Jim McDermott
@jimmcd.bsky.social
Writer, Fan, Part-Time Imaginary Tiger. 🏳️🌈
Find me writing about theater, comics, TV, pop culture and other stuff at American Theater, Popverse, NCR, Sojourners, and JimMcDermott.substack.com
Find me writing about theater, comics, TV, pop culture and other stuff at American Theater, Popverse, NCR, Sojourners, and JimMcDermott.substack.com
A thought about Pope Leo's upcoming meeting with leaders in world cinema (and Alison Brie and Dave Franco).
SUBSCRIBER WOW: The American Media is Missing the Real Story in Pope Leo's Meeting with Film Stars
Saturday's Event with the Cinema is a Celebration of the Value of Transgression
jimmcdermott.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A thought about Pope Leo's upcoming meeting with leaders in world cinema (and Alison Brie and Dave Franco).
Hahahahahahahaha
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hahahahahahahaha
Currently in the middle of a 4-part test for a possible writing gig, and I have to say the fact that they've asked me to do it actually makes me love the outlet even more. Readers (and editors!) deserve writers who understand and respect the assignment.
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Currently in the middle of a 4-part test for a possible writing gig, and I have to say the fact that they've asked me to do it actually makes me love the outlet even more. Readers (and editors!) deserve writers who understand and respect the assignment.
Amazon please hire @suslibrarian.bsky.social. This is literally everything you need to hear right now.
November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Amazon please hire @suslibrarian.bsky.social. This is literally everything you need to hear right now.
And keeping it real: that Bond note is not coming from the lower level execs who actually understand story and love the property. That is a Bezos-adjacent nitwit who has only watched the Craig films, and probably just the last one.
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
And keeping it real: that Bond note is not coming from the lower level execs who actually understand story and love the property. That is a Bezos-adjacent nitwit who has only watched the Craig films, and probably just the last one.
Also boy do I feel for Bond writer Steven Knight and director Denis Villeneuve. What a classically silly exec note to be trapped having to answer.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Also boy do I feel for Bond writer Steven Knight and director Denis Villeneuve. What a classically silly exec note to be trapped having to answer.
I suspect the fact that Amazon seems to think James Bond is one long continuous story is not going to reassure fans who were upset about Bond being handed over to the online equivalent of a mall.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I suspect the fact that Amazon seems to think James Bond is one long continuous story is not going to reassure fans who were upset about Bond being handed over to the online equivalent of a mall.
The answer is that you don’t worry about it. James Bond’s incarnations are like Batman’s. They each have their own continuity.
(Note: Roger Moore’s James Bond and Adam West’s Batman exist in the same universe.)
(Note: Roger Moore’s James Bond and Adam West’s Batman exist in the same universe.)
Report: Amazon Is Struggling to Think How to Bring James Bond Back From the Dead
Daniel Craig's permanent exit in 'No Time to Die' is apparently causing issues for the next 'Bond' film.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The answer is that you don’t worry about it. James Bond’s incarnations are like Batman’s. They each have their own continuity.
(Note: Roger Moore’s James Bond and Adam West’s Batman exist in the same universe.)
(Note: Roger Moore’s James Bond and Adam West’s Batman exist in the same universe.)
Truth!
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Truth!
Reposted by Jim McDermott
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
Absolutely love this idea.
Be the ancestor you wish you had if you lived in 2100.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Absolutely love this idea.
Erica Deuso!!
Downingtown is nearish to Philly, but that area is *Definitely* farmland, too. This is amazing.
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Erica Deuso!!
Tell us what you really think about the Mamdani win, NYT.
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tell us what you really think about the Mamdani win, NYT.
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
(And clearly, some dumb ideas don't ever die, at least on your homepage.)
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty." Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty." Mamdani
VIRGINIA!
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
VIRGINIA!
Is it Cuomo?
Downtown [6] trains are delayed while EMS responds to someone in need at Canal St.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Is it Cuomo?
MAINE!
Maine voters on Tuesday approved a new law to temporarily remove firearms from people in crisis that was put on the ballot after legislative efforts came up short in the wake of the 2023 Lewiston mass shooting.
Maine voters pass red flag law referendum
The proposal making it easier to take weapons from a person in crisis was put on the ballot after legislative efforts came up short in the wake of the 2023 Lewiston mass shooting.
www.pressherald.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
MAINE!
CNN not showing Cuomo's concession.
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
CNN not showing Cuomo's concession.
AOC on Schumer: What I think is so impressive about what ZM accomplished tonight and the movement of New Yorkers accomplished is that he not only had to defeat a republican but a Republican and the old guard of the Democratic Party at the same time, and he still won resoundingly.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
AOC on Schumer: What I think is so impressive about what ZM accomplished tonight and the movement of New Yorkers accomplished is that he not only had to defeat a republican but a Republican and the old guard of the Democratic Party at the same time, and he still won resoundingly.
AOC on CNN says Mamdani teaches Dems to "lean into the promise of our party," calls Trump "the handmaiden to billionaires."
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
AOC on CNN says Mamdani teaches Dems to "lean into the promise of our party," calls Trump "the handmaiden to billionaires."
CNN polls saying 86% of Mamdani voters voted for him rather than against someone else. Cuomo voters split half and half for him and against someone else.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
CNN polls saying 86% of Mamdani voters voted for him rather than against someone else. Cuomo voters split half and half for him and against someone else.
Hakeem Jeffries looking intensely sad when asked about Mamdani. Good Lord. Sir, you are on the wrong page.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Hakeem Jeffries looking intensely sad when asked about Mamdani. Good Lord. Sir, you are on the wrong page.
DAMN STRAIGHT
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
DAMN STRAIGHT