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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 4h

It will have been almost 17 years since Drag Me to Hell when this releases. A truly unacceptable length of time to go between proper leash-less Sam Raimi films.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, thank fuck, we might finally be getting the Full Raimi back at long last! youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE

Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 6h

Another excellent critique of One Battle After Another's deeply problematic appropriation of Black female revolutionary symbolism, this time by @brookeobie.bsky.social. blackgirlwatching.substack.com/p/one-battle...

One Fetish After Another: PTA Exploits Black Women and Averts Revolution

Paul Thomas Anderson's action flick leaves much to be desired.

blackgirlwatching.substack.com

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 10h

List of Labour MPs who are openly transphobic nowadays and who to vote for to unseat them.

1) Tonia Antoniazzi

Transphobic for years. Open GC. Behind the "Women's Dec" for Labour

Constituency: Gower
Maj: 11567

Suggested vote: Plaid Cymru

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 13h

Definitely not jealous of you at all or annoyed with the band for still failing to announce any UK dates. No siree.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 2d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

And am now just realising I should probably put the link out there, obviously. music.apple.com/profile/call...

Callie Petch on Apple Music

Follow on Apple Music

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

Why of course I do and am definitely not starstruck-geeking at the offer whatsoever!

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

Like, I know that it just won't hit the same on this app, cos the algorithms are different and we're a little less dense than over there, but I still miss it all the same; the sheer fury from those people and their refusal to just take an L is so goddamn hilarious.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

She's been doing this on there since at least Harold and the Purple Crayon and every single time people fall for and get SO MAD about it. It's hilarious. [3/3]

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

"...and yet when we finally get a truly original piece of blockbuster cinema like [x film] you let it flop. Don’t blame me when studios stop funding passion projects like this."

The flourish is when someone asks if the film is good and she always responds "oh, I don't know. I didn't see it." [2/3]

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

So, whenever a big and notably reviled franchise film (sequel, reboot, adaptation, etc.) bombs spectacularly opening weekend, Emily always quote-tweets with the same copypasta:

"Film Twitter always bemoans the lack of creativity in Hollywood and superhero fatigue..." [1/3]

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

I have finally made the jump from Spotify to Apple Music, which means I now get to spend the next few months of my free trial having to re-learn how to do basic things like "cast from app to wireless speakers/TV." Isn't modern technology grand?

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

This is how I realise that, once again, the greatest Film Twitter running joke of the last three years hasn't made the jump off the hellsite. I feel so deprived.

At least tell me they're still falling for it?

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

Can't be eatin' omakase in the middle of the street
NOOOOOOOOO!

Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

It's the palpable irritation they often get when being asked the question which really annoys me, like they both don't and refuse to understand why they're being called out on this as if it's our fault.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck cancer, man.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer

D’Angelo Dead At 51

Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...

www.stereogum.com

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like the death(/murder?) of regional programming/productions is just as much a factor in the disappearance of arts and criticism on TV nowadays.

(Plus, there's no good reason why Film [x year] can't exist. It has to be super-cheap to make, less than another goddamn daytime property show.)

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 2d

A++ pun. That's why Nick pays you the big bucks.

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 2d

Keeping it vague, but I honestly believe this season of Peacemaker has done a better job at weaving fiery political rhetorical/exploitation into a personal drama about family than One Battle After Another managed.

I will elaborate on this scorching hot take for any outlet willing to pay me money.

Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 2d

Having finally watched One Battle After Another last night, I gotta say this piece by @ellenejones.bsky.social brilliantly articulates a lot of what put me off the film. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes

With its hyper-sexualised Black female revolutionary and fetishised depiction of interracial relationships, Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-lauded latest raises questions about how white male directors de...

www.theguardian.com

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, isn't that just the Showtime modus operandi? (Homeland, Dexter, Weeds, Billions, et al)

Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 2d

"It couldn't happen here" is always the last thing said before it actually does. Stay vigilant, y'all.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 2d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Callie Petch @calliepetch.bsky.social · 2d

That's the Sony Spider-Villainverse guarantee, baby!

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