Sean Collier
@seancollier.bsky.social
Writer, movie guy, comic, theater creator, ring announcer. Vigilance Theater Group, Pittsburgh Magazine.
Just got to a bar at 8pm and was told the band I'm here to see goes on at 10:30.
I made an audible "oof" sound like I had been punched.
I made an audible "oof" sound like I had been punched.
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Just got to a bar at 8pm and was told the band I'm here to see goes on at 10:30.
I made an audible "oof" sound like I had been punched.
I made an audible "oof" sound like I had been punched.
And the nominees for the Fifth Annual "Death Blow" Award for the Movie Title That Sounds the Most Like a Fake Movie from Seinfeld Are:
Death of a Unicorn
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
The Life of Chuck
The Lost Bus
The Phoenician Scheme
Death of a Unicorn
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
The Life of Chuck
The Lost Bus
The Phoenician Scheme
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
And the nominees for the Fifth Annual "Death Blow" Award for the Movie Title That Sounds the Most Like a Fake Movie from Seinfeld Are:
Death of a Unicorn
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
The Life of Chuck
The Lost Bus
The Phoenician Scheme
Death of a Unicorn
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
The Life of Chuck
The Lost Bus
The Phoenician Scheme
Ahem.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE UPHILL ON SNOW SLOWLY. IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF MOMENTUM. IF YOU TRY TO CRAWL UP A SNOWY HILL, YOU WILL SIMPLY SKID AND STOP, AND THEN TRAP EVERYONE BEHIND YOU. GIVE IT SOME GAS OR DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE UPHILL ON SNOW SLOWLY. IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF MOMENTUM. IF YOU TRY TO CRAWL UP A SNOWY HILL, YOU WILL SIMPLY SKID AND STOP, AND THEN TRAP EVERYONE BEHIND YOU. GIVE IT SOME GAS OR DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Ahem.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE UPHILL ON SNOW SLOWLY. IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF MOMENTUM. IF YOU TRY TO CRAWL UP A SNOWY HILL, YOU WILL SIMPLY SKID AND STOP, AND THEN TRAP EVERYONE BEHIND YOU. GIVE IT SOME GAS OR DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
YOU CANNOT DRIVE UPHILL ON SNOW SLOWLY. IT CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF MOMENTUM. IF YOU TRY TO CRAWL UP A SNOWY HILL, YOU WILL SIMPLY SKID AND STOP, AND THEN TRAP EVERYONE BEHIND YOU. GIVE IT SOME GAS OR DON'T GO ANYWHERE. THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
I need to know what movies are like A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE but feature conclusions
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I need to know what movies are like A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE but feature conclusions
Ooo, can we?
Now, justice on the doers!
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Ooo, can we?
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New episode of The Number One Movie in America on 1973's THE WAY WE WERE featuring a guest appearance by Collin's 95-year-old grandfather Franko (a Barbra superfan!) bit.ly/ItsBarBRA
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New episode of The Number One Movie in America on 1973's THE WAY WE WERE featuring a guest appearance by Collin's 95-year-old grandfather Franko (a Barbra superfan!) bit.ly/ItsBarBRA
Sight & Sound voters who put Eddington on their ballots, I have some questions re: sleeping at night and how you do so
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sight & Sound voters who put Eddington on their ballots, I have some questions re: sleeping at night and how you do so
*sings a little jingle*
When you can't think but you need stuff in your face, go to YouTube Shorts!
When you can't think but you need stuff in your face, go to YouTube Shorts!
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
*sings a little jingle*
When you can't think but you need stuff in your face, go to YouTube Shorts!
When you can't think but you need stuff in your face, go to YouTube Shorts!
While you may not have five spare hours this week, please go see Kill Bill to affirm both that a) I've been right all along that it's far better in one sitting and b) What should have been an audacious triumph that got Uma Thurman an Oscar was ruined by Harvey being wrong
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
While you may not have five spare hours this week, please go see Kill Bill to affirm both that a) I've been right all along that it's far better in one sitting and b) What should have been an audacious triumph that got Uma Thurman an Oscar was ruined by Harvey being wrong
Reposted by Sean Collier
Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Yeah yeah, Spotify I thinks I'm 65, let's move on
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Yeah yeah, Spotify I thinks I'm 65, let's move on
Update: They're corn pretending to be nuts. But mine were Mexican Street Corn flavored.
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Update: They're corn pretending to be nuts. But mine were Mexican Street Corn flavored.
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?
Dangit, Dr. Gielgud, those are NOT your teeth! Put 'em back where you found 'em!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Dangit, Dr. Gielgud, those are NOT your teeth! Put 'em back where you found 'em!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
Didn't know the Zebros in Zootopia 2 were CM Punk and Roman Reigns until the credits rolled. Desperately want them to assume those characters for one night in a wrestling ring.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Didn't know the Zebros in Zootopia 2 were CM Punk and Roman Reigns until the credits rolled. Desperately want them to assume those characters for one night in a wrestling ring.
I want to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but have no desire to march or hold a float. I want to drive one of the vehicles that pulls a modestly sized accessory float. Someone tell me how to get this job.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I want to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but have no desire to march or hold a float. I want to drive one of the vehicles that pulls a modestly sized accessory float. Someone tell me how to get this job.
Lock your phone away. Turn out the lights. In fact, you know what: Download to your device and go watch it in the woods. Just watch TRAIN DREAMS.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
The Heartbreaking Drama ‘Train Dreams’ Takes a Beautiful, Somber Journey West | Pittsburgh Magazine
The film stars Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones as early-20th-century settlers.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lock your phone away. Turn out the lights. In fact, you know what: Download to your device and go watch it in the woods. Just watch TRAIN DREAMS.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
Listen to the podcast to discover the SHOCKINGLY low score we give GHOSTBUSTERS!
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
a man is talking to another man and the words `` dogs and cats living together '' are written on the screen .
ALT: a man is talking to another man and the words `` dogs and cats living together '' are written on the screen .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Listen to the podcast to discover the SHOCKINGLY low score we give GHOSTBUSTERS!
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
Universal — release the Together We're Unlimited cut, you cowards
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Universal — release the Together We're Unlimited cut, you cowards
Just passed a place called "Jake's Bakery."
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just passed a place called "Jake's Bakery."
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Halloween-Christmas continuum.
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www.pittsburghmagazine.com/colliers-wee...
Collier’s Weekly: Christmas? Halloween? Now It’s One Big Spooky-Holiday Season | Pittsburgh Magazine
The holidays have melded into one another — but that might actually be a good thing.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Halloween-Christmas continuum.
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www.pittsburghmagazine.com/colliers-wee...
I'm gonna keep on dancing at the
Incredible things are happening in Richmond, Virginia y’all.
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm gonna keep on dancing at the
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is good. Bordering on very good.
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
Guillermo del Toro Brings Out Gods and Monsters in a Lush “Frankenstein” | Pittsburgh Magazine
It may miss the pulpy punch of the 1931 classic, but there’s plenty to admire in this adaptation.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is good. Bordering on very good.
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
Reposted by Sean Collier
If you are sad baseball season is over, console yourself with an early NOMIA drop! THE NATURAL was Sean's bingo win pick because he heard tell it was the best baseball movie. Well... it's definitely the best baseball movie with a love interest named Memo! bit.ly/Wonderbat
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you are sad baseball season is over, console yourself with an early NOMIA drop! THE NATURAL was Sean's bingo win pick because he heard tell it was the best baseball movie. Well... it's definitely the best baseball movie with a love interest named Memo! bit.ly/Wonderbat