Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, ex-Secret Movie Clubber. I can probably help you with your movie. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner
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Norm Wilner
@normwilner.bsky.social
· Dec 2
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
"Really? People still go to movies?"
It's Trump, so "racist as fuck" is part of the appeal.
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It's Trump, so "racist as fuck" is part of the appeal.
(also, further evidence that Trump is stuck in 1986)
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
(also, further evidence that Trump is stuck in 1986)
This is, again, a speech to Christians at a prayer breakfast.
Trump at Natl Prayer Breakfst: "We prefer somebody that's a strong, powerful person w/extremely good vision that can shoot a rifle very well to a person that's extremely weak, non-muscular, can't shoot a rifle, has no idea where the hell he is. We have a military where they all look like Tom Cruise"
February 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
This is, again, a speech to Christians at a prayer breakfast.
controversial but true
I think it should probably be a bigger story that the president of the United States is a raving lunatic
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We hit 'em. And we want to hit 'em right, sir, and we want to hit them from the top! East, west, north, south. Sir, they won't know what the hell! And we'll knock them out. We did it politically correct. Five years."
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
controversial but true
Wonder if @jessehawken.bsky.social has heard ELLA McCAY is now streaming in Canada on Disney+, and possibly even in the state she was born and raised in.
Watch Ella McCay | Disney+
A comedy about those you love and how to survive them from James L. Brooks.
www.disneyplus.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Wonder if @jessehawken.bsky.social has heard ELLA McCAY is now streaming in Canada on Disney+, and possibly even in the state she was born and raised in.
That's certainly true. Jonathan Kaplan never phoned one in.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
That's certainly true. Jonathan Kaplan never phoned one in.
I have never understood the love for UNLAWFUL ENTRY, but it's been a good thirty years since I last saw it so now I'm just looking forward to seeing that cast again.
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I have never understood the love for UNLAWFUL ENTRY, but it's been a good thirty years since I last saw it so now I'm just looking forward to seeing that cast again.
... oh wow, and a 4K special edition of STATE OF GRACE, too! (Separately, though.)
State Of Grace (1990) 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Hardbox + Hardback Booklet - Imprint Collection #567 | Via Vision Entertainment
Worldwide first on 4K UHD!
viavision.com.au
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 AM
... oh wow, and a 4K special edition of STATE OF GRACE, too! (Separately, though.)
Good news, everyone: A fourth AFTER DARK collection from @imprintfilms.bsky.social is coming, including WILD AT HEART, FREEWAY and a 4K edition of UNLAWFUL ENTRY!
After Dark: Neo-Noir Cinema - Collection Four (1990 - 1997) - Imprint Collection #568 - 573 | Via Vision Entertainment
Six more seedy films from the grimy underbelly of cinema, including a worldwide debut on 4K UHD!
viavision.com.au
February 5, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Good news, everyone: A fourth AFTER DARK collection from @imprintfilms.bsky.social is coming, including WILD AT HEART, FREEWAY and a 4K edition of UNLAWFUL ENTRY!
Right, a third prequel would have fixed EVERYTHING
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Right, a third prequel would have fixed EVERYTHING
GODS AND KINGS has that one moment where Moses asks Rameses, brother to brother, to give the Jews their freedom and Rameses mumbles something about how Moses hasn't considered the economic impact of such an act. Absolutely brilliant delivery from Joel Edgerton on that line.
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
GODS AND KINGS has that one moment where Moses asks Rameses, brother to brother, to give the Jews their freedom and Rameses mumbles something about how Moses hasn't considered the economic impact of such an act. Absolutely brilliant delivery from Joel Edgerton on that line.
Neither of those exists because he thought audiences missed the point of an actual masterpiece, though
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Neither of those exists because he thought audiences missed the point of an actual masterpiece, though
Search your feelings, you know it to be true
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Search your feelings, you know it to be true
PROMETHEUS.
I will not be taking questions.
I will not be taking questions.
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 AM
PROMETHEUS.
I will not be taking questions.
I will not be taking questions.
I have no memory of ever seeing or hearing the ad, but I guess I must have. Amazing.
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I have no memory of ever seeing or hearing the ad, but I guess I must have. Amazing.
(was that how they sold it? I must have seen a vintage as somewhere)
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 AM
(was that how they sold it? I must have seen a vintage as somewhere)
... why did I hear that to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
... why did I hear that to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March
not since the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, I tells ya
This is Lara Trump. She is the daughter-in-law of the President of the United States. She is also the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee. And: an aspiring pop star.
She wants to be the half-time entertainment at the TPUSA event, counter-programming against Bad Bunny.
She wants to be the half-time entertainment at the TPUSA event, counter-programming against Bad Bunny.
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 AM
not since the STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, I tells ya
The new Muppet special is just an episode of THE MUPPET SHOW, which as it turns out is all anyone needs it to be.
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The new Muppet special is just an episode of THE MUPPET SHOW, which as it turns out is all anyone needs it to be.
I cannot WAIT for this little wiener to be President and realize absolutely no one respects or fears his edgelord bullshit
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I cannot WAIT for this little wiener to be President and realize absolutely no one respects or fears his edgelord bullshit
Oh, I really hope that DIE MY LOVE cover has Lawrence on the other side.
February 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Oh, I really hope that DIE MY LOVE cover has Lawrence on the other side.