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Abby Olcese

@abbyolcese.bsky.social
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Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e

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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 5h
I am always asking this.
Is my dwindling libido estrogen-related, or did I get a mid-coitus push notification that democracy might be dead because of Logan Paul’s YouTube?
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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House Hausu: Surreal Horror Scenes
Alt: House Hausu: Surreal Horror Scenes
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I might've yelled "OH MY GOD HEY GIRL" at the screen. Maybe.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
YOU BET YOUR ASS DELAINEY HAYLES!!!!
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
YOU BET YOUR ASS AMBER MIDTHUNDER
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's been a long, hard day in the middle of a long, hard week. But there's cats, and cider, and sweatpants and a new Mike Flanagan series on. You take what you can, is what I'm saying.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Also featured in October's set of ducks: This slightly larger and absolutely cursed Skele-Duck, who will f**k your s**t up if you give him the chance.
A bizarrely detailed tiny duck carved to look like a skeletonThe same duck from the back and sides, displaying even MORE detail of its wings (seriously, why)
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
There's a sweet lady in my office who brings in seasonal tiny ducks for us to decorate our desks (I guess that's a thing). October's ducks include a few pumpkin/ghost/witch variations AND somehow this metal-ass demon duck whose body carries the souls of the damned (Mug shown for scale).
A tiny black plastic duck with demon horns and green eyes. The chest of the duck is engraved with a teensy-weensy skull.The tiny plastic duck next to a Halloween-themed mug, for scale (the duck is tiny. Like the size of a pencil eraser)
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BASIL FAWLTY'S DARKPLACE
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A single mom who works two jobs, who loves her kids and never quits...
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Social Reckoning imagines a reality in which millennials casually reference The Pentagon Papers, Antigone, Spartacus and Frank Capra's entire filmography (dude, I WISH). Somewhat informative, mostly fine?
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How to reckon with Aaron Sorkin's Facebook follow-up The Social Reckoning
Courtesy Sony Pictures The Social Reckoning opens with a white woman (Portia Doubleday) being approached on the side of a highway by a pair of cops. The cops (Nathan Witte and Crystal Balint) are Blac...
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#NotMyBrain
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My first thought! A ghoul!
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Free shipping from Bookshop.org today! Did you know I have a book that you can buy? I HAVE A BOOK. THAT YOU CAN BUY. Some have said it's pretty good!
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Films for All Seasons: Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies
The Spiritual Practice of Watching MoviesWhat's your favorite Christmas movie? Easter movie? Pentecost movie? Casual viewers and movie buffs alike have favorite movies to watch at certain times of the...
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
SAM IS THE BEST
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I do not!
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh no. Which cat (in case I also follow them and need to prepare for heartbreak)?
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Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com · 07/10/2026
Your Body Is a Wonderland
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh he's gonna keep on doing his thing. Good for him, if it makes him happy. I guess.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The real No. 1 was the friends we made along the way.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm happy for 48. That dude's gonna go off and start an amazing band. Or maybe a cult. Or both.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sarah this episode is NUTS I like it a bunch.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
RIGHT?!?!
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ohhhhh that show. So good. So nasty.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Everyone on this show, especially in these last episodes, are SO committed. You can tell everyone feels like they're making ART (which they are, obviously, just unhinged art).
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Leo McKern only died in 2002????? He was just old and loud for a really long time???? Sounding like his heart was gonna explode every time he opened his mouth???
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The internal logic (or lack thereof) is such that I'm not *that* surprised?
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Real sicko shit all the way down. I love it.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How was this episode allowed to exist? Really the last two episodes. Just the most insane thing.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here's how you know No. 6 is the coolest: I would've shrieked the second I entered that weird-ass cave, and he's sitting smug on that fancy chair like it's totally not a big deal.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh man, and we're already off with the pure nightmare fuel. Beatles Tunnel, courtroom cave, robes AND masks!!!
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Well, kids, we've made it. Episode 17, here we go.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sayeth Mark Buckler, "Hell yeah"
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I was JUST thinking I'd love to read a book about Elsa Lanchester and hadn't seen much on offer. Hooray hooray!!!
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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
May I suggest preordering my book in a way that will support your local bookshop?? [No, we still don't have a cover you will be surprised when it arrives.] bookshop.org/p/books/bury...
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Bury Me in Vegan Leather
An irreverent and at times surreal crime romp through the literal underworld of Los Angeles alongside a female dirtbag PI who gets herself in bigger and bigger trouble as she investigates a client’s m...
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Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“We’re way past making friends” -Aaron Sorkin -(Unknown) -Michael Scott
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
(I realize I probably wasn't paying attention at a pivotal moment)
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A lot of the Lanterns finale would mean more to me if I had a better understanding of what Manhunters...do. Do they just, like, kill? Do they have a code? What is their DEAL?
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I will say it's VERY funny to have watched The Social Reckoning sitting next to @brockwilbur.bsky.social and Vivian, who I became friends with...through Facebook Messenger. ...high five.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ok that is good though
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's time for a reckoning...of social proportions.
Promo image for The Social Reckoning on a movie screen
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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My job here is done Tuxedo Mask
Alt: My job here is done Tuxedo Mask
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fun fact: From the ages of 11-18 I was unhealthily obsessed with Monty Python to the point that I became the go-to expert among my more casual-fan friends (Of which I had many. As established, I was incredibly popular).
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When you have the gift of hospitality (iykyk) but also you're a zombie.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well, well, well. Well.
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
...Flubber, huh?
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Time to see if I actually make it all the way through the Fallout Spooky Scary Radio playlist this year (I never do, but last year I made it further than I ever have before).
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Fallout Spooky Scary Radio
Music (where available) from the Fallout 4 "Spooky Scary Radio" mod. Good for a classic Halloween chill!
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Same! It's been WILD to see the reactions. I truly do not know how I'm going to react to it.
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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Kick Yeet GTFO Off Cliff
Alt: little fella booting another little fella off a cliff
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Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I've never been so morbidly curious about an Iñarritu movie. Usually I just roll my eyes and move on, but this one seems...special.
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