Elijah Davidson
@elijahdavidson.bsky.social
Writer. http://elijahdavidson.com
Shout out to the @vidiots.bsky.social rental store crew for telling my son he's the coolest kid who came into the store today after he told them he had just watched GODZILLA V HEDORAH again before coming in to rent THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART.
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Shout out to the @vidiots.bsky.social rental store crew for telling my son he's the coolest kid who came into the store today after he told them he had just watched GODZILLA V HEDORAH again before coming in to rent THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART.
I feel lucky to be alive during the Michael Cera ascendency.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I feel lucky to be alive during the Michael Cera ascendency.
I don’t think the trailer for THE BRIDE has to sell THE BRIDE as hard as the trailer for THE BRIDE sells THE BRIDE.
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I don’t think the trailer for THE BRIDE has to sell THE BRIDE as hard as the trailer for THE BRIDE sells THE BRIDE.
PREDATOR: BADLANDS - It’s Cameron’s (speculative) world and we’re all lucky to be living in it.
I don’t mean to diminish what Trachtenberg is doing with the Predator series. It rocks. If you’d told me six years ago I’d ever care 1 iota about this property I’d have LOLed. Give this man an Avatar.
I don’t mean to diminish what Trachtenberg is doing with the Predator series. It rocks. If you’d told me six years ago I’d ever care 1 iota about this property I’d have LOLed. Give this man an Avatar.
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS - It’s Cameron’s (speculative) world and we’re all lucky to be living in it.
I don’t mean to diminish what Trachtenberg is doing with the Predator series. It rocks. If you’d told me six years ago I’d ever care 1 iota about this property I’d have LOLed. Give this man an Avatar.
I don’t mean to diminish what Trachtenberg is doing with the Predator series. It rocks. If you’d told me six years ago I’d ever care 1 iota about this property I’d have LOLed. Give this man an Avatar.
This is me just reveling in the beauty of PTA's cinematography in PHANTOM THREAD while enjoying a cup fo Lapsang Souchong last night.
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is me just reveling in the beauty of PTA's cinematography in PHANTOM THREAD while enjoying a cup fo Lapsang Souchong last night.
Really good day for people who care about other people.
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Really good day for people who care about other people.
Until I was in my twenties David Bowie was only the evil witch lady in that scary Muppet movie.
Ah yes, Sam Neill, Vasily from THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Until I was in my twenties David Bowie was only the evil witch lady in that scary Muppet movie.
“Yep, that was exactly the right thing.” - my mom at the end of del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, which we went to see immediately after coming home from my grandmother’s (her mother’s) funeral
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Yep, that was exactly the right thing.” - my mom at the end of del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, which we went to see immediately after coming home from my grandmother’s (her mother’s) funeral
Distressingly, the most fantastical scene in FIELD OF DREAMS is the PTA meeting.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Distressingly, the most fantastical scene in FIELD OF DREAMS is the PTA meeting.
I have AKIRA on 4K and it’s great but really the best way to watch AKIRA is on a well-worn bootleg VHS that your best friend steals out of his older brother’s bedroom when you’re spending the night in third grade.
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I have AKIRA on 4K and it’s great but really the best way to watch AKIRA is on a well-worn bootleg VHS that your best friend steals out of his older brother’s bedroom when you’re spending the night in third grade.
FRANKENSTEIN is literally Guillermo del Toro’s SILENCE.
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
FRANKENSTEIN is literally Guillermo del Toro’s SILENCE.
A ghost, vampires, (not) zombies, and now a Frankenstein’s monster - if there’s one thing 2025 has dialed in it’s horror.
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A ghost, vampires, (not) zombies, and now a Frankenstein’s monster - if there’s one thing 2025 has dialed in it’s horror.
This is my annual post about how what I want most is a season-long, behind-the-scenes doc about the making of a season of The Great British Bake Off: three episodes on the pre-production process; three episodes on the filming of the contest itself; and three episodes on the post-production process.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is my annual post about how what I want most is a season-long, behind-the-scenes doc about the making of a season of The Great British Bake Off: three episodes on the pre-production process; three episodes on the filming of the contest itself; and three episodes on the post-production process.
Future scholars will detect a subtle reference to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in the 2024 Davidson family Christmas letter, dramatically altering their reading of the text.
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Future scholars will detect a subtle reference to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in the 2024 Davidson family Christmas letter, dramatically altering their reading of the text.
The submarine sequence is great because one day when I watch it with my kids I’ll be able to say, “This is why we close doors.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The submarine sequence is great because one day when I watch it with my kids I’ll be able to say, “This is why we close doors.”
“Take care of my suit.” is a great joke, in part, because it is Tom Cruise acknowledging on camera, subtly, his physical stature.
October 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
“Take care of my suit.” is a great joke, in part, because it is Tom Cruise acknowledging on camera, subtly, his physical stature.
My daughter is in her Frozen phase so you're gonna get Frozen observations from time to time.
Kristen Bell sings circles around everyone in this movie. Everyone.
Kristen Bell sings circles around everyone in this movie. Everyone.
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My daughter is in her Frozen phase so you're gonna get Frozen observations from time to time.
Kristen Bell sings circles around everyone in this movie. Everyone.
Kristen Bell sings circles around everyone in this movie. Everyone.
My pitch for a Predator movie is Predator+Galaxy Quest/The Three Amigos/Tropic Thunder. A trio of shitty Yautja watches Earth movies and thinks they're real so they abduct action movie stars to help them kill their way into the Yautja elite.
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My pitch for a Predator movie is Predator+Galaxy Quest/The Three Amigos/Tropic Thunder. A trio of shitty Yautja watches Earth movies and thinks they're real so they abduct action movie stars to help them kill their way into the Yautja elite.
I'm watching M:I - DEAD RECKONING today in anticipation of my blu-ray of M:I - THE FINAL RECKONING arriving tomorrow. I bet Buster Keaton would love knowing that more than a hundred years later filmmakers are still chasing his genius.
October 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'm watching M:I - DEAD RECKONING today in anticipation of my blu-ray of M:I - THE FINAL RECKONING arriving tomorrow. I bet Buster Keaton would love knowing that more than a hundred years later filmmakers are still chasing his genius.
Any time you need to feel joy just hit play on Huey Lewis and the News' "The Power of Love" the moment INTERSTELLAR cuts to its end credits.
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Any time you need to feel joy just hit play on Huey Lewis and the News' "The Power of Love" the moment INTERSTELLAR cuts to its end credits.
I like how in his next movie Christopher Nolan is like, "You can get yourself home, Mr. Man."
October 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I like how in his next movie Christopher Nolan is like, "You can get yourself home, Mr. Man."
The only proper way to watch TRON: ARES is for the audience to queue up in the theater rows and slowly take a step or two forward every couple of minutes for the duration of the film. Time it perfectly and you'll reach the exit right as the credits end two hours later.
October 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The only proper way to watch TRON: ARES is for the audience to queue up in the theater rows and slowly take a step or two forward every couple of minutes for the duration of the film. Time it perfectly and you'll reach the exit right as the credits end two hours later.
I wish I could erase my memory of ALIEN and watch it again as if for the first time.
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I wish I could erase my memory of ALIEN and watch it again as if for the first time.
I used to live where ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was filmed, and my life as a single person devoted solely to my sense of calling climaxed along the road where the film climaxes. Great film; strange movie-watching experience. elijahdavidson.com/one-battle-a...
One Battle After Another - Elijah Davidson
ONE BATTLER AFTER ANOTHER and my thoughts on mission, marriage, and the place of the marginalized in the kingdom of God.
elijahdavidson.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I used to live where ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was filmed, and my life as a single person devoted solely to my sense of calling climaxed along the road where the film climaxes. Great film; strange movie-watching experience. elijahdavidson.com/one-battle-a...