Eric Francisco

How Should You Feel About the BAFTAs and John Davidson? The latest awards show controversy has opened up a conversation about Tourette's and what it really entails.

Wrote about the BAFTAs a bit. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

The Best Thing I Can Say About Turning Point USA's Halftime Show Is That It Happened As Bad Bunny electrified the Super Bowl, Kid Rock croaked in front of a cheap smoke machine somewhere in Atlanta.

Bad Bunny's halftime show was joyful and true. He invited you, a stranger, into his world like family. So it was strange to also watch the sterile and impersonal Turning Point counterprogram with Kid Rock lip syncing and pointless rants about wokeness. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

Jason Alexander Told Us How Dunkin' Pulled Off Its '90s-Charged Super Bowl Commercial "God bless them, they got me back to my thirties," the 'Seinfeld' legend says.

Had a very slow morning due to NJTransit nonsense. But last Thursday I had a last-minute interview that turned out to be one of my favorites: a chat with Jason Alexander, about his sitcom-flavored Super Bowl ad for Dunkin'. Now on Esquire: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

Imagine choosing Kid Rock over that

On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!

Haley Lu Richardson on Her ‘Ponies’ Breakout, Battling Emilia Clarke, and New Sundance Movie “I was in the right place at the right time,” the 30-year-old star says of her hit Peacock series.

Years ago I sat in a theater and felt Kogonada's Columbus sweep me away. Last month, I had the joy of talking to one of its stars, Haley Lu Richardson, about her new role in the excellent Peacock show Ponies and her reunion with Kogonada. Now on Esquire.
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I'm generally soft on stories about well-intended everyman losers learning their true heroic potential, but I'm bummed how Masters of the Universe has this awful stench of appeasing the worst guys you know to tell them they don't have to grow up

The 'Masters of the Universe' Trailer Looks Great. But Something's Off. I'm torn between admiring the self-awareness of the '80s reboot or concerned who I'll be sitting next to in theaters come June 5.

Ashamed to say I dig movies like Masters of the Universe. I don't even care for the IP, I just love action movies with big swords. But while chuds are losing their shit over a pronouns gag, I'm concerned how the movie wants to appeal to those dudes exclusively. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

Giggling a little more because these are my local theaters. The Brunswick Square theater is really that tiny.

It's actually my New Year resolution to promptly answer texts, emails, and DMs. I was/am a "prioritize the task at hand" person but doing so has made so many contacts felt ignored, it sucks.

Why Is the 2016 Nostalgia Trend Forgetting the Movies? It's not that we were inundated with bad films a decade ago—there's something else at work.

This went up earlier this week and only sharing it now, but the 2016 throwback trend left me wondering: Why don't we think about 2016 in movies too much? Answer: It was a pretty bad fuckin' year. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

This is why I find it depressing that people seek out media coverage/criticism from podcasters who have zero journalistic know-how. Just give your (informed) opinion and let the chips fall where they may, don’t do this disingenuous, opportunistic shit

More than the thrill of watching artists apply their craft, making-of docs inspire people. They let you see how cool it is to make stuff that you'll want to make stuff too. I don't think I'd be writing about movies today if I didn't devour the BTS extras on the Batman Begins DVD over Christmas 2005.

This feels like little consolation at this exact moment, but I've genuinely never been prouder of anything in my entire life than what we did at Inverse. We were always a scrappy little team doing incredible stuff with increasingly less resources. The work we did meant something.

'The Rip' Absolutely Rips I have serious questions about Netflix dumping a killer Ben Affleck and Matt Damon joint on the platform in the middle of January.

I fucking love The Rip. But I hate that it's a January Netflix dump. It's not a big crowdpleaser so I doubt its box office prospects, but the ongoing cannibalization of Hollywood is clear in movies like The Rip being buried by the algorithm. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

Still recovering from another heart surgery, I dragged myself to a picket line to back the 15k nurses on strike in NYC, including at my longtime hospital, New York-Presbyterian. www.progressreport.news/p/give-the-s...

Extremely funny to soundtrack Stellan Skarsgård's Golden Globe win to Usher's "Yeah"

First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles,

What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

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The 25 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2026 From a new 007 title to a long-awaited return to podracing, good luck trying to spend less time with screens this year.

A good place to start is with a quick roundup of 25 video games I'm really, really looking forward to later this year. Some obvious heavy hitters are here, like 007 First Light. But Romeo Is a Dead Man, Mouse: P.I. for Hire, and Onimusha have my attention too. www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

One of my 2026 resolutions is to post more. Sounds unhealthy I know, but I've been doing work I'm very proud of at Esquire, but between some false modesty and serious insecurities on my part, I didn't think I was worth updating everyone on everything all the time. This year I'm yapping more online.

TCA EOY Spotlight | @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social
"As a Star Wars fan with some knowledge of French from high school, my ears perked when I heard the Ghorman language. Lucasfilm enthusiastically pointed me to dialect coach Marina Tyndall, and I learned how #Andor invented a language from scratch."

No you’re right, vibes are off this year. Christmas just feels like a thing we’re doing and not celebrating. I’ve had a fairly good year personally and even I just want to curl up and sleep into the new year.

Finally solved my computer's TPM issues and upgraded to Windows 11 at last.

YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers The American President Official Trailer #1 - Martin Sheen Movie (1995) HD

I freely admit to being a Sorkin dork but The American President ought to be on streaming more www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyGi...

Trying to think about the life and work of Rob Reiner over the cruelty of his death. First time I saw This Is Spinal Tap left me wheezing. I've heard "The Princess Bride is my comfort movie" infinity times. He journeyed through genres and made the best in all of them.

In the latest installment of Tokusatsu Now, @ericfrancisco24.bsky.social, @mhwilliams.bsky.social and I chat about Project R.E.D and the other tokusatsu to expect in 2026, but also discuss Kill Bill and Quentin Tarantino’s connection to the genre.

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They did an early screening at New York Comic Con this year. I had every intention of going but wound up double booking myself. Regretting it now in hindsight.

Netflix Co-Chief Greg Peters Says Warner Bros. Discovery Acquisition Bid Is Unlikely: “Big Media Mergers Don’t Have A Great Track Record” Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters heavily downplayed recent speculation that the streaming giant could be interested in bidding on Warner Bros. Discovery.

lol. lmao. deadline.com/2025/10/netf...