Will Hattman
@terribiliti.bsky.social
do you remember film criticism radio
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
No actor ever had stranger gravitas
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
No actor ever had stranger gravitas
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November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thanks to all of YOU, we’ve almost got Q1 locked down for next year, but we’d love to make it “we’ve got 2026 locked down” so if you’re looking for something to support and/or find benefit in what BWDR provides, we’d love to have you join us as a subscriber!
The Secret Agent is my #1 as of today. (Sinners is my #19)
Without saying Sinners, name your film of the year.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The Secret Agent is my #1 as of today. (Sinners is my #19)
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Olivia Nuzzi got horny at the part of ET where he’s lying sick in the water
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Olivia Nuzzi got horny at the part of ET where he’s lying sick in the water
My top 3 can’t-miss movie cliches:
1. Reformed criminal is pressured back into old ways, but not before saying “I don’t do that anymore”
2. Someone digs through old files or storage boxes w/ small flashlight in mouth
3. Computer magically improves photo resolution bc someone says “enhance”
1. Reformed criminal is pressured back into old ways, but not before saying “I don’t do that anymore”
2. Someone digs through old files or storage boxes w/ small flashlight in mouth
3. Computer magically improves photo resolution bc someone says “enhance”
My top 3 can't-miss movie cliches:
1. Old man warns you this place is bad
2. Memorable second-in-command
3. Severe, attractive middle-aged woman is mean and fucked up
1. Old man warns you this place is bad
2. Memorable second-in-command
3. Severe, attractive middle-aged woman is mean and fucked up
My top 3 can't-miss movie cliches:
1. Villain is killed whilst monologuing
2. Crusty, sour older relative gifts super-meaningful heirloom to young protagonist
3. Dog to the rescue!
1. Villain is killed whilst monologuing
2. Crusty, sour older relative gifts super-meaningful heirloom to young protagonist
3. Dog to the rescue!
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
My top 3 can’t-miss movie cliches:
1. Reformed criminal is pressured back into old ways, but not before saying “I don’t do that anymore”
2. Someone digs through old files or storage boxes w/ small flashlight in mouth
3. Computer magically improves photo resolution bc someone says “enhance”
1. Reformed criminal is pressured back into old ways, but not before saying “I don’t do that anymore”
2. Someone digs through old files or storage boxes w/ small flashlight in mouth
3. Computer magically improves photo resolution bc someone says “enhance”
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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Me, a website writer who gets paid $9 per article: "Gorge" yourself on this thrilling sci-fi feast! That's right, The Gorge on Apple TV+ will fill the hole in you!
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Me, a website writer who gets paid $9 per article: "Gorge" yourself on this thrilling sci-fi feast! That's right, The Gorge on Apple TV+ will fill the hole in you!
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
Studio Marketing Enforcer [putting pistol to my head]: Good. Now tell them about the cinematography.
Me [sobbing]: It's... gorge-eous
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Bari Weiss gets the Trump endorsement, the logical endpoint of her fearless independent journalism at the Free Press
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Bari Weiss gets the Trump endorsement, the logical endpoint of her fearless independent journalism at the Free Press
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After the AI bubble I hope the next bubble is Laser Tag. Laser tag arenas on every street corner. Blacklight lit battlefields propping up every sector of the economy. A one story building by the side of the highway called “Blast Zone: Pizza & Arcade” valued at $2.7 trillion
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
After the AI bubble I hope the next bubble is Laser Tag. Laser tag arenas on every street corner. Blacklight lit battlefields propping up every sector of the economy. A one story building by the side of the highway called “Blast Zone: Pizza & Arcade” valued at $2.7 trillion
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Can't think of a single time the MGM lion advanced the plot of the movie in any way. Just needless jump scare
May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Can't think of a single time the MGM lion advanced the plot of the movie in any way. Just needless jump scare
Shittles
peanus butter cups
Pounds.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Shittles
If you see this, post 4 female characters you love
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you see this, post 4 female characters you love
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i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
October 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
i should be able to click a button at the beginning of a sports season that says “i’m normal” and i don’t get served any ads for crypto or gambling
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(emptying the little garbage can by my desk into the big garbage bag from under the kitchen sink before taking it all out to the dumpster) Desk Trash is making a comeback
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
(emptying the little garbage can by my desk into the big garbage bag from under the kitchen sink before taking it all out to the dumpster) Desk Trash is making a comeback
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"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
🎁link
🎁link
October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
🎁link
🎁link
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Perhaps the gravity of the office may yet change the man.
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Perhaps the gravity of the office may yet change the man.
Nirvana
Sonic Youth
Fugazi
Miles Davis
Slayer
Joni Mitchell
Aphex Twin
Fela Kuti
Sonic Youth
Fugazi
Miles Davis
Slayer
Joni Mitchell
Aphex Twin
Fela Kuti
Define your music taste in eight artists
David Bowie
Nine Inch Nails
Underworld
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Wu-Tang Clan
The Knife
Goldfrapp
David Bowie
Nine Inch Nails
Underworld
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Wu-Tang Clan
The Knife
Goldfrapp
Define your music taste in eight artists:
the mountain goats
jeff rosenstock (and associated projects)
100 gecs
underscores
lady gaga
david bowie
sophie
guns n' roses
the mountain goats
jeff rosenstock (and associated projects)
100 gecs
underscores
lady gaga
david bowie
sophie
guns n' roses
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nirvana
Sonic Youth
Fugazi
Miles Davis
Slayer
Joni Mitchell
Aphex Twin
Fela Kuti
Sonic Youth
Fugazi
Miles Davis
Slayer
Joni Mitchell
Aphex Twin
Fela Kuti
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You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution
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really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
October 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people
Diane Keaton never gave a bad performance, nor even a middling, checked-out one. Never seemed to be working for the paycheck. She put everything into every role and nailed them all, with a grace so organic that her range seemed as natural a phenomenon as her beauty. RIP to one of the greats.
October 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Diane Keaton never gave a bad performance, nor even a middling, checked-out one. Never seemed to be working for the paycheck. She put everything into every role and nailed them all, with a grace so organic that her range seemed as natural a phenomenon as her beauty. RIP to one of the greats.
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So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
October 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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I asked a Christian baker to write Charlie Kirk on a gay wedding cake and we've been staring at each other for 39 straight hours now
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I asked a Christian baker to write Charlie Kirk on a gay wedding cake and we've been staring at each other for 39 straight hours now