Alonso Duralde
@aduralde.bsky.social
Film critic (thefilmverdict.com) Podcaster (linoleumcast.bsky.social bfastallday.bsky.social maximumfilmpodcast.bsky.social deckthehallmark.bsky.social) Member, LAFCA & NSFC. Coming soon: updated edition of HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE XMAS. he/him🌹🏳️🌈🎄📽
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Alonso Duralde
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social have not boarded the Hamnet train. #filmsky 📽
HAMNET Movie Review | Jessie Buckley | Paul Mescal | Chloé Zhao
YouTube video by Breakfast All Day movie reviews
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November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social have not boarded the Hamnet train. #filmsky 📽
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The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
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The number of salmonella cases this year are going to go through the roof.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The number of salmonella cases this year are going to go through the roof.
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
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Terrific conversation here with one of my former students who's just published a brilliant book on how Colorado Springs became the "evangelical Vatican" and what came next.
Check it out!
Check it out!
How did Colorado Springs become the epicenter of evangelical capitalism? What's the link between the Air Force and Christian Conservatism? And how did Donald Trump become the Prayer Warrior In Chief? That's what Will Schultz and I are reckoning with this morning. Links below.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Terrific conversation here with one of my former students who's just published a brilliant book on how Colorado Springs became the "evangelical Vatican" and what came next.
Check it out!
Check it out!
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"Donald Trump will vouch that my conspiracy theory is true, so who's laughing now?"
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Donald Trump will vouch that my conspiracy theory is true, so who's laughing now?"
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Pete Hegseth keeps demanding to be taken seriously and then spends all his time talking down to accomplished military leaders, rebranding his department and renaming ships, engaging in culture wars bullshit, shitting all over the military's sense of ethics and generally making an ass of himself.
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pete Hegseth keeps demanding to be taken seriously and then spends all his time talking down to accomplished military leaders, rebranding his department and renaming ships, engaging in culture wars bullshit, shitting all over the military's sense of ethics and generally making an ass of himself.
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This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
One of Udo Kier’s most moving performances was in 2021’s Swan Song, now streaming for free (with a library card) on Kanopy and Hoopla. #filmsky 📽
Swan Song streaming: where to watch movie online?
Find out how and where to watch "Swan Song" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
www.justwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
One of Udo Kier’s most moving performances was in 2021’s Swan Song, now streaming for free (with a library card) on Kanopy and Hoopla. #filmsky 📽
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Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
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Jesus Christ, Vanity Fair, stop trying to make felch happen.
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Jesus Christ, Vanity Fair, stop trying to make felch happen.
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Hallmark appears to have ditched the already completed series RIPPLE, starring Isn Harding and Julia Chan, completely. It will instead debut on Netflix, with little fanfare, on December 3.
As far as I know, this is the first time Hallmark has sold off a fully produced series.
As far as I know, this is the first time Hallmark has sold off a fully produced series.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Hallmark appears to have ditched the already completed series RIPPLE, starring Isn Harding and Julia Chan, completely. It will instead debut on Netflix, with little fanfare, on December 3.
As far as I know, this is the first time Hallmark has sold off a fully produced series.
As far as I know, this is the first time Hallmark has sold off a fully produced series.
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Cancel your WaPo subscription and send your money to an outlet that *doesn't* actively hate its readers.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Cancel your WaPo subscription and send your money to an outlet that *doesn't* actively hate its readers.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
ProPublica, Liberal Currents, Flaming Hydra, your local paper or alt weekly, whatever. Anything but this.
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A mayoral candidate is repeatedly asked to condemn Hamas and denounce anti-Semitism simply because he's Muslim.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A mayoral candidate is repeatedly asked to condemn Hamas and denounce anti-Semitism simply because he's Muslim.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
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Behold, Hallmark’s key-art for their 2025 Hanukkah movie…Where the only thing Jewish on the poster is Jake Epstein. Sigh.
Network’s retreat might truly be the death of it. No future in catering to 70-80 year olds clinging to cable and Hallmark can’t make it 2014 again, no matter how hard they try.
Network’s retreat might truly be the death of it. No future in catering to 70-80 year olds clinging to cable and Hallmark can’t make it 2014 again, no matter how hard they try.
This is out on IMDb, with a cropped version as the header image on Hallmark's webpage for the movie:
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Behold, Hallmark’s key-art for their 2025 Hanukkah movie…Where the only thing Jewish on the poster is Jake Epstein. Sigh.
Network’s retreat might truly be the death of it. No future in catering to 70-80 year olds clinging to cable and Hallmark can’t make it 2014 again, no matter how hard they try.
Network’s retreat might truly be the death of it. No future in catering to 70-80 year olds clinging to cable and Hallmark can’t make it 2014 again, no matter how hard they try.
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There's a whole swath of political media -- Semafor, Axios, Politico, etc. -- where the average piece reads like a press release commissioned by its subject rather than an objective and independent analysis of them.
This is just embarrassing.
This is just embarrassing.
Assuming this is related to Ben Smith I was honestly shocked by this, an astonishing bit of bootlicking from top to bottom
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
There's a whole swath of political media -- Semafor, Axios, Politico, etc. -- where the average piece reads like a press release commissioned by its subject rather than an objective and independent analysis of them.
This is just embarrassing.
This is just embarrassing.
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It is unsettling. What’s her name?
Deeply unsettled by this older photo of Mike Johnson with a beard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It is unsettling. What’s her name?
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Oh, he predicted the recent rise of socialism?
After Occupy Wall Street, Bernie Sanders' 2016 strength, the election of AOC and the Squad in 2018, etc? How could he possibly have seen that coming?
We'd all better listen to this seer's other views which I'm sure aren't creepy and insane.
After Occupy Wall Street, Bernie Sanders' 2016 strength, the election of AOC and the Squad in 2018, etc? How could he possibly have seen that coming?
We'd all better listen to this seer's other views which I'm sure aren't creepy and insane.
Bari Weiss’s The Free Press (now part of corporate media) is pushing this Ad on Musk’s X. It portrays Peter Thiel as some sort of savant.
This is the same guy, you know, who has been giving lectures about the AntiChrist.
The “Free” Press is more like The Billionaire Press.
This is the same guy, you know, who has been giving lectures about the AntiChrist.
The “Free” Press is more like The Billionaire Press.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Oh, he predicted the recent rise of socialism?
After Occupy Wall Street, Bernie Sanders' 2016 strength, the election of AOC and the Squad in 2018, etc? How could he possibly have seen that coming?
We'd all better listen to this seer's other views which I'm sure aren't creepy and insane.
After Occupy Wall Street, Bernie Sanders' 2016 strength, the election of AOC and the Squad in 2018, etc? How could he possibly have seen that coming?
We'd all better listen to this seer's other views which I'm sure aren't creepy and insane.
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The Civil Rights Movement.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Civil Rights Movement.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
EYES ON THE PRIZE is solid, but over forty years old. There's been a lot of great work on the movement since then. And while EYES leaned heavily on interviews with participants, a new series could make use of that scholarship to get beyond the Montgomery-to-Memphis arc.
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Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social sift through the clues — but offer no spoilers! — of Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man. #filmsky 📽
WAKE UP DEAD MAN Movie Review (NO Spoilers!) | Knives Out | Rian Johnson | Netflix
YouTube video by Breakfast All Day movie reviews
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Christy @christylemire.bsky.social and Alonso @aduralde.bsky.social sift through the clues — but offer no spoilers! — of Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man. #filmsky 📽
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Right after insisting all of the president's orders to the military are lawful, she notes that the president is going to continue to order the military to assassinate innocent fishermen in international waters.
Leavitt on Trump's boat strikes: "You can expect to see those strikes continue"
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Right after insisting all of the president's orders to the military are lawful, she notes that the president is going to continue to order the military to assassinate innocent fishermen in international waters.