Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
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Good afternoon. For @avclub.com I spoke to Joe Dante about the micromanaged 2003 box office flop LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, Warner Bros. first Looney Tunes feature after SPACE JAM. Wha hoppened?? Read on to find out….
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I just thought you should know that the three-hour, two-part version of Miike's AGITATOR is great and Radiance's recent blu-ray is essential.
September 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I just thought you should know that the three-hour, two-part version of Miike's AGITATOR is great and Radiance's recent blu-ray is essential.
Loved people watching at last night's Kim Gordon show. She puts on a good show, of course, tho I wasn't nuts about the opener. KG weirdly reminds me of Jeanne Moreau, but that's prob because I'm preparing an audio commentary about an early Moreau movie. "Not Today" my fave cut from the PLAY ME songs
September 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Loved people watching at last night's Kim Gordon show. She puts on a good show, of course, tho I wasn't nuts about the opener. KG weirdly reminds me of Jeanne Moreau, but that's prob because I'm preparing an audio commentary about an early Moreau movie. "Not Today" my fave cut from the PLAY ME songs
Never happier than when I’m trying to show Jene Steven Seagal content
September 16, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Never happier than when I’m trying to show Jene Steven Seagal content
Quick question: is it….good….when your home insurance officer responds to the news of your closing date with, “Miracles happen”…?
September 15, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Quick question: is it….good….when your home insurance officer responds to the news of your closing date with, “Miracles happen”…?
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Ed Sheeran’s band just quit the Ed Sheeran tour.
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour.
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
This is the statement they published on Instagram:
September 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Ed Sheeran’s band just quit the Ed Sheeran tour.
TFW Colleen Camp shows up in the new movie you’re reviewing:
Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'
ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'
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September 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
TFW Colleen Camp shows up in the new movie you’re reviewing:
In case you forgot, the winning combo of entitled RESIDENT EVIL and Green Lantern fans reminds us why fanboys suck & will goalpost shift endlessly to air their grievances. For all their whining about LARPers & humiliation rituals, these ”fans” ultimately don’t know what they want.
The Simpsons: Milhouse on Winning by Watching
ALT: The Simpsons: Milhouse on Winning by Watching
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September 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In case you forgot, the winning combo of entitled RESIDENT EVIL and Green Lantern fans reminds us why fanboys suck & will goalpost shift endlessly to air their grievances. For all their whining about LARPers & humiliation rituals, these ”fans” ultimately don’t know what they want.
Kim Gordon tonight at Warsaw with @lcosgrove.bsky.social. NGL, I like that her tour‘s set list is just the new album, minus the last song, then four songs from THE COLLECTIVE, two from NO HOME RECORD, then a ten minute unreleased track called “Cigarette” for an encore. Perfect, no notes.
September 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Kim Gordon tonight at Warsaw with @lcosgrove.bsky.social. NGL, I like that her tour‘s set list is just the new album, minus the last song, then four songs from THE COLLECTIVE, two from NO HOME RECORD, then a ten minute unreleased track called “Cigarette” for an encore. Perfect, no notes.
Two things about last night’s LANTERNS: 1) John Stewart’s bandages reminded me of THE SINGING DETECTIVE. 2) Anyone else laugh at how nosy Antaan was about how Macon supposedly compromised John? (He must have bent him to his will, but I thought he was straight!) What a busybody!
September 15, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Two things about last night’s LANTERNS: 1) John Stewart’s bandages reminded me of THE SINGING DETECTIVE. 2) Anyone else laugh at how nosy Antaan was about how Macon supposedly compromised John? (He must have bent him to his will, but I thought he was straight!) What a busybody!
Jene: Come with me to a party on a boat? It’s in Red Hook or something.
Me: Sorry, I can’t take a bus tonight, I rented the three hour, two part cut of Miike’s AGITATOR from @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social
Me: Sorry, I can’t take a bus tonight, I rented the three hour, two part cut of Miike’s AGITATOR from @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social
September 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Jene: Come with me to a party on a boat? It’s in Red Hook or something.
Me: Sorry, I can’t take a bus tonight, I rented the three hour, two part cut of Miike’s AGITATOR from @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social
Me: Sorry, I can’t take a bus tonight, I rented the three hour, two part cut of Miike’s AGITATOR from @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social
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When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair
To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle
As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style”
Meant the world to our son
that man was Bob Mackie
RIP
To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle
As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style”
Meant the world to our son
that man was Bob Mackie
RIP
September 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
When my son was 5 he had a sartorial flair
To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle
As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style”
Meant the world to our son
that man was Bob Mackie
RIP
To go to arts delicatessen he wore a midnight blue cape, top hat &monocle
As we were leaving an older gent stopped him saying “young man, i like your style”
Meant the world to our son
that man was Bob Mackie
RIP
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September 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is just the tip of the huge iceberg of nightmares to be found within the covers of our enormous books! Get 10% off with the case-sensitive code BACKLIST10 till midnight, Friday September 18.
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Can recommend the official Mothra hot sauce. The loneapple habanero flavor isn’t too strong, nor is the heat level. And it goes well with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage (mango habanero flavor)
September 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Can recommend the official Mothra hot sauce. The loneapple habanero flavor isn’t too strong, nor is the heat level. And it goes well with scrambled eggs and chicken sausage (mango habanero flavor)
I can’t believe Zack Snyder pooped the bed again. It beggars belief! Just wait til you festival “critics“ see the 16 hour roadshow version, then you’ll be sorry!
September 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I can’t believe Zack Snyder pooped the bed again. It beggars belief! Just wait til you festival “critics“ see the 16 hour roadshow version, then you’ll be sorry!
Watching QUICK DRAW OKATSU (1969), a fun swordplay in a gambling den pic and a late career gem for director Nobuo Nakagawa (JIGOKU, GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA, A WICKED WOMAN, BLACK CAT MANSION). Lotsa charming old school classicism in the blocking and general dramatic sensibility. Bloody and thrilling!
September 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Watching QUICK DRAW OKATSU (1969), a fun swordplay in a gambling den pic and a late career gem for director Nobuo Nakagawa (JIGOKU, GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA, A WICKED WOMAN, BLACK CAT MANSION). Lotsa charming old school classicism in the blocking and general dramatic sensibility. Bloody and thrilling!
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Her team is responding solely because @lillywachowski.bsky.social is American and not subject to the draconian UK libel/slander laws. So they have to straight up lie about her £1 billion legal fund that exists solely to strip transgender people of their civil rights and silence Rowling's critics.
Eye-wateringly stupid defence from Rowling’s team here - ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’ - Really? So that £70,000 towards the bathroom ban was by accident? The JKR Women’s Fund was made by an impersonator? At least have the spine to admit you want us dead
J.K. Rowling’s rep responds to Lilly Wachowski’s accusation of ‘funding trans genocide’ (exclusive)
J.K. Rowling’s representative responded to Lilly Wachowski accusing the author of ‘funding trans genocide’: ‘She does not support legal actions aimed at harming transgender people.’
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September 12, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Her team is responding solely because @lillywachowski.bsky.social is American and not subject to the draconian UK libel/slander laws. So they have to straight up lie about her £1 billion legal fund that exists solely to strip transgender people of their civil rights and silence Rowling's critics.
Hello, from my new balcony.
September 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Hello, from my new balcony.
Wake up and watch some early 80s Chang Cheh/Shaw Bros with me.
September 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Wake up and watch some early 80s Chang Cheh/Shaw Bros with me.
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Speaking of how Rod Stewart looks, a couple of years ago small town Vermont was abuzz with Rod Stewart sightings! Turns out it was a lookalike, but the press coverage was pretty great:
www.sevendaysvt.com/music/someon...
www.sevendaysvt.com/music/someon...
Someone Like You: Vermont Sightings of Rod Stewart Were False (but Also Awesome) | Seven Days
Some guys have all the luck. And then there's me. On Friday, Seven Days reported that gazillion records-selling pop star Sir Rod Stewart and his...
www.sevendaysvt.com
September 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Speaking of how Rod Stewart looks, a couple of years ago small town Vermont was abuzz with Rod Stewart sightings! Turns out it was a lookalike, but the press coverage was pretty great:
www.sevendaysvt.com/music/someon...
www.sevendaysvt.com/music/someon...
We are a house divided (Jene thinks Rod Stewart looks like Sam the Eagle while I think he looks like Lady Elaine)
September 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
We are a house divided (Jene thinks Rod Stewart looks like Sam the Eagle while I think he looks like Lady Elaine)
I dunno about Hollywood’s track record with making “good” 9/11 movies, but I do know that Sean Penn’s short contribution to that one anthology movie is really, really bad.
September 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
I dunno about Hollywood’s track record with making “good” 9/11 movies, but I do know that Sean Penn’s short contribution to that one anthology movie is really, really bad.
Watching Neal McDonough in a weird rug (aka: RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY)
September 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Watching Neal McDonough in a weird rug (aka: RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY)
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HBD Brian De Palma!
Key New Hollywood: Greetings, Hi Mom, Sisters
NB stunning Casualties of War
More:
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@nicolasrapold.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/m...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/d...
Key New Hollywood: Greetings, Hi Mom, Sisters
NB stunning Casualties of War
More:
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/m...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/d...
A Director Peers Into His Past (Published 2013)
Brian De Palma, the director behind suspense films like “Sisters” and “Dressed to Kill,” analyzes sequences in his earlier work and in his latest, “Passion.”
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
HBD Brian De Palma!
Key New Hollywood: Greetings, Hi Mom, Sisters
NB stunning Casualties of War
More:
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/m...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/d...
Key New Hollywood: Greetings, Hi Mom, Sisters
NB stunning Casualties of War
More:
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social: www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/m...
@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/d...
LRP: The fact that Ted Cruz liked a screenshot from an account called "Sexuall posts" is already funny, but then the image itself!!! Glorious, historic self-own.
September 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
LRP: The fact that Ted Cruz liked a screenshot from an account called "Sexuall posts" is already funny, but then the image itself!!! Glorious, historic self-own.