Sam Gavin
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Sam Gavin
@samuelgavin.bsky.social
· Nov 20
My joining BlueSky is something of an experiment; is there a fine line separating enjoyable social media usage that connects those with similar interests, from bad-faith content farmers who infiltrate those spaces to create divisive, hostile atmospheres?
And if not, is it time to log off for good?
And if not, is it time to log off for good?
Here I was thinking Ben Kingsley was playing an original character in Wonder Man. Completely forgot he was in Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi 🤣
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Here I was thinking Ben Kingsley was playing an original character in Wonder Man. Completely forgot he was in Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi 🤣
Just watched an episode of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller for the first time since I was maybe 6 years old and it’s honestly impressive how dark and imaginative it still is given its budget. It did so much with so little. The kid in me is still entranced and frightened. That man knew wtf he was doing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Just watched an episode of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller for the first time since I was maybe 6 years old and it’s honestly impressive how dark and imaginative it still is given its budget. It did so much with so little. The kid in me is still entranced and frightened. That man knew wtf he was doing.
So Daredevil Born Again still looks like THAT, huh?
Aside from the cinematography, there may be things to get excited about, but we’ve been wronged before.
Aside from the cinematography, there may be things to get excited about, but we’ve been wronged before.
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
So Daredevil Born Again still looks like THAT, huh?
Aside from the cinematography, there may be things to get excited about, but we’ve been wronged before.
Aside from the cinematography, there may be things to get excited about, but we’ve been wronged before.
Take that as a no 🤣
Trying to take a break from Twitter/X…
Is anyone actually on here?
Is anyone actually on here?
January 26, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Take that as a no 🤣
Trying to take a break from Twitter/X…
Is anyone actually on here?
Is anyone actually on here?
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Trying to take a break from Twitter/X…
Is anyone actually on here?
Is anyone actually on here?
It’s not that it doesn’t occur to these producers that learning what you’re doing as an actor weeks in advance might help enhance your performance, they genuinely do not care.
Not if mild story spoilers/leaks can impact their bottom line.
Not if mild story spoilers/leaks can impact their bottom line.
Elizabeth Olsen learned three weeks before filming 'Doctor Strange 2' that she’d be the main villain
"I thought I was going to be one of the good guys ... I had no clue"
"I thought I was going to be one of the good guys ... I had no clue"
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It’s not that it doesn’t occur to these producers that learning what you’re doing as an actor weeks in advance might help enhance your performance, they genuinely do not care.
Not if mild story spoilers/leaks can impact their bottom line.
Not if mild story spoilers/leaks can impact their bottom line.
Can’t stop thinking about this moment.
That tiny lowering of the gun as he relents, understanding completely who he is, the part he played in all this and who the real enemies are. A sign of humanity that tragically comes too late.
That tiny lowering of the gun as he relents, understanding completely who he is, the part he played in all this and who the real enemies are. A sign of humanity that tragically comes too late.
May 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Can’t stop thinking about this moment.
That tiny lowering of the gun as he relents, understanding completely who he is, the part he played in all this and who the real enemies are. A sign of humanity that tragically comes too late.
That tiny lowering of the gun as he relents, understanding completely who he is, the part he played in all this and who the real enemies are. A sign of humanity that tragically comes too late.
It’s an absolute crime that we didn’t get a full week to properly digest & discuss Andor’s ‘Who Are You?’, a masterclass in suspense and tragedy.
Instead, it’s quietly dumped as one of three episodes, robbed of its impact & cultural moment.
Disney’s release schedule really screwed these guys.
Instead, it’s quietly dumped as one of three episodes, robbed of its impact & cultural moment.
Disney’s release schedule really screwed these guys.
May 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It’s an absolute crime that we didn’t get a full week to properly digest & discuss Andor’s ‘Who Are You?’, a masterclass in suspense and tragedy.
Instead, it’s quietly dumped as one of three episodes, robbed of its impact & cultural moment.
Disney’s release schedule really screwed these guys.
Instead, it’s quietly dumped as one of three episodes, robbed of its impact & cultural moment.
Disney’s release schedule really screwed these guys.
Feeling intense creative burnout at the minute. How to get out of it?
April 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Feeling intense creative burnout at the minute. How to get out of it?
Is Civil War actually an affront to humanity or do its artistic intentions simply not align with the ones you prematurely ascribed to it?
April 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Is Civil War actually an affront to humanity or do its artistic intentions simply not align with the ones you prematurely ascribed to it?
Every piece of generative AI I’ve seen today has been against my will.
March 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Every piece of generative AI I’ve seen today has been against my will.
Big ups to Mark Kermode for wading thru the obnoxiously loud hate campaign that clearly has little to do with the ‘sanctity’ of 1939’s Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, and cleanly divorce his review from culture war nonsense, to actually review the movie itself.
Others could learn a thing or two.
Others could learn a thing or two.
March 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Big ups to Mark Kermode for wading thru the obnoxiously loud hate campaign that clearly has little to do with the ‘sanctity’ of 1939’s Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, and cleanly divorce his review from culture war nonsense, to actually review the movie itself.
Others could learn a thing or two.
Others could learn a thing or two.
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As someone who appreciated the earnestly messy sentimentalism of No Time To Die despite all its flaws, it’s bound to represent the end of a kind of artistry we’ll never see again with Bond.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
February 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As someone who appreciated the earnestly messy sentimentalism of No Time To Die despite all its flaws, it’s bound to represent the end of a kind of artistry we’ll never see again with Bond.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
As someone who appreciated the earnestly messy sentimentalism of No Time To Die despite all its flaws, it’s bound to represent the end of a kind of artistry we’ll never see again with Bond.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
February 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As someone who appreciated the earnestly messy sentimentalism of No Time To Die despite all its flaws, it’s bound to represent the end of a kind of artistry we’ll never see again with Bond.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
Destined for the revisionism it deserves once audiences see how a stripped-for-parts commodified 007 looks.
And it only JUST started its Second Season??
February 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
And it only JUST started its Second Season??
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Absolute insanity that Justice Smith keeps winding up in crap that Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Detective Pikachu when he’s capable of giving the kind of performance he gives in this.
February 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Absolute insanity that Justice Smith keeps winding up in crap that Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Detective Pikachu when he’s capable of giving the kind of performance he gives in this.
Absolute insanity that Justice Smith keeps winding up in crap that Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Detective Pikachu when he’s capable of giving the kind of performance he gives in this.
February 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Absolute insanity that Justice Smith keeps winding up in crap that Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Detective Pikachu when he’s capable of giving the kind of performance he gives in this.
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I Saw The TV Glow isn’t a horror film until it is. In its apex moment, is hair-raising. Finally, a movie for the LGBTQ+ Buffy fans!
a man and a woman are sitting on a couch and the woman is wearing a necklace
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch and the woman is wearing a necklace
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I Saw The TV Glow isn’t a horror film until it is. In its apex moment, is hair-raising. Finally, a movie for the LGBTQ+ Buffy fans!
I Saw The TV Glow isn’t a horror film until it is. In its apex moment, is hair-raising. Finally, a movie for the LGBTQ+ Buffy fans!
a man and a woman are sitting on a couch and the woman is wearing a necklace
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch and the woman is wearing a necklace
media.tenor.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I Saw The TV Glow isn’t a horror film until it is. In its apex moment, is hair-raising. Finally, a movie for the LGBTQ+ Buffy fans!
YFNSM feels earnestly written & as socially-conscious as a synergistic capitalist brand extension can. Not a fan of the animation AT ALL & the characters are all overly polite with 0 bite, but its handling of the dual identity struggle shows promise. Kids have a new Spidey to enjoy, which is cool.
January 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
YFNSM feels earnestly written & as socially-conscious as a synergistic capitalist brand extension can. Not a fan of the animation AT ALL & the characters are all overly polite with 0 bite, but its handling of the dual identity struggle shows promise. Kids have a new Spidey to enjoy, which is cool.
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Love that this is finally being treated as the dogwhistle it’s always been. 👏
Peter Parker voice actor Hudson Thomas says his biggest fear about #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan was that it was going to be 'annoying and woke'
"And it wasn't ... It's so well written"
(via Collider)
"And it wasn't ... It's so well written"
(via Collider)
January 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Love that this is finally being treated as the dogwhistle it’s always been. 👏
Love that this is finally being treated as the dogwhistle it’s always been. 👏
Peter Parker voice actor Hudson Thomas says his biggest fear about #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan was that it was going to be 'annoying and woke'
"And it wasn't ... It's so well written"
(via Collider)
"And it wasn't ... It's so well written"
(via Collider)
January 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Love that this is finally being treated as the dogwhistle it’s always been. 👏
Watching RRR: Behind & Beyond and absolutely floored by how huge an undertaking the production was. Overwhelmed & awestruck at the level of craft at every stage.
It truly takes a village.
If only it was twice the length & accompanying the film on some sort of UK home media release 👀
It truly takes a village.
If only it was twice the length & accompanying the film on some sort of UK home media release 👀
a man is spraying water from a hose in front of a fountain
ALT: a man is spraying water from a hose in front of a fountain
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Watching RRR: Behind & Beyond and absolutely floored by how huge an undertaking the production was. Overwhelmed & awestruck at the level of craft at every stage.
It truly takes a village.
If only it was twice the length & accompanying the film on some sort of UK home media release 👀
It truly takes a village.
If only it was twice the length & accompanying the film on some sort of UK home media release 👀
My Christmas media observation of the year is that all the stories told about kids being afraid of consumerism ruining the holiday but learning Christmas spirit trumps all, is still Capitalist propaganda. Sounds genuine but reassurance that it’s ok to keep overspending REALLY benefits shareholders.
December 26, 2024 at 11:42 AM
My Christmas media observation of the year is that all the stories told about kids being afraid of consumerism ruining the holiday but learning Christmas spirit trumps all, is still Capitalist propaganda. Sounds genuine but reassurance that it’s ok to keep overspending REALLY benefits shareholders.
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So much this
I don't think this proves superhero movies are still as relevant as they were a few years ago. That time has passed. I think this proves that moviegoing audiences still yearn for Superman; a larger-than-life and enduring cinematic icon, yes, but more importantly, a friend.
December 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
So much this