Alan Cerny
@alancerny.bsky.social
Writer - @vitalthrills.com and thecryingdad.com, co-host of the @matineeheroes.bsky.social podcast, and Rotten Tomatoes credited reviewer. Steven Spielberg biased. All posts earnest with a hint of sarcasm. My feed, my rules. He/him.
That Arrow EXCALIBUR 4K looks impressive as hell.
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
That Arrow EXCALIBUR 4K looks impressive as hell.
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Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today's the day! POPCORN DISABILITIES is out. Due to a variety of factors reviews are in short supply so if you see it out in the wild this week and/or have a review PLEASE post it online (Goodreads, Amazon, etc.) and I'll be sharing them all week!
Many of the people making the art that you love don’t have a lot of reference points outside of the art they make. Some do, but there’s a reason they do what they do and not much else.
So sometimes they say dumb shit. You just have to roll with it, if it’s not offensive to you. (1)
So sometimes they say dumb shit. You just have to roll with it, if it’s not offensive to you. (1)
November 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Many of the people making the art that you love don’t have a lot of reference points outside of the art they make. Some do, but there’s a reason they do what they do and not much else.
So sometimes they say dumb shit. You just have to roll with it, if it’s not offensive to you. (1)
So sometimes they say dumb shit. You just have to roll with it, if it’s not offensive to you. (1)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
Leontyne Price
The Chieftains
John Denver
The Last Poets
TV On The Radio
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Tom Waits
Songs: Ohia
Diamanda Galas
Le Tigre
Los Straitjackets
Tom Waits
Songs: Ohia
Diamanda Galas
Le Tigre
Los Straitjackets
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Hey, people telling me to turn on my comments…
Stick that up something uncomfortable. Never going to happen.
Stick that up something uncomfortable. Never going to happen.
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hey, people telling me to turn on my comments…
Stick that up something uncomfortable. Never going to happen.
Stick that up something uncomfortable. Never going to happen.
“First goddamn week of winter” in Antarctica is in the summer, so no.
FYI: Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“First goddamn week of winter” in Antarctica is in the summer, so no.
First Thanksgiving movie: FANTASTIC MR. FOX, from the splendiferous Criterion 4K Wes Anderson box set.
a man is riding a motorcycle with two foxes on it
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November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
First Thanksgiving movie: FANTASTIC MR. FOX, from the splendiferous Criterion 4K Wes Anderson box set.
Happy Thanksgiving. You don’t have to believe in the premise of the holiday (I sure as hell don’t), but: you can believe in good friends, the family we choose, and sharing food, happiness, maybe good movies. That’s what Thanksgiving is to me, and the specifics don’t matter. Find joy in each other.
Happy Thanksgiving Walking GIF
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November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. You don’t have to believe in the premise of the holiday (I sure as hell don’t), but: you can believe in good friends, the family we choose, and sharing food, happiness, maybe good movies. That’s what Thanksgiving is to me, and the specifics don’t matter. Find joy in each other.
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Happy Thanksgiving, American pals.
I love Planes, Trains & Automobiles for many reasons but the main one is for John Candy’s subtle reactions at the end. An ambiguous mix of melancholy & happiness moves across his face & undercuts the overt sentimentality.
What a fine actor he was.
I love Planes, Trains & Automobiles for many reasons but the main one is for John Candy’s subtle reactions at the end. An ambiguous mix of melancholy & happiness moves across his face & undercuts the overt sentimentality.
What a fine actor he was.
November 28, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, American pals.
I love Planes, Trains & Automobiles for many reasons but the main one is for John Candy’s subtle reactions at the end. An ambiguous mix of melancholy & happiness moves across his face & undercuts the overt sentimentality.
What a fine actor he was.
I love Planes, Trains & Automobiles for many reasons but the main one is for John Candy’s subtle reactions at the end. An ambiguous mix of melancholy & happiness moves across his face & undercuts the overt sentimentality.
What a fine actor he was.
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WAKE UP DEAD MAN: The very best of the KNIVES OUT films. @rianjohnson.bsky.social has crafted a masterpiece of a locked room - or locked sacristy - mystery. Josh O’Connor is amazing, Daniel Craig is wonderful, and give Glenn Close her Oscar. Deals with faith, belief, and truth with grace and beauty.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: The very best of the KNIVES OUT films. @rianjohnson.bsky.social has crafted a masterpiece of a locked room - or locked sacristy - mystery. Josh O’Connor is amazing, Daniel Craig is wonderful, and give Glenn Close her Oscar. Deals with faith, belief, and truth with grace and beauty.
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WAKE UP DEAD MAN fucking rips. My only complaint about @rianjohnson.bsky.social's Benoit Blanc movies is that I have to wait three years between each one. They are my favorite running series and I want one every Thanksgiving. Or every other Thanksgiving. The fallaway Catholic in me LOVED this.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN fucking rips. My only complaint about @rianjohnson.bsky.social's Benoit Blanc movies is that I have to wait three years between each one. They are my favorite running series and I want one every Thanksgiving. Or every other Thanksgiving. The fallaway Catholic in me LOVED this.
Ranking the Benoit Blanc films, for me it’s
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
KNIVES OUT
GLASS ONION
They’re all great, but GLASS ONION is just a little too proud of itself and more clever than smart. WAKE UP DEAD MAN and KNIVES OUT are not that way; they’re never condescending. But WUDM is the best.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
KNIVES OUT
GLASS ONION
They’re all great, but GLASS ONION is just a little too proud of itself and more clever than smart. WAKE UP DEAD MAN and KNIVES OUT are not that way; they’re never condescending. But WUDM is the best.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ranking the Benoit Blanc films, for me it’s
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
KNIVES OUT
GLASS ONION
They’re all great, but GLASS ONION is just a little too proud of itself and more clever than smart. WAKE UP DEAD MAN and KNIVES OUT are not that way; they’re never condescending. But WUDM is the best.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
KNIVES OUT
GLASS ONION
They’re all great, but GLASS ONION is just a little too proud of itself and more clever than smart. WAKE UP DEAD MAN and KNIVES OUT are not that way; they’re never condescending. But WUDM is the best.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: The very best of the KNIVES OUT films. @rianjohnson.bsky.social has crafted a masterpiece of a locked room - or locked sacristy - mystery. Josh O’Connor is amazing, Daniel Craig is wonderful, and give Glenn Close her Oscar. Deals with faith, belief, and truth with grace and beauty.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: The very best of the KNIVES OUT films. @rianjohnson.bsky.social has crafted a masterpiece of a locked room - or locked sacristy - mystery. Josh O’Connor is amazing, Daniel Craig is wonderful, and give Glenn Close her Oscar. Deals with faith, belief, and truth with grace and beauty.
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I had a great time with Steven (PSYCHO GOREMAN) Kostanski's reimagining of DEATHSTALKER, an absurdly awesome practical effects fantasia and excellent starring vehicle for Daniel Bernhardt (seen here with swamp monster friend).
Deathstalker (2025) | VERN'S REVIEWS on the FILMS of CINEMA
I was a child of the 1980s, but not of HBO or Showtime. That’s probly why I never saw DEATHSTALKER (1983) until last week. Still, I knew the idea of
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November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I had a great time with Steven (PSYCHO GOREMAN) Kostanski's reimagining of DEATHSTALKER, an absurdly awesome practical effects fantasia and excellent starring vehicle for Daniel Bernhardt (seen here with swamp monster friend).
I was going to see WAKE UP DEAD MAN on Friday, but fuck it; we’re going tonight. Yay to @rianjohnson.bsky.social movies!
a man in a suit stands in front of a stained glass window with the word kepler below him
Alt: a man in a suit stands in front of a stained glass window with the word kepler below him
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November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I was going to see WAKE UP DEAD MAN on Friday, but fuck it; we’re going tonight. Yay to @rianjohnson.bsky.social movies!
You'd think QT would remember THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME.
When it comes to QT, you gotta tune him out, enjoy the art for what it is. He's been like this since the beginning.
When it comes to QT, you gotta tune him out, enjoy the art for what it is. He's been like this since the beginning.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You'd think QT would remember THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME.
When it comes to QT, you gotta tune him out, enjoy the art for what it is. He's been like this since the beginning.
When it comes to QT, you gotta tune him out, enjoy the art for what it is. He's been like this since the beginning.
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Did a gift guide!
Our suggestions for the best box sets, Blu-rays, 4Ks, books, and more for the movie geek on your list. crookedmarquee.com/crooked-marq...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Did a gift guide!
That’s easy. (Gonna post this till I’m dead, I don’t blame you for muting/blocking me, but it’s going to be something I pound my chest over for ever and ever)
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
That’s easy. (Gonna post this till I’m dead, I don’t blame you for muting/blocking me, but it’s going to be something I pound my chest over for ever and ever)
Sounds like a ruff Thanksgiving
If you’re recommending dog-led horror Good Boy (2025) to your parents please make sure they don’t accidentally watch Good Boy (2023) which features a man living as someone’s pet dog
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Sounds like a ruff Thanksgiving
This is coming in handy today!
You got to post bait every once in a while to draw out jerks who slipped past your feed moderations so you can block with impunity. It’s like defending a castle from invaders; there has to be an intentional breach somewhere so that when they come through you can deal with them on your terms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is coming in handy today!
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You got to post bait every once in a while to draw out jerks who slipped past your feed moderations so you can block with impunity. It’s like defending a castle from invaders; there has to be an intentional breach somewhere so that when they come through you can deal with them on your terms.
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
You got to post bait every once in a while to draw out jerks who slipped past your feed moderations so you can block with impunity. It’s like defending a castle from invaders; there has to be an intentional breach somewhere so that when they come through you can deal with them on your terms.
You got to post bait every once in a while to draw out jerks who slipped past your feed moderations so you can block with impunity. It’s like defending a castle from invaders; there has to be an intentional breach somewhere so that when they come through you can deal with them on your terms.
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
You got to post bait every once in a while to draw out jerks who slipped past your feed moderations so you can block with impunity. It’s like defending a castle from invaders; there has to be an intentional breach somewhere so that when they come through you can deal with them on your terms.
Tell me why DEATHSTALKER isn’t in the Oscar conversation for Best Song…
Oh yeah, because it rules? youtu.be/NfO9y5qT-pw?...
Oh yeah, because it rules? youtu.be/NfO9y5qT-pw?...
Brendan McCreary, Chuck Cirino, Slash, and Bear McCreary | Deathstalker | Official Music Video
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Tell me why DEATHSTALKER isn’t in the Oscar conversation for Best Song…
Oh yeah, because it rules? youtu.be/NfO9y5qT-pw?...
Oh yeah, because it rules? youtu.be/NfO9y5qT-pw?...
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***VIDEO***
New interview up on my channel this week with freelance pop culture journalist and film critic @kristenklopez.bsky.social Kristen Lopez! Kristen is releasing a book this week called #PopcornDisabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies and
New interview up on my channel this week with freelance pop culture journalist and film critic @kristenklopez.bsky.social Kristen Lopez! Kristen is releasing a book this week called #PopcornDisabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies and
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
***VIDEO***
New interview up on my channel this week with freelance pop culture journalist and film critic @kristenklopez.bsky.social Kristen Lopez! Kristen is releasing a book this week called #PopcornDisabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies and
New interview up on my channel this week with freelance pop culture journalist and film critic @kristenklopez.bsky.social Kristen Lopez! Kristen is releasing a book this week called #PopcornDisabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies and