Spider-Man 2 (2004)

and once again THE FABELMANS continues to gain new weird depths of meaning by unlocking his past work like a Freudian skeleton key

Thanks to The Ringer and this week’s ‘Rehearsal’ for letting me write about my two favorite things: Nathan Fielder and the movie ‘Sully.’ theringer.com/2025/05/05/tv/…

Thanks to The Ringer for letting me write about ‘The Rehearsal’ and Sully. Also worth noting I think this confirms Nathan Fielder as a Blank Check Podcast listener.

At last, the time is right for me to reignite the "DA 5 BLOODS heinously slept-upon due to pandemic release and Netflix indifference" discourse

Spielberg's stepdads on film

The cast of ‘THE IRISHMAN*’ revealing the film’s actual title ‘I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES’

For one brief shining moment, if you Google ‘Sully,’ my article is the top story. This is huge for me, a guy who dressed up as Sully for Halloween once.

Sōd Casty For Me Mr. Chau Hanks prepared for the role in exactly the same way

Was intrigued to revisit ‘Nightmare Alley’ for this week’s Oscar Chaser. But it’s still a miscalibrated imitation of the superior 1947 original. oscarchaser.substack.com/p/guillermo-de…

One of the best performances of last year!

If I had a dollar for every movie I saw today where the main character tripped on toad venom I’d have two dollars. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice.

I wrote this week about an underrated gem, Damien Chazelle’s ‘First Man,’ which among other things features Kyle Chandler underlining the word ‘moon’ on a chalkboard. oscarchaser.substack.com/p/la-la-land-d…

i don't care if ari aster spends the rest of his life making terrible movies because hereditary rips and ann dowd is in it. also i'll probably really like eddington

This week’s Oscar Chaser is about ‘Bardo,’ Iñárritu’s three hour tantrum about winning too many awards. open.substack.com/pub/oscarchase…

In this week’s Oscar Chaser, I talk ‘The Revenant’ and why Leo has an Oscar for getting mauled by a wild animal but Johnny Knoxville doesn’t. substack.com/@kylewilson827…

I just think la chimera is one of the best movies in recent years, a poetic experience.

SOUND ON for me and guest Carl Lundstedt giggling about Leo eating raw bison liver and wearing a big coat in ‘The Revenant,’ part of the special bonus Oscar Chaser pod that dropped today. Link in bio!

Somehow the award for most deranged thing in the Wicked trailer goes to TOTO ON A LEASH?!?

Today’s Oscar Chaser post is FREE! Talking mops and suds with ‘Roma.’ Check it out & subscribe for regular deep-dives into the movies filmmakers made after winning Best Director. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/oscar…