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Don Kaye

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Freelance editor, reporter, film critic. Features writer and editor at Looper. On the lookout for more ways to exhaust myself for money. Full-time husband, dad, and nerd. Books, movies, and music, in that order.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · Jun 10

I'm pleased to announce that I am now a member of the Critics Choice Association! I'm proud and delighted to join, and grateful to the CCA for welcoming me. Thanks also to all of you -- publicists, readers, and colleagues -- who support my work. #CriticsChoice @criticschoice.bsky.social

Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 20h

Despite its cult status, the TRON franchise hasn't yielded a single good movie. The streak continues with TRON: ARES, which features a great NIN score, the usual striking visuals, and a story and characters empty of substance. My review at @denofgeek.bsky.social: www.denofgeek.com/movies/tron-...

Tron: Ares Review - When the Soundtrack Is the Star

A killer score and the franchise’s trademark visual designs can’t hide the fact that the third Tron movie is a fairly soulless affair.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 1d

This monster is the last fucking person in the world who deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. The award will be stained forever if he gets one.

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I am watching otherwise intelligent people talk themselves into thinking Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize in real time

The world has gone fecking mad

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

The Israel-Hamas peace agreement “grew directly out of Trump’s desperate thirst for the Nobel,” Jonathan Chait argues. “If dangling the award in front of Trump encourages him to work hard to end conflicts,” we must wonder what will happen if he gets it:

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 1d

IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU can be punishing to watch, but Rose Byrne gives a titanic performance as a woman on the brink. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

Movie Review: ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’

Although the movie itself is often an exhausting experience, Rose Byrne gives a majestic performance for the ages in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.’

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 3d

Frightening analysis. There's no way this ends well. The Trump regime is creating the conditions so that violence erupts, after which it can stamp out our last personal freedoms and civil rights. And then it's game over for America as we all remember it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 3d

SCOTUS: a majority that already has its conclusions baked in advance according to their ideology, regardless of what science, medicine, or expert research shows. They dismiss the people who know their stuff in favor of idiots and fanatics who don't. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

The Medical Science Is Always ‘Uncertain’ When It Pushes Against Supreme Court’s Bias

If you came into Tuesday’s oral argument over Colorado’s conversion therapy ban...

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 4d

"Haven't heard the name." This lying pedophile fuck is practically shitting his diapers.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 4d

It's not "far-left Democrat judges," like the lying fascist scumbag Stephen Miller suggests. It's Trump, Bush, and Reagan appointees, who still respect the Constitution and the rule of law.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

"Around 2 p.m. Saturday, top White House adviser Stephen Miller took to X to warn of a 'growing movement of leftwing terrorism' that is 'shielded by far-left Democrat judges,'” writes Aaron Blake. | Analysis

Analysis: The White House claims a left-wing judicial ‘insurrection.’ But many GOP and Trump nominees are rebuking the president, too | CNN Politics

Around 2 p.m. Saturday, top White House adviser Stephen Miller took to X to warn of a “growing movement of leftwing terrorism” that is “shielded by far-left Democrat judges.”

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 7d

Dwayne Johnson stretches his acting muscles through a transformative performance in THE SMASHING MACHINE. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social:
www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

Movie Review: ‘The Smashing Machine’

‘The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his best to get the Rock there.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 7d

Come for the magnificent return of Daniel Day-Lewis, stay for...not much else. DDL gives a tremendous performance in his first movie in eight years, but ANEMONE, directed by Day-Lewis' son Ronan, is anemic otherwise. My review at @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

Movie Review: ‘Anemone’

It’s nice to see Daniel Day-Lewis back on the big screen at last, but you might have more fun watching the title flower grow than watching ‘Anemone.'

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 8d

I've loved the QUATERMASS movies since QUATERMASS AND THE PIT first blew my mind as a kid, later exploring the other films and the original serials. The impact of the QUATERMASS saga on sci-fi film and TV was enormous, as I wrote for @reactorsff.bsky.social: reactormag.com/brains-over-...

Brains Over Brawn: The Story Of Quatermass, British Sci-Fi's Scientist Superhero - Reactor

One of the founding templates of serialized television, the trials of Bernard Quatermass pit scientific knowledge against the unknown.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 10d

It told the military today to use American cities as "training grounds" and that it basically wants them to fight "the enemy within" for it. The only enemy within is squatting in the White House. I hope our military make the right choice when the time comes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 11d

The corrupt, un-American regime in the White House and the complacent media were speculating about the motive for Charlie Kirk's shooting before the murderer was even caught. But now that a guy who was seemingly full MAGA has killed 4 people at a church? Crickets from everyone.

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 11d

House Democratic leadership is growing increasingly vocal in accusing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of refusing to swear in their newest member in order to delay a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.

www.axios.com/2025/09/29/m...

Democrats are turning up the heat on Mike Johnson over a delay in the Epstein files vote

Democratic leaders are accusing Republicans of dragging their feet on Adelita Grijalva's swearing in.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 11d

The new 4K UHD Blu-ray of 1990's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD helps make the case for George A. Romero's remake of his own movie, as I wrote for Inverse: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

35 Years Later, A Misunderstood Horror Remake Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Made in part to help George A. Romero make back some money from the original, the 'Night of the Living Dead' remake is a minor classic in its own right.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 12d

June Squibb is great, but Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut is marred by narrative contrivances and an uneven tone. My review of ELEANOR THE GREAT for @moviefone.bsky.social: www.moviefone.com/news/movie-r...

Movie Review: ‘Eleanor the Great’

Scarlett Johansson capably directs a superb June Squibb in ‘Eleanor the Great,’ but the script makes one major mistake that lets both of them down.

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Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 15d

Cuomo could never.

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 14d

Oh yeah, it's never their side that calls for violence.

Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 15d

Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman

John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republican Arizona lawmaker makes post calling for execution of Democratic congresswoman

John Gillette on X called for ‘people like’ Pramila Jayapal to be ‘hanged’ in response to her video on anti-Trump protests

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 15d

This is a dark day for America indeed, when the so-called president is ordering a vindictive prosecution against a perceived enemy out of vengeance. That is not the way it's supposed to work in a country governed by laws. But that is not this country anymore. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Ex-FBI Director James Comey charged with making false statement and obstruction

James Comey was charged Thursday with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to prosecute the former ...

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 16d

"The traditional journalistic practices for covering criminal investigations and prosecutions are not up to the task of dealing squarely with a president hijacking the Justice Department," writes @davidkurtz.bsky.social.

David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 16d

Amid reports that newly appointed USA Lindsey Halligan will seek to indict James Comey on bogus charges of lying to Congress after her predecessor declined to, it’s a good time to do a reset ahead of the wave of Trump-driven political prosecutions.
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Trump’s Retribution Requires a New Way of Covering Bogus Criminal Cases

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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Fascism.link @fascism.link · 16d

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 18d

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 17d

I thought @jimmykimmel.com was an American hero tonight. He did not apologize and he did not back down from slamming the un-American fraud in the White House and his lackey in the FCC, while offering hope that we might come back from this. We need more of this, all the time.

Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 17d

As I was saying…

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

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Don Kaye @donkaye.bsky.social · 18d

A sci-fi movie approaching Ed Wood levels of wondrous inanity, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER celebrates its 60th anniversary and I celebrated the film itself for Inverse: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

60 Years Ago, An Infamous Sci-Fi B-Movie Blatantly Lied To Audiences

A so-bad-it's-good monster movie forgot to include the title monster.