James Preston Poole 🔜 Sundance 2026
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I WANT YOUR SEX is a scandalously nuanced take on evolving sexual politics. Chaotic, but thoughtful, funny, and crude in equal measure. Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman are dynamite, yet it’s Gregg Araki’s energy behind the camera that was truly missed in cinema. #Sundance2026
January 24, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I WANT YOUR SEX is a scandalously nuanced take on evolving sexual politics. Chaotic, but thoughtful, funny, and crude in equal measure. Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman are dynamite, yet it’s Gregg Araki’s energy behind the camera that was truly missed in cinema. #Sundance2026
#NowSeated for Film #2 of Sundance 2026: Gregg Araki’s I WANT YOUR SEX
January 24, 2026 at 1:19 AM
#NowSeated for Film #2 of Sundance 2026: Gregg Araki’s I WANT YOUR SEX
BUDDY starts off very strong, but really deflates once it ditches its analog horror conceit. It’s far more conventional than anything Casper Kelly has done before and not nearly mean enough; a great premise that’s executed in fairly safe manner. Some might love it! #Sundance2026
January 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM
BUDDY starts off very strong, but really deflates once it ditches its analog horror conceit. It’s far more conventional than anything Casper Kelly has done before and not nearly mean enough; a great premise that’s executed in fairly safe manner. Some might love it! #Sundance2026
#NowSeated for Film #1 of Sundance 2026: BUDDY
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 AM
#NowSeated for Film #1 of Sundance 2026: BUDDY
Shoutout Jimmima. Easily my favorite of the Jimmies, a true twisted freak!
January 20, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Shoutout Jimmima. Easily my favorite of the Jimmies, a true twisted freak!
In two days time, I’ll have boots on the ground covering the 2026 Sundance Film Festival for @DiscussingFilm ; this is a special one because it will be the last edition in beautiful Park City, Utah, and likely my last go-around with the fest for some time. See y’all there!
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
In two days time, I’ll have boots on the ground covering the 2026 Sundance Film Festival for @DiscussingFilm ; this is a special one because it will be the last edition in beautiful Park City, Utah, and likely my last go-around with the fest for some time. See y’all there!
Don’t think in my life before I’ve felt such a collective feeling of pain among my fellow humans. It’s hard to know what to do next when there doesn’t seem to be a future.
January 18, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Don’t think in my life before I’ve felt such a collective feeling of pain among my fellow humans. It’s hard to know what to do next when there doesn’t seem to be a future.
28 YEARS LATER and AVATAR are the only good franchises left I’m afraid
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
28 YEARS LATER and AVATAR are the only good franchises left I’m afraid
For the evening crowd: THE RIP is the best version of itself, a consistently engaging ensemble action-thriller led by a genuinely mesmerizing Matt Damon in rare form, even if the journey is more exciting than the destination.
Full review via @butwhytho.net:
butwhytho.net/2026/01/the-...
Full review via @butwhytho.net:
butwhytho.net/2026/01/the-...
The Rip Review: The Netflix Crime Thriller Packs Ensemble Genre Heat
The Rip, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is entirely what the Netflix film needs to be - a sleek, compact thriller.
butwhytho.net
January 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
For the evening crowd: THE RIP is the best version of itself, a consistently engaging ensemble action-thriller led by a genuinely mesmerizing Matt Damon in rare form, even if the journey is more exciting than the destination.
Full review via @butwhytho.net:
butwhytho.net/2026/01/the-...
Full review via @butwhytho.net:
butwhytho.net/2026/01/the-...
What’s cool about 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is that it knows you can’t beat Young Fathers’ score from last year’s film, so instead it packs itself out with the most well-deployed needle drops of the decade.
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
What’s cool about 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is that it knows you can’t beat Young Fathers’ score from last year’s film, so instead it packs itself out with the most well-deployed needle drops of the decade.
Reposted by James Preston Poole 🔜 Sundance 2026
REVIEW: ‘The Rip’ Packs Ensemble Genre Heat
REVIEW: ‘The Rip’ Packs Ensemble Genre Heat
The Rip, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is entirely what the Netflix film needs to be - a sleek, compact thriller.
The post REVIEW: ‘The Rip’ Packs Ensemble Genre Heat appeared first on But Why Tho?.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:02 AM
REVIEW: ‘The Rip’ Packs Ensemble Genre Heat
What was not cool about 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE was Regal Cinema’s “premium” RPX format, whose excellent sound and visual quality was destroyed by the speaker being outfitted with flashing blue lights that covered about a third of the screen. Unethical to run a movie like that.
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
What was not cool about 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE was Regal Cinema’s “premium” RPX format, whose excellent sound and visual quality was destroyed by the speaker being outfitted with flashing blue lights that covered about a third of the screen. Unethical to run a movie like that.
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is just as great as its predecessor, which was in turn the best film of 2025. Trades in that film’s surprising tenderness for something much meaner, not without its gallows humor. Most importantly, it’s metal as fuck. Nia DaCosta you have my sword.
a man with long blonde hair and a beard is smiling in front of a sign that says the bone temple
ALT: a man with long blonde hair and a beard is smiling in front of a sign that says the bone temple
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is just as great as its predecessor, which was in turn the best film of 2025. Trades in that film’s surprising tenderness for something much meaner, not without its gallows humor. Most importantly, it’s metal as fuck. Nia DaCosta you have my sword.
Reposted by James Preston Poole 🔜 Sundance 2026
complaining about bluesky on twitter, complaining about twitter on bluesky. complaining about both to my confused hinge date
January 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
complaining about bluesky on twitter, complaining about twitter on bluesky. complaining about both to my confused hinge date
Watching DEXTER Season 8 on The Complete Series Blu Ray set and was excited to see what the special features were.
Folks… all Showtime threw on here was three episodes of RAY DONOVAN. Like a kick in the ass after a punch to the groin.
Folks… all Showtime threw on here was three episodes of RAY DONOVAN. Like a kick in the ass after a punch to the groin.
January 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Watching DEXTER Season 8 on The Complete Series Blu Ray set and was excited to see what the special features were.
Folks… all Showtime threw on here was three episodes of RAY DONOVAN. Like a kick in the ass after a punch to the groin.
Folks… all Showtime threw on here was three episodes of RAY DONOVAN. Like a kick in the ass after a punch to the groin.
Re: MARTY SUPREME I sincerely believe if you cannot handle characters being unlikable you probably need to find a hobby other than fiction. Eyes bulging out of my head reading these takes.
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Re: MARTY SUPREME I sincerely believe if you cannot handle characters being unlikable you probably need to find a hobby other than fiction. Eyes bulging out of my head reading these takes.
PRIMATE: Ben the Murderous Rabid Chimp rules, as does the score and clear production value. Everything else? Treated like a complete afterthought. Characters are pretty much nothing. Even the kills are few and far between. We gotta hold our horror movies to a higher standard.
a woman 's face is visible in a dark room
ALT: a woman 's face is visible in a dark room
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
PRIMATE: Ben the Murderous Rabid Chimp rules, as does the score and clear production value. Everything else? Treated like a complete afterthought. Characters are pretty much nothing. Even the kills are few and far between. We gotta hold our horror movies to a higher standard.
After two seasons of straight slop, DEXTER season 8, the much reviled, infamously bad season, is kind of good?
Idk I love the reframing of Harry’s code and Jennifer Carpenter is just absolutely phenomenal; a gut-wrenching, tortured performance that should’ve recognized much more.
Idk I love the reframing of Harry’s code and Jennifer Carpenter is just absolutely phenomenal; a gut-wrenching, tortured performance that should’ve recognized much more.
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 AM
After two seasons of straight slop, DEXTER season 8, the much reviled, infamously bad season, is kind of good?
Idk I love the reframing of Harry’s code and Jennifer Carpenter is just absolutely phenomenal; a gut-wrenching, tortured performance that should’ve recognized much more.
Idk I love the reframing of Harry’s code and Jennifer Carpenter is just absolutely phenomenal; a gut-wrenching, tortured performance that should’ve recognized much more.
Strangest Thing is it took them five years to make a season where nothing happens
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Strangest Thing is it took them five years to make a season where nothing happens
Beach House//Wild
January 1, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Beach House//Wild
Everything cool you remember about the BLADE movies- blood rave aside- is most likely from BLADE II.
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Everything cool you remember about the BLADE movies- blood rave aside- is most likely from BLADE II.
Feels like we’re getting dangerously close to the JOKER panic of 2019 but with MARTY SUPREME. I promise it’ll be fine, y’all, probably just gonna be a handful of people being annoying for a little while 😂
December 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Feels like we’re getting dangerously close to the JOKER panic of 2019 but with MARTY SUPREME. I promise it’ll be fine, y’all, probably just gonna be a handful of people being annoying for a little while 😂
AVATAR: FIRE & ASH still an absolute revelation, bolstered by the extra immersion via the 4DX format.
Impressive to have the best action sequence of 2025 (Wind Trader chase) and then keep going for at least 2 hours after that.
Impressive to have the best action sequence of 2025 (Wind Trader chase) and then keep going for at least 2 hours after that.
December 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
AVATAR: FIRE & ASH still an absolute revelation, bolstered by the extra immersion via the 4DX format.
Impressive to have the best action sequence of 2025 (Wind Trader chase) and then keep going for at least 2 hours after that.
Impressive to have the best action sequence of 2025 (Wind Trader chase) and then keep going for at least 2 hours after that.
Struck me on this rewatch that the RDA has journalists on Pandora? One would assume they’d have to stay there for years to make their time worthwhile.
Need to see a CIVIL WAR-type movie about the ethics of Pandora journalism.
Need to see a CIVIL WAR-type movie about the ethics of Pandora journalism.
December 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Struck me on this rewatch that the RDA has journalists on Pandora? One would assume they’d have to stay there for years to make their time worthwhile.
Need to see a CIVIL WAR-type movie about the ethics of Pandora journalism.
Need to see a CIVIL WAR-type movie about the ethics of Pandora journalism.
Managed to sit next to the two people at the movies who are speaking at full volume. Score!
December 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Managed to sit next to the two people at the movies who are speaking at full volume. Score!