Keith Phipps

what if we did 2003 again but with even stupider people in charge of everything

Hard to find? That works, right?

Hard-to-see great film alert: ALL THAT JAZZ is on TCM Sunday night.

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In Review: ‘Scream 7,’ ‘Dreams’ New in theaters this week: Ghostface kills again while another film asks: Is social inequality the real villain?

Today at The Reveal: You can read me on the not-so-hot SCREAM 7 and @scotttobias.bsky.social on DREAMS:

In Review: ‘Scream 7,’ ‘Dreams’ New in theaters this week: Ghostface kills again while another film asks: Is social inequality the real villain?

Today at The Reveal: You can read me on the not-so-hot SCREAM 7 and @scotttobias.bsky.social on DREAMS:

Headline: Nude Olympics? It's Possible.

Same.

Family sitting in front of TV. Dad has camera. Caption: "you can shoot your own home movies and see them on your tv set almost instantaneously."

Big if true.

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

Will let you know! (In the form of a review.)

Just a heads up for readers of The Reveal: No reviews today. They'll run tomorrow. SCREAM 7 was not screened for critics in Chicago so we're seeing it tonight.

We have had so many notable deaths lately that The Reveal hasn't had a chance to pay our respects to everyone. Scott's piece nicely sums up both what made Noonan a unique screen presence and a compelling filmmaker.

For the night people. (It’s better than the SOTU, I promise.)

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Let’s Watch the 1996 MTV Movie Awards! The now seemingly defunct MTV Movie Awards once tried to be the awards show for a generation too cool for awards shows. 30 years ago, it mostly succeeded.

2026 is troubling. Why not escape into the past for two hours? Today at The Reveal: Let's Watch the 1996 MTV Movie Awards!

37:17 Speaking of time changing the way things look, Kevin Spacey gets the Best Villain trophy, which he claims from Gabriel Byrne and Natalie Portman after taking the stage wearing sunglasses and a Kangol cap. After the commercial break, Kiss appears in full make-up to hand out the award for Best Kiss. Why Kiss (apart from the name)? 1996 marked the end of the band’s “unmasked” era as the original line-up reunited for a high-profile tour and donned the costumes and greasepaint that helped make them ’70s stars. Generational nostalgia had made Kiss hip again. Or, perhaps more accurately, “hip.” (It was a confusing time. Kids, ask your parents if you can borrow their Ultra-Lounge compilation CDs and If I Were a Carpenter tribute album to better understand the cultural climate of the mid-’90s.) The big winners: Natasha Henstridge and Anthony Guidera for their fatal kiss in Species.

Let’s Watch the 1996 MTV Movie Awards! The now seemingly defunct MTV Movie Awards once tried to be the awards show for a generation too cool for awards shows. 30 years ago, it mostly succeeded.

2026 is troubling. Why not escape into the past for two hours? Today at The Reveal: Let's Watch the 1996 MTV Movie Awards!

Is FOR ALL MANKIND morphing into a stealth prequel to THE EXPANSE?

These are good. Very much in the spirit of the classic cartoons while still feeling fresh.

Keith. I go by my middle name. My real first name is Randall. I’m sure it’s a fine name for others, but I never liked it and dropped it when I was young. My dad jokingly called me “Randall Keith.” My mom said it had to be on or the other. I made a choice.

They go see the first one in Donnie Darko. It’s a double bill with Last Temptation (which is pretty great).

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD cemetery is just a short drive away. And the Monroeville Mall is still in operation.

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The Laser Age: ‘Them!’ with Dan McCoy A five-episode season dedicated to giant animals kicks off with a visit from The Flop House's Dan McCoy and a discussion of the '50s giant-ant classic 'Them!'

The latest episode of The Laser Age, a podcast about science fiction movies made in the second half of the 20th century, is up today at The Reveal. @dankmccoy.bsky.social of @flophousepodcast.com joins me for the first of five episodes about giant animals as we discuss 1953's THEM!

We went with option B. Could have been worse though.

Great show, too, I'm guessing.

It would definitely be a more interesting film.

51 minutes away from a) getting mad we can't buy Springsteen tickets b) paying way too much for tickets and getting a queasy feeling about it or c) balking at the price no matter how much we want to go.

The Laser Age: ‘Them!’ with Dan McCoy A five-episode season dedicated to giant animals kicks off with a visit from The Flop House's Dan McCoy and a discussion of the '50s giant-ant classic 'Them!'

The latest episode of The Laser Age, a podcast about science fiction movies made in the second half of the 20th century, is up today at The Reveal. @dankmccoy.bsky.social of @flophousepodcast.com joins me for the first of five episodes about giant animals as we discuss 1953's THEM!

HOW TO MAKE A KILLING is one of those movies that, on paper, has everything going for it. And yet...