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Too dimly lit, too much "boss being a dick" filling up the first 50mins, and by the end the (stellar) final 20mins just couldn't overcome everything else to feel satisfying. Congrats Shudder, you tricked me again

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Infirmary: I'm not even mad about being disappointed. This one's on me. I fell for the trailer, despite knowing it was a low-budget found footage Shudder debut. I fell for a review saying it had Gonjiam vibes. I get the appeal of going in blind.

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Verity: Feels like a 90s erotic thriller that's beautifully shot and works well because of the cast; Dakota Johnson [still] good but solidly third place behind Anne Hathaway (AMAZING year for her) and Josh Hartnett. Really liked! Will never read the book though, sorry to the hooverites out there.

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Impossible to talk about this otherwise without even hinting at something very spoilery, sorry :/

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Sween @tomhammell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Digger (2026): Welcome to my "I love this immediately, other/normal people will love this in a decade or two" canon (some other entries: mother!, Neon Demon, Babylon). Tom Cruise and Jesse Plemons each have a monologue that I'll be thinking about the rest of the year at least.

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RIP Chuck Russell. This is his best (sorry to my work bestie who really really really loves The Mask)

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Sween @tomhammell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Blob (1988): First time I've seen the full remake (yeah I know, the gaps I have are surprising). Long day ahead of me, long month ahead of me, wanted to start it right. Boy did I ever! Paranoia of the Cold War era consuming everyone around, strongest in the first half. Practical effects forever!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/09/2026

These 7 men at Cornell drugged & raped a woman for hours, then called their friends to come rape her. 2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men.

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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 26/09/2026

Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have been cast in the Fred Astaire biopic alongside Tom Holland. Margaret will star as Adele Astaire and Sabrina will star as Ginger Rogers.

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God @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026

Netanyahu will burn in hell forever for what he did in life.

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 25/09/2026

Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter have been cast alongside Tom Holland in the 'Fred Astaire' biopic (via Deadline)

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a list that doesn't have Better Call Saul, Twin Peaks The Return, or The Leftovers in even the top 20 let alone top 10 is just specifically designed to ragebait me, shame on everyone responsible for getting this on my feed and shame on me for giving it my time.

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Pattinson's phenomenal as a desperate (at times pathetic) man using fame to fill the increasingly-larger cracks in his own personal life, pursuing greater and greater catches until inevitably a catch takes his big moment from him

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Primetime: Doesn't go all the way you want it to, but it's sleazy enough, and Oppenheim is artistic enough in his approach to depicting its sleaziness, I can't complain much! Good debut for Phoebe Bridgers btw!

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being in a cuck chair mid-threesome). Part of me was upset in the moment it ends how it does, abrupt as it does; sleeping on it after a few hours I'm alternating between thinking that decision's perfect, and thinking there were a lot of deeply unsatisfying ways this could have ended instead.

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Sween @tomhammell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I Only Rest in the Storm: I admire its 3.5hr length almost as much as its explicit rejection of white saviors (in numerous ways from making the bisexual star would-be-one sit through verbal essays about power, wealth and colonialism, to depicting him literally do the lean-forward meme while actually

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Madden's frenetic pacing, his ultra-closeups, his intense sound work, they all magnify this cautionary story of what rage and circumstance can accomplish.

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Sween @tomhammell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Beast Beast: Tempting as it might be to compare to Danny Madden's Krista short this is an expansion of, or the Jenna Ortega-starring The Fallout made a year later that focuses more on the aftermath of something like this, it's fascinating to just take this on its own.

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Sween @tomhammell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

music with the DJ and the incredible performance from Addie Weyrich) with his always-impressive sound design never making us feel comfortable, but always letting us feel welcome.

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Sween @tomhammell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Downbeat (2026): Underrated subgenre/theme for me has to be "filmed like a panic attack". Danny Madden's latest has to be considered one of the best in that department, blending a mix of others (drama obv, hangout film + documentary with the real buskers that get pulled in the main characters' web,

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It's 4:30AM, I am on a completely different absurd-sleep-schedule than usual, and this isn't his first album. Sorry for the typo!

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Firing at full clip in the first six songs, then Wonder follows a quick interlude with bringing us to a calmer-in-comparison more contemplative second half. Hateful + Ungrateful a nice closer. Favs: Mercy, Sky Rockets, God's Favorite, Look Like My Mama, Hateful + Ungrateful

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Verdict after a relisten: a bit of both, by design and still good enough it's a solid solid debut by a promising young artist, and worth multiple listens. Definitely frontloaded with impressive confident lyricism and beats, peaking for me with Sky Rockets or the first Tyler collab Look Like My Mama.

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