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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Of course it's intentional -- and not ineffective! -- but PRIMETIME is an alarmingly ugly film. Like taking a cold bath in raw sewage. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Primetime Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

RESIDENT EVIL: Zach Cregger's new film nearly does the impossible -- turn a video game movie into a full-on horror showcase -- but even if he doesn't quite get there all the way, there's a lot to dig. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Resident Evil Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Well, so much for ESPN standing behind their reporting. Whoops.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

TONY: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Asswipe. It also happens to be pretty terrific. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Tony Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

SPIDER-MAN: BND: At last, an MCU entry that actually lets its characters breathe between beat-downs. The title's built-in sense of optimism might be speaking for Marvel's own recalibrated hopes and aspirations. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review - Cinemotic

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The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle @philafcc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@piersadam.bsky.social reviews SUPERGIRL for Cinemotic cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Supergirl Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

“I Tried To Catch A Predator, Instead I Fell In Love”

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Nothing like cleaning your wound with lye and gravel salt. At least the season ticket holders who happily let the Knicks fans invade the city and take over the arena made their $$ back. Josh Hart after Knicks sweep 76ers: ‘I used to think Philly was a sports town’ www.nytimes.com/athletic/726...

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Josh Hart after Knicks sweep 76ers: ‘I used to think Philly was a sports town’ (Gift Article)

When these two teams met in the playoffs in 2024, Knicks fans took over in Philadelphia, leading to pleas from Joel Embiid.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Not to sound totally sour, but if the Knicks are doing this shit now, they’d better not go some 3-34 in threes when OKC comes into the picture.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Well, the Knicks are hitting everything; the goddamn NY fans have again successfully invaded our arena; and my team looks absolutely hapless. On the bright side, I have my health, at least physically.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It’s entirely possible this game will be the death of me. If so, it’s been an honor and a pleasure.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Okay, we can go with either "Out Of Its Depth," "Toothless!" or "Sir Ben Kingsley's Squatters' Rights." You get to be the copy editor. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Deep Water Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

THE FURIOUS: I’m a simple man. It doesn’t take much to make me happy; just a mute kung fu master with a hammer trying to save his daughter from an insidious child-trafficking ring. Giddyup! #pfsspringfeat

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

OBESSION: Twisty monkey-paw horror fable with a strong through line: Not just be careful what you wish for, but maybe don’t go there at all and let things go their natural course instead. Somehow, a parable of modern dating, and it’s terrifying to contemplate. #pfsspringfling

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

CAROLINA CAROLINE: Mostly predictable Bonnie/Clyde number, only with a couple who lose their charm to too many montages set to country standards. Some pop, little fizz. #pfsspringfest

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

NINO: A young Parisian gets a bad diagnosis and spends a dark weekend of the soul locked out of his apartment. A quiet film filled with notes of grace, light, and humor. Pellerin is like a mixture of young Hoffman and Clive Owen, transfixing. #pfsspringfest

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

JANE ELLIOT AGAINST THE WORLD: Small, white firebrand from Iowa kicks everyone’s ass en route to teaching them about systemic racism. The doc portrays her larger-than-life, but with a strong sense of the sacrifices she and her children had to make for her to do “what’s right.” #pfsspringfest

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

First order of business before a four-film day (for @noelmu.bsky.social ):

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

HOKUM: A briny horror caper set in a creep-ass hotel in Ireland. Witches, dour novelists, drunken loons, it’s got quite the array. Best use of cherubs since Botticelli. #pfsspringfest

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

For all my kvetching about the quality of Toronto burritos,I just had a hella mid jawn here in Philly, waiting for my #springfest flick to start (HOKUM). Serves me right for trying a chain.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some gore actually leaves a mark. Lee Cronin's gore leaves you bloodied. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Well, at least it will be fun to watch these damnedable Celtics against either the Spurs or Thunder. Go Spurs, I guess?

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

But why does he sleep in his cowl and cape…

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Can we all at least celebrate the fact that it wasnt set in New York? cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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The Drama Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This is a truly fine piece of writing.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Further proof of my permanent “hater” status, evidently.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

WUTHERING HEIGHTS: Splat go the eggs. Ooze go the walls. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Wuthering Heights Review - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I’m not fundamentally opposed to Philly fans making some extra $$, but listening to the crowd of Knicks yahoos whoop it up at a Sixers home game is truly sickening.

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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Béla Tarr, 1955-2026 🤍

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Driving I-40 across Tennessee: # of Pro-Life billboards: 9 # of gun-related billboards: 6 # that read “Man Toys” over an image of a .45: 1 # of Adult Superstores directly across the thruway from a 50-foot Jesus cross: 1 # of “Trump MAGA Mega HQ” stores (about the size of a Waffle House): 1 1/2

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Easily the weakest of the mysteries in the series, but also the best dramatic through line. cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Review: Wake Up Dead Man - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

A film best seen knowing nothing about it other than the stars . So how is a review meant to work? cinemotic.com/movie-review...

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Review: The Housemaid - Cinemotic

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I can appreciate the NFL trying to reduce head injuries but the Guardian Caps give serious Talosian.

Image of a giant-headed Talosian from early “Star Trek” episode “The Menagerie.”

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

TGE HOUSEMAID: Under lock-and-key, as it were as to actual reaction, but suffice it to say it’s playing chess when you think it’s throwing pick up sticks.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

SIRAT: Excellent use of its desert surroundings, and strikes a suitably hallucinatory vibe at times; but I couldn’t help feeling Laxe started to make one film, got disenchanted early, and pivoted to something else for the crazy hell of it.

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Satan: So, we’re agreed? For your soul, you will have a long career calling NFL games… Chris Myers: Yes, I’m in! Thank you so m— Satan: …only every game will be CLE at TEN. Chris Myers:

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

RUNNING MAN: Well, it’s a hell of an improvement over the original — which is pure ‘80s cheez whiz — but it bogs down in the third act with plot nonsense. Got to appreciate Wright’s music cues, though, including opening with “Underdog,” and hitting a big action sequence with “Heartbreaker.”

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Slow-paced drama moves in languid motions but eventually does start adding up into something more engrossing, the layers creating a sense of history. Like ghosts slowly floating over a frozen cornfield. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

A POET: Its manic comic energy propels it, but underneath its sad-sack trappings, there is grace in the suffering, and recognition of the things that pain us so we have no choice but to conjure them in verse and symbolism. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

CALLE MALAGA: Powerhouse performance from Carmen Maura helps cover up some of the film’s weaker elements. Tries for an enigmatic ending after leaving dinner rolls as breadcrumbs. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

FANTASY LIFE: I badly wanted to walk out on this movie so it could feel some of the misery it was inflicting on me. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

TRAIN DREAMS: Johnson’s exquisite prose as refracted ably by Clint Bentley. Lyric without being cloying; moving by dint of its precision and complexity. A single tree falling packs a haymaker of a punch. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

GROWING DOWN: Hungarian drama has a Suitably light touch, even as it builds on its feeling of oncoming dread. A fascinating portrait of a sweet-hearted kid with serious anger issues, and a father who wants to protect him at all costs. Strong stuff. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

THE MASTERMIND: A kind of anti-Ocean’s flick, replacing slick long-cons and audience misdirections for blithering incompetence and pointlessness. A ‘70s-era recreation that more than captures the lo-fi ennui of the decade. Reichardt, man, Reichardt. #PFF

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Piers Marchant @piersadam.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

HYSTERIA: Like a murder mystery in which all suspects can credibly point to one another as the actual culprit at the end. I might have to sleep on this one a few nights. #PFF

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