Alan Cerny
@alancerny.bsky.social
Writer - @vitalthrills.com and thecryingdad.com, co-host of the @matineeheroes.bsky.social podcast, and Rotten Tomatoes credited reviewer. Steven Spielberg biased. Love to write about and talk about movies. All posts earnest with a hint of sarcasm. He/him.
Another week, another "my feed, my rules" post. If these rules seem arbitrary or random to you, I don't provide a manual. I am here solely for my enjoyment, and not here to explain myself.
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Another week, another "my feed, my rules" post. If these rules seem arbitrary or random to you, I don't provide a manual. I am here solely for my enjoyment, and not here to explain myself.
Haaaaaard choice here.
The Best Album of 1989 Round 4 Match #120
#6 Nirvana, BLEACH
vs.
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
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#6 Nirvana, BLEACH
vs.
#11 Fugazi, 13 SONGS
forms.gle/e5MnNgJYmsMb...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 4 Match #120: Nirvana vs. Fugazi
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, November 14th, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 5 (Top 8) of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, ...
forms.gle
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Haaaaaard choice here.
Everyone in the online film community has a Patton Oswalt story, and I do mean everyone. I have several myself. I've interviewed him, and even solicited a review from him (with @drewmcweeny.com's help). You fuck with Patton, you're fucking with a bunch of us.
Reinstate Patton. Now.
Reinstate Patton. Now.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Everyone in the online film community has a Patton Oswalt story, and I do mean everyone. I have several myself. I've interviewed him, and even solicited a review from him (with @drewmcweeny.com's help). You fuck with Patton, you're fucking with a bunch of us.
Reinstate Patton. Now.
Reinstate Patton. Now.
In case you're curious, Patton Oswalt got suspended after making a joke about Megyn Kelly's defense of pedophiles. (I guess the mods never saw FARGO.) Solidarity for Patton, and those who suspended him should reevaluate their sad lives.
I'll leave Bluesky, no fuss, no muss. Reinstate Patton.
I'll leave Bluesky, no fuss, no muss. Reinstate Patton.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In case you're curious, Patton Oswalt got suspended after making a joke about Megyn Kelly's defense of pedophiles. (I guess the mods never saw FARGO.) Solidarity for Patton, and those who suspended him should reevaluate their sad lives.
I'll leave Bluesky, no fuss, no muss. Reinstate Patton.
I'll leave Bluesky, no fuss, no muss. Reinstate Patton.
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Mods are bitches, pass it on
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Mods are bitches, pass it on
Solidarity for Patton.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Solidarity for Patton.
Kevin Smith movies I love, in order:
CLERKS
DOGMA
CHASING AMY
CLERKS 2 (I know it’s popular to hate on, but I truly love it.)
Ones I like:
MALLRATS
J&SB STRIKE BACK
JERSEY GIRL
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
No, just no:
CLERKS 3 (it’s awful. Just bad.)
COP OUT
CLERKS
DOGMA
CHASING AMY
CLERKS 2 (I know it’s popular to hate on, but I truly love it.)
Ones I like:
MALLRATS
J&SB STRIKE BACK
JERSEY GIRL
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
No, just no:
CLERKS 3 (it’s awful. Just bad.)
COP OUT
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Kevin Smith movies I love, in order:
CLERKS
DOGMA
CHASING AMY
CLERKS 2 (I know it’s popular to hate on, but I truly love it.)
Ones I like:
MALLRATS
J&SB STRIKE BACK
JERSEY GIRL
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
No, just no:
CLERKS 3 (it’s awful. Just bad.)
COP OUT
CLERKS
DOGMA
CHASING AMY
CLERKS 2 (I know it’s popular to hate on, but I truly love it.)
Ones I like:
MALLRATS
J&SB STRIKE BACK
JERSEY GIRL
ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
No, just no:
CLERKS 3 (it’s awful. Just bad.)
COP OUT
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Hey, if you know ANYTHING about this, please help identify the driver in this hit-and-run. They just killed a very old and dear friend of mine and I am shattered by this news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
Woman killed in Hollywood hit-and-run crash | FOX 11 LA
YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hey, if you know ANYTHING about this, please help identify the driver in this hit-and-run. They just killed a very old and dear friend of mine and I am shattered by this news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
I'm not one of those that will stay up past midnight to watch when the new PLURIBUS drops, but... it has crossed my mind.
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm not one of those that will stay up past midnight to watch when the new PLURIBUS drops, but... it has crossed my mind.
OH FUCK YES. This song rocks. Isbell played it last Friday in Houston and it blew the roof off.
Divorced guy starts hanging out more with old friends from his college years, tale as old as time
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Drive-By Truckers to Reunite With Jason Isbell on 'Colbert'
Drive-By Truckers will reunite with former member Jason Isbell to celebrate 'Decoration Day' on 'Colbert.'
www.rollingstone.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
OH FUCK YES. This song rocks. Isbell played it last Friday in Houston and it blew the roof off.
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The Houston Film Critics Society is hosting another screening at the River Oaks Theatre December 10th, and we're screening the unlikeliest Christmas movie - Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in RIDERS OF JUSTICE! I adore this movie. Tickets here: www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
RIDERS OF JUSTICE at River Oaks River Oaks
www.theriveroakstheatre.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Houston Film Critics Society is hosting another screening at the River Oaks Theatre December 10th, and we're screening the unlikeliest Christmas movie - Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in RIDERS OF JUSTICE! I adore this movie. Tickets here: www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
The Houston Film Critics Society is hosting another screening at the River Oaks Theatre December 10th, and we're screening the unlikeliest Christmas movie - Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in RIDERS OF JUSTICE! I adore this movie. Tickets here: www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
RIDERS OF JUSTICE at River Oaks River Oaks
www.theriveroakstheatre.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Houston Film Critics Society is hosting another screening at the River Oaks Theatre December 10th, and we're screening the unlikeliest Christmas movie - Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in RIDERS OF JUSTICE! I adore this movie. Tickets here: www.theriveroakstheatre.com/movie/RiverO...
These emails just confirm to me that this country was built on exploitation, murder, and rape, and it never really stopped.
You want me to be patriotic for that? Go to hell. I'd eat marshmallows roasted off a burning flag if all the fire prevention chemicals didn't make the 'mallows taste funny.
You want me to be patriotic for that? Go to hell. I'd eat marshmallows roasted off a burning flag if all the fire prevention chemicals didn't make the 'mallows taste funny.
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
These emails just confirm to me that this country was built on exploitation, murder, and rape, and it never really stopped.
You want me to be patriotic for that? Go to hell. I'd eat marshmallows roasted off a burning flag if all the fire prevention chemicals didn't make the 'mallows taste funny.
You want me to be patriotic for that? Go to hell. I'd eat marshmallows roasted off a burning flag if all the fire prevention chemicals didn't make the 'mallows taste funny.
Slasher, cosmic, supernatural, Gothic, sci-fi (not the same as cosmic), found footage, vampire, zombie, werewolf, Hammer.
If you had to narrow the horror subgenres down to the ten most important, what would they be?
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Slasher, cosmic, supernatural, Gothic, sci-fi (not the same as cosmic), found footage, vampire, zombie, werewolf, Hammer.
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I reviewed the new #StarWars novel, Master of Evil
Star Wars: Master of Evil
By now, a huge number of novels based on the ”Star Wars” universe have been published, with many of those excised from any sort of canon after Disney bought Lucasfilm. However, a new canon has been bu...
moviedrone.ghost.io
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I reviewed the new #StarWars novel, Master of Evil
Benoit Blanc is such a great character name. It can mean "Blessed and good" or "Special and empty".
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Benoit Blanc is such a great character name. It can mean "Blessed and good" or "Special and empty".
I was hoping someone would interview them. Overjoyed that it’s Carlos.
I interviewed the Mexican American skaters from El Paso, Texas who appear in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. For LA Times’ De Los, we talked about their experience working on a major film and collaborating with PTA, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Benicio del Toro: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I was hoping someone would interview them. Overjoyed that it’s Carlos.
Reposted by Alan Cerny
I interviewed the Mexican American skaters from El Paso, Texas who appear in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. For LA Times’ De Los, we talked about their experience working on a major film and collaborating with PTA, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Benicio del Toro: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I interviewed the Mexican American skaters from El Paso, Texas who appear in ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. For LA Times’ De Los, we talked about their experience working on a major film and collaborating with PTA, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Benicio del Toro: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
When does the next PLURIBUS drop? Bluesky hive mind?
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
When does the next PLURIBUS drop? Bluesky hive mind?
Exactly. The Connerys (along with Lazenby's one shot) feel different from the Moores feel different from the Daltons feel different from the Brosnans feel different from the Craigs. Audiences rolled with it every time. They'll roll with the next one. Just play with the iconography, we'll get it.
If you're having trouble sorting out the continuity of James Bond, that suggests to me that you do not understand the enduring appeal of James Bond. Continuity is not that franchise's strong suit. It's been soft rebooted repeatedly, and everyone understands. Dumb People Problems.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Exactly. The Connerys (along with Lazenby's one shot) feel different from the Moores feel different from the Daltons feel different from the Brosnans feel different from the Craigs. Audiences rolled with it every time. They'll roll with the next one. Just play with the iconography, we'll get it.
The TOY STORY films work best as symbolic of the parent experience - and 4 was surprisingly poignant in that regard, about how parents adjust when the kids leave the house and grow up. But unless TOY STORY 5 is about the toys going into a retirement home, this towel's just about wrung out.
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The TOY STORY films work best as symbolic of the parent experience - and 4 was surprisingly poignant in that regard, about how parents adjust when the kids leave the house and grow up. But unless TOY STORY 5 is about the toys going into a retirement home, this towel's just about wrung out.
TOY STORY 3: Good ending. Probably shouldn’t make another one.
TOY STORY 4: Wow, that was a great ending. They REALLY SHOULDN’T make another one.
TOY STORY 5: My corporate overlords have spoken. Reporting for advertisement consumption.
TOY STORY 4: Wow, that was a great ending. They REALLY SHOULDN’T make another one.
TOY STORY 5: My corporate overlords have spoken. Reporting for advertisement consumption.
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
TOY STORY 3: Good ending. Probably shouldn’t make another one.
TOY STORY 4: Wow, that was a great ending. They REALLY SHOULDN’T make another one.
TOY STORY 5: My corporate overlords have spoken. Reporting for advertisement consumption.
TOY STORY 4: Wow, that was a great ending. They REALLY SHOULDN’T make another one.
TOY STORY 5: My corporate overlords have spoken. Reporting for advertisement consumption.
I read "riot cop" as "not cop" and I like that interpretation
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I read "riot cop" as "not cop" and I like that interpretation
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Tatsuya Nakadai has passed. One of the greatest Japanese actors who ever lived. Watch SWORD OF DOOM. It rules. variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Tatsuya Nakadai has passed. One of the greatest Japanese actors who ever lived. Watch SWORD OF DOOM. It rules. variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Audiences have rolled with different Bond iterations since the first time. Not trying to knock other writers, but... if this is a problem for you, you really shouldn't write Bond stories.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Audiences have rolled with different Bond iterations since the first time. Not trying to knock other writers, but... if this is a problem for you, you really shouldn't write Bond stories.