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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

Hey everyone!

Huge news! Our trans girl scout list has sold a total of 146,000 boxes as of today!

But MANY trans girl scouts only have 20, 30, 40 boxes sold.

I just resorted our list to put those on the top.

Go get your girl scout cookies and make a trans kid's day!

“Shelby Oaks” uses chilling found footage to solve a mystery of a missing YouTuber and is now available on Blu-ray from NEON. Shelby Oaks, Chris Stuckmann, Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Keith David, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett, Sarah Durn, Emily Bennett, horror, mystery, NEON, DECAL Releasing, Alliance Entertainmen...

Last month, DECAL Releasing put SHELBY OAKS, Chris Stuckmann's directorial debut, on home video.

Right now, EoM Contributor @redheadfrommars.bsky.social offers her thoughts on the feature and its home edition. #ShelbyOaks #filmsky

Editor pals: I’ll be at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, in case you’re on the lookout for coverage. A thread of all my reviews, interviews and editorials from last year’s edition: x.com/SiddhantAdla...

“Exit 8” utilizes the video game adaptation genre to dive deep into humanity and individual choices. [TIFF] Exit 8, Genki Kawamura, Kentaro Hirase, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kôchi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Nana Komatsu, mystery, horror, NEON, Goodfellas, Toho Co. LTD, STORY inc.,

Word is that @neon-rated.bsky.social is releasing EXIT 8 in theaters this April.

Want to get a sense of it? Check out @dubsreviews.bsky.social’s TIFF 2025 review.

✨50% off a range of titles at Barnes & Noble✨

Get huge discounts across a range of our catalogue at B&N, sale lasting from Feb 3rd - March 9th, available both online and in-store.

Gordan Chan’s folktale adaptation “King of Beggars” receives a 2K restoration from Eureka Entertainment. King of Beggars, 武狀元蘇乞兒, Gordan Chan, Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Man-Tat Ng, Norman Chui, Lam Wai, action, drama, comedy, foreign film, Hong Kong, Cantonese, Eureka Entertainment, MVD Entertainment…

READ: Member Douglas Davidson (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social) reviews the restoration of #kingofbeggars:

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Actor Jason Biggs adds ‘Filmmaker’ to his resume with darkly comic “Untitled Home Invasion Romance.” Untitled Home Invasion Romance, Jason Biggs, Meaghan Rath, Anna Konkle, Justin H. Min, Arturo Castro, comedy, thriller, action, crime, Paramount Pictures, Republic Pictures, streaming,

READ: Member Douglas Davidson (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social) reviews #untitledhomeinvasionromance:

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Announcing the From the Front Row Podcast! That's right, I'm hitting the airwaves with deeper dives into my favorite filmmakers and cinematic styles, along with a few other treats and surprises along the way. Now available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

13 Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2026 films I’d like to cover. All of the Above, Blood Lines, California Scenario, If These Walls Could Rock, The Last Picture Shows, Mockbuster, No Mercy, On The End, Relatively Normal, Sell Your House, Sophia, Tough Old Broads, U...

Tomorrow, SBIFF 2026 kicks off several days of world, US, and regional premieres!

With that in mind, I’ve put together a short-list of 13 films that one should consider for their own coverage. I know I am! #SBIFF2026 #SBIFF #filmsky

In case you need more genre creatives to follow for #BlackHistoryMonth, @girlthatsscary.blacksky.app has you covered! #HorrorSky

For anyone who might be interested, Regal is doing FRIDAY & FRIDAY 2 on 2/13 (they’re also doing FRIDAY 3 & FRIDAY 4 on 3/13 too). Also MBV 3D is playing on 2/28 as well.

They’re cheap tickets if you don’t have the Regal Unlimited pass.

In examining the past, documentary “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” illuminates aspects of the present we’d rather not acknowledge. [Sundance] It didn’t used to feel complicated to be Jewish before October 7th, 2023, and the Israeli-Gaza Conflict began. Having grown up in a Reform Jewish household, I believed in the existence of and even …

READ: Member Douglas Davidson (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social) reviews #whokilledalexodeh:

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A Conversation with “Send Help” producer Zainab Azizi. Zainab Azizi, Send Help, Raimi Productions, interview, Thomas Manning, Sam Raimi, Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, horror, thriller, comedy, 20th Century Studios, EoM Presents

READ: Member Thomas Manning (@thethomasmanning.bsky.social) interviews #sendhelp producer Zainab Azizi for Elements of Madness (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social):

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Documentary “Cookie Queens” heralds the trials and tribulations of your local Girl Scouts during Cookie Season. [Sundance] Cookie Queens, Alysa Nahmias, Girl Scouts of America, documentary, Ajna Films, Beautiful Stories, Archewell Productions, Good Gravy Films, Artemis Rising Foundation, Sundance Film Festival,

READ: Member Douglas Davidson (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social) reviews #cookiequeens:

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Step into the theatrical life of Robbie Williams in the musical biopic “Better Man” via home video. Better Man, Michael Gracey, Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvaney, home release, Paramount Presents

My thoughts on BETTER MAN & its home release.

Elton John biopic “Rocketman” is an extraordinary musical journey of the soul. Biopics are tricky. Just ask 2019 Oscar winning films Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody. For the former, the issue is telling the tale of a Black musician through the lens of his White companion. Fo…

My spoiler-free thoughts on ROCKETMAN.

“Bohemian Rhapsody” – It’s a kind of tragic. In all of our lives, there are things which sum up everything about us. Whether it be a poem, a picture, a book, a film, or a song, these things become emblematic of who we are at our core. These a…

My spoiler-free thoughts on the terrible BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY.

ROCKET MAN was superior to BOHEMIAN for a litany of reasons and it got criminally overlooked *because* of BOHEMIAN.

Admittedly, BETTER MAN didn't work for me at first, but landed far better on a repeat viewing. Soundtrack is stellar, too.

Freddie Mercury deserved better. All 3 movies, too.

“Misdirection” Digital Code Giveaway Misdirection, Kevin Lewis, Lacy McClory, Olga Kurylenko, Frank Grillo, Cineverse,, streaming, Apple TV, giveaway

Giveaway: "Misdirection" on digital.

On Tuesday, 2/10, a brand-new Kevin Lewis thriller releases starring Frank Grillo & Olga Kurylenko. Courtesy of @cineverse-ent.bsky.social, we're giving away 1 digital code.

Details at the link; submit your entry by 2/9 at 11:59p EST. #Misdirection

Bumping again for the Monday crowd: I wrote about the visual language of THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB, expanding this week with its succesful nomination campaign for Best Foreign Language Film. It’s quite an achievement.

“Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant” will have you laughing and crying while being arm-deep in goop, gore, and gunk. [Sundance] Mum I’m Alien Pregnant, THUNDERLIPS, Hannah Lynch, Yvette Parsons, Arlo Green, Jackie van Beek, horror, comedy, XYZ Films, Hot Candle Wave, Umbrella Entertainment, Southern Light Films, Sundance Film…

READ: Member Douglas Davidson (@elmntsofmadness.bsky.social) reviews #momimalienpregnant:

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Gore Verbinski’s darkly comic sci-fi actioner “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is a hilarious harbinger for our digital times. Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, Gore Verbinski, Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz, Asim Chaudhry, Juno Temple, comedy, action, science fiction, Briarcliff Entertainment,

To learn a bit about #GLHHDD, check out our available spoiler-free review.

A Conversation with “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” director Gore Verbinski. Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, Gore Verbinski, interview, Thomas Manning, EoM Presents, comedy, action, adventure, science fiction, Briarcliff Entertainment,

Next week, a brand-new Gore Verbinski sci-fi actioner releases into theaters.

Right now, enjoy this conversation between Verbinski & EoM Sr. Interviewer @thethomasmanning.bsky.social as they discuss #GLHHDD, the musicality of human movement, & his collaboration with cinematographer James Whitaker.

From Variety's Twitter account: "SINNERS" has amassed $61 million in its global debut. It's a great result for an original, R-rated horror film, yet the Warner Bros release has a $90 million price tag before global marketing expenses, so profitability remains a ways away.

If Variety was legit:

"'Melania' has amassed $7 million in its global debut. It's a great result for a documentary film, yet the Amazon MGM release has a $70+ million price tag including global marketing expenses, so profitability remains a ways away."

Here's what Variety said about Sinners:

Keep the residents of toontown away from here!!!!!!

His verdict, “meh.”

Not sure if he has good or bad taste considering I love this film.

Now we’ll see how far we get into another classic before bedtime.

YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers Hudson Hawk (1991) Trailer #1

Felt like shit most of the day & @entityflux.bsky.social’s working on making dough for dinner.

Putting on a comfort movie and seeing how many kids I can entice to watch.

Oscar nominated co-writer of It Was Just An Accident has just been arrested in Iran. Statement by Jafar Panahi:

bring every baby home now

Greenville, NC Waffle House soldiers on amid massive snowfall

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.