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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I did not know what I expected from DIGGER, but I did not expect to be absorbed and ultimately moved by this wild satire, flaws and all. Tom Cruise and Riz Ahmed lead a sensational cast. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Digger’

Opening in theaters on October 9 is ‘Digger,’ directed by Alejando G. Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise, John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbar...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Robert Pattinson gives a stellar performance as Chris Hansen in PRIMETIME, an uneven but absorbing -- and even wickedly funny -- study of narcissism, paranoia, and ethics. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Primetime’

Opening in theaters on September 25 is ‘Primetime,’ directed by Lance Oppenheim and starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers, M...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For @inverse.com, I wrote about Al Adamson's cult cheapie DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN for its 55th anniversary and how it marked the final screen appearance of the last of the classic Universal monsters: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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55 Years Ago, A Horror Legend's Career Ended With A Forgotten Exploitation Thriller

Lon Chaney Jr. was an icon of the Universal Monsters era as the Wolf Man. His last film was far removed from that golden era.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

David Ayer’s HEART OF THE BEAST strands Brad Pitt and his best friend in the Alaskan wilderness, and the genuinely heartfelt relationship between Pitt and the pooch carries them over a stock series of wilderness challenges. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The day is almost over for him, but -- happy birthday @stephenking.bsky.social.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The tough, unflinching THE WEIGHT mixes a prison drama with a wilderness thriller and pulls it off, with excellent performances from Hawke and Crowe. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘The Weight’

Opening in theaters on September 18th is the new historical drama 'The Weight', directed by Padraic McKinley, and starring Ethan Hawke ('Training Day'), Russell...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Weapons director Zach Cregger does it again, as his Resident Evil reboot is bursting with scares, gore, laughs, monsters galore, and even a bit of heart. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Resident Evil’

Opening in theaters on September 18 is ‘Resident Evil,’ directed by Zach Cregger and starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser. Rel...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas were ready and willing to disenfranchise millions of voters. They hate democracy and in a sane nation, would both be impeached and removed from the bench.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Watching the Emmys, it occurs to us that Michael J. Fox is still here, and Rush Limbaugh is long gone and rotting. Which is how it should be.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For @inverse.com, I wrote about THE BLACK DAHLIA on its 20th anniversary and how this notorious true-crime story proved difficult to film for two masters of the thriller genre: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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20 Years Ago, Two Legendary Directors Couldn't Crack An Infamous Noir Thriller

With Brian De Palma's 'The Black Dahlia,' one of the most infamous cases in true-crime history became an equally infamous movie.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin’s HOPE is a wild, gory, action-packed ride through a small town under siege from a force unlike anything anyone’s ever seen. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Hope’

Opening in theaters on September 9 is ‘Hope,’ written and directed by Na Hong-jin, and starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Hoyeon, Taylor Russell, Cameron Brit...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

He encourages everyone to go out and cheat while voting. Accusations are always confessions. And look at all these drooling idiots mindlessly, stupidly cheering him on. The worst of America in one room.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For @inverse.com, I wrote about how, some 15 years after its release, Steven Soderbergh's CONTAGION remains as relevant and terrifying as ever -- if not more so -- in an age of anti-vax lunacy and the resurgence of diseases we thought were eradicated. www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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15 Years Later, The Most Important Thriller Of 2020 Is Still Disturbingly Relevant

'Contagion's plague may be over, but we have countless Jude Laws now.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There’s actually not a whole lot of onslaught in Adam Wingard’s ONSLAUGHT, in which an effective, moody build-up doesn’t lead to all that much. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Onslaught’

Opening in theaters on September 4 is ‘Onslaught,’ directed by Adam Wingard, written by Simon Barrett, and starring Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Eric Wareheim, Re...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We all have to VOTE by any means necessary and make sure our vote is COUNTED, so that we can begin rebuilding this country and make sure that nothing like Donald Trump ever gets near our White House again.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

50 years ago, a backyard experiment inspired one of the more unsettling eco-horror movies of the 1970s. For @inverse.com, I wrote about Jeff Lieberman's SQUIRM: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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50 Years Later, The Gnarliest Horror Movie Is Still As Uncomfortable As Ever

A movie that shocked both viewers and its villains.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Who's traveling with Natalie this weekend?

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

With John Carpenter's GHOSTS OF MARS celebrating its 25th anniversary last week, I took a look for Inverse at the film's legacy and those once-persistent (and since debunked) rumors that it was originally supposed to be a Snake Plissken sequel: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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25 Years Ago, A Sci-Fi Legend's Most Infamous Flop Could Have Been Radically Different

Far be it from us to question John Carpenter, but we do have one small suggestion...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It’s a bit more low-energy than some of Jason Statham’s other outings, but MUTINY still brings the mayhem where it counts and keeps its leading man busy. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Mutiny’

It’s a bit more low-energy than some of Jason Statham’s other outings, but ‘Mutiny’ still brings the mayhem where it counts and keeps its leading man bu

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Six movies in, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER still provides some good scares and loads of atmosphere, even if it makes less sense as it goes on. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Insidious: Out Of The Further’

Six movies in, ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ still provides some good scares and loads of atmosphere, even if it makes less sense as it goes on.

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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Susan Collins voted against body cameras for ICE. Then she voted to hand Trump’s immigration machine another $70 billion. Now DHS wants to equip ICE agents with electric-shock gloves? Actions have consequences and it’s time we vote Susan Collins out to protect our communities.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/08/2026

Sickening that corporate media has been directed by their billionaire handlers to ask every Democrat about the DSA platform in an effort to divide the party, instead of the GOP platform of kidnapping, starvation, murder, and death.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Please seek out THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING this weekend. Director Andrew Patterson's crazy-quilt slice of small-town American life, starring a perfect Matthew McConaughey and luminous Angelique LookingGlass, is genre-defying, humane, and one of the most unique films of 2026.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Continuing his quest to be the most evil person to ever work in American government.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

THE WRONG GIRLS, Dylan Meyer’s directorial debut, is a goofy, trippy, yet warm mix of stoner comedy, buddy movie, and off-kilter girls’ night out. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘The Wrong Girls’

‘The Wrong Girls,’ Dylan Meyer’s directorial debut, is a goofy, trippy, yet warm mix of stoner comedy, buddy movie, and off-kilter girls’ night out.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

David Robert Mitchell’s homage to Amblin, THE END OF OAK STREET, offers no surprises and no real inspiration until a rather bonkers third act. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘The End Of Oak Street’

David Robert Mitchell’s homage to Amblin, ‘The End Of Oak Street,’ offers no surprises and no real inspiration until a rather bonkers third act.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

They're either blackmailing or threatening him. This foul regime knows no bottom in its evil and treachery. Not that I feel bad for him. He and his colleagues enabled all this a long time ago, and now they are paying for it.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson spill the bloody tea in TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, Jane Schoenbrun’s surreal, meandering, yet poignant homage to ‘80s slasher movies. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’

Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson spill the bloody tea in Jane Schoenbrun’s surreal, meandering, yet poignant homage to ‘80s slasher movies.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Congrats again to the White House Correspondents Association!

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Gregg Araki’s first feature in 12 years, the frothy, horny ‘I Want Your Sex’ is anchored by delicious work from Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘I Want Your Sex’

Gregg Araki’s first feature in 12 years, the frothy, horny ‘I Want Your Sex’ is anchored by delicious work from Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dominic Sessa is sensational as a young Anthony Bourdain in TONY, a biopic that centers on one short period in its subject’s life and is better for it. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Tony’

Dominic Sessa is sensational as a young Anthony Bourdain in ‘Tony,’ a biopic that centers on one short period in its subject’s life and is better for it.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Rand Paul and the rest of the GOP are just vile. This man was and is a hero, and they're slandering and persecuting him to deflect the blame from their own stupid response.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

For @inverse.com, I wrote about one of my favorite dystopian sci-fi thrillers of the early '70s, SOYLENT GREEN, and how the big reveal in the movie was nowhere to be found in the source novel, MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM! by Harry Harrison: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

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53 Years Later, An Iconic Sci-Fi Cult Classic Just Got A Huge Upgrade

As 'Soylent Green' gets a 4K upgrade, let's remember what was missing from the original story.

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Curly sue @moocowsue.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Texans Pay Attention Total Registered Voters in Texas: 17,485,702 Democrats: 8,133,683 (46.52%) Republicans: 6,601,189 (37.75%) Unaffiliated: 2,750,830 (15.73%) These numbers were provided by L2 Data on August 8, 2025.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Boy were the trolls right: after this weekend's #TheOdyssey box office, Universal Studios is shutting down and Chris Nolan is filing for unemployment.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm thrilled and pleased to share that I'm now an official member of @lafilmcritics.bsky.social, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association! I'm proud and delighted to join the organization, and grateful to the LAFCA for welcoming me to this storied institution. lafca.net/index.php

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Dedicated to the art of film since 1975

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I interviewed Jennifer years ago and she was so sharp, so funny, and so terrific to talk with. What a sad, sad loss. My condolences to her family and bandmates.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Listening to even 5 minutes of this, it's incomprehensible that this country elected this disgusting, stupid, malevolent narcissist to the highest office in the land twice. That freak below is the once-hidden true face of this dumb, pathetic, dying nation. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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Trump spews unhinged election conspiracy theories in speech TV networks refused to air

The hoarse egomaniac, who simply cannot accept that he lost to Joe Biden, rehashed already known intelligence and pointed Americans to review documents—many of which had already been public.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Believe the hype: THE ODYSSEY might be the biggest spectacle you'll see this year. Christopher Nolan's epic tells a profound, tragic tale of humanity at war with itself and the world around it. A truly monumental film. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘The Odyssey’

Christopher Nolan’s often awe-inspiring adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’ takes a while to get going, but fills the screen with non-stop spectacle.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For @moviefone.bsky.social, I attended a special event at Warner Bros. to launch the first trailer for DIGGER, Alejandro G. Inarritu's new comedy that stars Tom Cruise like you've never seen him before. Read on to find out what the legendary actor told us there: www.moviefone.com/news/digger-...

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‘Digger’ Trailer Event Q&A With Tom Cruise

Star Tom Cruise shares the wild first trailer for ‘Digger’ and digs into the making of the movie at a special launch event at Warner Bros. Studios.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A terrible loss of a great actor whose presence enriched every film he was in. His biggest hit was no doubt JURASSIC PARK, but his finest performance might have been in HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE. RIP to a man of great talent, dignity, humor, and poise. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Sam Neill, Actor in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ Dies at 78

The pride of New Zealand and Australia also starred in ‘My Brilliant Career,’ ‘Dead Calm,’ ‘In the Mouth of Madness,’ ‘The Final Conflict’ and ‘Event Horizon.’

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

For @reactorsff.bsky.social, I took a look back at 1976's KING KONG, generally considered the weakest of the three versions, to see if a reappraisal is in order: reactormag.com/does-the-fir...

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Does the First King Kong Remake Deserve a Fresh Look? - Reactor

The Peter Jackson remake perhaps owes a debt to the much-maligned 1976 version

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Didn't see this coming and the circumstances seem very odd, but she's left the building and I couldn't care less. Another Trump critic turned enabler who inexplicably let this madness get this far. Goodbye and good riddance. wapo.st/4f6QMNV

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Lindsey Graham, longtime senator from South Carolina, dies at 71

Graham, first elected to the House in 1994 and the Senate in 2002, was running for reelection this year. He died of a “brief and sudden illness,” his office said.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Six films in, EVIL DEAD BURN may be the goriest, most mean-spirited entry in the venerable horror series – and also the most exhausting and humorless. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

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Movie Review: ‘Evil Dead Burn’

Six films in, ‘Evil Dead Burn’ may be the goriest, most mean-spirited entry in the venerable horror series – and also the most exhausting and humorless.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The third movie in the original PLANET OF THE APES series, ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES, pulls more from the original source novel by Pierre Boulle than you might think, as I wrote at @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/why-a-planet...

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Why a Planet of the Apes Sequel Was Weirdly More Faithful to the Original Book - Reactor

Developmental woes, money, and studio concerns can make for fascinating changes to a text.

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