Jeff Nelson
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Jeff Nelson
@sirjeffnelson.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Film-related content & the occasional post-gym shot.
#AvatarFireAndAsh: Spectacle continues to operate on an unparalleled level, but the growing franchise should allow the narrative to evolve. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/avatar-fire-...
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Movie Review – James Cameron’s Spectacle Still Reigns as Narrative Evolution Stalls - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” feels more like a half-sequel to “The Way of Water” than a true third installment. He split the last screenplay into two, and its recycled plot beats and charact...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#AvatarFireAndAsh: Spectacle continues to operate on an unparalleled level, but the growing franchise should allow the narrative to evolve. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/avatar-fire-...
#IsThisThingOn is a humble dramedy with an authentic heart wrapped in an unremarkable casing. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/is-this-thin...
‘Is This Thing On?’ Movie Review: Bradley Cooper’s Uneven Look at Love Through Open-Mic Therapy - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Bradley Cooper made an impressive directorial debut with his reimagining of “A Star Is Born,” but the lousy biopic “Maestro” called his artistic instincts into question. “Is This Thing On?” marks the ...
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December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#IsThisThingOn is a humble dramedy with an authentic heart wrapped in an unremarkable casing. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/is-this-thin...
I officially started a complete ALIEN novel franchise read through of “top-tier canon,” in timeline chronological order. I’ve been itching to do this for a long time.
December 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I officially started a complete ALIEN novel franchise read through of “top-tier canon,” in timeline chronological order. I’ve been itching to do this for a long time.
I’m counting down my top 10 movies of 2025 (plus 10 more special mentions) over at @wehotimes.bsky.social. Had to make some tough cuts, but I’m happy with where I landed.
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Film Critic Jeff Nelson Counts Down the 10 Best Movies of 2025 - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Movies are more than escapism. They’re an artistic opportunity to enrich our lives by seeing the world, or a different one entirely, through another perspective in a way no other medium can achieve. R...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’m counting down my top 10 movies of 2025 (plus 10 more special mentions) over at @wehotimes.bsky.social. Had to make some tough cuts, but I’m happy with where I landed.
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Catching up on a few final 2025 movies today/tomorrow. My top 10 of the year coming to WeHo Times very soon. Stay tuned!
December 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Catching up on a few final 2025 movies today/tomorrow. My top 10 of the year coming to WeHo Times very soon. Stay tuned!
Maybe I’m crazy, but “What It Sounds Like” from #KPopDemonHunters deserves just as much awards attention as “Golden.” I get that the latter is more popular, but the former also really captures the whole film in a nutshell. Still stuck in my head.
December 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Maybe I’m crazy, but “What It Sounds Like” from #KPopDemonHunters deserves just as much awards attention as “Golden.” I get that the latter is more popular, but the former also really captures the whole film in a nutshell. Still stuck in my head.
#NoOtherChoice dismantles the modern job market’s obsolescence of qualified workers, using black comedy as a coping mechanism to deal with the desperation and quiet humiliation of forced economic displacement. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/no-other-cho...
‘No Other Choice’ Movie Review: Park Chan-wook Crafts a Sharp, Savage Satire of Capitalism - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Park Chan-wook is a master of lacing drama with wicked, dark humor, and that’s evident in “No Other Choice” — a film about capitalism and the disparity between the number of high-skill jobs and the po...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#NoOtherChoice dismantles the modern job market’s obsolescence of qualified workers, using black comedy as a coping mechanism to deal with the desperation and quiet humiliation of forced economic displacement. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/no-other-cho...
#MartySupreme is a cinematic strike of lightning that leaves your nerves fried in what is undoubtedly one of the best movies of the year. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social:
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‘Marty Supreme’ Movie Review: A Nerve-Shredding Sports Odyssey Supercharged by Timothée Chalamet - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Josh and Benny Safdie (aka the Safdie brothers) stunned the world with “Uncut Gems,” which set a new bar for pressure-cooker movies. It has become the overused comparison for the top echelon of stress...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#MartySupreme is a cinematic strike of lightning that leaves your nerves fried in what is undoubtedly one of the best movies of the year. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social:
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#Avatar/#AvatarFireAndAsh is the same movie again & the characters keep going through the same arcs without learning anything. James Cameron’s 3D visual stunner sets a new standard for world-building splendor yet again, but the storytelling desperately needs to evolve from here.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#Avatar/#AvatarFireAndAsh is the same movie again & the characters keep going through the same arcs without learning anything. James Cameron’s 3D visual stunner sets a new standard for world-building splendor yet again, but the storytelling desperately needs to evolve from here.
#Avatar/#AvatarFireAndAsh is the same movie again & the characters keep going through the same arcs without learning anything. James Cameron’s 3D visual stunner sets a new standard for world-building splendor yet again, but the storytelling desperately needs to evolve from here.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#Avatar/#AvatarFireAndAsh is the same movie again & the characters keep going through the same arcs without learning anything. James Cameron’s 3D visual stunner sets a new standard for world-building splendor yet again, but the storytelling desperately needs to evolve from here.
Starting December off with #Avatar/#AvatarFireAndAsh on the lot!
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Starting December off with #Avatar/#AvatarFireAndAsh on the lot!
#ManFindsTape gets off to a terrifying start, but what follows somehow overplays its hand while simultaneously underexplaining its lore. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/man-finds-ta...
‘Man Finds Tape’ Movie Review: Mockumentary and Found Footage Clash in Uneven Horror Hybrid - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
The combination of mockumentary and found-footage formats contradicts itself, caught in the unfortunate conundrum of whether to draw amateurish realism from a nontraditional format or to document disc...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#ManFindsTape gets off to a terrifying start, but what follows somehow overplays its hand while simultaneously underexplaining its lore. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/man-finds-ta...
Don’t mistake #Hamnet for another Shakespearean tale…this is ultimately a film about how humanity confronts the worst imaginable grief, from which there is no return. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/hamnet-movie...
‘Hamnet’ Movie Review: Jessie Buckley Astounds in a Delicate Elegy of Tragedy - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Writer-director Chloé Zhao shifts away from the sweeping landscapes of “Nomadland” and “Eternals” to the theatrical intimacy of “Hamnet.” This tale of grief portrays devastation on a monumental level,...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Don’t mistake #Hamnet for another Shakespearean tale…this is ultimately a film about how humanity confronts the worst imaginable grief, from which there is no return. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/hamnet-movie...
Just as #TheSecretAgent reaches its most gripping realizations, it’s over. Too much of what comes before feels like it’s simply moving through the motions, not entirely connecting into a cohesive whole. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/the-secret-a...
‘The Secret Agent’ Movie Review: A Fractured Reflection on Resistance and Repression - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Told within the framework of Brazilian history, “The Secret Agent” is a fictional tale filled with violence, corruption, and the pursuit of a better life. Writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s overs...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just as #TheSecretAgent reaches its most gripping realizations, it’s over. Too much of what comes before feels like it’s simply moving through the motions, not entirely connecting into a cohesive whole. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/the-secret-a...
The morals behind #RentalFamily aren’t so easy to unpack, and it’s in this complexity that Hikari finds a story truly worth telling. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/rental-famil...
‘Rental Family’ Movie Review: A Morally Knotty Redemption Tale Coated in Sugar - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
Can the lies we tell and perform lead to happiness, or do they only create false realities in which someone is bound to get hurt? That is the question behind Hikari’s “Rental Family”: a morally knotty...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The morals behind #RentalFamily aren’t so easy to unpack, and it’s in this complexity that Hikari finds a story truly worth telling. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/rental-famil...
It brings me no joy to say that ALPHA is immensely frustrating. I’m a huge fan of TITANE, but this feeling-packed AIDS allegory never comes to a head. Great performances emerge from a movie that shows an offensively beautiful, stylized glamorization of decay from AIDS. No.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It brings me no joy to say that ALPHA is immensely frustrating. I’m a huge fan of TITANE, but this feeling-packed AIDS allegory never comes to a head. Great performances emerge from a movie that shows an offensively beautiful, stylized glamorization of decay from AIDS. No.
#WickedForGood is ultimately weighed down by its tendency to gloss over crucial dramatic moments and the consequences they’re meant to carry, favoring eye-roll-inducing fan service over lucid storytelling. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/wicked-for-g...
‘Wicked: For Good’ Movie Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Soar, as Oz Stays Drab - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
“Wicked” fans understandably questioned why Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation would split the hit musical into two parts, released a year apart, despite being shot back-to-back. After all, the second half ...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#WickedForGood is ultimately weighed down by its tendency to gloss over crucial dramatic moments and the consequences they’re meant to carry, favoring eye-roll-inducing fan service over lucid storytelling. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/wicked-for-g...
Year IX! @neonrated’s FYC box set is (unsurprisingly) another stunner.
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Year IX! @neonrated’s FYC box set is (unsurprisingly) another stunner.
Post-#Pillion Q&A with Harry Lighton, Harry Melling, and Alexander Skarsgård.
November 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Post-#Pillion Q&A with Harry Lighton, Harry Melling, and Alexander Skarsgård.
#MartySupreme is something major, alright. Something fucking electric. Timothée Chalamet is sensational — so precise and emotionally alive. Daniel Lopatin’s score is tremendous. Josh Safdie crafted a strike of lightning cinema here. I’m surprised by how fast that runtime flew by.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#MartySupreme is something major, alright. Something fucking electric. Timothée Chalamet is sensational — so precise and emotionally alive. Daniel Lopatin’s score is tremendous. Josh Safdie crafted a strike of lightning cinema here. I’m surprised by how fast that runtime flew by.
Locked in for tonight’s screening! Now seated for #MartySupreme.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Locked in for tonight’s screening! Now seated for #MartySupreme.
#Sirat: This riveting pendulum of a film swings back and forth between haunting drama and despair-laced horror. Characterizations fill the space amid the frenzied to and fro, making that propulsive ending all the more chilling. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/sirat-movie-...
‘Sirât’ Movie Review: Dance and Despair Collide in a Visceral EDM Apocalypse - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
“Sirât” is a riveting desert odyssey that builds immense tension. This treacherous spiritual journey utilizes its vast, desolate setting to cast a disorienting spell that grows more terrifying by the ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#Sirat: This riveting pendulum of a film swings back and forth between haunting drama and despair-laced horror. Characterizations fill the space amid the frenzied to and fro, making that propulsive ending all the more chilling. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/sirat-movie-...
Traveling to Oz on this Saturday evening. #Wicked/#WickedForGood
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Traveling to Oz on this Saturday evening. #Wicked/#WickedForGood
#SentimentalValue shows a quieter side of Joachim Trier…it is invigorating to see how he continues to grow as an artist who pushes and stretches his creative muscles to tackle complex textures of emotion. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/sentimental-...
‘Sentimental Value’ Movie Review: Joachim Trier Deconstructs Healing Through Creativity - WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events
No artist stirs a brew of emotions quite like Joachim Trier does. He has proven himself to be a master of empathetic storytelling, from 2011’s “Oslo, August 31st” to 2021’s “The Worst Person in the Wo...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#SentimentalValue shows a quieter side of Joachim Trier…it is invigorating to see how he continues to grow as an artist who pushes and stretches his creative muscles to tackle complex textures of emotion. My review via @wehotimes.bsky.social: wehotimes.com/sentimental-...