Mike D’Angelo
@gemko.bsky.social
Still my favorite New Year’s Eve. Sorry, 1999.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Still my favorite New Year’s Eve. Sorry, 1999.
2025 wrap post coming tomorrow, as is now my custom, but for now here are my favorite "old" (pre-2023) films seen this year. Eight of the ten were selected for me by Patreon subscribers, whom I collectively thank for their excellent taste as well as their generosity. Keep the Kaplans komin'.
December 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
2025 wrap post coming tomorrow, as is now my custom, but for now here are my favorite "old" (pre-2023) films seen this year. Eight of the ten were selected for me by Patreon subscribers, whom I collectively thank for their excellent taste as well as their generosity. Keep the Kaplans komin'.
Started watching THE PITT and keep getting distracted by how much Fiona Dourif looks like her dad. Not surprised to learn they had her play the young Charles Lee Ray on some Chucky TV show.
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Started watching THE PITT and keep getting distracted by how much Fiona Dourif looks like her dad. Not surprised to learn they had her play the young Charles Lee Ray on some Chucky TV show.
In Siskel & Ebert’s review of THE ROAD WARRIOR (which they both loved), neither of them ever once speaks the words “Mad Max” or “Mel Gibson.” They seem unaware of the previous movie’s existence, and there’s no star-is-born chatter (though Siskel calls Max a cross between McQueen and Sheen).
December 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In Siskel & Ebert’s review of THE ROAD WARRIOR (which they both loved), neither of them ever once speaks the words “Mad Max” or “Mel Gibson.” They seem unaware of the previous movie’s existence, and there’s no star-is-born chatter (though Siskel calls Max a cross between McQueen and Sheen).
Watching JEOPARDY! for the first time in a while and at this point I really think they should revise the rules so that players must tackle categories in order. Watching them hunt for the Daily Double and answer all the easiest questions last just isn’t entertaining.
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Watching JEOPARDY! for the first time in a while and at this point I really think they should revise the rules so that players must tackle categories in order. Watching them hunt for the Daily Double and answer all the easiest questions last just isn’t entertaining.
Alito’s dissent is basically “Rather than ask ‘Can you water my plants while I’m out of town?,” plaintiff should have more carefully asked ‘Will you water my plants while I’m out of town?’ Defendant’s accurate affirmation that he could in no way implied that he would.”
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Alito’s dissent is basically “Rather than ask ‘Can you water my plants while I’m out of town?,” plaintiff should have more carefully asked ‘Will you water my plants while I’m out of town?’ Defendant’s accurate affirmation that he could in no way implied that he would.”
A judge (fuckin’ Benitez) ruled that parents have the right to be informed when a child expresses gender nonconformity at school and I *think* I may have ferreted out his priors on what gender nonconformity is.
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A judge (fuckin’ Benitez) ruled that parents have the right to be informed when a child expresses gender nonconformity at school and I *think* I may have ferreted out his priors on what gender nonconformity is.
Funny thing is I almost certainly wouldn’t have watched that (predictably horrifying) 60 MINUTES piece and now I have. #streisandeffect
(That hashtag makes it look like the opposite of cause and effect: streis and effect.)
(That hashtag makes it look like the opposite of cause and effect: streis and effect.)
December 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Funny thing is I almost certainly wouldn’t have watched that (predictably horrifying) 60 MINUTES piece and now I have. #streisandeffect
(That hashtag makes it look like the opposite of cause and effect: streis and effect.)
(That hashtag makes it look like the opposite of cause and effect: streis and effect.)
I’m Mike D’Angelo and I approve this restaurant.
December 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I’m Mike D’Angelo and I approve this restaurant.
This is Noah Jupe’s burner account isn’t it.
December 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is Noah Jupe’s burner account isn’t it.
Bowen Yang quit SNL and somehow that briefly had me thinking that Faye Dunaway had died.
December 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bowen Yang quit SNL and somehow that briefly had me thinking that Faye Dunaway had died.
Stumbled upon a link looking for something else, checked the Internet Archive. I have no memory of this. Like, zero. I'm pretty sure it must have fallen through, don't think I actually taught a course for three months and then completely forgot it happened. But even forgetting the offer is weird!
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Stumbled upon a link looking for something else, checked the Internet Archive. I have no memory of this. Like, zero. I'm pretty sure it must have fallen through, don't think I actually taught a course for three months and then completely forgot it happened. But even forgetting the offer is weird!
Annual list of movie titles and the songs I keep singing them to whether I want to or not.
December 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Annual list of movie titles and the songs I keep singing them to whether I want to or not.
It’s been nearly 27 years since I saw COOKIE’S FORTUNE and only just now have I realized the title plays on fortune cookie.
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It’s been nearly 27 years since I saw COOKIE’S FORTUNE and only just now have I realized the title plays on fortune cookie.
This is the world we inhabit now and I fucking hate it.
December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is the world we inhabit now and I fucking hate it.
Not many people saw BEING CHARLIE, but if reports prove correct, that film (co-written by Reiner’s son, and reportedly autobiographical) retroactively becomes quite disturbing.
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Not many people saw BEING CHARLIE, but if reports prove correct, that film (co-written by Reiner’s son, and reportedly autobiographical) retroactively becomes quite disturbing.
The fuck is going on with verb tenses in headlines lately? First there was “Black Actresses Are Carrying ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER,” now this. Swift’s no longer on COLBERT. That appearance has ended.
December 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The fuck is going on with verb tenses in headlines lately? First there was “Black Actresses Are Carrying ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER,” now this. Swift’s no longer on COLBERT. That appearance has ended.
Took me a while to finish the new Hartley because I kept watching this part over and over.
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Took me a while to finish the new Hartley because I kept watching this part over and over.
I missed this news last week. Best 2025 premiere I’ve seen; very happy it’ll be making the rounds next year.
Kino Lorber has picked up rights for North America for The Currents, a psychological drama from Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler.
Kino Lorber Takes Argentine Psychodrama ‘The Currents’ (Exclusive)
Kino Lorber has picked up rights for North America for The Currents, a psychological drama from Argentine writer/director Milagros Mumenthaler.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I missed this news last week. Best 2025 premiere I’ve seen; very happy it’ll be making the rounds next year.
This is funnier than the SENTIMENTAL VALUE joke. (via Vikare)
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is funnier than the SENTIMENTAL VALUE joke. (via Vikare)
The wrong Linklater-directed lead male performance of a celebrated artist whose surname gets filed under G–H has awards traction.
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The wrong Linklater-directed lead male performance of a celebrated artist whose surname gets filed under G–H has awards traction.
This piece not even mentioning THE DESCENDANTS makes me feel very old. (Thankfully I already did!)
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This piece not even mentioning THE DESCENDANTS makes me feel very old. (Thankfully I already did!)
We’re fast approaching the point at which literally every calendar date for the rest of human history will be considered “on the eve of an election.” Like feeding mogwai after midnight. It’s always after midnight!
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We’re fast approaching the point at which literally every calendar date for the rest of human history will be considered “on the eve of an election.” Like feeding mogwai after midnight. It’s always after midnight!