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Finding an ephemeral home in Fairyland - The Voice of San Francisco

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Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · 7d

Based on Alysia Abbott's memoir of growing up as the daughter of a gay single dad in San Francisco during the ’70s & ’80s, #Fairyland comes to the screen with an unerring sense of time & place. I commend the movie as astute & heartbreaking in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.org: thevoicesf.org/finding-an-e...

In 1967, the Summer of Love heralded some particularly progressive and turbulent years for San Francisco as thousands of young people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in search of a counte...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More on The Mark Thompson Show 10-10-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · 10d

Mo' better Blast in effect on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with Kim McCallister. I cover #TronAres #Roofman #AfterTheHunt #IfIHadLegsIdKickYou #Urchin #Steve & #Fairyland, TV's #ThePaper & #Smoke & the #NobelPrize & #SuperBowl: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/gbeH5D1fNmQ?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 10-3-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · 16d

October fests begin & I highlight some of the fun on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #TheSmashingMachine #Anemone #BoneLake #GoodBoy #Coyotes & #Orwell: 2+2=5 & hype for #HardlyStrictlyBluegrass #BootieMashup & #MillValleyFilmFestival: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/UYryDREKzQo?...

Sibling conflict and songs hit the streets of S.F. - The Voice of San Francisco

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · 21d

Ari & Ethan Gold dramatize their filial relationship in #BrotherVersesBrother, an intimate urban odyssey with music getting its Cali premiere at the #MillValleyFilmFestival. I hail the Gold brotherhood & their movie in my latest column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social:
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It’s hard to imagine a more quintessentially San Francisco movie than the consistently entertaining, brutally honest, often amusing, and ultimately moving Brother Verses Brother, an hour-and-a-half-lo...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 9-26-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · 25d

Culture Blast welcomes the #HighHolyDays on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #OneBattleAfterAnother #EleanorTheGreat #DeadOfWinter #TheLostBus #AllOfYou & #SchoolForLove & kudos for TV's #MarvelZombies & #SlowHorses: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/HylSBE2-ug4?...

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · 28d

Wishing a "Sha-Na-Na Tova" to all the Jewish rock & rollers! #ShanaTova

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 9-19-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Sep 20

A titanic Blast upends @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with my #MovieReviews of #Him #ABigBoldBeautifulJourney #Swiped #TheSummerBook #Plainclothes #LondonCalling & #WaltzingWithBrando plus remarks on all-time favorite films, #JimmyKimmel & more: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
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An aristocratic TV saga finds closure at the movies - The Voice of San Francisco

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Sep 16

Serve the tea & scones! Writing in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I tip my bowler to #DowntonAbbey: #TheGrandFinale, the last film in the saga of an aristocratic U.K. family during the early 20th century, bringing the TV & movie franchise to a satisfying conclusion: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/an-aristocra...

With the wide release of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale in movie theaters this past weekend, it appears that the long-running TV series about an upper-crust British family in the early years of the 2...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 9-12-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Sep 12

Our nation is on the brink, but that won't deter me from doing #MovieReviews on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube: #TheLongWalk #DowntonAbbey: #TheGrandFinale #TheHistoryOfSound #RabbitTrap #TheManInMyBasement & #Code3, etc.! #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
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Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 9-5-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Sep 6

For the latest #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, I review #TheConjuring: #LastRites #Twinless #TheBaltimorons #TheThreesome #Highest2Lowest & #Riefenstahl, poke at absurdities in the news, welcome back the #49ers & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/HvIO7NJC5wg?...

Bad relations, big laughs - The Voice of San Francisco

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Sep 2

Now in theaters, #TheRoses & #Splitsville are intrepid movie comedies that find dark humor in relationship trauma. I relish the audacity & favorably review these two brutally funny explorations of marriage & friendship in free fall for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC
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Reveling in the misery of others — schadenfreude, as the Germans call it — may seem cruel, but when the unhappiness is the result of ill-advised or dysfunctional romantic couplings and it generates sm...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More on The Mark Thompson Show 8-29-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's a #LaborDay weekend Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube with @KimMcCallister.bsky.social when I review #CaughtStealing #TheRoses #TheToxicAvenger #TheThursdayMurderClub #ShinGodzilla & #BridgetJones & TV's #Peacemaker #Hostage & #Ludwig: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/TrnzNvVTQWU?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 8-22-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 23

It's another balls-to-the-wall #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube as I review the new movies #Eden #Relay #HoneyDont #Splitsville #Lurker #EenieMeanie & #Devo, take aim at the powers-that-be & joke around with Mark. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/UKj45Jy6LNE?...

Aliens among us - The Voice of San Francisco

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 19

A new miniseries brings the monstrous extraterrestrials of the #Alien franchise to our planet & your home screen. As #AlienEarth starts its run on #FX & #Hulu, I rocket to @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social to discuss the show's thoughtful approach to its scifi/horror hybrid:
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In 1979, the movie poster for Alien read, “In space, no one can hear you scream.” After 46 years, nine feature films, eight shorts, a stage production, over 50 video games, more than 40 novels, and wa...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 8-15-25

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Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 16

Blaster in the house! I'm on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with #MovieReviews of #Nobody2 #EastOfWall #TroubleMan & #Fixed, the lowdown on #AlienEarth & #EyesOfWakanda & shots at premature #Oktoberfest, the #AlaskaSummit & #DeanCain: @TheVOSF.bsky.social youtu.be/m-Y9tLWKPek?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More on The Mark Thompson Show 8-8-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 8

Chicanery's in store on @TheMTS.bsky.social, hosted by Kim McCallister on #YouTube, with my #MovieReviews of #Weapons #FreakierFriday #MyMothersWedding #Sketch #EbonyAndIvory & #ThePickup & catch-ups to #Wednesday & #KingOfTheHill & more: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/0gl5Ifvl7nU?...

On the road for better or worse - The Voice of San Francisco

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Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 6

In a de facto on-the-road trifecta, three current movies - #SheRidesShotgun #SouleymanesStory & #KerouacsRoad: #TheBeatOfANation - take very different journeys with distinctly disparate results. I map them out in my latest column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/on-the-road-...

The road picture is a staple of the movie industry, generally featuring one, two, or more people undertaking an odyssey that delivers some combination of action, conflict, personal growth, comedy, and...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 8-1-25

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Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Aug 2

It's a stupendous Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with my reviews of #TheNakedGun #Together #TheBadGuys 2 #SheRidesShotgun #KerouacsRoad #SouleymanesStory & #HappyGilmore2 & asides on #StarTrek #SuperchiefGallery @KPProjects.bsky.social etc. @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/qiYErGWT28U?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More on The Mark Thompson Show 7-25-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Jul 25

I needed a fantastic forum to review #FantasticFour: #FirstSteps & @TheMTS.bsky.social with Kim McCallisterKim on YouTube fit. I also cover #OhHi #TheHome #Ick #FourLettersOfLove #Shoshana, TV's #Ballard & #Ironheart, #RollingStones & more: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/e9SZukKevKY?...

The Roxie rises, ‘Eddington’ falters, and ‘Stick’ clicks - The Voice of San Francisco

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Jul 22

In a multi-faceted column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, I applaud the preservation of the #RoxieTheater, raise an eyebrow at the ambitious movie misfire #Eddington, and note that the golf-themed Apple TV sitcom #Stick is considerably above par: @TheMTS.bsky.social thevoicesf.org/the-roxie-ri...

Downtown San Francisco may be down to only one multiscreen movie theater (a shocking state for what is supposedly a world-class city). Still, the Mission District will reportedly hold on to its longti...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 7-18-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Jul 19

I jostle @TheMTS.bsky.social on #YouTube with reviews of #Eddington #Smurfs #FinallyDawn #SaintClare & #TheOldGuard2 & takes on TV's #Stick #StarTrek: #StrangeNewWorlds #TheBear #SquidGame & #StephenColbert, #GrandOleEcho, etc. #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
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Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 7-11-25

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Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Jul 12

It's a super-sized #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with my #MovieReviews of #Superman #DontLetsGoToTheDogsTonight #Sovereign #Push #JurassicWorld: #Rebirth #SorryBaby #40Acres & #HeadsOfState & some #Giants boosterism: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/_Gw98BysXno?...

Nailing the endgame - The Voice of San Francisco

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Jul 8

There are very different ways to deliver a TV series swan song. With the last episode of #SquidGame & season-ender of #TheBear in mind, I dedicate my column in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social to why & how a finale might leave a longtime viewer inspired, sad, angry, or amused: thevoicesf.org/nailing-the-...

If you believe that the journey is the destination, you may be fine with a television series that fails to wrap up satisfyingly. But for those who crave closure, all’s not well that doesn’t end well. ...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 6-27-25

Michael Snyder @cultureblaster.bsky.social · Jun 27

It's #PrideWeekend & I respond accordingly on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with a few #MovieReviews addressing #LGBTQ+ issues. Film coverage includes #F1 #EverythingsGoingToBeGreat #Ponyboi #OffTheGrid #TheSound #SweetRelief & #Enigma: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/EtwF4X9KeS4?...