Eric D. Snider
@ericdsnider.bsky.social
Writer, emeritus film critic (1999-2020), gay, LDS. BLM. ACAB. Free Palestine. He/him. SoCal native, then Provo, then Portland, now Provo again. All tweets are about you specifically and should be taken personally. Fix your hearts or die.
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Eric D. Snider
@ericdsnider.bsky.social
· Jul 25
I may not agree with what you say. But I will defend to the death my right to make fun of you for saying it.
My dad is now fully retired. He took up golf and goes to Lowe's nearly every morning (including on Thanksgiving, when he was surprised to find it closed). He went full retire.
December 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
My dad is now fully retired. He took up golf and goes to Lowe's nearly every morning (including on Thanksgiving, when he was surprised to find it closed). He went full retire.
Play fighting with my 4-yr-old nephew is hilarious because he only speaks in dialogue he’s heard in his shows so it’s all cliches. Not so fast! That’s what you think! You’ll have to try harder than that! I’ve got a bad feeling about this! You’re no match for me! Very easy to improvise with him.
December 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Play fighting with my 4-yr-old nephew is hilarious because he only speaks in dialogue he’s heard in his shows so it’s all cliches. Not so fast! That’s what you think! You’ll have to try harder than that! I’ve got a bad feeling about this! You’re no match for me! Very easy to improvise with him.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Merry Christmas!
There’s a creepy Santa up in that middle window. Shows up every year, no one knows who puts him there. Gone 12/26 at the stroke of midnight. He knows our thoughts.
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There’s a creepy Santa up in that middle window. Shows up every year, no one knows who puts him there. Gone 12/26 at the stroke of midnight. He knows our thoughts.
Christmas greetings from the Sniders, aka
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Christmas greetings from the Sniders, aka
There is a giant teddy bear in my parents’ house (long story), and it lives in the guest bedroom. Normal human pillow for scale. Not the first bear I’ve shared a bed with hey hey
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 AM
There is a giant teddy bear in my parents’ house (long story), and it lives in the guest bedroom. Normal human pillow for scale. Not the first bear I’ve shared a bed with hey hey
THE LION IN WINTER is streaming on Kanopy, by the way. It stars the magnificent Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn. The original Broadway production of the play it's based on starred Robert Preston (Prof. Harold Hill) and Rosemary Harris (Aunt May).
I love when I forget that something is a Christmas movie and I watch it randomly at Christmastime! Last night was THE LION IN WINTER (1968), which if you haven't seen it is like if a Shakespeare play about kings got punched up by Oscar Wilde. It is SO FUNNY.
December 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
THE LION IN WINTER is streaming on Kanopy, by the way. It stars the magnificent Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn. The original Broadway production of the play it's based on starred Robert Preston (Prof. Harold Hill) and Rosemary Harris (Aunt May).
I love when I forget that something is a Christmas movie and I watch it randomly at Christmastime! Last night was THE LION IN WINTER (1968), which if you haven't seen it is like if a Shakespeare play about kings got punched up by Oscar Wilde. It is SO FUNNY.
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I love when I forget that something is a Christmas movie and I watch it randomly at Christmastime! Last night was THE LION IN WINTER (1968), which if you haven't seen it is like if a Shakespeare play about kings got punched up by Oscar Wilde. It is SO FUNNY.
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 is about as bad as I expected. I didn’t realize it was a children’s movie, but that’s almost entirely who was at the Saturday matinee. There were two girls about 10 yrs old who sat alone except for a dad who would bring them more concessions and leave again.
December 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 is about as bad as I expected. I didn’t realize it was a children’s movie, but that’s almost entirely who was at the Saturday matinee. There were two girls about 10 yrs old who sat alone except for a dad who would bring them more concessions and leave again.
My streak of being a liberal who only knows who George Soros is because right-wing crackpots keep mentioning him remains unbroken.
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My streak of being a liberal who only knows who George Soros is because right-wing crackpots keep mentioning him remains unbroken.
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
Just realized I have more than a month's worth now, if you want to do some kind of Advent calendar.
terminal diarrhea, sitting on a prison toilet, his long red tie tangling in the bowl
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just realized I have more than a month's worth now, if you want to do some kind of Advent calendar.
There was a clip months ago where Fallon had Sandler on the show and was showing him internet comments about how some robot somewhere had been dressed like Sandler. It was a funny observation — but Fallon showed him 4-5 comments of random people all making *the exact same joke*.
I actually don’t understand what’s happening here. How or why could this happen? Same joke three times in a week??
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There was a clip months ago where Fallon had Sandler on the show and was showing him internet comments about how some robot somewhere had been dressed like Sandler. It was a funny observation — but Fallon showed him 4-5 comments of random people all making *the exact same joke*.
Here's how the LDS Church-owned newspaper is framing Trump's "Presidential Hall of Fame" tantrum. (There's a video, too, which merely repeats the text over B-roll.) Some say I've never seen such egregious both-sidesing, while others say I have but it was in this same newspaper.
December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here's how the LDS Church-owned newspaper is framing Trump's "Presidential Hall of Fame" tantrum. (There's a video, too, which merely repeats the text over B-roll.) Some say I've never seen such egregious both-sidesing, while others say I have but it was in this same newspaper.
With just as much legal authority as Trump, I have renamed it the Eric D. Snider Center for the Performing Arts.
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
With just as much legal authority as Trump, I have renamed it the Eric D. Snider Center for the Performing Arts.
My buddy and I see a movie every Saturday afternoon. We lean toward genre stuff, but we'll see the blockbusters if they appeal to us. This week, Avatar doesn't appeal to me and The Housemaid doesn't appeal to him ... so we're seeing Five Nights at Freddy's 2, which we know will be bad (but short).
December 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My buddy and I see a movie every Saturday afternoon. We lean toward genre stuff, but we'll see the blockbusters if they appeal to us. This week, Avatar doesn't appeal to me and The Housemaid doesn't appeal to him ... so we're seeing Five Nights at Freddy's 2, which we know will be bad (but short).
IT ENDS is good! Having heard the premise (loosely), I thought there was little chance it would be compelling for 90 minutes, but I was wrong. Very intriguing and thoughtful and often suspenseful. See it when you can!
I get to share some lovely personal news to end the year: NEON are picking up worldwide rights to IT ENDS! variety.com/2025/film/ma...
Neon Buys Gen Z Road Thriller ‘It Ends’ Following SXSW Debut (EXCLUSIVE)
Neon has bought 'It Ends,' a thriller that premiered at SXSW.
variety.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
IT ENDS is good! Having heard the premise (loosely), I thought there was little chance it would be compelling for 90 minutes, but I was wrong. Very intriguing and thoughtful and often suspenseful. See it when you can!
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If this were true, they wouldn't be banning the medical care that does this.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If this were true, they wouldn't be banning the medical care that does this.
The best vibes would be if they renamed it the Trump-Kennedy-McKinley-Garfield-Lincoln Center.
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center —Karoline Leavitt x.com/PressSec/sta...
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The best vibes would be if they renamed it the Trump-Kennedy-McKinley-Garfield-Lincoln Center.
I was thinking about THE SANTA CLAUSE, and how the rule is that if you kill Santa, you become Santa, and wouldn't it be interesting if it also worked that way for U.S. President? I'm not saying it should, I'm just saying that would be interesting, and we'd probably get better results.
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I was thinking about THE SANTA CLAUSE, and how the rule is that if you kill Santa, you become Santa, and wouldn't it be interesting if it also worked that way for U.S. President? I'm not saying it should, I'm just saying that would be interesting, and we'd probably get better results.
This one reminds me of Martin Short as Clifford trying to look like a normal human boy.
December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This one reminds me of Martin Short as Clifford trying to look like a normal human boy.
Breaking: The Tonys Are Leaving CBS For Grindr
December 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Breaking: The Tonys Are Leaving CBS For Grindr
Watched LOVE ACTUALLY for the first time since it came out. It's pretty good! Obviously you cut the nude stand-ins (though funny) and the idiot who goes to America (not funny). Movie's long and doesn't need 'em. The only storyline that really affected me emotionally was the non-romantic one.
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Watched LOVE ACTUALLY for the first time since it came out. It's pretty good! Obviously you cut the nude stand-ins (though funny) and the idiot who goes to America (not funny). Movie's long and doesn't need 'em. The only storyline that really affected me emotionally was the non-romantic one.
There used to be a Santa at Pioneer Place mall in downtown Portland. When he was on a break and walking around, if you said, “Hi, Santa!” he’d say, “Hellooo! Do you still want that bicycle?” like he remembers you from when you were a kid. He said basically the same thing to everyone, but I loved it.
December 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There used to be a Santa at Pioneer Place mall in downtown Portland. When he was on a break and walking around, if you said, “Hi, Santa!” he’d say, “Hellooo! Do you still want that bicycle?” like he remembers you from when you were a kid. He said basically the same thing to everyone, but I loved it.