Robert Brian Taylor
@robertbtaylor.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Critic for Collider.com. A working journalist since pica poles were a thing. Occasional screenwriter. Links to my stuff (including interviews and film/TV reviews) at rbtwrites.com. Yes, you can hire me to write for you.
This week, #Reacher kicks off a whole new era with the premiere of #Neagley. I profiled Alan Ritchson and Maria Sten on their evolving partnership, both on and offscreen, and what's next for Prime Video’s hit action-thriller franchise.
Alan Ritchson and Maria Sten Are Officially Changing ‘Reacher’s Franchise Formula
Alan Ritchson and Maria Sten open up about Reacher, Neagley, pushing the action further, and where the Prime Video franchise goes next.
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Comfortably in my top 10 MCU movies. Making a case for top 5.
Brian Lynch@brianmichaellynch.bsky.social · last wk.THUNDERBOLTS is an all-timer Marvel movie. Great writing, directing, amazing performances. Original and weird, and I love it.
The Deadline article this sources makes no fucking sense. Can’t decide on a premise?! The premise is that it’s The Muppet Show!! I really hate Disney sometimes. (And, by that, I mean most of the time.)
DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · last wk.There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival. Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on. (Source: Deadline)
We're celebrating Brian's 41st birthday with a deep dive into Hellbound: Hellraiser II with special guest @robertbtaylor.bsky.social. It’s arguably the only sequel that truly expands on Barker’s vision. Do you agree, or do you have a soft spot for the later (very messy) sequels?
Here's a fun one! I guested on Pittsburgh's own @cinemapsychospod.bsky.social this week to talk about one of my favorite horror sequels of all time — Hellbound: Hellraiser II. Host Brian Cottington and I do a deep dive on Kirsty, Julia, the Cenobites, and the ending the movie SHOULD have had.
We Re-watched Hellbound: Hellraiser II...It's a PERFECT Horror Sequel! | Ft. Robert Brian Taylor
YouTube video by Cinema Psychos Podcast
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Here's a fun one! I guested on Pittsburgh's own @cinemapsychospod.bsky.social this week to talk about one of my favorite horror sequels of all time — Hellbound: Hellraiser II. Host Brian Cottington and I do a deep dive on Kirsty, Julia, the Cenobites, and the ending the movie SHOULD have had.
We Re-watched Hellbound: Hellraiser II...It's a PERFECT Horror Sequel! | Ft. Robert Brian Taylor
YouTube video by Cinema Psychos Podcast
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I’m rewatching the very good 2022 Hellraiser, and the way that composer Ben Lovett starts weaving in Christopher Young’s original Hellraiser theme about halfway through the movie is a thing of absolute beauty.
Also, haven't seen this mentioned in my timeline yet, but sorry Michael Caine. The best performance in a Muppet movie belongs to this man.
Tim Curry's Iconic Evil Laugh (Muppet Treasure Island)
ALT: Tim Curry's Iconic Evil Laugh (Muppet Treasure Island)
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I don't think it can be stressed enough that Clue simply does not work without Tim Curry. The movie is fine. Curry's madcap performance is one for the ages.
Clue Characters Say Hello
ALT: Clue Characters Say Hello
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The Hunt for Red October (a perfect movie) has one of the best supporting casts of all time, and we've now lost Tim Curry and Sam Neill (icons both) in the span of two months. Somebody please check in on Scott Glenn and Stellan Skarsgård.
Tim Curry, Outlandish Star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
The three-time Tony nominee terrified audiences in Stephen King's 'It' and was a prolific voice actor as well.
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Legitimate heat in this photo. Darkman remains a banger!
Rue Morgue Magazine@ruemorguemag.bsky.social · 4w agoOn this day in Horror/Action History, DARKMAN was released in 1990.
Great read here. Dead Again remains one the ‘90 most under appreciated movies. Both of the two twists mentioned will suck the wind right out of you in the best of ways.
Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 4w agoKenneth Branagh’s bonkers mystery ‘Dead Again’ was released on this day in 1991. An appreciation: flavorwire.com/587426/secon...
Hey, I can finally weigh in on Saltburn, which I found to be a trashy delight. Barry Keoghan really is one of our more interesting actors. (Though I still think his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin is his best.)
On one hand, this is exciting. On the other, I have questions: How many stories are new vs. older republished stories. Why Kickstarter? We couldn't get a publishing house behind this? Will that affect the quality the books? I've long wanted a true Books of Blood repub, but not as a pricey add-on.
Clive Barker Returns to Horror With New Anthology Book Series: 'Library of the Dead'
Legendary author Clive Barker launches 'Library of the Dead', an ambitious new horror anthology series debuting on Kickstarter.
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I had just read a rumor the other day, one I hoped was true, that she would be returning to the Scream series in a major way for the next sequel. Never would have expected this.
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · last mo.Hayden Panettiere, known for her roles in shows such as 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' has died, according to an ABC News report. She was 36. bit.ly/3UBpHfa
Criterion's K-POP DEMON HUNTERS release is targeting a generation just discovering the wonders of collecting physical media at a time when physical media companies need it most, while also introducing their catalogue to young movie lovers. This is a genius move. Get the kids into Criterion!
Back in my newspaper days, I spent a few years covering the Triple-A Charlotte Knights part-time. At one of my first games, this nice middle-aged gentleman sat down next to me in the press dining room & started talking baseball. Turns out it was Tommy, who was a PR exec for the Knights at the time.
Ex-MLB pitcher Tommy John, namesake of pioneering surgery, dies
Former major league pitcher Tommy John, the namesake behind the pioneering elbow surgery that prolonged his career for 14 more years, died at the age of 83.
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For Collider, I had a long talk with Green Day about their new movie Nimrods, their punk-rock origins, the awkwardness of fan meet-and-greets, politics, and SO MUCH MORE. Thanks in advance to everyone who takes the time to give it a read! 🤘
4 Decades Later, Green Day Is Still Chasing Their Pre-Fame High With ‘Nimrods’
After more than three decades together, Green Day is still chasing the same chaos, connection and creative spark that started it all.
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For Collider, I had a long talk with Green Day about their new movie Nimrods, their punk-rock origins, the awkwardness of fan meet-and-greets, politics, and SO MUCH MORE. Thanks in advance to everyone who takes the time to give it a read! 🤘
4 Decades Later, Green Day Is Still Chasing Their Pre-Fame High With ‘Nimrods’
After more than three decades together, Green Day is still chasing the same chaos, connection and creative spark that started it all.
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More people like this in baseball please
MLB Daily News@insidemlbnews.bsky.social · last mo.Jefry Yan celebrates his first MLB strikeout
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is both a pretty good Spider-Man movie AND probably my least favorite Spider-Man movie since Amazing 2. So do you like your glass half-full or half-empty?
Apparently the only “classic” movie you can stream on Hulu is Toy Story.
Every day this guy does something like this and every day the same people who dress him up as a terrifying commie destroyer of civilization do a dozen things to sabotage the public good, to murder and destroy and hate and kill, and I can't anymore handle those who won't see the clear difference.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2mo agoThis summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
As someone who happily owned Omen III: The Final Conflict on VHS tape back in the day, the Sam Neill news hits hard. No matter how big his role, from lead to supporting, Sam always made every movie he was in better.
It is my strong personal belief that Evil Dead movies should not be "about something." They should be pure exercises in style ... spook-a-blasts, to use Sam Raimi's parlance. Evil Dead Burn is the second time they've tried to make Evil Dead allegorical, and it just does not work for me.
