Mike Ward

People born in the 2000s will never understand a nation once so innocent that an ice skater kneecapping another ice skater sent us into an existential crisis.

A movie poster promoting the “2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Presented by Taika Waititi”

Never let it be said that you can’t watch 15 Oscar nominated movies in one day!

Today’s viewing …

Abbott & Costello Cartoons Addams Family (1974) Adventures of Batman, The Animaniacs Aquaman Astro and the Space Mutts Atom Ant Baby Looney Tunes Batman: The Brave and the Bold Be Cool Scooby-Doo! Beetlejuice Ben 10 (2005) Beware the Batman Captain Caveman Captain Caveman & The Teen Angels Captain Planet Codename: Kids Next Door Courage The Cowardly Dog Cow & Chicken Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines Dexter's Laboratory Dorothy & the Wizard of Oz Dragon's Lair Duck Dodgers Dukes of Hazzard: The Animated Series Dumb & Dumber (Animated Series) Dynomutt, Dog Wonder

Ed, Edd 'n Eddy Evil Con Carne Flintstone Family Adventures Flintstone Kids Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends Freakazoid! Great Grape Ape Help, It's the Hair Bear Bunch Hong Kong Phooey Jonny Quest Justice League Justice League Action Krypto the Superdog Legion of Super Heroes Loonatics Unleashed Looney Tunes 3D Shorts Looney Tunes Cartoons MAD Magilla Gorilla Mucha Lucha! New Looney Tunes Show (aka Wabbit) New Scooby Doo Mysteries Paddington Bear Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Perils of Penelope Pitstop Pinky and the Brain Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain Powerpuff Girls Pup Named Scooby Doo Quick Draw McGraw Ricochet Rabbit

Scooby and Scrappy Doo Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue Smurfs Snagglepuss Static Shock! Super Friends Supernatural: The Anime Series Taz-Mania Teen Titans The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo The Batman The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley The Frankenstones The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show The Mask (Animated Series) The New Adventures of Batman The New Adventures of Gilligan The New Fred and Barney Show The New Scooby Doo Movies The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest The Secret Squirrel Show The Super Globetrotters The Yogi Bear Show Tiny Toon Adventures

Tom & Jerry Tom & Jerry Comedy Show Tom & Jerry Kids Tom & Jerry Show, The Tom & Jerry Tales Top Cat Unikitty Wacky Races Wacky Races (2017) Xiaolin Showdown Yo! Yogi Yogi's Galaxy Goof-Ups Yogi's Gang Yogi's Space Race Yogi's Treasure Hunt

In cartoon news, Tubi just revealed practically the entirety of the classic Warner Bros/Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network library is coming to the platform this March.

For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.

This. All damn day.

I don't want to celebrate how Ilhan Omar was ready to throw down. Tired of valorizing Black women as fighters, that dude should have been stopped and stomped out before he got close to her.

The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.

16 is the number and takes away those “only will get the record because of the new category” takes that I started seeing.

Incredible that SINNERS now holds this distinction - for so many reasons. A stunning film and viewing experience we will talk about long after awards season comes to an end.

What "Pluribus" And "Sinners" Say About Hive Minds, Art, And The Erasure Of Individual Identity It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Carol Sturka is feeling fine. More than fine, really — by the “Pluribus” season finale, the author (Rhea Seehorn), one of the 13 people on Earth immune to ...

Really terrific analysis of “Sinners” and “Pluribus” from Gayle Sequiera at @nextbestpicture.bsky.social …

Should I See It-The Best Performances of 2025 The 20 Best Performances of 2024. And a few more Honorable Mentions.

ICYMI: Here's the annual Should I See It list of the Best Performances in Movies, recapping the best work from 2025.

Check out 20 amazing performances and several honorable mentions!

Did your favorite performances make the list? Enjoy and watch more movies!

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2025 was… a year, to put it mildly. But, it was a great year for cinema. And one of my favorite things to do is cut my year-end Top 25 video. Give it a watch, and see you at the movies! youtu.be/5dWlwXODvH8?...

Time for Mike’s annual failure to maintain and continue consistent use of his Letterboxd.

Should I See It-Primate (2026) A group of friends' tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.

PRIMATE scratches and claws its way into theaters this weekend as one of the first major new release movies of this new year.

Silly at times and absolutely not for the squeamish, yet somehow far more entertaining than it has any right to be.

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What a horrible day for our nation. When will it ever be enough. When?

MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.

This is really, really great.
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Oh hi - inner voice monologue … who gave you the microphone with four hours left in 2025?

Find me a better song lyric from 2025 than this:

“I'll miss you when
The wings I fell in love with
Take you away again”

Oklou, ‘blade bird’

It's inefficient to get out of bed in the morning only to get back in the same bed at night. Stay in bed all day to avoid this

Should I See It-Marty Supreme (2025) Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.

If you are looking to step out of the house and escape the world for two-and-a-half hrs, MARTY SUPREME is waiting at the multiplex.

Timothée Chalamet gives the best performance of his career thus far in one of the most unique, fun, and unpredictable films of 2025.

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The cast of THE HOLDOVERS (three actors) sit around a table in front of a Christmas Tree.

This is the third year we’ve watched THE HOLDOVERS on Christmas or Christmas Eve. I don’t have anything clever to say; it’s just a great movie about decent people.

Should I See It-Avatar: Fire And Ash (2025) James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na'vi leader Jake Sully, Na'vi warrior Neytiri, and the Sully family preparing to battle various enemies ...

The biggest movie of the weekend, and for some the entire year, is finally here. However, with AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, what once was incredible and groundbreaking is now just familiar, boring, and repetitive.

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And that's a wrap on our 2025 awards. Congratulations to all the winners!

The SFCS 2025 award for Best PICTURE:

📽️ ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Paul Thomas Anderson

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best DIRECTOR:

📽️ ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Paul Thomas Anderson

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best LEAD ACTOR:

📽️ LEONARDO DICAPRIO - One Battle After Another

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best LEAD ACTRESS:

📽️ JESSIE BUCKLEY - Hamnet

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best SUPPORTING ACTOR:

📽️ SEAN PENN - One Battle After Another

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

📽️ WUNMI MOSAKU - Sinners

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best YOUTH PERFORMANCE:

📽️ JACOBI JUPE - Hamnet

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best ENSEMBLE:

📽️ ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Cassandra Kulukundis

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The SFCS 2025 award for Best PACIFIC NORTHWEST FILM:

📽️ TRAIN DREAMS - Clint Bentley

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