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Abby Olcese

@abbyolcese.bsky.social

Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e

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My grandpa was also a hobo and a WWII vet!

05.03.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yo, @nightmarejunkhead.bsky.social, here's hoping you'll be able to pick me out during HOKUM.

05.03.2026 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Buster has such a serious face, but I swear I've never met a bigger, sweeter doofus.

04.03.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A black tuxedo cat lounging on a green pillow with his sister, a brown tabby, posed on top of him for some reason

A black tuxedo cat lounging on a green pillow with his sister, a brown tabby, posed on top of him for some reason

They're practicing for our Olan Mills family portrait.

04.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The regularity with which this movie gets quoted in my family. Like two-three times a month at the very least.

04.03.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This day just full of release news that caters to me specifically. Not mad about it.

04.03.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It does, but in an endearing way? I miss when more indies felt like Waitress.

04.03.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Randy And The Mob - Trailer
YouTube video by Lightyear Entertaiment Randy And The Mob - Trailer

Did y'all know Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins are buds? Did you know they made a couple of indie movies together that are getting an HD release?

Did you know the trailer looks charming as hell (if a little dated, what can you do)?

04.03.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You Are Elon Musk by Kris Lorischild A Billionaire Simulator

You asked for it! The long-awaited sequel to You Are Jeff Bezos is finally here:

YOU ARE ELON MUSK

200+ passages. 7 endings. Secrets. In-jokes. Giant robots. All with the purpose of doing one thing: SPENDING ALL OF ELON MUSK'S FUCKING MONEY

direkris.itch.io/elon

03.03.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 470    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 16

The way I would never shut up about this if it happened. Talk about Pure Moods.

04.03.2026 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Verdict: Amaze amaze amaze!!

04.03.2026 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An imax theater showing an early screening of Project Hail Mary

An imax theater showing an early screening of Project Hail Mary

Oh boyyyyyyy

04.03.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Mine! It was last January, after that big snowstorm that stuck around forever and screwed up the roads.

03.03.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A cool and not at all disorienting way to watch this movie is in a hospital with TCM on in the background while you wait for a nurse to check you out after you wrecked your car.

Ask me how I know.

03.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Has anyone ever listened to Massive Attack's "Teardrop" when it isn't cloudy and/or raining? I feel like it should be illegal to listen to that song in any other circumstance.

Except, I guess, at night. It has to be dark, is the point.

03.03.2026 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's the best part of a state that's determined to keep kicking itself in the crotch.

03.03.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We’ve gone to war by mistake’

03.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

I interviewed him about five years ago and I was so nervous and he was so sweet. It meant everything.

03.03.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I swear, if we lose Bruce...

03.03.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fellas, is it bad ethics to sleep with your parolee informant who's also a single mom (which you didn't know) and then threaten to send her back to jail when she tells you she needs more money?

Asking for William Petersen.

03.03.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The opening credits of TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. are incredible if only because they follow up John Turturro and Dean Stockwell with Wang Chung and Robby Muller.

Never have I experienced so much tonal whiplash in so short a time.

03.03.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To Live AND Die in L.A.? In THIS economy?

03.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I still haven't used mine! I should, especially now that I know I can buy more.

03.03.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As far as I've seen, it's a combo of money pit and, in B&B'S case, programming that didn't do much to distinguish it from, like, an AMC. P&L is an entertainment district. People are gonna want an experience. Drafthouse's management blew chunks but they at least understood that.

02.03.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why does this look almost exactly like the weird Airbnb condo (in, I think, a building of weird Airbnb condos) I stayed in in St. Paul? Is that a thing?

02.03.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
02.03.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

APRIL β€” 1805
Napoleon is Master of Europe
Only the British Fleet stands before him

02.03.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This thread has @richardlittler.bsky.social vibes all over it.

02.03.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tony Soprano being expressive

Tony Soprano being expressive

"I said 'That's nothing, you should hear me play piano!'"

02.03.2026 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An architectural watercolor painting.

An architectural watercolor painting.

A watercolor painting of wrestler Adam Page.

A watercolor painting of wrestler Adam Page.

In light of the bigoted new anti-trans law in Kansas, I’m launching a charity auction to benefit Trans Continental Pipeline.

I’ll do a 12x16 watercolor painting of the auction winner’s choice. Wrestling, superhero, movie, wedding picture, pets, whatever you want!
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01.03.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0