R. Emmet Sweeney

Wuxia Wisdom: Blades of the Guardians (2026) Savoring the first feature in eight years from martial arts master Yuen Woo-ping

Over at OLD NEW I wrote about the best film of 2026 so far, Yuen Woo-ping's Blades of the Guardians: oldnew.substack.com/p/wuxia-wisd...

Arthur Kennedy in A Summer Place (1959): the pinnacle of acting drunk

To all my fellow Blades of the Guardians-heads: the English translation for Vol 1 of the graphic novel came out this week

Joey Chestnut/JFK

Joey Chestnut/JFK

Lou Reed Talks Kanye West's Yeezus They are certified legends. And they also write for Talkhouse.

HBD Lou Reed. Here is his review of YEEZUS: www.talkhouse.com/lou-reed-of-...

Blades of the Guardians | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS is the new movie that’s gonna make me even more confused when I’m trying to remember which OF THE GUARDIANS movie is the owl one and

I'm glad I made time to see Yuen Woo-ping's BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS on the big screen. 80 years old and he's still got it. My review:

Half Baked: Totally High + How High 2 Universal 1440 Entertainment has cornered the market on decades-late sequels to cult stoner comedies. This direct-to-video shingle of NBCUniversal produced How High 2 (2019) eighteen years after the o...

Noting for posterity that Scary Movie 6 is directed by Michael Tiddes - the auteur behind Half Baked: Totally High (2024), which I immortalized in Screen Slate: www.screenslate.com/articles/hal...

Have one spot open in a long-running fantasy baseball dynasty league. Jump into my replies if interested!

Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington, by Jason Moran 12 track album

New one is incredible:
jasonmoran.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...

Jason Moran, the greatest pianist of his generation, went independent in 2016, ditched streaming, and drops albums out of nowhere for $20 on Bandcamp. Godmode.

Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington out today. LFG. jasonmoran.bandcamp.com/album/jason-...

The Mad Genius of Stephen Chow The king of the nonsense comedy

As I anxiously await Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer sequel, for Old New I wrote about his star-making nonsense comedies: oldnew.substack.com/p/the-mad-ge...

Finally seeing the movie of the moment

Family blizzard viewing

Train-ing Day: Charles McGraw and The Narrow Margin Film noir at its best

For OLD NEW I wrote about the classic train noir The Narrow Margin (1952), starring Charles McGraw's influential croak. Out now on Blu-ray via Warner Archive: oldnew.substack.com/p/train-ing-...

Train-ing Day: Charles McGraw and The Narrow Margin Film noir at its best

For OLD NEW I wrote about the classic train noir The Narrow Margin (1952), starring Charles McGraw's influential croak. Out now on Blu-ray via Warner Archive: oldnew.substack.com/p/train-ing-...

Ran into two legends

The only newspaper I trust

Congrats to my good friend Mistico for winning Wrestler of the Year in the 2025 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

The Death of Megadeth On Megadeth's final album and what comes with it

I wrote about the death of Megadeth: oldnew.substack.com/p/the-death-...

The Death of Megadeth On Megadeth's final album and what comes with it

For OLD NEW I wrote about Megadeth's final album, Dave Mustaine's class resentments, and how he finally chilled out about getting fired from Metallica: oldnew.substack.com/p/the-death-...

Happy 100th to Leslie Nielsen - the greatest actor of all time. This is what I wrote for TCM after his passing: r-emmetsweeney.com/2020/01/27/l...

Some film history en route

Braved arctic temps to see Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet

now listening

Avid @screenslate.bsky.social readers were alerted to this major motion picture in my interview with PWSA back in March: www.screenslate.com/articles/be-...

I'm in a glass case of emotion

THE SAMUEL FULLER COLLECTION, PART 2: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTA FULLER October 27, 2009   Today finds me further entrenched in The Samuel Fuller Collection, a seven-disc box set which comes out today from Sony Pictures Home Entertaintment and the Film Foundation,…

RIP Christa Fuller, a delightful actress, raconteur, and keeper of husband Sam Fuller's flame. I interviewed her in 2009 upon the release of the Sam Fuller Collection on DVD: r-emmetsweeney.com/2020/01/18/t...

Acquired a grail. A single for "Owwww!" by Arsenio Hall's rap parody character Chunky A.

The Beatles...what is their deal?