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Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 15h

I don’t watch football much anymore, but man watching that Super Bowl made me remember 2 things that made for a happy experience:

1) I LOVE watching dominant defensive performances
2) I still hate the Patriots

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 17h

Now I desperately want a “Walk Hard”-style parody of Song Sung Blue with Andy Samberg and Elle Fanning

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 20h

I want to believe, but it does like like Fincher doing Tarantino instead of being Fincher

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 1d

So many people watching Ella McCay in the state they were born in!

Screenshot of the Movies page on Hulu, showing Ella McCay (2025) number 1 on February 7th

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 5d

So good!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 5d

This is Duolingo-style harassment

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently Sony Pictures won’t let Netflix put their movies on the ads plan (until next year), which excludes some great movies!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 7d

We had some yesterday, and the Weather app wasn’t even registering them, it’s like it was mocking us

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

Yes! This and the almost metal riffs in “The Eclipse,” which recognize like few others that an eclipse is the perhaps the most metal of natural phenomena

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

Might I suggest “film pére” and its most popular subgenre “film père divorcé”

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

We need to talk more about how Dad Cinema is just as much of a formulaic genre as noir or horror, for better and for worse. The best ones just hit the spot, using specific editing techniques, scoring, and story beats that come together (like Moneyball).

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

We need to talk more about how Dad Cinema is just as much of a formulaic genre as noir or horror, for better and for worse. The best ones just hit the spot, using specific editing techniques, scoring, and story beats that come together (like Moneyball).

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

Phew, it’s tough enough in normal circumstances! I had it for one year, but intensive (equivalent of four semesters in two), but it was a blast! It’s still one of my favorite things to this day.

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

Rewatching Children of Men (2006), what a picture!

“The wrong kid died” from Walk Hard, but it reads:

Top: Looking at the 2007 Oscars

Bottom: “The wrong Mexican director was nominated for Best Picture”

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

Depends on what you want in a margarita too, I used to like mine super simple, the bare essentials, but they have made great strides in nonalcoholic spirits like tequila and triple sec!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a crime, i had to drive an hour! Which I’m not taking for granted.

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 8d

So many bangers on this soundtrack!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 9d

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Medieval Crusades

Ancient Greek

History of Spain and Portugal

Shakespeare: The Tudor Histories

Roman and Medieval Philosophy

tyler huckabutt @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 9d

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Minor Prophets

Images of Christ in the Novel

Violence and Grace in Film

History of Ecumenism

Children’s Games From Around the World

Uncanny X-Cerpts @uncannyxcerpts.bsky.social · 9d

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

American Literature
Political Science
Intro to Anthropology
Sci-Fi Film
Pop Music in North America

tyler huckabutt @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 9d

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Minor Prophets

Images of Christ in the Novel

Violence and Grace in Film

History of Ecumenism

Children’s Games From Around the World

Uncanny X-Cerpts @uncannyxcerpts.bsky.social · 9d

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

American Literature
Political Science
Intro to Anthropology
Sci-Fi Film
Pop Music in North America

Patrick @patricknjames.bsky.social · 9d

never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college

Forensic Science
Improvisational Acting
Context of the Arts
Photography
Genetics

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 9d

Either the social media person hasn’t seen the movie, or HBO Max is trolling us, but this is a wild way to describe IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (tbc, I like the movie a lot, and it is a lot!)

Notification from HBO Max reading “Premiere: If I had legs I’d kick you”
“Watch the hilarious comedy”

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 10d

I listened to the soundtrack again last night, so many bangers!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 11d

This and the idea of “likable or unlikable” characters makes me want to become the joker

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 14d

Eat your heart out, Tom Cruise

Buster Keaton in a devil costume running from a herd of cattle in GO WEST

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 15d

Good flick!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 15d

Finally caught up with Elio, or as I’m affectionately calling it “Contact For Kids”. Way better than I had heard!

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 16d

So I’m guessing they were just repeating the standard talking points from when it was released?

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 16d

Inside of me are two chairs

A shaker chair inspired by the new musical about Ann Lee

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 17d

Excellent, also much more sophisticated than my Notes App checklist 😅

Oscar Nominees Left:

Available:

- [ ] The Lost Bus (Apple)
- [ ] The Smashing Machine (HBO)
- [ ] Song Sung Blue (still in theaters)
- [ ] Elio (Disney)
- [ ] Little Amelie (Letterboxd rental)
- [ ] Come See Me In The Good Light (Apple)
- [ ] The Alabama Solution (HBO)
- [x] Jurassic World: Rebirth (Peacock)

Not Yet Available

- [ ] Sirat (late February?)
- [ ] The Voice of Hind Rajab
- [ ] Kokuho (late February?)
- [ ] Arco (1/30-)
- [ ] Cutting Through Rocks
- [ ] Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Alex Long @historybuff381.bsky.social · 17d

I couldn’t be mad about the nominations after I saw his name, I was too giddy. Crazy how good he’s been for so long with no nominations, just saw Da 5 Bloods and Crooklyn this year, so different and yet so good!

mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 18d

the entire timeline has spoken with one voice. and they're saying "Delroy Lindo"

tyler huckabutt @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17d

Veggie Tales as Best Picture nominees. A thread:

Hamnet (Chloe Zhao)

mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 18d

the entire timeline has spoken with one voice. and they're saying "Delroy Lindo"

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