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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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The Top 100 TV Shows of the 21st Century - What Did The NYTimes Get Right/Wrong

David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Not a great day to be online today gotta say

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Patrick Klepek @patrickklepek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You do not have to know much of anything about Dark Matter beyond its basic premise to enjoy this sublime episode of TV.

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‘Dark Matter’ S2E05 Was a Masterpiece of Sci-Fi Television

Is the most recent episode of Dark Matter one of the greatest hours of sci-fi TV ever? @patrickklepek.bsky.social and I discuss on Decoding TV youtu.be/PEGQbcXqt-8

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Entirety of season 1 definitely makes this ep hit like a truck

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‘Dark Matter’ S2E05 Was a Masterpiece of Sci-Fi Television

Is the most recent episode of Dark Matter one of the greatest hours of sci-fi TV ever? @patrickklepek.bsky.social and I discuss on Decoding TV youtu.be/PEGQbcXqt-8

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"Iñárritu’s new movie Digger wants to be a satire about the dangers of global warming while lacking the specificity and vocabulary to articulate those concerns in a thoughtful way." Today on Decoding Everything, @mattgoldberg.bsky.social tackles DIGGER: www.decodingeverything.com/tom-cruise-d...

Digger Review: Smug, Sanctimonious Satire

Tom Cruise’s broad caricature of an oilman feels like his latest stunt in Alejandro’s G. Iñárritu’s pedantic mess of a movie.

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And I found the ending to be intensely moving and thought-provoking. Tom Cruise is great but Riz Ahmed steals the show. (The way they are marketing this is wild. People are not prepared)

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For the first 30-40 mins of DIGGER, I thought I was watching one of the worst films of the year. Then the dynamic of the film shifts in ways I can't talk about (yet). There are still parts of the film that are excruciating. But there are also parts that are wildly ambitious & visually spectacular.

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This episode is like tv jazz man. It’s all the plot lines they’re NOT showing you…

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Season 2 of DARK MATTER has been a pretty mixed bag so far but episode 5 was beautiful and moving. It’s about how even when you think you’ve lost everything important to you, life can still go on. And there are always more opportunities to give love and to receive it.

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

PRIMETIME comes out in theaters this weekend. I loved it! But do check out @carolinesiede.bsky.social's review for Decoding Everything, in which she finds it a bit of a hollow exercise that doesn't quite live up to its potential www.decodingeverything.com/lance-oppenh...

‘Primetime’ Is Sleazy, Surreal, and Strangely Hollow

Robert Pattinson stars as Chris Hansen in A24’s garish examination of the 'To Catch a Predator' phenomenon

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Absolutely. My mom barely understood English but was still able to teach me multiplication. We had close to zero resources.

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The consumerist attitude towards school administration was deeply troubling to me!

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I think the latter was actually her goal. But instead, we get option 3: her daughter chooses to go to one of the schools that NHJ has spent her life rallying against.

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Specifically: she’s spent her career writing about how challenging it is to get an education at these schools, but seemingly is oblivious to the fact that her daughter doesn’t know long division or fractions until she’s in high school? Speaks to an extremely high level of disengagement or naïveté.

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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

I read NHJ’s essay about the choices she made for her daughter’s education. It’s super compelling to watch someone grapple with their own shortcomings and what happens when ideology collides with the well being of your kin. But there are portions that are baffling. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...

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THE WEIGHT (in theaters now) is great. A pulse-pounding thriller with solid character work and spectacular outdoor set pieces. One of the most gorgeously photographed films I’ve seen this year. A compelling Man vs. Man vs. Nature story. And you get to see Russell Crowe square off with Ethan Hawke!

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It’s much more about chickens coming home to roost and paying off some long-running threads. Dark but satisfying stuff. That said, there’s also greatness here including: -Syril Karn as a badass assassin -A bunch of truly shocking moments and reveals. I screamed a couple times!

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SLOW HORSES season 6 (Apple TV, I’ve seen all eps) was a bummer (by design). Really well-made and with great one-liners. But the central plot is a huge downer and is not as fun as that of other seasons.

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Always love it when @sdavidmiller.bsky.social goes long on the Toronto International Film Festival. Today at Decoding Everything, Stephen breaks down some much anticipated films, including INK and WILD HORSE NINE. Read/susbcribe www.decodingeverything.com/tiff-2026-di...

TIFF 2026 Dispatch #2: Ink, Elsinore, and Wild Horse Nine

Stephen David Miller continues his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.

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TIFF 2026 Dispatch #2: Ink, Elsinore, and Wild Horse Nine

Stephen David Miller continues his coverage of the 51st annual Toronto International Film Festival.

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In retrospect, POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING was too hard on Macklemore

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Zach Cregger's Resident Evil: Finally a videogame movie for people who suck at videogames! Check out @mattgoldberg.bsky.social's review today at Decoding Everything: www.decodingeverything.com/resident-evi...