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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 16d

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 · 6h

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

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 9h

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

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 9h

Bought some movies from the Target sale.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 18h

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 · 16h

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.

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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.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 14h

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

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 16h

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 · 16h

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

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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 · 16h

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 · 17h

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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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 17h

My next book will be a biography of Jack Nicholson, written as an epic story of the transformation of the movie industry and modern masculinity from the 1950s to the present, with Nicholson as the main character. The title: Leading Man.

New York Times bestselling author and film & TV critic at New York Magazine Matt Zoller Seitz's LEADING MAN, the definitive biography of Jack Nicholson, casting Nicholson as the complex main character in an era of American culture spanning six decades, while shining a light on the actor’s crucial role in shaping modern masculinity, both on and off the screen, based on new interviews and original reporting, to Amar Deol at Grand Central, in an exclusive submission, by Ethan Bassoff at WME.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 17h

Happy birthday to Guillermo del Toro. One of my favorite directors with films like Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Pacific Rim, and the upcoming Frankenstein.

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britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 17h

looking to talk to people in film/TV production about AI. DM me or contact britt [dot] h at movieweb [dot] com.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18h

If it's anything like my TIFF screening... Yes.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18h

That whole building in the image is a cool ass toilet.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18h

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 18h

Right now they’re talking about how the Crunchyroll Manga app is integrated with the main app, so if you like an anime you can click right from the screen in the Crunchyroll app, and it will pop open the page to read the Manga itself based on. Pretty neat!

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18h

It's kind of all over the place, but they have titles that match their anime offerings.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18h

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

10/10. No Notes.

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 18h

These were the titles listed in the press release.

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 19h

Crunchyroll is releasing a new Manga app today. Ultimate fans can access the library at no additional charge, while other Crunchyroll tiers incur additional fees.

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Crunchyroll Manga is Here! Download the App Now!

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 19h

So expensive.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 19h

"Perfect Blue: Collector's Edition" (4K UHD + Blu-Ray) is up for pre-orders (USA).
Remastered film + 128 page booklet, 10 art cards, poster, complete 117-min Lectures by Satoshi Kon...
>> www.catsuka.com/shopping/ind...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 1d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 21h

Really looking forward to watching @realgdt.bsky.social new extended cut in collaboration with @criterion.bsky.social

Max Covill @maxcovill.com · 1d

Guillermo del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY Extended Cut on 4K UHD from Criterion.
#newarrival #flimsky

Guillermo Del Toro’s nightmare alley on 4K UHD from Criterion. The cover is a dark figure looking down a tunnel and flashing a light on what looks to be an eyeball creature.