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Russell Hainline

@russellhfilm.bsky.social

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writer of heartfelt small-screen movies, drinker of beer. 2025: THREE WISEST MEN, MERRY CHRISTMAS, TED COOPER! 2024: HOT FROSTY, THREE WISER MEN AND A BOY, CHRISTMAS UNDER THE LIGHTS, THE SANTA CLASS. 2023: THE SANTA SUMMIT. 2022: IN MERRY MEASURE.

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 27d

excited to announce I've worked on TWO of the Hallmark movies airing this Countdown to Christmas-- MERRY CHRISTMAS, TED COOPER!, airing October 25th, and THREE WISEST MEN, November 15th. both were an absolute blast to work on, and I can't wait for everyone to see them. save the dates! 🎄

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 4h

PR&J?

Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 5h

deep-seated self-loathing?

Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 6h

ahhhhh dammit if it was October 86, the Oscars for Hannah and Her Sisters hadn’t happened yet, had they? 🤦‍♂️

Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 6h

given the year, I’d guess Dianne Wiest? or maybe Michael Caine, though I feel like Wiest is the more obvious one?

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 17h

studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:

Hollywood Has a Major AI Hype Problem

Studio execs and major media outlets claim that AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over film and TV. The reality is much different.

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 17h

bought this a couple weeks ago. an absolute white whale I’d been chasing for a halfway reasonable price on eBay for years— just to find randomly on the Lionsgate Limited store for standard retail price. now sits proudly on my shelf. don’t miss your chance to snag one.

Matthew Essary @wheelscritic.bsky.social · 1d

Heads up to my fellow physical media enjoyers, the 4K UHD disc of “The Limey” is temporarily available via Lionsgate Limited’s online store. This looks like the last remaining stock from when this was a Best Buy exclusive. It has been unavailable for years up to this point. So jump on it!

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 1d

and he’s a model for Details Magazine

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Dec 16

Eyeballing Jack Reacher right now. Big guy, obviously, but I don't think he sees me coming. As a henchman, this is the sort of moment that makes or breaks your career. I think I should go for it.

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 2d

I quite liked it!!

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Matt Prigge @mattprigge.bsky.social · 3d

One of her finest line readings

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 3d

woke up from a nap in a frenzy

a few good men but make it a few small beers

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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 3d

RIP. This movie is very funny.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing! @sleepykittypaw.bsky.social · 7d

We used to be a proper country.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · Dec 6

CON AIR and FACE/OFF were released 3 weeks apart in June of 1997.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 8d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
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other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 8d

wrong day, wrong date. nice work!

a notification that Friday the 13th will screen on Wednesday the 8th

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 13d

Cannot even comprehend the mind that doesn’t find the idea of the “AI actress” completely repellant not to mention stupid

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 13d

Modelos Never Tasted So Good: ‘One Battle After Another’ is a Perfect Movie open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...

'One Battle After Another' is a Perfect Movie

Modelos never tasted so sweet.

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blindreefer @blindreefer.bsky.social · 13d

TFW the pussy don’t pop for you

Sean Penn as Col J Lockjaw looking like an absolute slapped ass as he learns that a young woman no longer fancies him.

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Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 13d

god yes

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The Master(bator)

Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 13d

I love his delivery of his final line to Willa, where we get the quiver of emotion and regret— but he keeps lamenting she doesn’t have manners, making it pretty clear that he just wants a child with loyalty and obedience, a stark difference from Bob’s “be honest with me” parenting.

Russell Hainline @russellhfilm.bsky.social · 15d

you have a severely deviated septum

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 16d

35 years ago today KING OF NEW YORK was released in theaters. Abel Ferrara’s gritty operatic crime saga has had a long arc to modern gangster cult classic, but this grim vision of the NYC criminal underworld cresting into the 90s deserves its place in the canon.

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 16d

One Battle After Another and Sinners both lay out a formula for cinema success: diverse movies where white nationalists get duffed in the most graphic way possible shot and presented in increasingly baroque high resolution formats.

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