Will McKinley
@willmckinley.bsky.social
I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created Game Show Network's blog, was an arts reporter for NYC weekly The Villager, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts. Currently digital marketing for NYC nonprofit New Plaza Cinema.
Co-sign that the film is worth seeing. If it intrigues you, contact your local theater for a screening!
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 19h agoA disarming and heartfelt ode to small-town, Main Street movie theaters…" — Leonard Maltin THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (2026) is rolling out to art house theaters nationally this month and it looks like a must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAy... #FilmSky #MovieSky
Kate Jackson and David Selby in NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS, released #OTD in 1971. Here's hoping we finally see the long-gestating director’s cut of Dan Curtis’ second DARK SHADOWS movie for its 55th anniversary. #FilmSky #HorrorSky #DarkShadows
Ask for it at your local theater! #AthensCine
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 19h agoA disarming and heartfelt ode to small-town, Main Street movie theaters…" — Leonard Maltin THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (2026) is rolling out to art house theaters nationally this month and it looks like a must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAy... #FilmSky #MovieSky
A disarming and heartfelt ode to small-town, Main Street movie theaters…" — Leonard Maltin THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (2026) is rolling out to art house theaters nationally this month and it looks like a must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAy... #FilmSky #MovieSky
The Last Picture Shows-trailer
YouTube video by Rustin Thompson
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After 45 years as a New York City news anchor, Kaity Tong will retire this month. In a business that often kicks women to the curb decades before their male counterparts, Tong leaves the air at nearly 80 years old. And New York will miss her. www.newsday.com/entertainmen... #TVSky #NYC
New York TV anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement
New York TV icon Kaity Tong, known for her mentorship and influence, retires from WPIX after a remarkable 34-year career.
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Kate Jackson and David Selby in NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS, released #OTD in 1971. Here's hoping we finally see the long-gestating director’s cut of Dan Curtis’ second DARK SHADOWS movie for its 55th anniversary. #FilmSky #HorrorSky #DarkShadows
After 45 years as a New York City news anchor, Kaity Tong will retire this month. In a business that often kicks women to the curb decades before their male counterparts, Tong leaves the air at nearly 80 years old. And New York will miss her. www.newsday.com/entertainmen... #TVSky #NYC
New York TV anchor Kaity Tong announces retirement
New York TV icon Kaity Tong, known for her mentorship and influence, retires from WPIX after a remarkable 34-year career.
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Peter Asher (the person not the film) is coming to the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis next month
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · last mo.I saw PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN w/ a mostly Boomer audience and was swept up in infectious nostalgia. Asher is a charmer, and a parade of icons make working w/ him sound like a gift. It's a fresh look at the British Invasion and '70s aftermath in the person of one of its unsung heroes. #FilmSky
You can tell I am both a crazy person, and not quite made for our time, because this is the only traditional business I would ever want to run at this point in my life.
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · 19h agoA disarming and heartfelt ode to small-town, Main Street movie theaters…" — Leonard Maltin THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (2026) is rolling out to art house theaters nationally this month and it looks like a must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAy... #FilmSky #MovieSky
AARP (yes, I'm old) just did a stream of this and it was so good. I had no idea who Peter was, but I definitely knew James, Linda, Carole and the rest. Really fun and well done.
Will McKinley@willmckinley.bsky.social · last mo.I saw PETER ASHER: EVERYWHERE MAN w/ a mostly Boomer audience and was swept up in infectious nostalgia. Asher is a charmer, and a parade of icons make working w/ him sound like a gift. It's a fresh look at the British Invasion and '70s aftermath in the person of one of its unsung heroes. #FilmSky
A disarming and heartfelt ode to small-town, Main Street movie theaters…" — Leonard Maltin THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (2026) is rolling out to art house theaters nationally this month and it looks like a must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAy... #FilmSky #MovieSky
The Last Picture Shows-trailer
YouTube video by Rustin Thompson
youtube.com
If you have any doubt that Cary Grant would have made a great Bond, watch Hitchcock's TO CATCH A THIEF, which premiered this week in 1955. He was 50, but still startlingly handsome and believable as an action hero AND object of desire. His version of masculinity feels very contemporary. #FilmSky
Senior Discount for a Fri 3pm IMAX show of SPIDER-MAN at AMC Times Square is $1.20. You get A DOLLAR for making it to 60? WTF I'm not there yet, but we need to organize. #Filmsky
Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
The Monster Cereals celebrate their 55th this #Halloween w/ Muppet-style character designs from the Jim Henson Company. And boxes of Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry can be "transformed into physical puppets." piratesandprincesses.net/monster-cere... #Nostalgia #Vintage
Monster Cereals return for 55 years with new Jim Henson puppet boxes
Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry are back for Halloween 2026 with new packaging built around puppet designs from Jim Henson’s Creature Sho
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THE COCOANUTS (1929) w/ the Marx Bros. is streaming free on Wikipedia! And it's still got the Paramount logo, even though it's public domain. What a time to be alive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Th... #FilmSky
The Monster Cereals celebrate their 55th this #Halloween w/ Muppet-style character designs from the Jim Henson Company. And boxes of Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry can be "transformed into physical puppets." piratesandprincesses.net/monster-cere... #Nostalgia #Vintage
Monster Cereals return for 55 years with new Jim Henson puppet boxes
Count Chocula, Franken Berry and Boo Berry are back for Halloween 2026 with new packaging built around puppet designs from Jim Henson’s Creature Sho
piratesandprincesses.net
Tomorrow night at 8pE we've got our first #SummerUnderTheStars watch-party for THE BIG HEAT (1953). Join us. For the love of hot coffee, join us! #TCMParty ^JW
This Wed at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, I’m hosting #TheNoirCollective and #TCMParty watch party of MAN HUNT (1941), airing live on TCM. Pull up a chair – and lock your door. This is noir; you never know who’s out there… @tcmparty.bsky.social Link to watch if you don’t have TCM: archive.org/details/man-...
New on Pluto TV: Watch Jennifer Garner in all five seasons (and 105 individual wigs) of "Alias," now streaming for free - pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
Alias: Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow
Alt: Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow in a bright pink wig in "Alias"
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Tomorrow! Honored to be accompanying the closing film of MoMA's annual Silent Movie Week, SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927) at 7PM. Tickets are sold out, but there'll be a stand-by line! 📽️🎞️🎹 www.moma.org/calendar/eve... #silentfilm #livemusic #murnau
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. 1927. Directed by F. W. Murnau | MoMA
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. 1927. USA. Directed by F. W. Murnau. Screenplay by Carl Mayer, based on the story “The Trip to Tilsit” by Hermann Sudermann. With George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret ...
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IMAX had its best month ever in July w/ $257 million globally — 47% above its previous record. THE ODYSSEY became the company’s fastest film to surpass $200 million and will scheduled thru at least Sept. 17. www.imax.com/pr/christoph... #FilmSky
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Powers IMAX to its Highest Grossing Month in Company History with $257 Million in July
The Odyssey Delivers $44 Million in Its Third Weekend, Becoming the Fastest Film in IMAX History to Surpass $200 Million in Global Box Office NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2026-- IMAX Corporatio...
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New on the site! It's SUMMER UNDER THE STARS on TCM and there's some pre-Code pleasures to be found. -- pre-code.com/pre-code-mov...
Pre-Code Movies on TCM, August 2026
Hello again everybody! I apologize for the missing months there– my move from Germany to Colorado has been tumultuous, from having to re-purchase every appliance in my house to helping my kid…
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I wrote about how the late Vincent Pastore was so good, David Chase abandoned his original plan for Big Pussy to disappear for good at the end of The Sopranos' first season:
Vincent Pastore was too good for 'The Sopranos' to forget about
How the late character actor got David Chase to change his mind about what to do with Big Pussy
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