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A.J. O’Neill-Host
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An actor trying to get back into acting.
Film snob, theatre lover…basically a fan of the arts in general. Coffee addict. Bi/pan.

I’m rather fond of a cute guy named Jesse❤️

Check out my blog! - https://anthonyjhost.blogspot.com/?m=1

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Jafar Panahi is getting the attention he so richly deserves. This film, while more accessible than his other darker works, is so swift and taut in its presentation that I marvel at it.

#MovieSky #FilmSky #JafarPanahi #ItWasJustanAccident

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A Cold-Hearted Squeak - My Review of Jafar Panahi's IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
*THERE WILL BE SOME SPOILERS IN THE PLOT SETUP, BUT I WILL NOT DISCUSS THE ENDING* Back in 2010, Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress prize...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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New #ClassicFilm essay today devoted to BRIAN AHERNE, whose good looks and formidable talent should have assured him of celebrity – had he not fallen prey to self-sabotage and indecision. It’s a great cautionary tale; I hope you’ll take a look. thatsallsiknow.blogspot.com/2025/11/bria... #FilmSky 🎥
Brian Aherne in Beloved Enemy, The Fountain, Sylvia Scarlett, The Great Garrick
November 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Ethan Hawke deserves an Oscar and a huge statue erected in his honor for his work here.

As Lorenz Hart, he is giving us a masterclass.

#BlueMoon #MovieSky #FilmSky

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"Love's the same old sad sensation..." - My Review of Richard Linklater's BLUE MOON
One of my favorite showtunes is "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", which is from the 1940 musical Pal Joey. The music was written by Ric...
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November 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Act Two of WICKED is flawed, rushed, but packs a punch at the end. Did the film version improve upon the musical’s structural problems?

#WickedForGood #MovieSky #FilmSky

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Were You Changed for the Better? - My Review of Jon M. Chu's WICKED: FOR GOOD
*There will be some spoilers throughout this, so please be mindful* Let me give you a little backstory on my history with Wicked as a musica...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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2011 is a year that has a small but fairly mighty list…including a couple of films that are among the finest made in the 21st century thus far!

#FilmSky #MovieSky #bestof

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"The Way of Nature & The Way of Grace" - A LOOK AT THE BEST FILMS OF 2011
2011 was a pivotal year in a lot of ways...but not necessarily in a positive sense for me. I was already dipping in terms of how much I was ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Kid Rock apparently had concert dates booked here in NYC. He canceled them because he doesn’t “sing for commies”. All 2 of his fans are appalled.

Zohran Mamdani isn’t even in office yet and he’s already taking out the trash!

#KidRockSucks #ZohranMamdani
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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2010 would prove to be a rather solid start to what would be an erratic decade for film. Its promise would falter a bit more going into the years that immediately followed, but let’s bask for a moment.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #Fincher #Aronofsky

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SOME RECOGNITION FROM THE BOARD - A Look at the Best Films 2010
It is time to tackle a decade of film that I don't talk about much on this blog. A lot of that does seem to do with the fact that I tend to ...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Diane Keaton. She was truly something special. This is a lady who could bounce around from serious dramas to frivolous comedies and everything in between with ease.
Everything about her was the equivalent of watching someone perform with their heart on their sleeve.

A monumental loss.

#DianeKeaton
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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With this post, I have officially made lists for every year from the 90s! As many of you know, 1999 is rather epic in what it has to offer.

Be on the lookout for a new decade on the docket soon!

#FilmSky #MovieSky

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"A LOT OF LOVE TO GIVE" - The Best Films from The Epic Year of 1999
This post is actually a year late as I had intended to discuss it in 2024 for what would've been its 25th Anniversary...but for whatever rea...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Getting geared up for autumn and award season and having a persistent cold for 4 months 😅

#FilmSky #MovieSky #AutumninNewYork
October 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Everyone seems to be doing it, so here we are. I’m jumping off the bridge, too!

Ranking his work is HARD to do!

#PaulThomasAnderson #filmsky #moviesky

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Ranking PTA's 10! - From HARD EIGHT to ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
With the release of One Battle After Another, one of our greatest living filmmakers has officially hit the #10 mark. It seems like the perfe...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I would agree that it is a defining film for our time. Maybe a couple of nitpicks, but honestly…the experience was just too great.

#OneBattleAfterAnother #PaulThomasAnderson #FilmSky #MovieSky

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THE REVOLUTION WILL BE IN VISTA VISION! - My Review of Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
I have stated on multiple occasions that my favorite English-language filmmaker would be Stanley Kubrick. The man only made 13 films in his ...
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October 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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1997 was more than just DiCaprio declaring himself “king of the world” before descending to his watery grave.

It was yet another year of great variety that the 90s gave us.

#FilmSky #MovieSky

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THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG - A Look at the Best Films of 1997
I already touted 1997 as being a strong continuation of the output from 1996, but I would actually argue that the list ahead is a little str...
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September 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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1996 was a year that I didn’t think much about on paper, but it did have a great variety of films…including one film that is one of my personal all-time favorites. As in “one of my Letterboxd Top 4” favorites.

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"SUNDANCE BY THE SEA" - A Look at the Best Films of 1996
As we continue our journey through the glorious cinematic mecca that was the 1990s, I want to take a moment to talk about one film: The Engl...
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September 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I suspect some of you might take issue with this one. 1994 is a year that has some legend around it in film circles, but I felt a tad different 😏

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"Are any of these good??" - A Look at the Best Films of 1994
Let me start this start this off with an incredibly piping hot take:  The Shawshank Redemption will NOT be on this list.  That is a commen...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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1992 is not some secretly stealth year for film, but it is a surprisingly rich year for when it comes to discussing repressed emotions, hidden secrets, and sexual identity.

I’ve already written about 1993 so 1994 will be next up!

#FilmSky #MovieSky

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REPRESSED EMOTIONS GALORE! - A Look at 1992 in Film
When I wrote about 1991 as a year in cinema, I said that it was an uptick in quality over 1990. This does shock me as I never really conside...
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September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:

1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture

This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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As I continue my journey tackling all of the remaining years of film from the 90s, I gotta say that 1991 is a pleasant surprise. It’s lowkey one of the strongest years for film from that decade.

#FilmSky #MovieSky #edwardyang #coenbrothers #jonathandemme

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"There May Be Something There..." - A LOOK AT THE BEST FILMS OF 1991
I decided that I am still feeling sentimental for the 90s and that I am going to discuss the rest of that decade's cinematic output. In the ...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Sleek and stylish and with eerie atmosphere to spare, this solid effort is also masterful at using humor to punctuate such dark tension.
#weapons #zachcregger #FilmSky #MovieSky

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My Quick Review of Zach Cregger's WEAPONS
*There will be NO SPOILERS until I warn you later* Are we potentially getting the mid-budget film renaissance? After over a decade that has ...
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August 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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1990 was not exactly a beacon year for cinema, but it would prove to be a very solid transitional year as we entered into what still remains the last truly great decade for cinema we’ve had to date.

#FilmSky #MovieSky

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A Look Back at 1990 in Film - 35 Years Later
Considering that I was a child of the 90s who is inching ever so closer to the age of 40, it does still baffle me to think that 1990 was 35 ...
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August 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Truly one of the greatest years in cinema history. Basically banger after banger, masterpiece after masterpiece!

#FilmSky #MovieSky #cinema #ingmarbergman

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A YEAR TO MARVEL AT - A Look at 1957 in Cinema
Are you ready to party like its 1957?! ;-) While I have highlighted certain years for celebrating a milestone anniversary, this is a case w...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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You receive a billion dollars from a corporation and then give them THIS.

Parker and Stone came back with a bang, and it was glorious.

#SouthPark

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KICK HIM WHERE HE'S TINY! - My Thoughts on SOUTH PARK's Season 27 Premiere
My history with South Park has been a bit erratic in a lot of ways, and a lot of that was due to my own ignorance or...to be completely hone...
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July 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The primary results make me feel very proud to be a New Yorker.

You all did good!

#ZohranMamdani
June 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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This post is two years old, but in honor of Judy Garland on the anniversary of her 1969 passing, this was me gushing about the greatest entertainer to have ever lived.

#JudyGarland #inmemoriam

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SHE MADE ME LOVE HER: Singing the Praises of One Ms. Judy Garland
So yes, this is my 100th post. And I chose a topic I felt was justified.  June is Pride Month...and there are very few performers as beloved...
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June 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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From the mind of a genius, we get a season of TV that is truly original and unexpectedly emotional and profound.

Nathan Fielder is exceptional.

#TheRehearsal #mycontrols #season2 #NathanFielder

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NATHAN TAKES CONTROL: Thoughts on the Season 2 Finale of THE REHEARSAL
"I do have faith in him, and I am very excited to see the season through. I just find myself unsure of how to respond to this concept. It is...
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May 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM