Micah Rickard
@micahrickard.bsky.social
Movie reviews at micahrickard.com | published at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture, and Ekstasis.
Freelance writer and film critic by night. Aerospace engineer by day. (Home) bartender by weekend. Avid reader by freetime.
Freelance writer and film critic by night. Aerospace engineer by day. (Home) bartender by weekend. Avid reader by freetime.
I think my top three right now are
1. It Was Just an Accident
2. Black Bag
3. Eephus (based on US release date)
1. It Was Just an Accident
2. Black Bag
3. Eephus (based on US release date)
Without saying Sinners, name your film of the year.
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I think my top three right now are
1. It Was Just an Accident
2. Black Bag
3. Eephus (based on US release date)
1. It Was Just an Accident
2. Black Bag
3. Eephus (based on US release date)
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Some people call it "reading Being & Time." Others call it "crawling into the Heidy-hole." In both cases, Dasein has been called forward into its ownmost possibilities . . .
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Some people call it "reading Being & Time." Others call it "crawling into the Heidy-hole." In both cases, Dasein has been called forward into its ownmost possibilities . . .
So many options (BLACK GIRL, MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, THE THIN BLUE LINE), but I'll say finally sitting down with METROPOLIS. One of those movies that no amount of a priori familiarity can weaken—so wild and impressive and creative.
What is the best movie not from this year that you’ve seen this year? Bonus points if you say why
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
So many options (BLACK GIRL, MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, THE THIN BLUE LINE), but I'll say finally sitting down with METROPOLIS. One of those movies that no amount of a priori familiarity can weaken—so wild and impressive and creative.
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“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
I'm rather mixed on A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE: "The jumbled techniques achieve only a muddled effectiveness, and the structure gradually chips away at the tension... By the end of the film, the torment of the first third is a distant memory, and what remains feels like mere exercise."
Time Is the Enemy in (and of) A House of Dynamite — micah rickard
Movie review of Kathryn Bigelow's messy political thriller, A House of Dynamite, starring Rebecca Ferguson and Idris Elba.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm rather mixed on A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE: "The jumbled techniques achieve only a muddled effectiveness, and the structure gradually chips away at the tension... By the end of the film, the torment of the first third is a distant memory, and what remains feels like mere exercise."
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If anyone is interested in the sequel to COHERENCE, we finally landed on a story worthy of the mission. Unless the actors revolt, we will probably do it just like the first one, where they know their own character details, but don't know what the other actors are going to say or do. Like real life.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If anyone is interested in the sequel to COHERENCE, we finally landed on a story worthy of the mission. Unless the actors revolt, we will probably do it just like the first one, where they know their own character details, but don't know what the other actors are going to say or do. Like real life.
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Tell me the devil doesn't exist. Watch this baseball game and tell me the devil doesn't exist.
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Tell me the devil doesn't exist. Watch this baseball game and tell me the devil doesn't exist.
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Blake Treinen in the bullpen watching a six-hour YouTube video about chemtrails and who REALLY profits from weather modification on his phone. This is part of his process. He can't give up three straight doubles unless he's in the right mindset.
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Blake Treinen in the bullpen watching a six-hour YouTube video about chemtrails and who REALLY profits from weather modification on his phone. This is part of his process. He can't give up three straight doubles unless he's in the right mindset.
Wow, drake still can't get a win
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Wow, drake still can't get a win
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Just incredibly, unnecessarily cruel. And I’d be shocked if there wasn’t wanton corruption going on here, too.
It literally took decades of advocacy to pass these reforms, which would have prevented prison phone and teleconferencing companies from ripping off inmates and their families to the tune of hundreds of millions annually
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
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October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Just incredibly, unnecessarily cruel. And I’d be shocked if there wasn’t wanton corruption going on here, too.
My thoughts on FRANKENSTEIN: "Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein revels in the mythological diorama that Shelley gives to him, where grand (if familiar) ideas clash, where awe meets awful violence, where humanity meets God meets the demonic."
Frankenstein: A Modern Re-Retelling — micah rickard
Movie review of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, an visually grand adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel
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October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My thoughts on FRANKENSTEIN: "Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein revels in the mythological diorama that Shelley gives to him, where grand (if familiar) ideas clash, where awe meets awful violence, where humanity meets God meets the demonic."
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Baseball enjoyers 🤝 guests at Hill House
you know, I am coming around to accepting that I cannot bear very much reality
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Baseball enjoyers 🤝 guests at Hill House
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My review of Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, which is all about "the consequences of following dreams that haven’t really been thought through... It’s also the coziest movie of the year."
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
The Mastermind, Art Heists, and America Adrift — micah rickard
Movie review of Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind, a comedy art heist movie starring Josh O'Connor (Challengers, La Chimera).
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October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My review of Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, which is all about "the consequences of following dreams that haven’t really been thought through... It’s also the coziest movie of the year."
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
There's only one proper way to leave Paris
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There's only one proper way to leave Paris
My review of Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, which is all about "the consequences of following dreams that haven’t really been thought through... It’s also the coziest movie of the year."
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
The Mastermind, Art Heists, and America Adrift — micah rickard
Movie review of Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind, a comedy art heist movie starring Josh O'Connor (Challengers, La Chimera).
www.micahrickard.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My review of Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, which is all about "the consequences of following dreams that haven’t really been thought through... It’s also the coziest movie of the year."
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
(Plus a brief, surprisingly fitting detour to Paris)
I thought it was nice for Paris to have so many homages to Kieslowski scattered about. A bit of an odd choice, but a really moving one
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I thought it was nice for Paris to have so many homages to Kieslowski scattered about. A bit of an odd choice, but a really moving one
Ran into some guys while in France
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Ran into some guys while in France
Good thing I was, uhm, only at the d'Orsay today. Yep
Thieves stole priceless jewels from the world-famous Louvre in Paris in a daring heist early Sunday that forced the museum to close for the day, officials said
Louvre heist: Thieves steal priceless jewels, Paris museum closed
The museum was closed for the day Sunday after the robbery, which was carried out by thieves using a ladder mounted on the back of a truck, officials said.
www.nbcnews.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Good thing I was, uhm, only at the d'Orsay today. Yep
This movie just looks so cozy. A great time from the moment the score kicks in
Art heists? Reichardt? O'Connor and Magaro? It's THE MASTERMIND time
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This movie just looks so cozy. A great time from the moment the score kicks in
Art heists? Reichardt? O'Connor and Magaro? It's THE MASTERMIND time
October 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Art heists? Reichardt? O'Connor and Magaro? It's THE MASTERMIND time
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Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education
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Mariners fans, who (doesn’t have to be realistic lol) would you like to see throw out a first pitch this week?
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
Excuse me, it's actually Doctor.
That's correct. Doctor Frankenstein's monster.
That's correct. Doctor Frankenstein's monster.
October 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Excuse me, it's actually Doctor.
That's correct. Doctor Frankenstein's monster.
That's correct. Doctor Frankenstein's monster.