Michael Sicinski
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THEODICY: If God is just and merciful, why does He allow so many terrible movies to be made?
My wife started eating Nando’s and now she’s in peri-peri-menopause. Coincidence?
Happy primary day! What’s good for the Michigoose is good for the Michigander.
Do the producers of X Factor know they're about to miss the Mel B trade deadline?
Didn’t expect the SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER reference in MADDIE’S SECRET. Nice!
Poor old Robbie Ray! Sounded sad upon the radio, broke a million hearts in mono.
Jeff Passan Bot@jeffpassanbot.bsky.social · 2d agoThe San Diego Padres are finalizing a trade to acquire left-hander Robbie Ray from the San Francisco Giants, sources tell ESPN.
I have been skeptical but now I feel I can call it. Talarico’s going to win. The national GOP isn’t giving Paxton a dime. Cornyn was the golden boy of the donor class and they are willing to take an L this time around to get the Texas party back in line.
Reminder to citizens of the UK: it’s not actually tragic when bigots die.
remember how Riley Gaines’ swimming coach raped a bunch of her teammates? then when her career path became TV Nazi she defended him and he claimed he was being targeted for standing up against trans women in sports? anyway she cares deeply about women and girls being safe.
A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.
taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d agoriley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos
Michiganders: is the Haley Stevens voice an obvious put-on, like the exaggerated drawl people use when running for office in Texas?
Oh Christ, now we’re talking about film criticism dos and don’ts. Can we go back to litigating politicians with Nazi tattoos?
Amazon put their whole dealusy into these plastic containers.
Great, now I know who Sophie Cunningham is. Thanks internet. 🙄
MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS 2 is ready so I’m guessing NYFF?
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Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
This is huge. A mighty spirit has moved on.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · last wk.Pioneering L.A. assemblage artist Betye Saar, who ‘liberated’ Aunt Jemima, dies days before her 100th birthday https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-07-27/betye-saar-dead-artist-assemblage-aunt-jemima-99?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see men on the internet being so upset with a woman scholar for being insufficiently awed by a popular male entertainer’s work. And after all, the Odyssey is, in part, about how men behave emotionally and destructively in response to women’s words and deeds
HELP YOUTUBE BY ANSWERING ONE QUESTION: Do I look fat in this?
THIS JUST IN: Nixon’s “silent majority” raises an invisible fist for Haley Stevens and her heroic corporate centrism.
Howard Mortman@howardmortman.bsky.social · 2w ago"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens
It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
Did CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING receive a full week run at the Roxy, or was it a few special engagements?
Since George Clooney is getting a lifetime achievement award at Venice, will everyone just say and do the exact same stuff they said and did in JAY KELLY? Has a fiction film ever become a documentary retroactively?