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Matthew Essary

@wheelscritic.bsky.social

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“Just a guy who likes movies” - Writer/Sometimes Editor/Podcaster/Gif Maker. Licensed counselor. Pretty much always tired. Press contact: [email protected] Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/wheelscritic/portfolio

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · Nov 7

Thank you for all the new follows! I appreciate the love as I attempt to rebuild after fleeing the sinking u-boat that is Twitter. For anyone who doesn’t know me, I’m going to share a few of my favorite pieces of work. First, one on the horror themes of “Collateral” www.polygon.com/23006361/col...

Collateral made Tom Cruise into a slasher movie villain

Michael Mann’s gritty L.A. thriller inches close to the horror genre

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2h

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2h

Happy to see it went to good home.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2h

I'm sorry that happened but glad you have a copy.

Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2h

It's down now to 5.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 9h

In my experience, it is “who you know” 99% of the time.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 9h

These are legitimately almost gone. This is your last chance, unless you want to be gouged by some eBay scalper shitbag.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 18h

It was 20 but I got one on the way to me along with the 4k discs for Frailty and Way of the Gun

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up to my fellow physical media enjoyers, the 4K UHD disc of “The Limey” is temporarily available via Lionsgate Limited’s online store. This looks like the last remaining stock from when this was a Best Buy exclusive. It has been unavailable for years up to this point. So jump on it!

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

“Can I Borrow A Feeling?” alone is funnier than anything Family Guy ever did in its entire run so far.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 2d

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 2d

Wrestling can be the worst thing in the world some days …and on others be so wholesome and sweet that it brings a tear to my eye.

Andy @andy.wrestlejoy.com · 2d

Mexican luchador Charro Negro being helped by a fan to avoid being eliminated touching the floor during a Battle Royal match. 🤼

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 3d

Yo.

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OnePerfectHEADshot @headexposure.bsky.social · 3d

Did you know that Hong Kong stunt performers got the idea to use cardboard boxes to break falls from... the French?! 😳 I did not.

Page 131 from Lauren Steimer's EXPERTS IN ACTION, explaining that Hong Kong stunties got the idea to use cardboard boxes to break falls from the French production UP TO HIS EARS.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 3d

I deeply appreciate that Gunn is so hands on with Peacemaker and Creature Commandos but these wait times while he goes and does a movie too have got me like …

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 3d

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 4d

Man, I get narratively why “Peacemaker” Season 2 ended where it did. But it’s frustrating to know that Chris’s fate and what that last moment means will not be revealed for around 2 years from now.

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Pete Volk @petevolk.bsky.social · 4d

i talked to screenwriter Jesse Wigutow about his writing process, sci-fi, and his work on Tron: Ares and Daredevil: Born Again pvguide.ghost.io/jesse-wiguto...

Tron Ares writer Jesse Wigutow talks sci-fi, Daredevil, and the scriptwriting process

The screenwriter shares some of his influences for Tron Ares and what to expect from the next season of Daredevil

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Max Deering @odstspartan.bsky.social · 6d

PREDATOR BADLANDS being PG-13 means not a whole lot when you remember the Bay TRANSFORMER films are also PG-13. You can get away with a helluva lot when you aren't killing people onscreen.

The MPAA, odd as ever.

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Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99!

Amazon:
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Bookshop (Buy indie!):
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1)

A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race against time to hunt down the greatest warship ever built. Some think the ship is lost forever, some t...

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 5d

So happy to see Bernhardt leading a film again. I interviewed him once and he was just the coolest. Extremely humble.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 5d

I will stand with you on that hill to defend all four.

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 5d

…into seasons. And the PPVs are insanely cheaper. I ordered All Out *and* Wrestle Dream for less than HBO Max charged for just All Out by itself. It’s totally worth the 8 dollars a month and the 3 for the vpn

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Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 5d

Nord VPN. Very reliable. Lots of places offer promo codes for it where you can get 30 months at around $3 a month, billed monthly. AEW+ on Triller is the way to go. Besides uncensored feeds w/no commercials. It has the complete Dynamite/Rampage/Collision/Dark Archive already neatly organized

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matt lynch @colonelmortimer.bsky.social · 6d

This appears to be a Region B German blu of RICOCHET in, at long last, correct OAR. Thanks to @mattmccrac.bsky.social for the heads up. www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ricoc...

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