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Mark Pfeiffer

@markpfeiffer.bsky.social
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Film critic at Filmbound (filmboundpod.com) podcast and Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (reeltimes.blogspot.com). Formerly of TV’s Now Playing.

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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The band was really locked in for nearly three hours straight at the Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds concert last night in Columbus. Great vibe even if maybe an arena was too big in terms of ticket sales.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Got up ready to smash this 5K walking race and did so. 1st in age group, 9th among all men, 14th overall. 12:57 per mile average. Next stop, the Columbus half marathon. (Goal there is to beat my 2:58:57 time from last year.)
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Stop
Ohio license plate HAMRTIM on a silver Kia
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."
Graeter’s Ice Cream flavor menu with featured flavor Skyline Spice w/ oyster crackers
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you.
TV 101 cast
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Been attending since 2001. Farewell Ebertfest. Glad we got this two-day send-off.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I ate the last year. Have you been to the Ethiopian place in the alley? Thought about it but then remembered I hadn’t been to Ernie’s this year.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Every time I hear the Indiana University quarterback mentioned.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Ohio license plate PROG ROK on a maroon Honda Passport
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Meeting my fitness goals while Jason looms.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Started walking an hour+ per day every day a little more than a year ago. May be in the best shape I’ve ever been in, as shown by walking two Columbus marathon events this weekend: -5K in 38:30 (12:20 mile pace) -Half marathon in 2:58:57 (13:39 pace), plus entering live-action Super Mario World
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
EXCLUSIVE: photos from the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Due to mascot inflation, he is one of four the Reds have: www.mlb.com/reds/fans/ma...
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I’m confused.
A&W limited edition Ice Cream Sundae soda
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Crossed off a cultural blind spot when I saw HAMILTON last night. I’d only heard two or three songs before—the first two, to my surprise—and knew generally what it was about. Nothing can live up to the hype this musical has had, but this is not the time to be a contrarian. It’s good!
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Let’s see if I can witness a second Reds win in four days and in a different ballpark with them back at home vs. the Twins.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Beautiful day at Comerica Park to see the Reds stomp the Tigers. Only issue was the constant loud talkers behind me who were literally wrong about everything (pitchers hit in the NL, they don’t throw around the horn after a strikeout because of the pitch clock), etc. Remained a hero & kept quiet. 😂
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Not related but knowing you’re a big Demme fan, have you seen this Ghanaian poster for MARRIED TO THE MOB?
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Far exceeded my expectations walking my first 10K race. I mainly wanted to finish in less than 90 minutes, which I did with plenty of time to spare. Maybe finishing a half marathon this fall in less than 3 hours is possible.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Last night’s MLS game was the first I’ve been to in maybe a decade. Seemed completely transformed into what felt to me more like a European atmosphere. Also more fan-driven and more confident that those there were interested/didn’t need insistent check-ins to see if they’re entertained.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Really leaning into the I-71 sign between Columbus and Cincinnati with branding tonight’s Crew-FC Cincinnati game as Hell is Real.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
A few photos from this year’s Ebertfest
Francis Ford Coppola via Zoom for Ebertfest post-MEGALOPOLIS Q&ARosanna Arquette, director Susan Seidelman, and Chaz Ebert dancing to “Into the Groove” during the end credits of DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSANRosanna Arquette and Susan SeidelmanHIS THREE DAUGHTERS director Azazel Jacobs at the post -film Q&A
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I was really hoping this was for a screenplay reading of the Jason Statham movie.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Never been to COMO institution Ernie’s during True/False but managed to slip in between films.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Bringing new meaning to the insult “smooth-brained”: www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/s...
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Couldn’t find a photo of this place on my phone, which is how I found out it is permanently closed.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
2025 reading list 7. A Caribbean Mystery (Agatha Christie, 1964) As generic as the title. But Miss Marple apparently seems to come around on steel drum bands.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
2025 reading list 6. I Hope This Finds You Well (Natalie Sue, 2024) Book version of an office sitcom undercut with a prestige TV “dark secret.” (It doesn’t work here.) Better at observing anxiety, self-loathing, and how co-workers often fail to see the quiet desperation their peers live with.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
2025 reading list 4. Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (Agatha Christie, 1934) The upside of trying to read all of Christie’s books is finding something playful and witty like this that, I suspect, is less heralded. Her books seem bound to their times, but this seems more amenable to a modern remake.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
2025 reading list 3. A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J. Maas, 2015) Several co-workers are fans of the author, so I’m diving in. Roughly a BEAUTY AND THE BEAST reworking. Drags for the first half or so but eventually picks up. Wary of the Whedon influence & some fantasy tics but will press on.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
2025 reading list 2. The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side (Agatha Christie, 1962) I finished the Poirot novels in 2024 and am working through the Miss Marple books. The surprise to me is how little she tends to be in them. Clever solution and a pretty good mystery.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
2025 reading list 1. THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (C.S. Lewis, 1952) Reading the Narnia books in chronological order. This one has more action, helping to offset the lack of characterization and so much allegory in these books. Or maybe my failure to be thoroughly won over is not being a kid?
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Gotta love this corporate trolling: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.C._Mu...!
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
At a stoplight at night behind a Dodge Ram truck with the license plate I M PAPA
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Is there some scheme that makes this make sense? HARD TRUTHS opens at this suburban multiplex with a single daily 10:30 PM screening on Friday and Saturday. (Realistically it’ll start between 10:50 & 11 after the pre-show.) Seems unlikely to sell one ticket either day.
AMC Theatres listing for HARD TRUTHS single screening on opening day with a 10:30 PM start time
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
A cold but otherwise nice day at Paycor Stadium. Now if only the Bengals defense could stop anything.
View of the field at Paycor Stadium from midfield in the upper bowl.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
FWIW, here’s how AMC has them in their listings.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Watching 2024 election returns?
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
As an audiovisual experience, Air playing MOON SAFARI (plus a second set) ranks among the best concerts I’ve attended. Sound was impeccable at Detroit’s 96-year-old Fox Theatre.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
Didn’t expect for a big baseball game to be happening across the street when I bought a ticket for tonight’s Air concert in Detroit.
Fox Theatre (Detroit, MI) marquee lit up for tonight’s Air play MOON SAFARI concertWide shot of Comerica Park during Game 4 of the NLDS
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
I was given some cake pans at work, and I put them to use to bring this to the office.
Chocolate cake resembling a big Oreo-like cookie
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
Attending a concert and ended up entering a film about a dystopian future.
Venue sign for MegaCorp Logistics Pavilion
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Saw two movies today but also spent some time in nature.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/07/2024
One of the most entertaining games I’ve been to in some time: -Shohei Ohtani: triple, home run, and stolen base on a pickoff attempt. -28 combined hits & 6 HRs (including one off the foul pole, a 2-run tying HR in the bottom of the 9th, & 2-run walk-off) -20 runs w/ five in the bottom of the 9th
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 13/07/2024
Crossing another MLB stadium off the list with a day trip to Detroit for Tigers-Dodgers.
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Mark Pfeiffer @markpfeiffer.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
But is it better than this?
Poster for FLY ME TO THE MOON, a 2008 animated film
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