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The new teen horror WHISTLE is basically diet FINAL DESTINATION, but it’s harmless enough if you have a soft spot for that sort of thing. I might’ve erred positive if it was released closer to Halloween. Review in @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-whist...

Criterion Collection - February 2026 Releases February is here, and quite a few gems are coming to the Criterion Collection. Among them is Sidney Lumet's Network, which I'll be talking about in more detail below. It's an incredible film, and if y...

Can't wait for that NETWORK Criterion Release.

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Movie Review: 'Jimpa' is Lithgow and Colman at Their Finest Sophie Hyde's queer family drama has heart, depth, and richness

Stirring, heartfelt, and decidedly genuine.

TV Review: "Starfleet Academy" Hits the Season One Midway Mark with "Series Acclimation Mil" Co-writer Tawny Newsome proves her chops on both sides of the camera while Kerrice Brooks shines

Those who stuck with "Starfleet Academy" will be glad again this week that they kept the faith.

Somerville Cine-club returns, and so does Boston Scifi filmfest - Cambridge Day The Somerville Cine-Club returns to the Somerville Public Library's Central Branch Tuesday with perhaps their most ambitious presentation yet.

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week the mighty @bostonscifi.bsky.social returns to @somervilletheatre.bsky.social, plus SAFE in 4k at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Kubrick, Antonioni, and Bertolucci on 35mm at HFA, and Poitier on 16mm(!) at the SPL!

Send Help Review: A Twisted Blend of Survivor and Sam Raimi’s Signature Projectiles Following a collaboration on the last Doctor Strange movie, Director Sam Raimi knew he had to work with Rachel McAdams again. She had a knack for his style of filmmaking– game for any projectiles he'd...

📰New Newsletter | Free newsletter on Sam Raimi's SEND HELP, links, podcast, and more.

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🎙️New Podcast | A brand new It's the Pictures @itsthepicpod.bsky.social is now live. Evan @reelrecon.bsky.social and I talk about the great Mel Brooks and his amazing career.

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Review – Mother Of Flies MOTHER OF FLIES. With Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, John Adams, Lulu Adams, James Lindsay. Written and directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser. Unrated. 92 min. On Shudder. All together ooky The…

MOTHER OF FLIES is what might be called “arthouse horror.” There’s lots of blood, to be sure, but it’s a slow burning film where all the pieces don’t fall into place until the final 20 minutes.

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If you like movies that are cool and weird and if you’re in the Boston area you’re gonna want to follow @bosunderground.bsky.social for some incredibly great updates very soon! 🐇

YouTube video by mayhew7 Mitch & Mickey - A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow

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*NEW EPISODE!!* We discuss the films:

• THE RIP
• THE CHORAL

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YouTube video by moviebob New Big Picture - MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Trailer Response

Hey folks! We're buried under snow here in the Northeast and I'M consequently buried under a head-cold ☹ Please watch me try to squeeze something like meaningful commentary out of that "HE-MAN" teaser from last week and maybe toss some coins in the bucket 😁
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SEND HELP is a delightfully nasty return to form for Sam Raimi— more EC than Marvel. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-send-...

This week in film: Mass. Ave. doc, early Kubrick, more of 2025's best - Cambridge Day Two best picture nominatons, plus the ones that didn't make the cut. New Mass Ave documentary captures "a certain point in time in Cambridge that will soon be passed" using drone technology and local ...

New column in @cambridgeday.com! Big story this week is the HFA’s Complete Kubrick retrospective, which kicks off with the director’s least screened films. Plus more of the Best of 2025 at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, double Antonioni at HFA, and Mass Ave on screen at @somervilletheatre.bsky.social!

"The Rip" needs stitching, "H is for Hawk" soars, "Mercy" needs some - Cambridge Day Our reviews of three new movies showing locally or streaming: one disappointment, one quiet pleasure, one dud.

MERCY is an early contender for Worst of the Year: a pro-dystopia sci-fi film about Chris Pratt sitting in a chair, brought to you by Axon bodycams. Read my review in @cambridgeday.com!

Rachel McAdams in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Rachel McAdams in Game Night

Rachel McAdams in Send Help

Rachel McAdams in Eurovision

The many faces of Rachel McAdams, one of our best performers.

TV Review: Eat Your Spinach with 'Starfleet Academy' Episode 4: 'Vitus Reflux' Things get silly in this "low stakes" episode

It had to happen: Things get out of hand as the kids of "Starfleet Academy" become embroiled in a prank war.

This week in film: (Some of) 2025's best, A.S. Hamrah, Steve McQueen - Cambridge Day Horror, satire, experimental cinema, and classic international films at Brattle Theatre and the Harvard Film Archive.

New in @cambridgeday.com! This week: Raymond Rea and the Best of 2025 at @brattletheatre.bsky.social, and OCCUPIED CITY and THE CONFORMIST at the HFA!

2026 Oscars Nominations: The Good, The Bad, The Huh? Yesterday morning, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for the 2026 Oscars ceremony. Warner Bros’ Sinners led the pack with 16 nominations, while One Battle After...

Wrote about the Oscar nominations from yesterday. I know news moves fast, but give it a read.

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Streaming Review: Chloé Zhao Peers into Literary History with 'Hamnet' Zhao triumphs again with an almost supernatural, but entirely naturalistic, drama

Yes, I'm one of those film critics who adored 'Hamnet!'

Take a Class with Professor Ty Starting February 24, I'm teaching a ten-week online course in the history of movie stardom.

Hey, starting Feb 24, I'm teaching a 10-week course in the history of movie stardom at the online film school @cinejourneys.bsky.social. It'll be fun! More details at www.tyburrswatchlist.com/take-a-class-with-professor-ty and cinejourneys.com/movie-stars-stardom-modern-fame-details-and-registration

YouTube video by moviebob Review - MERCY (2026)

Review - "MERCY" (2026)

Chris Pratt and Timur Bekmambetov team up for "Minority Report: Stupid Edition"
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YouTube video by It's the Pictures 2026 Most Anticipated Movies | It's the Pictures 212

If you like listening instead, @reelrecon.bsky.social and I recorded a new episode where we discuss some of the anticipated movies.

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For the newsletter, I shared some of my most anticipated movies of 2026.

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Enraptured by the strangely seductive world of the Shakers - Cambridge Day "The Testament of Ann Lee" is an extravagant, sensuous film about austerity and celibacy, a story of faith and fervor told from a secular point of view.

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is one of the year’s best movies— folk horror without the horror, an extravagant and sensuous musical about austerity and celibacy. Read my review in @cambridgeday.com— catch it on 70mm at @thecoolidge.bsky.social or @somervilletheatre.bsky.social!

It's the Pictures Winter Anime Preview 2026 The last time I did this, the preview was posted on Paste Magazine. Since then, Paste has dissolved most of its coverage of anime and moved it to its sister site, The A.V. Club. So instead of not cove...

Do you like anime? Of course you do. I posted a Winter 2026 Anime preview up on the site, and you should absolutely check it out and share it.

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Would appreciate ALL the shares and views of this we can get, folks - this one was six months of on/off work in between paid gigs, regular vids and some pretty trying IRL times this year but I'm VERY proud how it turned out 🙏

Memories in film: Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner, and more - Cambridge Day Cinematic tributes to these two Hollywood legends and to Graham Greene, Udo Kier, Claudia Cardinale and Diane Ladd.

New in @cambridgeday.com! The @brattletheatre.bsky.social Cinematic Tribute series continues, with memorial screenings for Diane Keaton, Udo Kier, Claudia Cardinale, and more.

Film Review: Jim Jarmusch Explores Family Fractures with 'Father Mother Sister Brother' The auteur marries his love of anthology film to globe-hopping in this graceful comedy

Who doesn't love a good Jim Jarmusch flick?

Jim Jarmusch’s FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is resolutely muted, but nonetheless very warm and funny (and features a rare appearance by Tom Waits as a normal human being). Review in @bostonhassle.bsky.social— catch it at @thecoolidge.bsky.social or West Newton Cinema!