FilmWonk
@filmwonk.net
Seattle-based film critic and podcaster.
On the site, we talk movies.
Here, I sometimes talk politics.
Opinions are my own. He/Him.
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On the site, we talk movies.
Here, I sometimes talk politics.
Opinions are my own. He/Him.
Website:
https://filmwonk.net
Mastodon:
https://noc.social/@FilmWonk
Hellsite (dead):
https://twitter.com/filmwonk
SpaceX acquired xAI, which only exists to allow Elon Musk to pay zero dollars for Twitter and zero dollars in taxes, and for the same reason that SpaceX bought a bunch of Cybertrucks, and the same reason that Elon bought Donald Trump the White House:
Because he'll keep doing it until we stop him.
Because he'll keep doing it until we stop him.
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
SpaceX acquired xAI, which only exists to allow Elon Musk to pay zero dollars for Twitter and zero dollars in taxes, and for the same reason that SpaceX bought a bunch of Cybertrucks, and the same reason that Elon bought Donald Trump the White House:
Because he'll keep doing it until we stop him.
Because he'll keep doing it until we stop him.
CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez summarily executed Alex Pretti, and the next place I read their names had better be on an indictment.
February 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez summarily executed Alex Pretti, and the next place I read their names had better be on an indictment.
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Once again here to tap the mic and say Texas is a gerrymandered, voter repressed state, not a "red" state. And every one of you celebrating the (significant) win in Tarrant County better not be the same people in my mentions saying to throw the whole South away. There are good people fighting.
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Once again here to tap the mic and say Texas is a gerrymandered, voter repressed state, not a "red" state. And every one of you celebrating the (significant) win in Tarrant County better not be the same people in my mentions saying to throw the whole South away. There are good people fighting.
Catherine O'Hara was delightful.
Thanks for everything and RIP.
Thanks for everything and RIP.
January 30, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Catherine O'Hara was delightful.
Thanks for everything and RIP.
Thanks for everything and RIP.
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
Their morale can always plummet further.
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
Their morale can always plummet further.
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
Their morale can always plummet further.
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
"All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda"
Their morale can always plummet further.
If I have to take my daughter to Canada to get the fucking HPV vaccine, I will.
But I think instead, I'll be encouraging my state and local governments to continue to cut off the federal government's ability to have any say in the matter. Permanently.
But I think instead, I'll be encouraging my state and local governments to continue to cut off the federal government's ability to have any say in the matter. Permanently.
I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 PM
If I have to take my daughter to Canada to get the fucking HPV vaccine, I will.
But I think instead, I'll be encouraging my state and local governments to continue to cut off the federal government's ability to have any say in the matter. Permanently.
But I think instead, I'll be encouraging my state and local governments to continue to cut off the federal government's ability to have any say in the matter. Permanently.
It is simultaneously true that Kristi Noem is a complicit, puppy-killing Nazi who needs to be ousted from power and prosecuted...and the major reason why the GOP is comfortable throwing her under the bus is b/c she's a woman.
Noem deserves this, and the GOP hates women.
Both true and worth noting.
Noem deserves this, and the GOP hates women.
Both true and worth noting.
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It is simultaneously true that Kristi Noem is a complicit, puppy-killing Nazi who needs to be ousted from power and prosecuted...and the major reason why the GOP is comfortable throwing her under the bus is b/c she's a woman.
Noem deserves this, and the GOP hates women.
Both true and worth noting.
Noem deserves this, and the GOP hates women.
Both true and worth noting.
Legitimately very cool artistic usage of agentic AI.
I don't have a very long list of those, so I love to see em when they pop up.
You can click the ? in the top right of the page to see how they did it.
I don't have a very long list of those, so I love to see em when they pop up.
You can click the ? in the top right of the page to see how they did it.
An impressive isometric map of NYC, built with AI agents. “I’m particularly interested in scaling up the grindy repetitive tasks that make many ideas practically impossible.” [cannoneyed.com]
Isonmetric NYC
cannoneyed.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Legitimately very cool artistic usage of agentic AI.
I don't have a very long list of those, so I love to see em when they pop up.
You can click the ? in the top right of the page to see how they did it.
I don't have a very long list of those, so I love to see em when they pop up.
You can click the ? in the top right of the page to see how they did it.
Best I can do is feel bad for their baby after Vance's trial.
From the Editorial Board: You don’t need to share the Vances’ political views to be happy for them.
Editorial: A baby at 1 Observatory Circle
A new life is a reason for hope, a moment that invites optimism about the future. We wish Usha and the Vance family well.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Best I can do is feel bad for their baby after Vance's trial.
He can retire in ADX Florence.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
He can retire in ADX Florence.
The Fast and the Furious premiered when I was an actual teenager, but I was still today years old when I first noticed...
During the cop raid scene...
As the edit cuts back and forth to Dom and Letty smoochin...
Well let's just say 2 Fast wasn't the first franchise depiction of motorboating.
During the cop raid scene...
As the edit cuts back and forth to Dom and Letty smoochin...
Well let's just say 2 Fast wasn't the first franchise depiction of motorboating.
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 AM
The Fast and the Furious premiered when I was an actual teenager, but I was still today years old when I first noticed...
During the cop raid scene...
As the edit cuts back and forth to Dom and Letty smoochin...
Well let's just say 2 Fast wasn't the first franchise depiction of motorboating.
During the cop raid scene...
As the edit cuts back and forth to Dom and Letty smoochin...
Well let's just say 2 Fast wasn't the first franchise depiction of motorboating.
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They *sold* his phone? It's a minor part of the atrocities, but wth? Is that regulation, or pure theft and retaliation?
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
They *sold* his phone? It's a minor part of the atrocities, but wth? Is that regulation, or pure theft and retaliation?
Kumail Nanjiani's new hour of standup on Hulu is quite good.
And the joke on a treadmill in my brain this morning is *not* the one that made me keel over laughing for a full minute and required me to pause the special to recover.
No.
It's
"Easy Pill Giver Cat"
And the joke on a treadmill in my brain this morning is *not* the one that made me keel over laughing for a full minute and required me to pause the special to recover.
No.
It's
"Easy Pill Giver Cat"
January 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Kumail Nanjiani's new hour of standup on Hulu is quite good.
And the joke on a treadmill in my brain this morning is *not* the one that made me keel over laughing for a full minute and required me to pause the special to recover.
No.
It's
"Easy Pill Giver Cat"
And the joke on a treadmill in my brain this morning is *not* the one that made me keel over laughing for a full minute and required me to pause the special to recover.
No.
It's
"Easy Pill Giver Cat"
The guy who made the non-consensual deepfake pornography generator for pedophiles has opinions about censorship.
Musk says outcry over X's Grok service is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The guy who made the non-consensual deepfake pornography generator for pedophiles has opinions about censorship.
"Freedom" has always had the same meaning to white Christian conservatives.
I always take the opportunity to remind people that the "don't tread on me" guy ... wanted to be left alone to tread on OTHERS in peace.
![by 1774, Christopher Gadsden owned four stores, several merchant vessels, two rice plantations, a residential district in Charleston called Gadsdenboro, and a large wharf on the Cooper River."[2] Of all the colonies, South Carolina received the highest number of slaves from Africa, and most of these came ashore on Gadsden's Wharf in Charleston.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gadsden#Views_on_slavery](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7ph2lr6c6u23ui646z5n44nc/bafkreiebeascn7wov5sdowr2nubtqldy2j64ddzkj5wgb4kvscww36ojni@jpeg)
![most of these came ashore on Gadsden's Wharf in Charleston.[3] Gadsden himself owned slaves, as did many rice plantation owners in South Carolina who used the labor of enslaved Africans to grow and sell](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7ph2lr6c6u23ui646z5n44nc/bafkreic2vlwsu7aiht4aco7nambideoldg6mrbarhkykzec5bbb4qj75vu@jpeg)
![Gadsden, Kelcey Eldridge states that, "at the time of his death, he owned enough slaves to 'divide my Estate real and personal as well as my negroes as otherwise into nineteen equal parts or shares'"; but it is unknown just how many enslaved people he purchased, owned, or used.[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7ph2lr6c6u23ui646z5n44nc/bafkreibgjw2iquaewvgtqijonvs2g53q7shy43okhvd64o7ubuqs723dii@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"Freedom" has always had the same meaning to white Christian conservatives.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
It's legitimately pretty funny to watch ICE compare themselves to the Virgin Mary
It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
January 5, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It's legitimately pretty funny to watch ICE compare themselves to the Virgin Mary
This doesn't sound like a real punishment.
I mean, they're taking money from him, fine, but what I'm saying is: This doesn't sound like a punishment that was specifically indicated for any specific offense, and ordered by a military judge.
It sounds like "some shit they're doing b/c they can".
I mean, they're taking money from him, fine, but what I'm saying is: This doesn't sound like a punishment that was specifically indicated for any specific offense, and ordered by a military judge.
It sounds like "some shit they're doing b/c they can".
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
This doesn't sound like a real punishment.
I mean, they're taking money from him, fine, but what I'm saying is: This doesn't sound like a punishment that was specifically indicated for any specific offense, and ordered by a military judge.
It sounds like "some shit they're doing b/c they can".
I mean, they're taking money from him, fine, but what I'm saying is: This doesn't sound like a punishment that was specifically indicated for any specific offense, and ordered by a military judge.
It sounds like "some shit they're doing b/c they can".
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I can finally announce:
I am in the next season (series) of Taskmaster! My favorite tv show! I’ve seen every season & some multiple times! Thrilled to be with this group of hilarious sweeties.
Amy Gledhill
Joanna Page
Armando Iannucci
Joel Dommett
And me!
I am in the next season (series) of Taskmaster! My favorite tv show! I’ve seen every season & some multiple times! Thrilled to be with this group of hilarious sweeties.
Amy Gledhill
Joanna Page
Armando Iannucci
Joel Dommett
And me!
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I can finally announce:
I am in the next season (series) of Taskmaster! My favorite tv show! I’ve seen every season & some multiple times! Thrilled to be with this group of hilarious sweeties.
Amy Gledhill
Joanna Page
Armando Iannucci
Joel Dommett
And me!
I am in the next season (series) of Taskmaster! My favorite tv show! I’ve seen every season & some multiple times! Thrilled to be with this group of hilarious sweeties.
Amy Gledhill
Joanna Page
Armando Iannucci
Joel Dommett
And me!
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
It's gonna be hilarious when the revenue department goes after this guy with obvious proof that he's still an NYC resident, like 183 consecutive daily photos of him exiting his apartment in the morning.
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It's gonna be hilarious when the revenue department goes after this guy with obvious proof that he's still an NYC resident, like 183 consecutive daily photos of him exiting his apartment in the morning.
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An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Perfect take, no notes. And I included two of these in my Top 10 for their respective years.
Doing a specific thing I enjoy well gets a lot of respect from me.
Doing a specific thing I enjoy well gets a lot of respect from me.
I have a lot of respect for the Knives Out movies just as an exercise in people making solid B+ level entertainment where everyone seems to be enjoying the experience without it needing it to win Oscar’s or make 3 billion dollars. It’s like going to a good steakhouse.
December 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Perfect take, no notes. And I included two of these in my Top 10 for their respective years.
Doing a specific thing I enjoy well gets a lot of respect from me.
Doing a specific thing I enjoy well gets a lot of respect from me.