Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
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Return to Silent Hill movie review (2026) | Roger Ebert
Gans' sequel delivers more of the same, so it likely won’t impress anyone who doesn’t already enjoy getting lost in the fog.
www.rogerebert.com
RETURN TO SILENT HILL! Christophe Gans (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, NECRONOMICON) directs this moody SILENT HILL 2 adaptation, 20 years after directing the still pretty good SILENT HILL. Does our man still have it? Yes and no! More @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/retu...
Watching the Saudi Arabian high school disaster drama FROM THE ASHES: THE PIT, a sequel to FROM THE ASHES (2024). Both are on Netflix. This sequel is about 3 teen girls who get into a fight and then fall into a watery pit at their school. It’s an enjoyable high concept, but otherwise eh.
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Watching the Saudi Arabian high school disaster drama FROM THE ASHES: THE PIT, a sequel to FROM THE ASHES (2024). Both are on Netflix. This sequel is about 3 teen girls who get into a fight and then fall into a watery pit at their school. It’s an enjoyable high concept, but otherwise eh.
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Sal Buscema, c. 1983
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Sal Buscema, c. 1983
RIP childhood Spidey artist fave Sal Buscema
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 PM
RIP childhood Spidey artist fave Sal Buscema
The trains are running, so Jene and I are waiting for the Governors Island ferry. Today is spa day.
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The trains are running, so Jene and I are waiting for the Governors Island ferry. Today is spa day.
Jene took these. I love that she took a couple trying to get @lcosgrove.bsky.social in there, too.
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Jene took these. I love that she took a couple trying to get @lcosgrove.bsky.social in there, too.
Catching up with the Malayalam language Indian mystery drama EKO (on Netflix). Gorgeous misty hillside exteriors and an unusual plot involving intimidating trained dogs and a missing breeder. Really have no idea where this is going and eager to find it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Catching up with the Malayalam language Indian mystery drama EKO (on Netflix). Gorgeous misty hillside exteriors and an unusual plot involving intimidating trained dogs and a missing breeder. Really have no idea where this is going and eager to find it.
Walked in on Jene watching CHERRY 2000. I have questions.
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Walked in on Jene watching CHERRY 2000. I have questions.
A little karaoke. Look, it’s @lcosgrove.bsky.social.
January 25, 2026 at 6:01 PM
A little karaoke. Look, it’s @lcosgrove.bsky.social.
Watching the Sarah Squirm special (thanks for the recommendation @msjennimiller.bsky.social) and while I expected Pee Wee and a little Gwar, based on the reviews—I didn’t expect that opening to bring MAD GOD to mind
January 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Watching the Sarah Squirm special (thanks for the recommendation @msjennimiller.bsky.social) and while I expected Pee Wee and a little Gwar, based on the reviews—I didn’t expect that opening to bring MAD GOD to mind
This blizzard is the best birthday present, and that’s saying a lot. (My buddy Bill got me a SAW-themed Temu Lego set, for which he preemptively apologized to Jene)
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This blizzard is the best birthday present, and that’s saying a lot. (My buddy Bill got me a SAW-themed Temu Lego set, for which he preemptively apologized to Jene)
Birthday karaoke is entering its last rounds. Thanks for all the well wishes, it wasn’t a light day, but good people made it lighter.
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Birthday karaoke is entering its last rounds. Thanks for all the well wishes, it wasn’t a light day, but good people made it lighter.
You spineless clown, DEFUND THEM AND PUT THEM ON TRIAL NOW
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:11 PM
You spineless clown, DEFUND THEM AND PUT THEM ON TRIAL NOW
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
It’s my birthday today, so everybody be cool.
January 24, 2026 at 2:13 PM
It’s my birthday today, so everybody be cool.
Took a closer look at the lineup for the Ann Webber band that’s playing tonight at the Jazz Gallery. Ingrid Laubrock, Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson—and a gayageum player! (DoYeon Kim)
January 23, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Took a closer look at the lineup for the Ann Webber band that’s playing tonight at the Jazz Gallery. Ingrid Laubrock, Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson—and a gayageum player! (DoYeon Kim)
Was this a failed updog joke…?
January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Was this a failed updog joke…?
Catching up with the Korean disaster pic THE GREAT FLOOD, Netflix‘s 7th most viewed non-English language title. The melodramatic scifi plot—about a scheme to preserve humanity through uh post human consciousness??—does come as a bit of a shock after starting as a strong, focused survival thriller…
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Catching up with the Korean disaster pic THE GREAT FLOOD, Netflix‘s 7th most viewed non-English language title. The melodramatic scifi plot—about a scheme to preserve humanity through uh post human consciousness??—does come as a bit of a shock after starting as a strong, focused survival thriller…
Do dispensaries sell Febreze? They should, free idea, money on the table, etc.
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Do dispensaries sell Febreze? They should, free idea, money on the table, etc.
RETURN TO SILENT HILL! Christophe Gans (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, NECRONOMICON) directs this moody SILENT HILL 2 adaptation, 20 years after directing the still pretty good SILENT HILL. Does our man still have it? Yes and no! More @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/retu...
Return to Silent Hill movie review (2026) | Roger Ebert
Gans' sequel delivers more of the same, so it likely won’t impress anyone who doesn’t already enjoy getting lost in the fog.
www.rogerebert.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
RETURN TO SILENT HILL! Christophe Gans (BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, NECRONOMICON) directs this moody SILENT HILL 2 adaptation, 20 years after directing the still pretty good SILENT HILL. Does our man still have it? Yes and no! More @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/retu...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Acceptable
Cops
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Cops
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Catching up with the 2001 Hong Kong time travel TV series A STEP INTO THE PAST (on Tubi, with subs) before watching and reviewing its decades later followup, BACK TO THE PAST. Young Louis Koo’s pout is the show’s biggest production value so far.
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Catching up with the 2001 Hong Kong time travel TV series A STEP INTO THE PAST (on Tubi, with subs) before watching and reviewing its decades later followup, BACK TO THE PAST. Young Louis Koo’s pout is the show’s biggest production value so far.
TOP GUNsploitation persists in India (I mostly enjoyed the Bollywood saber-rattler FIGHTER (www.rogerebert.com/reviews/figh...) so I’m checking out TERE ISHK MEIN, now on Netflix. So far it’s pretty generic, but satisfying, if you like this sort of cheese.
Fighter movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert
Fighter never strays far from the path that other movies like it have previously charted, but it still delivers most of what it promises.
www.rogerebert.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM
TOP GUNsploitation persists in India (I mostly enjoyed the Bollywood saber-rattler FIGHTER (www.rogerebert.com/reviews/figh...) so I’m checking out TERE ISHK MEIN, now on Netflix. So far it’s pretty generic, but satisfying, if you like this sort of cheese.
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Jared Leto went full method as Skeletor on MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, referring to all co-stars as "nincompoops!" and removing all the skin and tissue from his own head to stay in character.
January 22, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Jared Leto went full method as Skeletor on MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, referring to all co-stars as "nincompoops!" and removing all the skin and tissue from his own head to stay in character.