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Film and TV critic. Co-host of the Overinvested movie podcast, co-editor of the Rec Center newsletter. Bylines: TV Guide, Inverse, Vulture, Boston Globe, Atlas Obscura, Empire, etc. she/her

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hahahaha

09.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

yes crucial detail here is this film takes place in a world where people pay for stuff monetarily by getting slapped in the face bsky.app/profile/hitc...

09.03.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

morgan and I have been catching up with a bunch of the Oscar nominated shorts this week. several are available online including the dystopian sapphic romance Two People Exchanging Saliva, which you can watch on YouTube here! youtu.be/RuOEEu--j2Y?...

09.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

live updates here. you can smell the smoke across town now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

08.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 5939 πŸ” 3445 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 234

Hey, The People's Joker is on Tubi!

05.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

WHAT a flex

05.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Heated Rivalry’ Creator Jacob TierneyΒ Gets Netflix Series Order For Alexander The Great & Aristotle Drama; Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films Producing Exclu: 'Heated Rivalry' creator Jacob TierneyΒ gets Netflix series order for Alexander The Great drama based on Annabel Lyon book. Jason Bateman is EP.

oh my god lol deadline.com/2026/03/jaco...

05.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

LOVED The Secret Agent. Probably my fav of all the BP nominees this year.

05.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Coming up next on Overinvested: Claire and I review three Best Picture nominees: Bugonia, Marty Supreme, and The Secret Agent!

And on Patreon, we're going to release our annual rundown of the full Oscar slate, featuring predictions and awards season insight from Oscars expert @mldavies.bsky.social!

05.03.2026 15:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

every time someone shares a shitty op-ed piece by a shitty writer in [insert legacy media org here] to dunk on it, they should have to share something made by someone awesome

07.01.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

I know journalism is a rapidly deteriorating industry, but it also feels like fighting a losing battle when folks on here are mostly sharing articles to dunk on them, rather than solid pieces from journos and critics out here trying our best every day to stay working and writing

03.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 497 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10

β€œWe thought we were living in a politically neutral slave state.”

02.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 6314 πŸ” 1305 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 13

i really can not emphasize enough that the most materially impactful thing you can do for trans people right now is hire them.

26.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 3784 πŸ” 1533 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 101
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Ep. 333: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple β€” OVERINVESTED Steffan and Gavia share their praise for The Bone Temple, Nia DaCosta's deceptively hilarious sequel to 28 Years Later. With Ralph Fiennes and Alfie Williams reprising their roles from the previous mo...

Out now on Overinvested, @steffanalun.bsky.social and I discuss 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, a brilliant (and unexpectedly hilarious) continuation of an all-time great zombie franchise. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/the...

26.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.

01.03.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 8611 πŸ” 2933 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 362

I’ll say this for Max Landis: he may be a creep but he’s also a bad writer

27.02.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 1528 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 0
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Max Landis, Whose Career Imploded During #MeToo, Returns with β€˜G.I. Joe’ Movie at Paramount (Exclusive) At the same time, Danny McBride will also be writing a separate 'G.I. Joe' script, with both projects potentially being combined down the line.

Fucking hell when I pointed out this morning Ellison had a history of hiring (untalented) men who faced allegations of sexual harassment, had no idea a new one would drop in hours www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

27.02.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 2395 πŸ” 659 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 419

she's cool!

27.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the same five Heated Rivalry publicity photos have been working SO hard since november 2025

27.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder what it is about the Greens' message of community, progress, justice and care for our wounded planet that's connecting with people.

Starmer, any ideas?

27.02.2026 07:34 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour must step aside for the Greens nationwide at the next general election. A vote for Labour Is a vote for reform!!!

27.02.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 370 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

Labour's swing toward racism is perhaps the biggest unforced error in British political history; burnt their base to ashes and won them not a single vote on the right.

27.02.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 3799 πŸ” 783 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 67

Two brilliant character actor performances in the lead roles. A genuinely mindboggling musical number. And on a thematic level, this movie adds so much to the 28 Years Later question of how to raise a child who can survive and thrive in a bleak environment.

26.02.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ep. 333: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple β€” OVERINVESTED Steffan and Gavia share their praise for The Bone Temple, Nia DaCosta's deceptively hilarious sequel to 28 Years Later. With Ralph Fiennes and Alfie Williams reprising their roles from the previous mo...

Out now on Overinvested, @steffanalun.bsky.social and I discuss 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, a brilliant (and unexpectedly hilarious) continuation of an all-time great zombie franchise. www.overinvestedpodcast.com/episodes/the...

26.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Eating cold fast food in a conference room. What an honor.

25.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a longshot, but are any editors looking for review coverage from the Glasgow Film Festival or Frightfest? I'll be attending in late Feb/early March, and there are definitely a few premieres on the schedule, especially in the horror genre.

16.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the extent to which bafta fucked up this situation is legitimately jawdropping.

25.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

also at least one is on the same team as a guy who DID go to the WH visit, which makes it clear that staying home was an intentional choice rather than their team telling them to come back to the rink or whatever.

25.02.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

during the first trump admin more guys gave explicitly political reasons to boycott the white house, but tbh it doesn't surprise me that these guys just framed it as "I'm going home to train" instead. but it does feel notable that several are minnesotan.

25.02.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0