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Bryan Kristopowitz

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B-movie nerd, host of The Gratuitous B-Movie Column, Cult TV, movie reviewer, and more.

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 17d

So, this is the big announcement. My book is now available.

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Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s

Amazon.com: Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s: 9798887718248: Kristopowitz, Bryan: Books

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 1d

I tell my buddy Junior every day that I love him.

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Horror in Haddonfield @horrorinhaddon.bsky.social · 2d

Happy “Horror in Haddonfield” release day! Check out @andrewgrevas.bsky.social on @happyhorrortime.bsky.social discussing the book, the franchise & more!

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Ep 276: Interview w/Andrew Grevas, Author of “Horror in Haddonfield”

Podcast Episode · Happy Horror Time · 10/06/2025 · 1h 8m

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 4d

Check out my review of the fully restored action-drama “Riverbend” directed by Sam Firstenberg and starring Steve James!

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411MANIA | Riverbend Review

Bryan Kristopowitz checks in with his review of the newly-restored action-drama Riverbend from Sam Firstenberg.

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 7d

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Not Coming to a Theater Near You!

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 7d

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Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s|Paperback

Globetrotting mercenaries! Ruthless assassins! Sci-fi apocalypses! Cyborg ninjas! Ex- Special Forces Operators! Real badass scumbum cops! Down-and-dirty hand-to-hand martial arts brawls! Car chases! G...

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 7d

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Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s

Amazon.com: Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s: 9798887718248: Kristopowitz, Bryan: Books

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 7d

I finally have a physical copy of my book "Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s"- do you have yours? Available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the BearManor Media website!

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 8d

I'm wondering if I'm doing the thing Howard Stern did when he started out on the radio and he sounded "weird." That's probably cope on my part. lol

Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 8d

I got myself a microphone so I can participate in podcasts etc. to promote my book. Tried the microphone out tonight and did the thing where you, after you hear yourself, you then ask, "Do I really sound like that?" Because, my God, I have no bass in my voice and I sound like I'm 15.

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 9d

That event in Virginia today is yet another example of one of the mottos I live by: No matter how dumb you think things are, I can assure you that the reality is things are actually even dumber than that.

Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 15d

Check out my review of the post-apocalyptic flick “Black Pearl” directed by Raul Gasteazoro and Giovanni Messner!

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411MANIA | Black Pearl Review

Bryan Kristopowitz checks in with his review of the new post-apocalyptic film Black Pearl co-directed by Raul Gasteazoro and Giovanni Messner.

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 15d

Coverage via the awesome The Action Elite!

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Check out Bryan Kristopowitz’s New Book Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s - The Action Elite

Author Bryan Kristopowitz has released a new book titled "Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s," published by BearManor Media, and is out now. I...

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 16d

Now available via Barnes & Noble!

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Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s|Paperback

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you @jthomas411mania.bsky.social!

Jeremy Thomas Of 411Mania.com @jthomas411mania.bsky.social · 17d

Congrats to longtime 411 colleague @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social on releasing his first book! Bryan is one of the most passionate B-movies fans I've ever had the pleasure of reading (to say nothing of editing), which makes him a natural for a book like this.

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411MANIA | Bryan Kristopowitz Releases New Book <i>Not Coming to a Theater Near You! 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s</i>

411's own Bryan Kristopowitz has released his first book, Not Coming to a Theater Near You! 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s.

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 17d

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 17d

So, this is the big announcement. My book is now available.

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FS2MQ4ZH

Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s

Amazon.com: Not Coming to a Theater Near You!: 50 Great Direct-to-Video Action Flicks of the Early 2000s: 9798887718248: Kristopowitz, Bryan: Books

www.amazon.com

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 17d

Major announcement imminent. The kind of announcement that could very well make America, maybe even the world, a much cooler place. It could very well be that existence altering.

(It's not meeting "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, although that would be pretty cool, too).

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"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan entrance video

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 17d

Think about it like this. After getting autism from the measles vaccine, taking Tylenol is giving you double autism! Maybe triple autism!

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Bryan Kristopowitz @bmoviebryan1140.bsky.social · 18d

Today is my buddy Junior's birthday! He's five!

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20d

A progressive candidate like @katmabu.bsky.social being manhandled by ICE on the same day 95 Democrats including @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social votes to honor Charlie Kirk tells you volumes about who is on the right side of history

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20d

everyone telling you its just so hard to vote for/against shit in congress is lying. you're there to stand up for shit. so stand up and stop being a feckless chicken shit -- and making excuses for those being feckless chicken shits.

this isnt hard.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20d

the @nytimes.com simply cannot stop itself from constantly promoting right-wing horseshit. its in their dna. its what they do day in and day out. nobody else in the world matters but the right.

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Eric Sipple @ericsipple.com · 21d

You can't "lower the temperature" if someone's shooting a flamethrower at you.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 22d

“Debate Me” culture is not organic, endemic, or apolitical. This mode of high jacking discourse is and has been central to a 30-year conservative training program that has produced untold numbers of people to do this for every reason but “civil discourse”

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 22d

It's wild to me how ostensibly smart people cannot/could not/will not see what is so obvious.

@mmasnick.bsky.social nails it. And my hunch is we'd be a better society if the Very Serious People with the Very Serious Ideas opened their fucking eyes.

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There are many problems with this statement, but Klein’s fundamental error reveals something much more dangerous: he’s mistaking performance for discourse, spectacle for persuasion. Kirk wasn’t showing up to campuses to “talk with anyone who would talk to him.” He was showing up armed with a string of logical fallacies, nonsense talking points, and gotcha questions specifically designed to enrage inexperienced college students so he could generate viral social media clips of himself “owning the libs.”

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