Odie Henderson

@odienator.bsky.social

Author of BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS: A HISTORY OF BLAXPLOITATION CINEMA. Still the Boston Globe's chief film critic for now :) Former RogerEbert.com critic. Also former IT Diva (reformed). Black, bi, badass. View are my own! NSFC and GALECA member.

Just for you, Jeremy: 🎶I saw ONE NIGHT ONLY! ONE NIGHT ONLY! And y'all, I didn't care! ONE NIGHT ONLY can kiss my derriere! ONE NIGHT ONLY! ONE NIGHT ONLY It's bad, big baby, so bad! ONE NIGHT ONLY It's gonna make you mad! 🎶

Jeremy Fassler@jfassler.bsky.social · 2h ago

@odienator.bsky.social If you don't write your review of this movie as a parody of "One Night Only" from Dreamgirls then I'm going to write a nasty letter to your editor. Hee hee hee!

In ONE NIGHT ONLY, the film's retro gay BFF makes a comment that gays aren't out on the free-for-all sex night because they're flouting the law. This line was added to combat any criticisms that the film has no gay people partaking in the Sex Purge. It's a piss-poor excuse in an embarrassing film.

The only ONE NIGHT ONLY you should deal with is the one sung by Effie in DREAMGIRLS. This movie is puritanical, heteronormative horse pucky that's so outdated it should be sent back to 1984 where it belongs. Monica Barbaro deserved better. And Callum Turner? No. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/05/a...

‘One Night Only’: Are you ready for the Sex Purge? - The Boston Globe

Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro are trapped by this rom-com's unbelievable premise.

bostonglobe.com

Please tell me that, if people violate the Sex Purge rules in that movie, tits will fly off bodies and balls will explode like cherry bombs. Do people burst into flames while fucking because they violated the Sex Purge? Does the YOU BET YOUR LIFE duck fall out of the ceiling with a 9mm and go BLAM?

"Film at Lincoln Center announces the world premiere of Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero as the Spotlight Gala selection for the 64th New York Film Festival. At the premiere presentation at Alice Tully Hall on September 26, Yamazaki and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance" YAY!

I would love for some director to critique my review of their movie. I'd ask why the fuck they were wasting time on this absurd endeavor? Don't you have better things to do? I HAD no choice but to review because it's my job. Did you take my advice? No, right? So why the hell would I listen to you?

Two movies with, um, particular takes on Native Americans. In honor of that, I shall paraphrase the racist ass crows from Dumbo: "Well, I be done seen about ev'rythannng when I see votes for You Can Fly!" Both songs are good, but I gotta go with Vanessa Williams' coloring book here.

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, a soaring oldie goes up against a plaintive ballad about the power of nature. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

People nowadays don't want to think for themselves. They want to be told what to think by some shiny influencer asshole or a superfan of a director/show/comic. Society is full of followers. I get readers telling me I'm "a contrarian," which is wrong. I just don't believe shit stinks 'til I smell it.

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 3d ago

So am I tripping or does it seem like society in general, not even just younger folks, are just not as intellectually curious anymore? And no, im not even talking about just online because im seeing it among people that I know personally.

Watching a court show case between two petty ass church ladies, one of whom beat the other's ass with a Bible. I am glad I never have to go to church again, though I am also reminded that I witnessed a zealot getting his ass whipped with his own Bible on my old street once. Bible beatdowns are cool!

On today's COLUMBO, Martin Landau has the Mission: Impossible of playing killer twins. Wong Foo's appreciator, aka Catwoman, is one of the victims, as is the decrepit old uncle of the Landaus she intended to marry. Dirty Sally co-stars as a mean old lady whose ass Columbo should have thrown in jail.

Josh made up that second song. He was held at gunpoint by Adele Dazeem in order to get more FROZEN into these brackets. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I voted for the stereotypical but non-racist LADY IN THE TRAMP song, "We are Italian if you ca-annn!"

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 3d ago

It’s time for a new vote in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket! Today, an old-fashioned love song goes up against a modern duet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Every 10 years, I revisit 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY to see if my negative opinion has changed. I figure I may someday change my mind. Well, guess what, HAL? Gurl, your movie is still boring as shit.

Me talking to HAL at the Kubrick exhibit.Me and the monolith.

Look at this skeet Isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you think my Bluesky feed’s complete? Wouldn’t you think I’m the bitch, the bitch who votes in this thing? Look at this choice Easy, I’m told! How many ballots can Josh Spiegel fold? Wouldn’t you think he’s the guy, the guy who ranks everything? Vote Ariel!

Josh Spiegel@mousterpiece.bsky.social · 5d ago

Today in the second round of the Ultimate Walt Disney Animation Studios Songs bracket, a quintessential “I Want” song faces a cricket and a little wooden boy. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...