Joe Hackett!!
@jhackett.bsky.social
SpeedinUptoStop elsewhere. Toronto / Detroit . Almost Canadian. Raptors/Letterboxd/Last.fm/Tsubakuro. He/Him.
in important news of the day: Amanda Seyfried dominated the graham norton couch this week. all star 2019 kawhi game 7 ecsf type performance, inspiring
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
in important news of the day: Amanda Seyfried dominated the graham norton couch this week. all star 2019 kawhi game 7 ecsf type performance, inspiring
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
not every weekend I get to break up an episode of INDUSTRY with a Bad Bunny halftime show. but it oughta be
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
not every weekend I get to break up an episode of INDUSTRY with a Bad Bunny halftime show. but it oughta be
I don't even like GREEN KNIGHT like that, but everytime I see a trailer for this I get gassed up. One might say millennial cultural imperialism is like, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON getting a live action remake for no reason but this my shit right here.
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I don't even like GREEN KNIGHT like that, but everytime I see a trailer for this I get gassed up. One might say millennial cultural imperialism is like, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON getting a live action remake for no reason but this my shit right here.
THE MOMENT: v weird to make a 2hr movie with much less drama than a 41 minute album. the more one knows about charli's career the less the movie works. An uncanny zone between 'not funny enough' (tall order) & 'not sincere enough' (charli's wheelhouse). bless the effort tho
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
THE MOMENT: v weird to make a 2hr movie with much less drama than a 41 minute album. the more one knows about charli's career the less the movie works. An uncanny zone between 'not funny enough' (tall order) & 'not sincere enough' (charli's wheelhouse). bless the effort tho
I, for one, am enjoying the Detroit Pistons' swift transition from being 'so bad at basketball it's not fun to watch' to 'so good at basketball it's not fun to watch'
February 7, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I, for one, am enjoying the Detroit Pistons' swift transition from being 'so bad at basketball it's not fun to watch' to 'so good at basketball it's not fun to watch'
was all for giving TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE the benefit of the doubt (Seyfried, honourary canadian, can sell feverish belief like few can) but Fastvold / Corbet should have learned how to write a movie with a single moment of levity in it before they figured out how to balance a budget
February 7, 2026 at 2:26 AM
was all for giving TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE the benefit of the doubt (Seyfried, honourary canadian, can sell feverish belief like few can) but Fastvold / Corbet should have learned how to write a movie with a single moment of levity in it before they figured out how to balance a budget
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"The format didn't die, they’ve just found a way to shed its labor costs. This strategy seems to replace union-protected talk shows with non-union "video podcasts" that serve the exact same corporate PR playbook."
Netflix picked up a Pete Davidson "video podcast" which isn't really a podcast as it doesn't have an RSS audio portion. Hmm... This got me wondering about the deals.
Check out my full piece analyzing this trend & how it could hurt writers/actors/crews. writingandwhatnot.com/blog/podcasts
Check out my full piece analyzing this trend & how it could hurt writers/actors/crews. writingandwhatnot.com/blog/podcasts
Podcasts Without Union Protection — Writing and Whatnot
Are streamers like Netflix and Amazon are rebranding talk shows as "podcasts" to avoid union contracts? Which celebrities will get caught in this labor loophole? Let's dig into it...
writingandwhatnot.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:13 AM
"The format didn't die, they’ve just found a way to shed its labor costs. This strategy seems to replace union-protected talk shows with non-union "video podcasts" that serve the exact same corporate PR playbook."
very fun Sabrina Carpenter performance. Olivia Dean is rewarded for having one of the best songs of the decade. Bad Bunny is crazy hot. good award show so far, time for the country album award heat check
February 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM
very fun Sabrina Carpenter performance. Olivia Dean is rewarded for having one of the best songs of the decade. Bad Bunny is crazy hot. good award show so far, time for the country album award heat check
one could be a dog. one could be a mutt. but both?
February 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
one could be a dog. one could be a mutt. but both?
award show season. weirdest time of the year where the most common refrain you'll hear is "I don't know any of the movies/musicians/shows nominated" wielded as an immediate small talk killer instead of a rich conversation starter
February 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
award show season. weirdest time of the year where the most common refrain you'll hear is "I don't know any of the movies/musicians/shows nominated" wielded as an immediate small talk killer instead of a rich conversation starter
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Let us not forget that Catherine O'Hara was hired for "Saturday Night Live," spent a week there, decided it sucked, quit, and went back to Canada to make more shows with her friends.
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Let us not forget that Catherine O'Hara was hired for "Saturday Night Live," spent a week there, decided it sucked, quit, and went back to Canada to make more shows with her friends.
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Reporters! Every time a politician talks about Heated Rivalry, please follow-up with a question about declining arts and media funding in Canada.
Prime Minister Carney is killing it here: "I greenlit this thing!"
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Reporters! Every time a politician talks about Heated Rivalry, please follow-up with a question about declining arts and media funding in Canada.
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (Da Costa, 2026): I'm gonna have to check the logbooks, but I don't think I've ever been in a movie screening before where someone cackled at a crucifixion. That takes a lot of skill to pull that off.
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (Da Costa, 2026): I'm gonna have to check the logbooks, but I don't think I've ever been in a movie screening before where someone cackled at a crucifixion. That takes a lot of skill to pull that off.
having just completed catching up in a dozen mikio naruse movies over the last two months, I'm really gonna miss this dope
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 AM
having just completed catching up in a dozen mikio naruse movies over the last two months, I'm really gonna miss this dope
guys, i think it snowed
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
guys, i think it snowed
watching 28 WEEKS LATER for the first time. Rose Byrne's American accent... they could have chosen anyone for this role. what in the hell happened in that audition
January 24, 2026 at 12:34 AM
watching 28 WEEKS LATER for the first time. Rose Byrne's American accent... they could have chosen anyone for this role. what in the hell happened in that audition
starting an entirely original new personality as a guy who wasn't convinced about wanting to see F1 until it got the best pic nom
January 22, 2026 at 8:17 PM
starting an entirely original new personality as a guy who wasn't convinced about wanting to see F1 until it got the best pic nom
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Never has a bad performance. No one is ever disappointed when Delroy Lindo pops up on screen. Long overdue. Baller time
Delroy Lindo has finally received his first ever Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘SINNERS’
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
See the full nominees list: bit.ly/OscarNoms26
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Never has a bad performance. No one is ever disappointed when Delroy Lindo pops up on screen. Long overdue. Baller time
hans zimmer? more like hans bummer
January 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
hans zimmer? more like hans bummer
have got to stop trying to pitch THE PITT to people with stuff like "they carve a guy in half and flip his lung around in this new season. he's completely unrecognizable as a human"
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 AM
have got to stop trying to pitch THE PITT to people with stuff like "they carve a guy in half and flip his lung around in this new season. he's completely unrecognizable as a human"
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (Stewart, 2025): someone walked out in the first 5 minutes. silently said "fuck the $16 ,keep it" even after sitting through like 15 different production company pre-rolls. that's some strong, distinctive filmmaking
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER (Stewart, 2025): someone walked out in the first 5 minutes. silently said "fuck the $16 ,keep it" even after sitting through like 15 different production company pre-rolls. that's some strong, distinctive filmmaking
I can make it through the rest of my life thinking "sure hope they didn't put any of the important information behind that paywall. yea... I'm probably good" 600 times a day. i'm strong willed enough, this can work
January 16, 2026 at 6:24 AM
I can make it through the rest of my life thinking "sure hope they didn't put any of the important information behind that paywall. yea... I'm probably good" 600 times a day. i'm strong willed enough, this can work
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jarmusch): letting real directors run around with Saint Laurent money is wild. characters will be broke as shit and still be having that shit ON
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER (Jarmusch): letting real directors run around with Saint Laurent money is wild. characters will be broke as shit and still be having that shit ON
INDUSTRY writers when they set their sights on a niche financial kobayashi maru scenario and/or closed door fetish
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 AM
INDUSTRY writers when they set their sights on a niche financial kobayashi maru scenario and/or closed door fetish