Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.
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Odie Henderson
@odienator.bsky.social
· Feb 19
I wrote a book on Blaxploitation Cinema! Ya damn right! It's called BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Available at bookstores, libraries and even an audiobook (read by moi). If you want to get a copy, ask yo' mama!
He looks like President Skroob from Spaceballs.
Chris Cuomo is trying to make this atrocious little mustache happen even though it looks like he drew it on with a ballpoint pen
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
He looks like President Skroob from Spaceballs.
To quote Meat Loaf, when it comes to 2025 Stephen King adaptations, "2 out of 3 ain't bad."
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
To quote Meat Loaf, when it comes to 2025 Stephen King adaptations, "2 out of 3 ain't bad."
Please don't be bad.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Please don't be bad.
Happy 50th anniversary to the show that made me want to be a film critic!
"Audiences loved SISKEL & EBERT because it taught them what to look for in movies, what made them work, and how they told stories."
Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.
Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.
Siskel & Ebert at the Movies Celebrates its 50th Anniversary | Features | Roger Ebert
An editor shares some great clips of Siskel & Ebert.
www.rogerebert.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Happy 50th anniversary to the show that made me want to be a film critic!
A little good news this morning.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A little good news this morning.
Reposted by Odie Henderson
Just a late night reminder that if you’re getting into the films of Mira Nair, she’s one of the interview subjects of my book CINEMA HER WAY, which is still in stores now and would make a great Christmas gift.
🎁 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
🎁 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a late night reminder that if you’re getting into the films of Mira Nair, she’s one of the interview subjects of my book CINEMA HER WAY, which is still in stores now and would make a great Christmas gift.
🎁 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
🎁 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
Why did I wake up thinking about this old commercial from my childhood? (And yes, this is where Busta Rhymes got that chorus for Dangerous.)
youtu.be/xayd1c0wtOE
youtu.be/xayd1c0wtOE
We're not candy Singing Pills, This is serious....
YouTube video by Karrie R
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November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Why did I wake up thinking about this old commercial from my childhood? (And yes, this is where Busta Rhymes got that chorus for Dangerous.)
youtu.be/xayd1c0wtOE
youtu.be/xayd1c0wtOE
Reposted by Odie Henderson
I hope yall finally tell this party to kiss yall asses
Waiting for Democrat fundraising texts and emails to begin in 3… 2…1
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I hope yall finally tell this party to kiss yall asses
My 500th Boston Globe article ran in today's paper! Granted, it ran in print AFTER my 499th, 501st, 502nd and 503rd pieces did on Friday, but it was still the 500th article posted online.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/a...
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My 500th Boston Globe article ran in today's paper! Granted, it ran in print AFTER my 499th, 501st, 502nd and 503rd pieces did on Friday, but it was still the 500th article posted online.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/a...
QUEEN KELLY, because it finally filled in the blank I've had since the first time I saw SUNSET BLVD.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
QUEEN KELLY, because it finally filled in the blank I've had since the first time I saw SUNSET BLVD.
It's funny how people always tell me not to read the comments under my reviews at the Globe (I never, EVER do). Considering what I get in my inbox, God knows what the hell's going on under my articles. I've had friends CANCEL their Globe subscriptions after reading the comments under my reviews.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's funny how people always tell me not to read the comments under my reviews at the Globe (I never, EVER do). Considering what I get in my inbox, God knows what the hell's going on under my articles. I've had friends CANCEL their Globe subscriptions after reading the comments under my reviews.
On this COLUMBO, the murderer won best actor for Cyrano. His co-stars are the kid who owned the killer rat in BEN, Lucille Bluth...and Robby the Robot.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
On this COLUMBO, the murderer won best actor for Cyrano. His co-stars are the kid who owned the killer rat in BEN, Lucille Bluth...and Robby the Robot.
I wrote about MAHOGANY in my book, BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS! This movie is sooooo bad! But that theme song is aces.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I wrote about MAHOGANY in my book, BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS! This movie is sooooo bad! But that theme song is aces.
Boston Noiristas! You still can get tickets for my Nov. 16th @thecoolidge.bsky.social seminar on the mean Harry Belafonte-Robert Ryan heist noir, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW! Co-starring the one and only Gloria Grahame and Mommy from CLEOPATRA JONES herself, Shelley Winters!
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Seminar: Odds Against Tomorrow
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November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Boston Noiristas! You still can get tickets for my Nov. 16th @thecoolidge.bsky.social seminar on the mean Harry Belafonte-Robert Ryan heist noir, ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW! Co-starring the one and only Gloria Grahame and Mommy from CLEOPATRA JONES herself, Shelley Winters!
coolidge.org/package/semi...
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Black folks like me would think they it was 5-0 following me around the store. Or some crazy ass Christians trying to bully me back into religion with their fake smiles. Either way, I'd run out of Target screaming.
No matter. I stopped shopping there a long time ago.
No matter. I stopped shopping there a long time ago.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Black folks like me would think they it was 5-0 following me around the store. Or some crazy ass Christians trying to bully me back into religion with their fake smiles. Either way, I'd run out of Target screaming.
No matter. I stopped shopping there a long time ago.
No matter. I stopped shopping there a long time ago.
If you see this, post and album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
(This is my favorite album cover of all time. I stared at this album cover for hours as a kid, drinking it all in.)
(This is my favorite album cover of all time. I stared at this album cover for hours as a kid, drinking it all in.)
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you see this, post and album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
(This is my favorite album cover of all time. I stared at this album cover for hours as a kid, drinking it all in.)
(This is my favorite album cover of all time. I stared at this album cover for hours as a kid, drinking it all in.)
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Ooh! A STITCH IN CRIME, the COLUMBO episode with Leonard Nimoy is on! Mr. Spock plays the surgeon who commits the murder (one of the more clever ones). Columbo shows up to remind him that murder is indeed very illogical.
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ooh! A STITCH IN CRIME, the COLUMBO episode with Leonard Nimoy is on! Mr. Spock plays the surgeon who commits the murder (one of the more clever ones). Columbo shows up to remind him that murder is indeed very illogical.
Variety: "Cardi B., the woman who put the phrase "wet ass p*ssy" into the lexicon, will now have to admit: The stray cat she rescued in a rainstorm is now dry."
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Variety: "Cardi B., the woman who put the phrase "wet ass p*ssy" into the lexicon, will now have to admit: The stray cat she rescued in a rainstorm is now dry."
Yay! The original Ah-nuld version of THE RUNNING MAN is on cable right now! (I love this movie and am not sorry.) Smarmy game show host Richard Dawson is perfect casting as a smarmy game show host.
"Killian, I'll be back!"
"Only in a rerun!"
"Killian, I'll be back!"
"Only in a rerun!"
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Yay! The original Ah-nuld version of THE RUNNING MAN is on cable right now! (I love this movie and am not sorry.) Smarmy game show host Richard Dawson is perfect casting as a smarmy game show host.
"Killian, I'll be back!"
"Only in a rerun!"
"Killian, I'll be back!"
"Only in a rerun!"
If this woman wins for bidding $8,500 on a Price is Right Showcase that included a trip to London and a trip to Tokyo, I'm going to kick in the TV.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If this woman wins for bidding $8,500 on a Price is Right Showcase that included a trip to London and a trip to Tokyo, I'm going to kick in the TV.
Another ***1/2 movie this week is TRAIN DREAMS, which you should see on a big screen if you can. It'll be on Netflix in a few weeks as well. Just a lovely movie all around, even at its darkest.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
‘Train Dreams’ is a melancholy meditation on a life well-lived - The Boston Globe
Joel Edgerton gives a career best performance in this adaptation of Denis Johnson’s haunting novella.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Another ***1/2 movie this week is TRAIN DREAMS, which you should see on a big screen if you can. It'll be on Netflix in a few weeks as well. Just a lovely movie all around, even at its darkest.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
Three of my 4 reviews this week were for movies that earned ***1/2 out of four! (Sorry, Sydney Sweeney.)
One of those was PREDATOR: BADLANDS, which I thought I'd be in the minority for enjoying. (My audience was NOT happy with it.) It's an Elle of a lotta fun!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
One of those was PREDATOR: BADLANDS, which I thought I'd be in the minority for enjoying. (My audience was NOT happy with it.) It's an Elle of a lotta fun!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
‘Predator: Badlands’ sends a Predator straight to Elle - The Boston Globe
This story of a Predator monster on a quest is a covert screwball comedy costarring Elle Fanning — and it’s great!
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Three of my 4 reviews this week were for movies that earned ***1/2 out of four! (Sorry, Sydney Sweeney.)
One of those was PREDATOR: BADLANDS, which I thought I'd be in the minority for enjoying. (My audience was NOT happy with it.) It's an Elle of a lotta fun!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
One of those was PREDATOR: BADLANDS, which I thought I'd be in the minority for enjoying. (My audience was NOT happy with it.) It's an Elle of a lotta fun!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/a...
FRANKENSTEIN is on Netflix today. Check it out. It's one of the year's best movies.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/22/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/22/a...
Guillermo del Toro’s moving ‘Frankenstein’ asks who the real monster is - The Boston Globe
As the Creature, a superb Jacob Elordi will break your heart in this winning adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
FRANKENSTEIN is on Netflix today. Check it out. It's one of the year's best movies.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/22/a...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/22/a...
For the evening crowd.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For the evening crowd.