Alan Cerny
@alancerny.bsky.social
Writer - @vitalthrills.com and thecryingdad.com, co-host of the @matineeheroes.bsky.social podcast, and Rotten Tomatoes credited reviewer. Steven Spielberg biased. Love to write about and talk about movies. All posts earnest with a hint of sarcasm. He/him.
Tatsuya Nakadai has passed. One of the greatest Japanese actors who ever lived. Watch SWORD OF DOOM. It rules. variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai has passed. One of the greatest Japanese actors who ever lived. Watch SWORD OF DOOM. It rules. variety.com/2025/film/ob...
I love when movies play in my head for hours or even days after I see them. PREDATOR: BADLANDS may be my favorite franchise movie this year. It's so much fun. Monsters, androids, glowy swords, spaceships, and laser guns, and they should serve cereal because it's Saturday morning cartoony as hell.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I love when movies play in my head for hours or even days after I see them. PREDATOR: BADLANDS may be my favorite franchise movie this year. It's so much fun. Monsters, androids, glowy swords, spaceships, and laser guns, and they should serve cereal because it's Saturday morning cartoony as hell.
I get why some people didn't like PREDATOR: BADLANDS. I get it. But
two men are sitting at a table looking at a cell phone . one of the men is wearing a red jacket .
Alt: two men are sitting at a table looking at a cell phone . one of the men is wearing a red jacket .
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I get why some people didn't like PREDATOR: BADLANDS. I get it. But
"Suffice it to say, the film is a true sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick; I have no higher praise."
Walter knows, man.
Walter knows, man.
FFC review: PREDATOR: BADLANDS, by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/11/pred...
Predator: Badlands (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Reuben de Jongscreenplay by Patrick Alson and Brian Duffielddirected by Dan Trachtenberg by Walter Chaw There are two moments back-to-b...
filmfreakcentral.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"Suffice it to say, the film is a true sequel to The Chronicles of Riddick; I have no higher praise."
Walter knows, man.
Walter knows, man.
"One day a tree fell on me. That day I vowed I would not stop until all trees are destroyed."
Fuck everything today, but especially this man.
Greg Abbott announces reelection campaign for record fourth term as Texas governor
Gov. Greg Abbott formally announced his fourth gubernatorial run in Houston on Sunday. The incumbent Republican, who currently has around $87 million in his campaign war chest, will face two opponents...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"One day a tree fell on me. That day I vowed I would not stop until all trees are destroyed."
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...Get your dreads done nice, get your android fixed
And meet me tonight at LV-426...
And meet me tonight at LV-426...
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
...Get your dreads done nice, get your android fixed
And meet me tonight at LV-426...
And meet me tonight at LV-426...
"On the spaceship they're getting ready for a fight
See what those Xenomorphs can do
Now there's Yautja flying in from outer space
Marines can't get no relief
Rumble out on the promenade
And Weyland-Yutani's hanging on by the skin of its teeth"
See what those Xenomorphs can do
Now there's Yautja flying in from outer space
Marines can't get no relief
Rumble out on the promenade
And Weyland-Yutani's hanging on by the skin of its teeth"
PREDATOR BADLANDS is the Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska of Predator movies
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"On the spaceship they're getting ready for a fight
See what those Xenomorphs can do
Now there's Yautja flying in from outer space
Marines can't get no relief
Rumble out on the promenade
And Weyland-Yutani's hanging on by the skin of its teeth"
See what those Xenomorphs can do
Now there's Yautja flying in from outer space
Marines can't get no relief
Rumble out on the promenade
And Weyland-Yutani's hanging on by the skin of its teeth"
Hey everybody. Let's Schumer* the hell out of this day!
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hey everybody. Let's Schumer* the hell out of this day!
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
*capitulate to everyone we see, until we get home, knowing that we completely failed the day, our families, and our friends, and go into our bedroom closet and cry ourselves to a troubled sleep, huddled among the dirty clothes in humiliation
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If you can’t reply to my posts, it means I don’t want to hear from you bc we very likely do not know each other. It’s not personal! You did nothing wrong! However, if you intentionally circumvent it, that just suggests to me that you cannot handle encountering one single boundary, and I hate you.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
If you can’t reply to my posts, it means I don’t want to hear from you bc we very likely do not know each other. It’s not personal! You did nothing wrong! However, if you intentionally circumvent it, that just suggests to me that you cannot handle encountering one single boundary, and I hate you.
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Hey Houston! Join me at the River Oaks Theatre for a mystery movie screening. It's an underseen gem from one of the favorite filmmakers of film sickos everywhere. This is a movie that almost never gets screened, and we're showing a new restoration!
www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hey Houston! Join me at the River Oaks Theatre for a mystery movie screening. It's an underseen gem from one of the favorite filmmakers of film sickos everywhere. This is a movie that almost never gets screened, and we're showing a new restoration!
www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
There’s a line from the old TICK animated show that perfectly describes my lungs, nose, and throat this past week and change.
“Mucal invader! Is there no end to your oozing?!”
“Mucal invader! Is there no end to your oozing?!”
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
There’s a line from the old TICK animated show that perfectly describes my lungs, nose, and throat this past week and change.
“Mucal invader! Is there no end to your oozing?!”
“Mucal invader! Is there no end to your oozing?!”
Park Chan-Wook’s films are always richer experiences with second and subsequent viewings. DECISION TO LEAVE is no exception. It’s also much funnier than I remembered (though I’ve often thought his films are funny). I love the shifting perspectives in the cinematography, too. He gets playful with it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Park Chan-Wook’s films are always richer experiences with second and subsequent viewings. DECISION TO LEAVE is no exception. It’s also much funnier than I remembered (though I’ve often thought his films are funny). I love the shifting perspectives in the cinematography, too. He gets playful with it.
About to introduce DECISION TO LEAVE at River Oaks!
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
About to introduce DECISION TO LEAVE at River Oaks!
Well, PLURIBUS rules. Notch another great show to Vince Gilligan.
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Well, PLURIBUS rules. Notch another great show to Vince Gilligan.
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PREDATOR: BADLANDS - Holy crap that ruled. Exploded both the PREDATOR and ALIEN sagas in satisfying ways. I hope Dan Trachtenberg gets to play with this sandbox for as long as he wants. Dek of the Yautja is a goddamn Robert E. Howard hero. So so so freaking good. NEED MORE. NOW.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS - Holy crap that ruled. Exploded both the PREDATOR and ALIEN sagas in satisfying ways. I hope Dan Trachtenberg gets to play with this sandbox for as long as he wants. Dek of the Yautja is a goddamn Robert E. Howard hero. So so so freaking good. NEED MORE. NOW.
PREDATOR: BADLANDS - Holy crap that ruled. Exploded both the PREDATOR and ALIEN sagas in satisfying ways. I hope Dan Trachtenberg gets to play with this sandbox for as long as he wants. Dek of the Yautja is a goddamn Robert E. Howard hero. So so so freaking good. NEED MORE. NOW.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS - Holy crap that ruled. Exploded both the PREDATOR and ALIEN sagas in satisfying ways. I hope Dan Trachtenberg gets to play with this sandbox for as long as he wants. Dek of the Yautja is a goddamn Robert E. Howard hero. So so so freaking good. NEED MORE. NOW.
Sunday morning, going to Predator Church, as one does.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sunday morning, going to Predator Church, as one does.
Today at 6 pm, I’m hosting the Houston Film Critics Society’s screening of Park Chan-Wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE at River Oaks Theatre! It’s a great Hitchcockian thriller. Hear me talk about Park Chan-Wook today with tickets: www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
Houston Film Critics Society Presents DECISION TO LEAVE at River Oaks River Oaks
In this seductively twisted, modern romantic thriller, obsession is taken to wondrous and vertiginous extremes. Without a doubt one of the most electrifying minds working in cinema today, Park Chan-wo...
www.theriveroakstheatre.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today at 6 pm, I’m hosting the Houston Film Critics Society’s screening of Park Chan-Wook’s DECISION TO LEAVE at River Oaks Theatre! It’s a great Hitchcockian thriller. Hear me talk about Park Chan-Wook today with tickets: www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
Seeing some people griping about my settings on my feed.
If you don’t follow me, you don’t get to reply. And if I determine that your quote post is reductive or insulting, I detach, block, and you cease to exist. I don’t engage.
Them’s the Bluesky rules. If it sucks, fuck off. My feed, my rules.
If you don’t follow me, you don’t get to reply. And if I determine that your quote post is reductive or insulting, I detach, block, and you cease to exist. I don’t engage.
Them’s the Bluesky rules. If it sucks, fuck off. My feed, my rules.
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Seeing some people griping about my settings on my feed.
If you don’t follow me, you don’t get to reply. And if I determine that your quote post is reductive or insulting, I detach, block, and you cease to exist. I don’t engage.
Them’s the Bluesky rules. If it sucks, fuck off. My feed, my rules.
If you don’t follow me, you don’t get to reply. And if I determine that your quote post is reductive or insulting, I detach, block, and you cease to exist. I don’t engage.
Them’s the Bluesky rules. If it sucks, fuck off. My feed, my rules.
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Kash Patel has permanent goose-stepped-on-my-grave face.
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Kash Patel has permanent goose-stepped-on-my-grave face.
Back in the 70s, a movie like THE STEPFORD WIVES was considered pure satire. At least, for those of us who could have, you know, social relationships.
I never imagined that someone saw that movie and said, “That’s it! Let’s have THAT.”
I never imagined that someone saw that movie and said, “That’s it! Let’s have THAT.”
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Back in the 70s, a movie like THE STEPFORD WIVES was considered pure satire. At least, for those of us who could have, you know, social relationships.
I never imagined that someone saw that movie and said, “That’s it! Let’s have THAT.”
I never imagined that someone saw that movie and said, “That’s it! Let’s have THAT.”
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Making this the 🧵 for publicity appearances for POPCORN DISABILITIES. Be sure to bookmark to find out where I'm going to be in promoting the book and the various great people who have allowed me to talk about the movie this month.
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Making this the 🧵 for publicity appearances for POPCORN DISABILITIES. Be sure to bookmark to find out where I'm going to be in promoting the book and the various great people who have allowed me to talk about the movie this month.
Reading smart people totally disassembling the New York Times is my new kink.
You know, elocution and rational, decent thought used to mean something. It’s a shame that (as press would have you think) these things are supposedly outliers.
You know, elocution and rational, decent thought used to mean something. It’s a shame that (as press would have you think) these things are supposedly outliers.
"Beneath its humdrum requests, every email said more or less the same thing: Can you explain how reading certain things can turn a person into a socialist—and, possibly, a terrorist-sympathizing antisemite?" lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reading smart people totally disassembling the New York Times is my new kink.
You know, elocution and rational, decent thought used to mean something. It’s a shame that (as press would have you think) these things are supposedly outliers.
You know, elocution and rational, decent thought used to mean something. It’s a shame that (as press would have you think) these things are supposedly outliers.