Allen Almachar
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Filipino | Writer | The MacGuffin | Seattle Film Critics Society | Online Film Critics Society | Rotten Tomatoes | Letterboxd: AllenA23
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TRAIN DREAMS (2025) is one of the best films of the year. It is not just the story of a single character's life, but a story of America going through rapid change. My review.
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Film Review - Train Dreams | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews the period drama Train Dreams, from director Clint Bentley and starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones & Kerry Condon.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
TRAIN DREAMS (2025) is one of the best films of the year. It is not just the story of a single character's life, but a story of America going through rapid change. My review.
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WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025): The magic of the first film is nowhere to be seen here. If anything, this shows that the entire musical adaptation was probably better suited as a single film. My review.
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Film Review - Wicked: For Good | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews the musical Wicked: For Good, from director Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025): The magic of the first film is nowhere to be seen here. If anything, this shows that the entire musical adaptation was probably better suited as a single film. My review.
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Weird fact of the day: the longest anyone was able to recite "Pi" was just over 70,000 digits after the decimal.
I can't even fathom how someone's mind can memorize all those numbers.
I can't even fathom how someone's mind can memorize all those numbers.
a man wearing glasses is surrounded by math equations including one that says x + y
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November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Weird fact of the day: the longest anyone was able to recite "Pi" was just over 70,000 digits after the decimal.
I can't even fathom how someone's mind can memorize all those numbers.
I can't even fathom how someone's mind can memorize all those numbers.
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.
NETWORK coming to the Criterion Collection, nice #Filmsky
Oh Yeah GIF
Alt: Scene from the film NETWORK.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NETWORK coming to the Criterion Collection, nice #Filmsky
Happy Birthday to the G.O.A.T.
a man wearing glasses and a black suit is talking
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November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy Birthday to the G.O.A.T.
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NEWS: Josh Naylor and the Mariners have agreed to a five-year extension, pending a physical, a source confirmed to @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
NEWS: Josh Naylor and the Mariners have agreed to a five-year extension, pending a physical, a source confirmed to @ken-rosenthal.bsky.social.
Ok, this makes up for the Seahawks loss. Let’s go! #Mariners
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Josh Naylor staying with #Mariners, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
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Josh Naylor staying with #Mariners, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Ok, this makes up for the Seahawks loss. Let’s go! #Mariners
The loss is whatever, but Zabel going down is a huge blow that could alter how the rest of the season plays out
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The loss is whatever, but Zabel going down is a huge blow that could alter how the rest of the season plays out
Quite the time to get bad Sam Darnold
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Quite the time to get bad Sam Darnold
I’m concerned.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I’m concerned.
NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025) is an exuberant look at The French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, and the making of one of the greatest films ever, BREATHLESS (1960). I loved it. My review.
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Film Review - Nouvelle Vague | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews Nouvelle Vague, from director Richard Linklater and starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch & Aubry Dullin.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025) is an exuberant look at The French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard, and the making of one of the greatest films ever, BREATHLESS (1960). I loved it. My review.
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NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025): The casting department deserves all the awards. Just about every character looks like identical to their real life counterpart. #Filmsky
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025): The casting department deserves all the awards. Just about every character looks like identical to their real life counterpart. #Filmsky
I love comics, lol.
#XMen's Rogue reveals that her ability to siphon the powers of others has grown stronger and stronger the older she's become. 🤯
At this point, she's so powerful that she can steal #Galactus' cosmic powers, reducing him to a flickering ember! 🔥 bit.ly/47CwF7H
At this point, she's so powerful that she can steal #Galactus' cosmic powers, reducing him to a flickering ember! 🔥 bit.ly/47CwF7H
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I love comics, lol.
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Join us Thursday, November 20, at 6:45pm for a special screening of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, with director Jafar Panahi scheduled to attend in person for a post-film Q&A.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Join us Thursday, November 20, at 6:45pm for a special screening of IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, with director Jafar Panahi scheduled to attend in person for a post-film Q&A.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
Tickets and more information: siff.info/justanaccident-bsky.
CHRISTY (2025) has good pieces, including a strong performance from Sydney Sweeney. But while the biopic doesn't sugar coat its darker subject matter, the overall result is strangely conventional. My review.
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Film Review - Christy | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews the sports biopic Christy, from director David Michôd and starring Sydney Sweeney & Ben Foster.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
CHRISTY (2025) has good pieces, including a strong performance from Sydney Sweeney. But while the biopic doesn't sugar coat its darker subject matter, the overall result is strangely conventional. My review.
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Never thought I would see this happen.
What a time to be alive #Filmsky #KillBill
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What a time to be alive #Filmsky #KillBill
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2025) Official Trailer - Uma Thurman
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November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Never thought I would see this happen.
What a time to be alive #Filmsky #KillBill
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What a time to be alive #Filmsky #KillBill
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DIE MY LOVE (2025) is an ambitious undertaking from director Lynne Ramsay and actors Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. But I'm not sure taking such a big swing makes it entirely successful. My review.
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Film Review - Die My Love | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews the psychological drama Die My Love, from director Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence & Robert Pattinson.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
DIE MY LOVE (2025) is an ambitious undertaking from director Lynne Ramsay and actors Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. But I'm not sure taking such a big swing makes it entirely successful. My review.
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Thought I'd kill some time by rewatching a few episodes of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
I've now nearly binged the entire thing again, lol.
Just one of the great shows of all time, live action or animated.
I've now nearly binged the entire thing again, lol.
Just one of the great shows of all time, live action or animated.
a cartoon of batman standing on a building with a lightning bolt in the background
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November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thought I'd kill some time by rewatching a few episodes of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
I've now nearly binged the entire thing again, lol.
Just one of the great shows of all time, live action or animated.
I've now nearly binged the entire thing again, lol.
Just one of the great shows of all time, live action or animated.
DIE MY LOVE and MOTHER! would make a good double feature. It could be titled "Jennifer Lawrence Lives in a House Where Crazy Sh*t Goes Down" #Filmsky
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
DIE MY LOVE and MOTHER! would make a good double feature. It could be titled "Jennifer Lawrence Lives in a House Where Crazy Sh*t Goes Down" #Filmsky
I'm still struck that Wong Kar Wai, who's had a reputation for taking a long time completing his films, is about to debut a THIRTY EPISODE series on Criterion Channel #Filmsky
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm still struck that Wong Kar Wai, who's had a reputation for taking a long time completing his films, is about to debut a THIRTY EPISODE series on Criterion Channel #Filmsky