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?"
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The best thing about nobody buying tickets to Melania is you can just make up stuff that happens in the movie and people will believe you. My favorite part is when she throws up in her purse after the hot dog eating contest
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The best thing about nobody buying tickets to Melania is you can just make up stuff that happens in the movie and people will believe you. My favorite part is when she throws up in her purse after the hot dog eating contest
Trump has this condescending tic of overenunciating when he pushes a particularly big lie, as if he's telling a story to children and trying to hold their attention. He does it a lot in this clip.
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Trump has this condescending tic of overenunciating when he pushes a particularly big lie, as if he's telling a story to children and trying to hold their attention. He does it a lot in this clip.
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.
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!
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
"One by one, without a fuss, the stars were going out."
February 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"One by one, without a fuss, the stars were going out."
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Speaking of alt-weeklies, yes
A great idea! And a perfect excuse to shout out a wonderful film about an alt-weekly and the people who make it: Between the Lines (1977), directed by the great Joan Micklin Silver. It’s currently on Criterion, for those who can access it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Speaking of alt-weeklies, yes
New SHINY THINGS is out, looking at a couple of bad relationships. If you were a subscriber, you'd already have it in your inbox!
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance
In which Norm spins up the new releases of BLUE MOON and KEEPER.
shiny-things.ghost.io
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
New SHINY THINGS is out, looking at a couple of bad relationships. If you were a subscriber, you'd already have it in your inbox!
I really miss this show.
I've posted this before, but if you're wondering what went wrong with Jeff Bezos, THE OTHER TWO has the answer:
Brooke and the Billionaire - The Other Two S3
YouTube video by Alanna
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I really miss this show.
All the sympathy in the world to the Post staff, who've been trying to do good work and keep the paper relevant despite leadership actively working against them. What an awful way for it to end.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
All the sympathy in the world to the Post staff, who've been trying to do good work and keep the paper relevant despite leadership actively working against them. What an awful way for it to end.
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
He was doing a human cartoon in UNDER SIEGE less than a year before, for the same director -- it's incredible that Andrew Davis could imagine him as Sam Gerard after that.
a funny thing about this movie is that it was the beginning of a real sea change in the kind of roles tommy lee jones was able to get. prior to the fugitive, he often played the wild card in a cast — often someone unstable or untrustworthy or the like.
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
He was doing a human cartoon in UNDER SIEGE less than a year before, for the same director -- it's incredible that Andrew Davis could imagine him as Sam Gerard after that.
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“Mercurial negotiating style” is the new euphemism for sundowning dementia I guess.
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
“Mercurial negotiating style” is the new euphemism for sundowning dementia I guess.
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It’s nice to see Melinda Gates turning all the “muck” around and doing some good with Bill’s money 👍🏼
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
It’s nice to see Melinda Gates turning all the “muck” around and doing some good with Bill’s money 👍🏼
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His new short DISC playing Clermont-Ferrand this week, but filmmaker Blake Winston Rice is still buzzing about Jesse Buckley's performance in Chloé Zhao's HAMNET. Can you blame him? Find it on your favorite podcast platform, or stream the episode right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bla...
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
His new short DISC playing Clermont-Ferrand this week, but filmmaker Blake Winston Rice is still buzzing about Jesse Buckley's performance in Chloé Zhao's HAMNET. Can you blame him? Find it on your favorite podcast platform, or stream the episode right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/bla...
There is something very Toronto about the snow-removal team arriving on your street just as another blizzard starts.
February 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
There is something very Toronto about the snow-removal team arriving on your street just as another blizzard starts.
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In hyper-local news, I see Toronto's transit commission still refuses to make riders aware of the most useful rapid-transit line in its system, the UP Express, because even though it's fully part of the system it's run by some other authority. So it's not even on the map
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Meet the TTC cartographer giving its map a mega makeover | CBC News
You've probably noticed the Eglinton Crosstown LRT already showing up on transit maps, even though it's not open. That's the work of the TTC's cartographer, tasked with the map's biggest upgrade in de...
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
In hyper-local news, I see Toronto's transit commission still refuses to make riders aware of the most useful rapid-transit line in its system, the UP Express, because even though it's fully part of the system it's run by some other authority. So it's not even on the map
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
He's not capable of running a lemonade stand at this point. But he IS capable of taking bribes through his businesses, which is clearly what's going on.
The White House says the president is ‘not involved’ in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
Trump faces criticism as ‘beyond unprecedented’ UAE crypto deal raises conflict of interest fears
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
He's not capable of running a lemonade stand at this point. But he IS capable of taking bribes through his businesses, which is clearly what's going on.
I mean, surely it is NOW
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I mean, surely it is NOW