Sean Collier
@seancollier.bsky.social
Writer, movie guy, comic, theater creator, ring announcer. Vigilance Theater Group, Pittsburgh Magazine.
While you may not have five spare hours this week, please go see Kill Bill to affirm both that a) I've been right all along that it's far better in one sitting and b) What should have been an audacious triumph that got Uma Thurman an Oscar was ruined by Harvey being wrong
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
While you may not have five spare hours this week, please go see Kill Bill to affirm both that a) I've been right all along that it's far better in one sitting and b) What should have been an audacious triumph that got Uma Thurman an Oscar was ruined by Harvey being wrong
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Yeah yeah, Spotify I thinks I'm 65, let's move on
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Yeah yeah, Spotify I thinks I'm 65, let's move on
Update: They're corn pretending to be nuts. But mine were Mexican Street Corn flavored.
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Update: They're corn pretending to be nuts. But mine were Mexican Street Corn flavored.
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
So it was corn processed to a mouth feel similar to nuts then artificially flavored to resemble its original form.
So take THAT, RFK
To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To paraphrase Jessica Simpson: Are Corn Nuts corn or nuts?
Dangit, Dr. Gielgud, those are NOT your teeth! Put 'em back where you found 'em!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Dangit, Dr. Gielgud, those are NOT your teeth! Put 'em back where you found 'em!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
The STEEL CITY HORROR SHOW returns Sunday with a campy slasher (hint: BUZZ), a spicy pre-show and plenty of hijinks!
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Harris Theater! Stretch your holiday weekend with '80s mayhem!
Didn't know the Zebros in Zootopia 2 were CM Punk and Roman Reigns until the credits rolled. Desperately want them to assume those characters for one night in a wrestling ring.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Didn't know the Zebros in Zootopia 2 were CM Punk and Roman Reigns until the credits rolled. Desperately want them to assume those characters for one night in a wrestling ring.
I want to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but have no desire to march or hold a float. I want to drive one of the vehicles that pulls a modestly sized accessory float. Someone tell me how to get this job.
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I want to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but have no desire to march or hold a float. I want to drive one of the vehicles that pulls a modestly sized accessory float. Someone tell me how to get this job.
Lock your phone away. Turn out the lights. In fact, you know what: Download to your device and go watch it in the woods. Just watch TRAIN DREAMS.
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The Heartbreaking Drama ‘Train Dreams’ Takes a Beautiful, Somber Journey West | Pittsburgh Magazine
The film stars Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones as early-20th-century settlers.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lock your phone away. Turn out the lights. In fact, you know what: Download to your device and go watch it in the woods. Just watch TRAIN DREAMS.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
Listen to the podcast to discover the SHOCKINGLY low score we give GHOSTBUSTERS!
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
a man is talking to another man and the words `` dogs and cats living together '' are written on the screen .
ALT: a man is talking to another man and the words `` dogs and cats living together '' are written on the screen .
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November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Listen to the podcast to discover the SHOCKINGLY low score we give GHOSTBUSTERS!
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
(Spoiler it's like 89/100, I just know that some bicep-clutching ghost bro will be outraged that we didn't hit the high 90s)
bit.ly/LouisTully
Universal — release the Together We're Unlimited cut, you cowards
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Universal — release the Together We're Unlimited cut, you cowards
Just passed a place called "Jake's Bakery."
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just passed a place called "Jake's Bakery."
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
I wish yinz all the best, but the options were "Jakery" or "Jake's Bakes." C'mon, now.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Halloween-Christmas continuum.
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Collier’s Weekly: Christmas? Halloween? Now It’s One Big Spooky-Holiday Season | Pittsburgh Magazine
The holidays have melded into one another — but that might actually be a good thing.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Halloween-Christmas continuum.
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I'm gonna keep on dancing at the
Incredible things are happening in Richmond, Virginia y’all.
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm gonna keep on dancing at the
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is good. Bordering on very good.
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
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But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
Guillermo del Toro Brings Out Gods and Monsters in a Lush “Frankenstein” | Pittsburgh Magazine
It may miss the pulpy punch of the 1931 classic, but there’s plenty to admire in this adaptation.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is good. Bordering on very good.
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
But it was my DECLARED most anticipated movie of the year, and because it might have been an all-timer with some different decisions, it feels like a bit of a let-down.
Still: Watch it!
www.pittsburghmagazine.com/movie-review...
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If you are sad baseball season is over, console yourself with an early NOMIA drop! THE NATURAL was Sean's bingo win pick because he heard tell it was the best baseball movie. Well... it's definitely the best baseball movie with a love interest named Memo! bit.ly/Wonderbat
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you are sad baseball season is over, console yourself with an early NOMIA drop! THE NATURAL was Sean's bingo win pick because he heard tell it was the best baseball movie. Well... it's definitely the best baseball movie with a love interest named Memo! bit.ly/Wonderbat
TV: "The Blue Jays have been waiting 32 years."
Me: "What's he talking about? They won it in '93."
My Brain: "That's 32 years ago."
Me: " ... both of you can shut up."
Me: "What's he talking about? They won it in '93."
My Brain: "That's 32 years ago."
Me: " ... both of you can shut up."
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
TV: "The Blue Jays have been waiting 32 years."
Me: "What's he talking about? They won it in '93."
My Brain: "That's 32 years ago."
Me: " ... both of you can shut up."
Me: "What's he talking about? They won it in '93."
My Brain: "That's 32 years ago."
Me: " ... both of you can shut up."
"I regret I am too occupied to accept invitations" says Boris Karloff in The Mummy, perfectly phrasing something I find myself needing to say about once a day. 🎥
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"I regret I am too occupied to accept invitations" says Boris Karloff in The Mummy, perfectly phrasing something I find myself needing to say about once a day. 🎥
I love that Emma and Yorgos are work besties, but I think they both need a break. BUGONIA feels like a movie they were sleepwalking through, so assured that it would work that no one bothered to put in any specific effort. 🎥
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We Live in Strange Times, But ‘Bugonia’ Doesn’t Know How to Handle Them | Pittsburgh Magazine
The thriller stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons as the players in an unhinged kidnapping.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I love that Emma and Yorgos are work besties, but I think they both need a break. BUGONIA feels like a movie they were sleepwalking through, so assured that it would work that no one bothered to put in any specific effort. 🎥
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Come storm the castle with me — and, much more importantly, CARY ELWES — this Saturday night!
I'll be hosting a Q&A with the legendary actor following a screening of "The Princess Bride," all live at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall!
Tix: librarymusichall.com/event/the-pr...
I'll be hosting a Q&A with the legendary actor following a screening of "The Princess Bride," all live at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall!
Tix: librarymusichall.com/event/the-pr...
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Come storm the castle with me — and, much more importantly, CARY ELWES — this Saturday night!
I'll be hosting a Q&A with the legendary actor following a screening of "The Princess Bride," all live at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall!
Tix: librarymusichall.com/event/the-pr...
I'll be hosting a Q&A with the legendary actor following a screening of "The Princess Bride," all live at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall!
Tix: librarymusichall.com/event/the-pr...
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Cover by Dan Gormley.
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Cover by Dan Gormley.
Michael Myers initially escapes by stealing a car, despite having been institutionalized since childhood. Loomis speculates that he must, at some point, have received driving lessons.
This is the only explanation — and yet! (Continued)
This is the only explanation — and yet! (Continued)
October 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Michael Myers initially escapes by stealing a car, despite having been institutionalized since childhood. Loomis speculates that he must, at some point, have received driving lessons.
This is the only explanation — and yet! (Continued)
This is the only explanation — and yet! (Continued)
Pittsburghers! Tonight is a special Halloween edition of the Steel City Horror Show!
COSTUME CONTEST! Surprise screening! Spooky mayhem from Dr. Gielgud! A special vocal performance! Candy, maybe?
Sunday night! Harris Theater! Come in costume!
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COSTUME CONTEST! Surprise screening! Spooky mayhem from Dr. Gielgud! A special vocal performance! Candy, maybe?
Sunday night! Harris Theater! Come in costume!
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a handshake is available upon request is displayed on a screen
ALT: a handshake is available upon request is displayed on a screen
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October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Pittsburghers! Tonight is a special Halloween edition of the Steel City Horror Show!
COSTUME CONTEST! Surprise screening! Spooky mayhem from Dr. Gielgud! A special vocal performance! Candy, maybe?
Sunday night! Harris Theater! Come in costume!
trustarts.org/production/1...
COSTUME CONTEST! Surprise screening! Spooky mayhem from Dr. Gielgud! A special vocal performance! Candy, maybe?
Sunday night! Harris Theater! Come in costume!
trustarts.org/production/1...
If a character in a movie picks up a phone and says, "Hello? Yes, this is she," that character's spouse was just in a terrible accident.
October 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
If a character in a movie picks up a phone and says, "Hello? Yes, this is she," that character's spouse was just in a terrible accident.