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‘Tuner’ Composer Will Bates on Finding The Sound of Safecracking Tuner snaps along at a satisfying pace, both because of Greg O’Bryant’s editing and Will Bates’s score.

‘Tuner’ Composer Will Bates on Finding The Sound of Safecracking

Tuner snaps along at a satisfying pace, both because of Greg O’Bryant’s editing and Will Bates’s score.

Zefyr Lisowski’s ‘Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, Love’ Discusses Resistance & Community Through Horror Screen Speck got the chance to talk with Zefyr Lisowski about her new book, Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love, and the complexities of the horror genre, love through communal watching, and radical acceptance.  

Zefyr Lisowski’s ‘Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, Love’ Discusses Resistance & Community Through Horror

Screen Speck got the chance to talk with Zefyr Lisowski about her new book, Uncanny Valley Girls: Essays on Horror, Survival, and Love, and the complexities of the horror…

‘Tron: Ares’ Can’t Survive Itself Tron: Ares, full of beautiful imagery and exciting sounds, doesn’t fully follow through on all of its interesting ideas.

‘Tron: Ares’ Can’t Survive Itself

Tron: Ares, full of beautiful imagery and exciting sounds, doesn’t fully follow through on all of its interesting ideas.

Long Live Asian Cinema: 2025’s Asian American International Film Festival For the Asian American International Film Festival, here are four feature directorial debuts that explore grief, trauma, and perseverance in a world that is ever-changing.

Long Live Asian Cinema: 2025’s Asian American International Film Festival

For the Asian American International Film Festival, here are four feature directorial debuts that explore grief, trauma, and perseverance in a world that is ever-changing.

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’s’ Virality Is Discrediting the Binge-Model

The Summer I Turned Pretty going viral is further proof that not only do people yearn for the weekly release schedule.

‘Night Always Comes’ Can’t Quite Reckon with the Pain of Poverty something is missing in Night Always Comes, some important reflection that could raise this story from just another Netflix drop into something more revealing about our current socioeconomic hellscape.

‘Night Always Comes’ Can’t Quite Reckon with the Pain of Poverty

something is missing in Night Always Comes, some important reflection that could raise this story from just another Netflix drop into something more revealing about our current socioeconomic hellscape.

The Style is 'The Substance' By phasing out actors based on their age, Hollywood is phasing out humanity in films.

"The Substance is a reminder of the toll that this exacts on not only actresses within Hollywood but also everyday people."

Guest writer, @thaconwrites.bsky.social, extrapolates aging and Hollywood in the nitty and gritty parts of The Substance. Read now:

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The Style is ‘The Substance’ By phasing out actors based on their age, Hollywood is phasing out humanity in films

The Style is ‘The Substance’

By phasing out actors based on their age, Hollywood is phasing out humanity in films

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is Missing Something That Isn’t Its Actresses Fantastic Four suffers from the opposite problem of its summer crosstown rival, James Gunn’s Superman.

"Fantastic Four suffers from the opposite problem of its summer crosstown rival, James Gunn’s Superman."

As far as Marvel films go, The Fantastic Four: First Steps lacks the wow factor some other iterations had according to @vnavarrowriter.bsky.social

Our review: screenspeck.com/2025/08/18/t...

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is Missing Something That Isn’t Its Actresses Fantastic Four suffers from the opposite problem of its summer crosstown rival, James Gunn’s Superman.

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is Missing Something That Isn’t Its Actresses

Fantastic Four suffers from the opposite problem of its summer crosstown rival, James Gunn’s Superman.

Keeley Hazell’s ‘Everyone’s Seen My Tits’ Is a Tired White Feminist Trope The result leaves out lot of humanity, replacing it instead with aggressive sarcasm.

Keeley Hazell’s ‘Everyone’s Seen My Tits’ Is a Tired White Feminist Trope

The result leaves out lot of humanity, replacing it instead with aggressive sarcasm.

Intermissions volume 1 theme: Trauma & Grief READ HERE FOLLOW US: BLUESKY instagram youtube zine intermissions zine guidelines poetry 3-5 poems submitted in a single document. Each submission should be 10 pages max...

Reminder to everyone that @intermissions.bsky.social submissions are now open for its second volume zine! Submissions will close on August 30th. Please make sure you read our guidelines before submitting.

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and the Dangers of Nostalgia  Robinson’s I Know What You Did Last Summer joins the ranks of soulless remakes, reboots, and refried stories that seem inescapable these days.

‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ and the Dangers of Nostalgia 

Robinson’s I Know What You Did Last Summer joins the ranks of soulless remakes, reboots, and refried stories that seem inescapable these days.

A repost for the evening crowd: I wrote about Superman (2025) and my very complicated feelings about it.

Hello! @intermissions.bsky.social has opened up submissions for its second volume. our theme for this volume is: comedy. Read our post and find our submission form over on @screenspeck.bsky.social where Intermissions is now living.

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Intermissions is opening up submissions for its second volume zine! Submissions will close on August 30th. Please make sure you read our guidelines before submitting. Intermissions is also now housed by @screenspeck.bsky.social so pls go follow them as well.

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is Messy. I Hope You See It Anyway. I saw James Gunn's Superman twice in its first weekend. I saw it again the next weekend. It's frustrating and disingenuous; it feels clean, clear, and resonant. It suffocates beneath a stuffed script that never slows down: a near-trainwreck that also blurs its way into a joyride. It's disingenuous at times, not weighty enough to grapple with the immense agony of modern war.

James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is Messy. I Hope You See It Anyway.

I saw James Gunn's Superman twice in its first weekend. I saw it again the next weekend. It's frustrating and disingenuous; it feels clean, clear, and resonant. It suffocates beneath a stuffed script that never slows down: a…

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Screen Speck's Top Romantic Comedies The team here at Screen Speck took the challenging task of listing out some of our favorite romantic comedies.

The team here at Screen Speck took the challenging task of listing out some of our favorite romantic comedies. Check out our picks!

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Screen Speck’s Top Romantic Comedies The team here at Screen Speck took the challenging task of listing out some of our favorite romantic comedies.

Screen Speck’s Top Romantic Comedies

The team here at Screen Speck took the challenging task of listing out some of our favorite romantic comedies.

a man in a suit and tie is dancing with a man in a blue shirt that says ' miami ' on the side ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing with a man in a blue shirt that says ' miami ' on the side

EMMY NOMINEE TRAMELL TILLMAN I KNOW THAT'S FUCKIN RIGHT

a man with a mustache says " enjoy your balloons " Alt: milchick tells mark to enjoy his balloons

congratulations to 2025 emmy winner tramell tillman

Ranking the Best Montages in 'Better Call Saul' Better Call Saul's montages are the best in the history of television. But we had to find out which were the show's real crème de la crème...

PS we know nippy has the best montage in better call saul because @screenspeck.bsky.social says so screenspeck.com/2022/08/05/b...

pull quote of the year so far

'The Buccaneers' Season 1 Episode 2: Women, Wives, and Shameless Guys (RECAP) Seadown may look like the Geiko gecko as a human sociopath, but his evergreen fuckboism is what makes 'The Buccaneers' verge on a horror story.

"Seadown may look like the Geiko gecko as a human sociopath, but his evergreen fuckboism is what makes 'The Buccaneers' verge on a horror story."

@lyvie.bsky.social's Buccaneers recaps are a thing of beauty: screenspeck.com/2025/06/20/t...

'The Life of Chuck' is a Strange Wonder (REVIEW) Mike Flanagan sprinkles his stylistic flair into The Life of Chuck, a whimsical project that often looks down into the abyss.

"Mike Flanagan sprinkles his stylistic flair into The Life of Chuck, a whimsical project that often looks down into the abyss."

Dive deep into @thejosiemarie.bsky.social 's review on @mikeflanaganfilm.com 's latest #TheLifeofChuck for @neon-rated.bsky.social

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why yes, yes we can. "zaslav" of course russian for "human oopsie"

‘Materialists’ May Glitter, but It’s Not Gold, & That’s Okay (REVIEW) The wait for Song’s sophomore film is over as it arrives like a prophet destined to save the romance genre.

"The wait for Song’s sophomore film is over as it arrives like a prophet destined to save the romance genre."

Here to review Celine Song's long-awaited second feature film is @thejosiemarie.bsky.social w/ a complex look at the latest romance film.

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Warner Bros. Discovery to be split, as Zaslav retreats from grand ambitions Warner Bros. Discovery is to split into two, separating streaming and studios from its cable channels. The company has been burdened by debt and the decline of cable TV.

can we please all take just a minute to laugh at the incredible walking mistake otherwise known as david zaslav www.npr.org/2025/06/09/n...