Joshua Starnes
@jstarnes.bsky.social
Film critic for Vital Thrills, former president of Houston Film Critics Society. Writer / publisher, Currently THE BOX for
Red 5 Comics, KULIPARI for Netflix. President of AMP Comics.
Red 5 Comics, KULIPARI for Netflix. President of AMP Comics.
Tom Stoppard is my all time favorite playwright. The world will be poorer without him. RIP.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tom Stoppard is my all time favorite playwright. The world will be poorer without him. RIP.
Branagh’s Frankenstein is a better adaptation of the material than Del Toro’s.
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Branagh’s Frankenstein is a better adaptation of the material than Del Toro’s.
With Avatar 3 screening on the way I will sit and watch Way of Water for the second time ever.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
With Avatar 3 screening on the way I will sit and watch Way of Water for the second time ever.
#MartySupreme is Josh Safdie’s latest in his trilogy of charming strivers with low impulse control loling for their big score. It’s the most technically accomplished of the bunch with a locked in performance from Chalamet.
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#MartySupreme is Josh Safdie’s latest in his trilogy of charming strivers with low impulse control loling for their big score. It’s the most technically accomplished of the bunch with a locked in performance from Chalamet.
Do I agree with Will Stancil on something?
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Do I agree with Will Stancil on something?
Quick. Someone tell Zack Ryder his gimmick is being stolen.
Matt Cardona vs. Mance Warner Added To 11/20 TNA iMPACT Lineup
Matt Cardona vs. Mance Warner Added To 11/20 TNA iMPACT Lineup
Fresh off his appearance on WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Matt Cardona will be featured on the 11/20 TNA iMPACT.
www.fightful.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Quick. Someone tell Zack Ryder his gimmick is being stolen.
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ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.
Eat a dick.
Eat a dick.
Okay but ACAB includes David Simon.
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.
Eat a dick.
Eat a dick.
My biggest problem with the left in the age of Trump is that they have been less concerned with stopping Trump than with maintaining their own power base in the coalition.
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
My biggest problem with the left in the age of Trump is that they have been less concerned with stopping Trump than with maintaining their own power base in the coalition.
All these Epstein emails with horny intellectuals makes think of Goethe, 80 and revered and hopelessly chasing an uninterested 19 year old.
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
All these Epstein emails with horny intellectuals makes think of Goethe, 80 and revered and hopelessly chasing an uninterested 19 year old.
Watching #Nuremberg is like coming across an endangered animal in the wild. www.firingthecanon.net/blog/nuremburg
Nuremburg — Firing the Canon
James Vanderbilt’s Nuremburg is a nearly perfect studio film. This doesn’t mean it’s a perfect film by any stretch of the imagination. It can be creaky with some obvious conflict and clima...
www.firingthecanon.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watching #Nuremberg is like coming across an endangered animal in the wild. www.firingthecanon.net/blog/nuremburg
This is the most French thing I have ever heard.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is the most French thing I have ever heard.
Bandido is beating up Stokley in front of me #aewcollision #aew#wrestlesky
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Bandido is beating up Stokley in front of me #aewcollision #aew#wrestlesky
After the 2028 elections Pam Bondi’s bar license needs to be seriously looked at.
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
After the 2028 elections Pam Bondi’s bar license needs to be seriously looked at.
It feels like a lot of the boomer hatred is really based on their being the last group you can get points for publicly hating. Suggests even the righteous want someone to hate.
These are most people’s parents and grandparents. Why do you hate mom and dad and grandpa so much?
These are most people’s parents and grandparents. Why do you hate mom and dad and grandpa so much?
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It feels like a lot of the boomer hatred is really based on their being the last group you can get points for publicly hating. Suggests even the righteous want someone to hate.
These are most people’s parents and grandparents. Why do you hate mom and dad and grandpa so much?
These are most people’s parents and grandparents. Why do you hate mom and dad and grandpa so much?
A tale of two responses
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A tale of two responses
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On this note, my alt account is @thesess.bsky.social in case I just up and disappear again. Would appreciate spreading the word (RT’s don’t get stuck with the “rude”
Label.
Label.
Heads up folks, J. C. Cantwell got suspended, they're not sure why, but they wanted folks to spread the word.
Some real bullshit is happening on Bluesky rn.
Some real bullshit is happening on Bluesky rn.
October 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
On this note, my alt account is @thesess.bsky.social in case I just up and disappear again. Would appreciate spreading the word (RT’s don’t get stuck with the “rude”
Label.
Label.
If none of my posts are labeled as rude, is that a good thing or a failing?
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If none of my posts are labeled as rude, is that a good thing or a failing?
I understand this sentiment but would still rate Kevin McCarthy as the weakest due to his difficulty in 1) getting elected and 2) passing anything.
Beyer: I don’t like to do ad hominem attacks, but I’ve served with four different speakers. This is the fifth one—by far the weakest speaker, I think, in American history.
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I understand this sentiment but would still rate Kevin McCarthy as the weakest due to his difficulty in 1) getting elected and 2) passing anything.
Adolescent slang is perfectly penetrable. It’s frequently stupid but it’s easy to understand.
In the latest issue of @nymag.com I wrote about being a parent in the age of Six Seven www.thecut.com/article/what...
The ‘Six Seven’ Panic
Adolescent slang has always been impenetrable to adults. That’s the point.
www.thecut.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Adolescent slang is perfectly penetrable. It’s frequently stupid but it’s easy to understand.
There are some politicians I will consider giving money to but it’s not anyone running for governor in Virginia or California because I don’t live in either of those places.
It did gives me insight into where they bought their lists from.
It did gives me insight into where they bought their lists from.
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There are some politicians I will consider giving money to but it’s not anyone running for governor in Virginia or California because I don’t live in either of those places.
It did gives me insight into where they bought their lists from.
It did gives me insight into where they bought their lists from.
There’s a bunch of people trying to cast Obama as Marc Maron’s last guest as some sort of massive failure and that he’s letting show down and they are out of touch with reality.
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
There’s a bunch of people trying to cast Obama as Marc Maron’s last guest as some sort of massive failure and that he’s letting show down and they are out of touch with reality.
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The ebook version of ALTER EGO, my USA TODAY-bestselling/Anthony Award-nominated follow up to SECRET IDENTITY, is still on sale for $2.99 across all platforms! Less than a fancy latte. Don't miss it!
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Book Riot's Deals of the Day for October 12, 2025
A comics world mystery, bestselling Sally Rooney, a National Book Award finalist, Palestinian history, and more of the best book deals of the day
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October 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The ebook version of ALTER EGO, my USA TODAY-bestselling/Anthony Award-nominated follow up to SECRET IDENTITY, is still on sale for $2.99 across all platforms! Less than a fancy latte. Don't miss it!
bookriot.com/book-riots-d... @flatironbooks.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-riots-d... @flatironbooks.bsky.social
#tronares was better than I was expecting and better than Legacy thanks to a more engaging lead character and central conflict even if there’s too much nostalgia bait.
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#tronares was better than I was expecting and better than Legacy thanks to a more engaging lead character and central conflict even if there’s too much nostalgia bait.
With #VistaVision back in the conversation it makes me think of when I first learned of it; not from Hitchcock films but from ILM who for a long time owned the bulk of surviving VV cameras for filming miniatures and effect plates due to its large negative area.
October 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
With #VistaVision back in the conversation it makes me think of when I first learned of it; not from Hitchcock films but from ILM who for a long time owned the bulk of surviving VV cameras for filming miniatures and effect plates due to its large negative area.