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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18d

I know people don't have a lot of time on their hands, but if you could review the It's the Pictures podcast on Spotify, it would go a long way in helping the show grow. Please.

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203: TIFF 2025 Wrap Up

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 11h

Will you be showing it on 70mm?

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Independent Film Festival Boston @iffboston.bsky.social · 1d

Just confirmed! We've added a bonus film to this year's Fall Focus: THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE!

See it on Wednesday, November 5 at the @brattletheatre.bsky.social. Tickets are on sale now: ow.ly/OnSw50X9OKk

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 11h

RIP to a great one.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 11h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 15h

There's not a lot there. I mean, at least nothing that you couldn't get just looking at his Wikipedia page. And while a lot of docs about famous people do that same thing, the only exercise felt superfluous.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 15h

Not convinced John Candy: I Like Me needed to exist, but it's nice to reminisce about an actor gone too soon.

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A ★★½ review of John Candy: I Like Me (2025)

This is tough to review. John Candy was such a likable person, no one has anything bad to say about him. It's more like everyone who misses him got together and talked about how much they miss him. As...

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 15h

I can understand if you were covering Cannes or Sundance and the movies weren't coming out for months. But yeah, a lot of these will play THIS MONTH in Boston. People just want to complain to complain.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

I agree with you. It’s a fantasy world through and through.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

There’s room for dumb fun when it has a vibe like this.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

It’s all about the flashing neon and great soundtracks. It’s popcorn entertainment. The same way that Pirates of the Caribbean is a theme park movie.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

Also who watches TRON movies for the story? Whatever audiences like about TRON it certainly isn’t the story of Flynn, the great game creator turned computer god.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

That a sequel to a series that started in the 80s, which began development in 2012, and then was reborn in 2017 has poor representation of the current age of A.I. shouldn’t be surprising to anyone.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

I’ve read two articles today that said the warm A.I. sentiment of TRON ARES rings false.

Did you see the other movies in this franchise? The love for A.I. was there in the DNA as programs gained sentience to do good.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

TRON ARES: I'm going to end every phone call for the next week with "End of Line."

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

What will really get you is that this is a sequel.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

This one came in courtesy of WB. F1 The Movie now on 4K UHD.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

Bought some movies from the Target sale.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

The demo for PowerWash Simulator 2 made me feel like Koji Yakusho in PERFECT DAYS.

10/10. No Notes.

Powerwash Simulator 2. Picture of a person holding a power washer and heading into a dirty bathroom.

Poster for Academy Award-nominated film Perfect Days. Actor Koji Yakusho is sitting by the trees in his work outfit while holding a camera.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

My Fall 2025 Anime preview is now up at @pastemagazine.bsky.social. I had a lot of fun writing this one and checking out some of the new series making their debut this season.

www.pastemagazine.com/tv/anime/the...

The Paste Fall Anime Preview 2025

We take a look at some of the most anticipated anime series arriving on our screens this Fall, from My Hero Academia to Ranma 1/2 Season 2.

www.pastemagazine.com

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

How can people sit in that room without laughing at him?

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

It's been a minute since I had something up with Paste. Want to thank @lacymb.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

One show I didn't get to in my preview is Amazon Prime Video's SANDA, which apparently stars a buff Santa Claus? @elijahgonzalez.bsky.social

www.endlessmode.com/article/sand...

A New Anime Stars a Character Who Transforms Into Buff Santa Claus, and It Seems Pretty Good

One of the most interesting anime of the Fall stars a protagonist who can magically transform into a buff Santa Claus, and that's pretty neat.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 2d

The Paste Fall Anime Preview 2025

We take a look at some of the most anticipated anime series arriving on our screens this Fall, from My Hero Academia to Ranma 1/2 Season 2.

www.pastemagazine.com

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 2d

Also: A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter, and more anime!

Crunchyroll Acquires Oshi no Ko Season 3, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea, More Anime

Also: A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation, Isekai Office Worker: The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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