in a theater for the first time tonight! 🥹🥹🥹

only one trailer before ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER in IMAX 70mm tonight: THE ODYSSEY.

you don’t need to read the books, but episodes 1 & 2 will probably make you want to read them. i watched first and then read shane/ilya’s first book before episode 3 dropped last week. if you enjoy romance, this is REQUIRED watching. we have never ever seen book-to-screen adaptation like this.

did i go to sleep at 3am EST because i was yapping online after being CRUSHED by episode 4? sure did.

the GOLD standard. the PLATINUM standard. created NEW standards.

HEATED RIVALRY SEASON 2 CONFIRMED. we won. 🥹🙌🏾

the boss and her husband.

my faves. 🥹

in case you care: after months and months of being sold out, the SINNERS original score vinyl and CD are finally back in stock on mutant's website! madebymutant.com/release/506721-ludwig-gransson-sinners-original-motion-picture-score

1000% worth it! definitely give this piece a read.

a question for my baldies of all genders: what over the ear headphones are you using and enjoying?

in case you missed it, my alma mater dear DUKE UNIVERSITY are ACC FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSSSSS!!!!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 duke men’s basketball duke women’s basketball duke football ALL ACC CHAMPIONS in 2025. GO FUCKING DUKE. 💙🤍

The whole universe believes in you.

is it bad that my first thought was ME? 🤣😂

WB not wanting their two films to go head to head in every category, lol.

this is super random, but no less important for me to say: thank you to all of you for knowing me. not because i’m going anywhere, lol. for knowing what i might say. knowing things i might like. knowing where i might be, what i might be watching, what i might be talking about or writing about.

wasn’t at all worried about MBJ. thrilled tessa’s performance hasn’t been forgotten. it’s a TOUGH year for lead actress (jessie buckley and rose byrne are poised to rack up awards), so the noms for her are impactful.

golden globe lead actress and lead actor nominees. ✨

If you're watching Heated Rivalry and thinking, "Holy shit there's all this sex and pleasure and fun and yearning and character exploration and I think they might figure it out and find happiness, is this even legal???" I am begging you to start reading genre romance, you are going to be thrilled!

do it! do it! just finished watching it for a 4th time.

episode 3 of #heatedrivalry is everything i love about romance as a genre.

if you want your apartment to smell like an auntie anne’s.

RIP to my empire state building view. it was a wonderful almost 7 years. 😩😢

The WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BONING IN THE BONING GENRE "Heated Rivalry" takes are so much less interesting than the ones from young gay men being broken open in real time by discovering yearning.