matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026New Mandela effect just dropped: It's "Run Hide Fight," not "Run. Hide. Fight." 000
Reposted by matt schimkowitzWilliam Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's a piece I'm really excited to roll out: An in-depth interview with Dropout's Sam Reich, diving deep on the game design of Game Changer season 8. Do I make a parody of myself by bringing up the concept of "the magic circle"? Oh baby, you bet I do. avclub.com/game-changer...avclub.com“We really aren’t control of that dial”: Sam Reich on designing the games of Game Changer season 8The Dropout CEO on encouraging competition in his players and the ways he stops himself from turning into Mr. Beast. 12712
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Are we allowed to stop being nice about Digger? The movie absolutely sucks. The sad thing is, it doesn't know how unfunny it is. A laugh-free experience that constantly praises itself for its humor, which, charitably, has the flop-sweat energy of bad improv. They're DYING up there so they get louder 083
Reposted by matt schimkowitzRJ City @rjcity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The instinct to share something personal about Pac, but the amount of respect, care and commitment he had to wrestling and to being a professional is a line I can't bear to cross - but let that remind you just how good he was. Forever loved, forever respected. What a fucking Bastard. 461873564
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This week, I reviewed Forgotten Island, which I mostly enjoyed but started forgetting as it was happening. Still, I think kids and 'dults alike will find a lot to love 000
Reposted by matt schimkowitzAlison Herman @aherman2006.bsky.social · 25/09/2026also MAD MEN is not just quite clearly the best tv show of the 21st century, it's the great american novel. lol 1273
Reposted by matt schimkowitzLacy Baugher Milas @lacymb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Reminder: Hang out and watch #TheTraitorsNewBlood with me for the @avclub.com's @surf.social feed! Who survived the Traitors internship program? What will Alan be wearing? Let's find out together. surf.social/feed/surf%2F... #TheTraitorsUS 178
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026No spoilers, but I hated Digger, which felt like the worst episode of Veep played at the loudest possible volume. I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up making less than Coyote Vs. Acme. 2133
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Beyond being a fantastic film, Hays and Ryan Holladay's Resident Evil soundtrack is perfect for writing. Destined to be a workday staple www.youtube.com/watch?v=emT9...youtube.comHays Holladay, Ryan Holladay - Full Album: Resident Evil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO 010
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 19/09/2026Host Ken Jennings confessed to asking his writers to slip a reference to a beloved viral Jeopardy! joke into Friday's episode.avclub.comJeopardy! hid a deep-cut Bluesky joke about "the slut gnomes of false Berlin" in today's episodeJeopardy! hid a deep-cut Bluesky joke about "the slut gnomes of false Berlin" in today's episode 10497100
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 17/09/2026Join us tonight in The Circle Of Truth, our new @surf.social feed dedicated to The Traitors! @lacymb.bsky.social will be live-watching #TheTraitorsNewBlood and posting her way through the two-episode premiere. This new season is going to be murrrrder. surf.social/feed/surf%2F... 0176
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 14/09/2026It's #Emmys night, and @avclub.com will be your guide through the red carpet, actual ceremony, and the aftermath (for the victors and the better-luck-next-years). Tell us who you want to see walk away with the night's biggest prizes: www.avclub.com/emmys-2026-p...avclub.comWho will and should win at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards?Who will and should win at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards? 1174
Reposted by matt schimkowitzListen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.cryptoanarchy.network · 12/09/2026my beloved husband @schimkowitz.bsky.social wrote about Alamo Drafthouse's unionization effort www.avclub.com/alamo-drafth...avclub.comAlamo Drafthouse workers in St. Louis are a QR code away from unionizingAlamo Drafthouse workers in St. Louis are a QR code away from unionizing 0167
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 11/09/2026It's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. www.avclub.com/black-zombie...avclub.comThe new zombie boom should learn something from Black ZombieIt's time that those still capitalizing on the undead reckon with their voodoo origins. Black Zombie shows how that's possible. 0446
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 11/09/2026Our TV team, senior editor @erikadams.bsky.social and critic @salonig.bsky.social, make their predictions for who will win (and stump for who should win) at this year's #Emmys. Get up to speed and follow all the news with #EmmysWatch over @surf.social! #promoted www.avclub.com/emmys-2026-p...avclub.comWho will and should win at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards?Who will and should win at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards? 01412
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's only a few days until my birthday, so everyone must read the cool stuff I wrote this week. First up, I spoke with the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse in St. Louis about their unionization efforts and how Alamo's recent changes have exacerbated employee issues. www.avclub.com/alamo-drafth... 110
Reposted by matt schimkowitzListen I'm Scary OK @katiemcvay.cryptoanarchy.network · 04/09/2026new zine please clap drive.proton.me/urls/Y87Z0R8... 061
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The real question I want answered is DOES BLUESKY HAVE AN ANNOYING GUY PROBLEM 000
Reposted by matt schimkowitzErik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If you've wondered "Is Erik going to talk to the RiffTrax guys about the new MST3K episodes?"—well, wonder no more! www.avclub.com/mst3k-rifftr... 19718
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I went to the George Lucas Museum and had a blast walking through George Lucas' mind. I could stare at those Paul Gregory LOTR paintings for hours. My field piece and some photos! www.avclub.com/george-lucas... 121
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Confident dumb guys being loud and getting hurt is my favorite genre, so I really, really wanted to love IDIOTS. Alas, Freddy Got Fingered it ain't www.avclub.com/idiots-reviewavclub.comEven a comedy called Idiots should be smarter than thisThe frenetic, R-rated comedy Idiots moves at a chaotic clip, but strains to find meaning in its shades of stupidity. 010
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026TIL Tim Curry got the only Emmy nod of his career for that Tales From The Crypt episode where Curry pulls triple duty and plays Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Ed Begley Jr. It's haunted me since childhood. I exorcised some of those demons here. www.avclub.com/tim-curry-be... 010
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 21/08/2026The A.V. Club talked to the Free Blockbuster President and Secretary about the give-and-take of the little neighborhood video store. www.avclub.com/gji-free-blo...avclub.comGreat Job, Internet!: Little Free Blockbusters are bringing back video stores one block at a timeGreat Job, Internet!: Little Free Blockbusters are bringing back video stores one block at a time 1277
Reposted by matt schimkowitzBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Haggerty speaks! www.avclub.com/brad-holbroo... 1648722
Reposted by matt schimkowitzRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right 1100286116347
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026🚨dream interview alert🚨 I spoke to Brad Holbrook, who for 20 years has delivered one of the great comedic performances as The Onion's lead anchor Jim Haggerty. We get into how a real anchorman became America's funniest fake one and being turned into a pig www.avclub.com/brad-holbroo... 2204
Reposted by matt schimkowitzErik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 20/08/2026For the purposes of this link to @schimkowitz.bsky.social's interview with the man behind Jim Haggerty, just pretend that it's been posted by Dennis Clemmons, 32, of Boston www.avclub.com/brad-holbroo... 031
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Writing obits, eulogies, condolences, or really anything about a dead loved one is supposed to be hard. That's what makes it mean something 071
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026youtube.comThe Departed: "Patriot Act! I love it I love it"YouTube video by Paul Anderson 021
Reposted by matt schimkowitzThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 12/08/2026Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in HBO's re-adaptation of Rowling's book series. buff.ly/L1Wz4sqavclub.comNicholas Hoult casts unforced error spell on career, joins Harry Potter showNicholas Hoult casts unforced error spell on career, joins Harry Potter show 1379
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Can't get enough of me? I also contributed to our Best of '06 ranking. I put my year-long Lost rewatch to good use and wrote about season two/three, as well as the last four episodes of Arrested Development, which are four of the best of the show's run. Would've been a perfect finale 121
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Wrote up a murderer's row of all-time favs for our Best of 2006: Miami Vice, Jackass 2, Crank, The Prestige, and Inland Empire. The real delight was writing about Jean-Pierre Melville's Army Of Shadows, which opened in theaters that year after 25 years in exile. Andor fans do not sleep on Shadows! 182
Reposted by matt schimkowitzErik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 10/08/2026@avclub.com's 2006 Week is coming at you like a spider monkey, beginning with this correct and accurate ranking of the year's best TVavclub.comThe best TV of 2006The best TV of 2006 1115
Reposted by matt schimkowitzJeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I remember standing at the top of the Hollywood Arclight parking garage post-premiere, and Defamer's Mark Lisanti waving his hand over the spotlight-drenched ceremony. "You did this." We both knew I'd done something uniquely stupid. I don't want this to be my legacy, but, career-wise, it's fitting. 1172
Reposted by matt schimkowitzJacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 10/08/2026this is like the platonic ideal of a Matt story: silly, filled with research, Morbius mentioned 3185
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 10/08/2026In celebration of @avclub.com's 2006 week, I wrote about 2006's most 2006 movie: Snakes On A Plane, Hollywood's would-be test balloon for the burgeoning social media landscape. www.avclub.com/snakes-on-a-...avclub.comSnakes On A Plane was Hollywood's first time misreading social mediaArriving during the early days of memes, the failure of Snakes On A Plane still taught Hollywood nothing about the internet. 1367
Reposted by matt schimkowitzMarnie Shure @marnieshure.bsky.social · 01/08/2026One of them said "Seeing The Odyssey before Spider-Man is like eating an Au Cheval burger and then going to get some Five Guys" and the comparison frankly took my breath away. The schools are producing poets 49916
Reposted by matt schimkowitzKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers. 2283962815
Reposted by matt schimkowitzmatt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I wrote about Manhunter being Michael Mann's greatest contribution to television, and how we can thank him and William Petersen, who later starred on CSI, for popularizing the forensic investigator archetype www.avclub.com/manhunter-an...avclub.comCSI can trace its origins to pop culture's original forensic file, Manhunter40 years ago, Michael Mann's thriller Manhunter introduced audiences to investigators who get to know killers a little too well. 263
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I can't believe I'm saying this, but Jesus Christ, do your own research 040
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I wrote about Manhunter being Michael Mann's greatest contribution to television, and how we can thank him and William Petersen, who later starred on CSI, for popularizing the forensic investigator archetype www.avclub.com/manhunter-an...avclub.comCSI can trace its origins to pop culture's original forensic file, Manhunter40 years ago, Michael Mann's thriller Manhunter introduced audiences to investigators who get to know killers a little too well. 263
matt schimkowitz @schimkowitz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The obvious answer: Like every other hardworking American Spider-Man, he wants to try the delicious Webberoni Pizza only at Little Caesars! Just look at that inviting web of flavor. 010
Reposted by matt schimkowitzAlvaro M. Bedoya @bedoyausa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...newrepublic.comThere’s a Blue-Collar Hollywood—and the Paramount Merger Will Kill ItHollywood isn’t all glamour. It’s thousands of line workers. And a Paramount takeover of Warner will make their lives even more precarious. 682575994
Reposted by matt schimkowitzMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"Positioning a trans actor as the moral voice of reason, an unwavering advocate for Zeus’s law, and a man whose ultimate betrayal symbolizes the destruction of civilized Greek society for the sake of the 'victory' at Troy, is especially pertinent to where we are currently." 529579
