Jacob Oller
@jacoboller.bsky.social
Film Editor at @avclub.com
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
Video Game Movie Expert
Southerner in Chicago
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Jacob Oller
@jacoboller.bsky.social
· Oct 17
This is the hardest I've ever known someone didn't watch the thing they were writing about
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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Hamnet features a stunning use of a now-familiar piece of music in its heart-aching climax, but it also signals a tipping point. Hollywood, you can now no longer use Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight in movies or TV.
I wrote about it for @avclub.com!
www.avclub.com/on-the-natur...
I wrote about it for @avclub.com!
www.avclub.com/on-the-natur...
It's time to give "On The Nature Of Daylight" a rest
"On The Nature Of Daylight" is becoming a cheap needledrop, and Hamnet's finale might be the last time a filmmaker can get away with it.
www.avclub.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Hamnet features a stunning use of a now-familiar piece of music in its heart-aching climax, but it also signals a tipping point. Hollywood, you can now no longer use Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight in movies or TV.
I wrote about it for @avclub.com!
www.avclub.com/on-the-natur...
I wrote about it for @avclub.com!
www.avclub.com/on-the-natur...
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I wrote a book on the history of Blaxploitation films, and my history with them. Contains a list of the top 10 Blaxploitation movie songs and a look at familiar and lesser known movies from the era of bad mother SHUT YO MOUTHs!
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wrote a book on the history of Blaxploitation films, and my history with them. Contains a list of the top 10 Blaxploitation movie songs and a look at familiar and lesser known movies from the era of bad mother SHUT YO MOUTHs!
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I should've had faith: Wake Up Dead Man is a welcome step forward for the Knives Out movies, thanks in part to a brilliant Josh O’Connor. Wrote about it www.avclub.com/wake-up-dead...
Miraculously, Wake Up Dead Man is another vital Benoit Blanc whodunit
Rian Johnson takes Knives Out to church with Wake Up Dead Man, looking for answers in the midst of a charged and charming congregation.
www.avclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I should've had faith: Wake Up Dead Man is a welcome step forward for the Knives Out movies, thanks in part to a brilliant Josh O’Connor. Wrote about it www.avclub.com/wake-up-dead...
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 5:31 PM
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
I forgot Sundance doc Middletown got renamed to Teenage Wasteland, but it's good (and out this week)! High school A/V club journalists uncover a Dark Waters situation: www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
Sundance 2025 shows off its wild and predictable sides with genre gambles and straightforward indies
Our third Sundance 2025 dispatch ranges from the familiar dramedy of Love, Brooklyn to the oddball non-doc Zodiac Killer Project.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I forgot Sundance doc Middletown got renamed to Teenage Wasteland, but it's good (and out this week)! High school A/V club journalists uncover a Dark Waters situation: www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
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It has been a great year for movies and it sounds like it's getting better.
sounding the "one of the best American movies of the year" alarm because Train Dreams is on Netflix today www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
Train Dreams persist through changing times in ethereal, awestruck drama
Train Dreams is a thoroughly engrossing period piece of dreamy details, quietly told and expertly performed.
www.avclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It has been a great year for movies and it sounds like it's getting better.
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I encourage you to shut everything off and watch this gorgeous movie.
It’s so achingly beautiful and has no business being on Netflix.
Same director as Sing Sing.
It’s so achingly beautiful and has no business being on Netflix.
Same director as Sing Sing.
sounding the "one of the best American movies of the year" alarm because Train Dreams is on Netflix today www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
Train Dreams persist through changing times in ethereal, awestruck drama
Train Dreams is a thoroughly engrossing period piece of dreamy details, quietly told and expertly performed.
www.avclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I encourage you to shut everything off and watch this gorgeous movie.
It’s so achingly beautiful and has no business being on Netflix.
Same director as Sing Sing.
It’s so achingly beautiful and has no business being on Netflix.
Same director as Sing Sing.
entering the train dreams wars
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
entering the train dreams wars
I should've had faith: Wake Up Dead Man is a welcome step forward for the Knives Out movies, thanks in part to a brilliant Josh O’Connor. Wrote about it www.avclub.com/wake-up-dead...
Miraculously, Wake Up Dead Man is another vital Benoit Blanc whodunit
Rian Johnson takes Knives Out to church with Wake Up Dead Man, looking for answers in the midst of a charged and charming congregation.
www.avclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I should've had faith: Wake Up Dead Man is a welcome step forward for the Knives Out movies, thanks in part to a brilliant Josh O’Connor. Wrote about it www.avclub.com/wake-up-dead...
Wait wait wait they called it Zootropolis outside the US? Like Disney knew the rest of the world wouldn’t buy that it was a utopia right from the start?
ZOOTROPOLIS 2 improves on its predecessor by essentially remaking it… crazy they won’t let that fox and bunny hook up tho
Zootropolis 2 is a fun and witty sequel that’s better than the original
A thoughtful reframing of the Disney original’s metaphor for racism – with new character Gary De’Snake stealing the show
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Wait wait wait they called it Zootropolis outside the US? Like Disney knew the rest of the world wouldn’t buy that it was a utopia right from the start?
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Oh hey look, it's my first piece for the AV Club!
The HD-2D remakes of Dragon Quest might modernize these ancient RPGs, but could anything recreate the experience of playing them on the NES? www.avclub.com/dragon-quest...
A quest for relevance: Dragon Quest’s remakes search for the impact it had in the ‘80s
The HD-2D remakes of Dragon Quest might modernize these ancient RPGs, but could anything recreate the experience of playing Dragon Warrior on the NES?
www.avclub.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Oh hey look, it's my first piece for the AV Club!
this one was born for sweater weather
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
this one was born for sweater weather
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"i like torture. torture is photogenic." what a legend
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"i like torture. torture is photogenic." what a legend
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Can’t stop watching this guy get Silent Movie Slapsticked to death and then still making a play
keep pushin'
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Can’t stop watching this guy get Silent Movie Slapsticked to death and then still making a play
Sunday hits hard for the whole household
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sunday hits hard for the whole household
Whodunit freaks have a bounty of riches this year with the new Knives Out AND The Seance of Blake Manor
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Whodunit freaks have a bounty of riches this year with the new Knives Out AND The Seance of Blake Manor
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Today is the LAST DAY to come by booth 3850 and grab a copy of The Time We Have or A Land Once Magic!!
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Today is the LAST DAY to come by booth 3850 and grab a copy of The Time We Have or A Land Once Magic!!
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sounding the "one of the best American movies of the year" alarm because Train Dreams is on Netflix today www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
Train Dreams persist through changing times in ethereal, awestruck drama
Train Dreams is a thoroughly engrossing period piece of dreamy details, quietly told and expertly performed.
www.avclub.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
sounding the "one of the best American movies of the year" alarm because Train Dreams is on Netflix today www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
You think I’m not gonna get worked up by a bunch of Chicago ladies yelling at ICE??
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
You think I’m not gonna get worked up by a bunch of Chicago ladies yelling at ICE??
So cool they gave him a twin brother in A Better Tomorrow II just there could be more of him!!
chow yun fat in A BETTER TOMORROW is the coolest a dude has ever looked on film
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So cool they gave him a twin brother in A Better Tomorrow II just there could be more of him!!