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Chris Williams
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Movies Writer at Collider. Film critic at Chrisicisms.substack.com. Member, Michigan Movie Critics Guild.
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A really good year for movies. My top 10 list includes artistic architects, grieving sisters, sexy tennis and hundreds of beavers. #FilmSky

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My 10 favorite films of 2024
Beavers, daughters, robots and prisoners.
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Breaking news this morning at the Washington Post. And you people think I should cancel my subscription??
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...

... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The story for the new Pixar movie "Hoppers" is:

"Mabel, an animal lover, seizes an opportunity to use a new technology to hop her consciousness into a robotic beaver and communicate directly with animals."

Whatever happened to their traditional plots, like "What if your stuffy feared death?"
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The only time it's acceptable to say "Quiet Piggy" is if he doesn't have the conch.
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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50 years ago today, this photo of the Chicago press conference for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was taken.

In the background you can see Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert — in the clothes they wore in the Siskel & Ebert pilot, which was also shot that same day.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'll have a full review next week, but after seeing WAKE UP DEAD MAN, I'm wondering if @rianjohnson.bsky.social ever listened to the Mars Hill podcast and if it's safe to say Josh Brolin is playing Catholic Mark Driscoll.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD, even if its source material keeps it from reaching the heights of the first film. #filmsky

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Review - "Wicked: For Good"
An entertaining sequel can’t escape its source material’s greatest flaw.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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people just dumping everything before the epstein files get released
The infamous flop has released its long-unseen final eight episodes for free, allowing U.S. Friends diehards to watch the spinoff's full run for the first time.
Friends Spinoff Joey Releases 8 'New' Episodes Online — Nearly 20 Years Later - TVLine
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November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you haven't seen THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, I highly recommend doing it once (and only once). And it should be on Disney+ for all to see as a piece of STAR WARS history. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk, now read my article.

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Yes, 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' Is Really That Bad — And It Belongs on Disney+
The Star Wars Holiday Special is a ridiculous moment in Star Wars history, but it still deserves to be preserved on Disney+.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Maybe they're just releasing files alphabetically.

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Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files
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November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
(I'm so sorry, but I was that nerdy teen who only listened to Christian rock, so it was this or No Doubt by Petra).
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I really liked PREDATOR: BADLANDS. I didn't write a review for Chrisicisms, but I did write this piece for Collider.

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In 4 Years, Dan Trachtenberg Has Already Reinvented the Predator Franchise 3 Times
With Prey, Predator: Killers of Killers, and Predator: Badlands, director Dan Trachtenberg has already reinvisioned the Predator franchise 3 times.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Every day someone new learns that Oscar Isaac was in a late 90s Christian ska band. Who will today’s person be.
September 2, 2023 at 2:53 PM
I don't understand the problem. Sure, you'd have a hard time if you were made a BRAVEHEART sequel and had to explain why William Wallace was back.

But this is James Bond. He's been played by 6 guys. He went to space and had an invisible car. You're overthinking it. radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
MAGA, learning Clinton is actually mentioned in the Epstein files
a man in a white shirt is sitting on the floor and says not like this .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is sitting on the floor and says not like this .
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November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh there's a new Osgood Perkins?
a man in a plaid shirt stands with his arms crossed in front of two other men
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt stands with his arms crossed in front of two other men
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November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Thinking about this Predator 2 poster I got on my 11th birthday, from a friend, and wishing I still had it. These were sold in places like Walmart back then, displayed next to New Kids on The Block and Lamborghini posters in those big, plastic “flip book”endcap displays. We were once kings…
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Think about buying a car, a fun, stress-free negotiating process that everybody loves. Now imagine that if you don’t buy a car you die and if you buy the wrong car you also die
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Psyched to check out HAMNET, which I understand to be about a pig with a modem
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I get why some people didn't like PREDATOR: BADLANDS. I get it. But
two men are sitting at a table looking at a cell phone . one of the men is wearing a red jacket .
Alt: two men are sitting at a table looking at a cell phone . one of the men is wearing a red jacket .
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
In DC for a work conference but had an evening to kill. Finally able to cross seeing a movie at Alamo Drafthousr off my bucket list.
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I've been watching MR. SCORSESE on Apple TV, and I'm glad they have talked so much about THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. Here's a piece I wrote on the movie awhile back that I felt was worth a reshare.

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The importance of dangerous art
'The Last Temptation of Christ' as a vital tool in my spiritual growth.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM