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Sorry to hear that, it’s a bummer. Keep an eye out next year!

We’re based in the U.S. and have been able to cover remotely for the past few years, including this year.

White woman with dark hair pulled back with a hair tie and headband wearing a white 3M Aura mask and a maroon short sleeve shirt with a cartoon Funko Ron Swanson in the center with “Like a Bee” on part of it, the rest of the print is cut off by the frame, stands next to a white man wearing a pink baseball style hat a maroon Well Before KN95 3D boat style mask and wearing a dark navy t-shirt with a Superman Returns shield on the chest, black sunglasses with green arms hanging from his collar and a white and gold beaded necklace barely seen around the collar. Both are standing in a wooded area with a paved pathway behind them.

Head two of the EoM crew out and about in some of our preferred masks. Lots of stuff is going around and getting sick sucks on many levels. Mask up for yourself and others. 😷

We do Fantastic Fest and other festivals remotely for several reasons, illness risk being a big one! 💪😷 Solidarity, fellow film maskers!

The Speed Racer live action movie is 100% how you adapt for live action. It balanced what people recognized from the cartoon with what makes an entertaining and good movie. It kept the heart and humor and was pitch perfect on those notes! And the cast was all in!

Photo of the ctrl alt deleaf train

After Boaty McBoatface they still let the UK public vote on the name of the train that gets rid of the leaves on the track…

Just checked mine and it’s still on. Thanks for the reminder that settings mat change after updates. I often forget to check if it’s not notorious like FB or Apple.

Once again putting out into the universe that I am a freelance film journalist, with a focus on horror and almost a decade of experience, looking for paid freelance work. Interviews, reviews, essays for physical releases - would love to write something for you! 🎥 #filmsky

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Elements of Madness Prisoner of War, Scott Adkins, interview, EoM Presents, acting, writing, Louis Mandylor, Thomas Manning, Well Go USA, action, drama,

Mid-September, on day 258 of this year, I have 340 edited files saved in my 2025 folder!

Phew! We have a busy crew who do it all for the love of film.

If you think nothing good has come out this year, you haven’t checked with us. 😉

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Documentary “Chain Reactions” shares the voices of five pop culture pillars discussing the on-going impact a 1970s film has had on their lives and careers. [BUFF] Chain Reactions, Alexandre O. Philippe, documentary, Dark Sky Films, Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, Karyn Kusama

During @bosunderground.bsky.social 2025, EoM Contributor @dubsreviews.bsky.social had the chance to cover Alexandre O. Philippe’s new doc CHAIN REACTIONS, exploring the impact of Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE.

With the film going wide this week, here’s Justin full spoiler-free review.

Danny and Michael Philippou's BRING HER BACK is a brutal, deeply personal essay on grief, trauma, and madness.

You can read my thoughts on the Blu-ray release of BRING HER BACK on @elmntsofmadness.bsky.social at the link below.🎥 #filmsky #horrorsky

JAMA published a study in May that long COVID has overtaken asthma as the number one chronic illness in kids in the U.S.. I wouldn’t say that qualifies as relatively rare.

The back of a dvd case for the 2024 film “The Damned” with a quote at the top center saying “One of the most haunting and disturbed movies I’ve seen” - Elements of Madness

EoM contributor @dubsreviews.bsky.social got pull quoted on the DVD of #TheDamned (2024)!

Check out his review from Tribeca 2024: elementsofmadness.com/2024/06/06/d...

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a brick wall along the side of a road with a building in the background Alt: a brick wall along the side of a road with a building in the background. A blue police box fades into and out of frame.

Why am I not surprised that Reddit is the one place where I can find suggestions on how to troubleshoot my HVAC sounding like the TARDIS? 😂

Night Swimming.

Finally had some time to catch K-Pop Demon Hunters. Haven’t been able to log a film since June, so it’s nice to have something fun to update my Letterboxd.

Oof. I was warned shingles and pneumonia would likely knock me out. I had to postpone because of it but need to get on it!

Michelle is the real fucking deal. Hire her of feel my wrath!

physical media>than streaming

42 - AuDHD diagnosis. Never understood myself as well as I have over this past year! Cheers!

Are you a freelance film critic only agreeing to do reviews if a studio is paying for it? If so would love to chat with you for an upcoming piece. You can be anonymous. DMs are open.

The only spoiler in my otherwise spoiler-free review from SXSW answers this question.

Yes!! Love Regina Hall’s Brenda in this series!!

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#FilmChallenge - 26 days, a film you’ve seen for each letter. If you’re missing a letter, you need to fill it in! #FilmSky #MovieSky

Z - Zombieland

Comedy, horror, tropes, references, easter eggs, stylized opening and rules text, the full package.

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s “Freaky Tales” mythologizes the Oakland Bay area through a punk rock & hip-hop infused anthology. Freaky Tales, Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden, Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, action, Lionsgate,

Seeing folks finding FREAKY TALES now that it’s on HBO Max is awesome.

Got a little something for everyone in there. Probably why it’s one of my favorites for 2025.

Do wish Lionsgate had put a little promotion into it. I feel like this could’ve had legs.

A man wearing a thin black hood over his head sticks his face into an open section of a display shelf that has a label of “Freshly Dead” written in black ink on paper. The section next to this one has more shadows and has a weathered face with a label showing “6 Month” with part of it blocked by shadow.

#FilmChallenge - 26 days, a film you’ve seen for each letter. If you’re missing a letter, you need to fill it in! #FilmSky #MovieSky

Y - Young Frankenstein

Word play, staging gags, parody, improve, comedians having a blast, highly rewatchable and frequently quoted.