Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
Film Critic at Roger Ebert dot com, New York Times, New Yorker, Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, The Wrap, Vanity Fair, and so on. Author of THE NORTHMAN: A CALL TO THE GODS (Insight Editions). Alt weekly kid. Let the monkey drive.
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Simon Abrams
@simonsaybrams.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Donate to Help Us Pay for Sandwiches' Vet Bills, organized by Simon Abrams
Hello My name is Simon Abrams and this GoFundMe is for me and my partner Jene's… Simon Abrams needs your support for Help Us Pay for Sandwiches' Vet Bills
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After some discussion with Jene, I'm finally posting a Gofundme to help us with Sandwiches' vet bills. Our baby has been having more bad days lately so we have to start thinking about at-home euthanasia. Any help would be greatly appreciated: www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-pa...
Not even Apple Pay?! Lol
January 13, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Not even Apple Pay?! Lol
Tried subscribing to Shahid, an Arabic language streamer that has the Saudi Arabian drama HOBAL (from Abdulaziz Alshlahei, the director of the very good romantic drama THE TAMBOUR OF RETRIBUTION, on Netflix). The site isn’t accepting my credit card info though, which may be a blessing in disguise.
January 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Tried subscribing to Shahid, an Arabic language streamer that has the Saudi Arabian drama HOBAL (from Abdulaziz Alshlahei, the director of the very good romantic drama THE TAMBOUR OF RETRIBUTION, on Netflix). The site isn’t accepting my credit card info though, which may be a blessing in disguise.
From the director of the pretty good Malaysian time travel drama REVERSI (2025, also on Netflix)
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
From the director of the pretty good Malaysian time travel drama REVERSI (2025, also on Netflix)
And Mike Love on accordion
January 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
And Mike Love on accordion
Thanks, those are the two main contenders, for sure
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Thanks, those are the two main contenders, for sure
I seem to recall one of the Refns being pretty good.
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I seem to recall one of the Refns being pretty good.
*sees that a Malaysian ripoff/remake of NOW YOU SEE ME just appeared on Netflix*
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
*sees that a Malaysian ripoff/remake of NOW YOU SEE ME just appeared on Netflix*
Reposted by Simon Abrams
For 18 months, I had to keep the secret that I didn't just voice The Flying Dutchman in the SpongeBob movie, but I also played him in live-action sequences. The hours it took flew by thanks to superb makeup artists Gage Munster & Marcel Banks who were both so kind AND hilarious. 🤣 Thanks fellas! 🙏
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
For 18 months, I had to keep the secret that I didn't just voice The Flying Dutchman in the SpongeBob movie, but I also played him in live-action sequences. The hours it took flew by thanks to superb makeup artists Gage Munster & Marcel Banks who were both so kind AND hilarious. 🤣 Thanks fellas! 🙏
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"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. HEE HEE!"
January 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. HEE HEE!"
Two weeks of my favorite new music, with a playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/170...
Also, where are/did we go post Spotify? I ask because I need to move me and my dad‘s family plan and I don’t want it to be too hard for my dad, who listens to music on his tablet.
Also, where are/did we go post Spotify? I ask because I need to move me and my dad‘s family plan and I don’t want it to be too hard for my dad, who listens to music on his tablet.
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Two weeks of my favorite new music, with a playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/170...
Also, where are/did we go post Spotify? I ask because I need to move me and my dad‘s family plan and I don’t want it to be too hard for my dad, who listens to music on his tablet.
Also, where are/did we go post Spotify? I ask because I need to move me and my dad‘s family plan and I don’t want it to be too hard for my dad, who listens to music on his tablet.
Good morning, in case you need it.
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Good morning, in case you need it.
This movie has a lot of weird implications for what it now imagines happened in the original WIZARD OF OZ. (So the monkeys ripped apart her ex boyfriend…??)
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
This movie has a lot of weird implications for what it now imagines happened in the original WIZARD OF OZ. (So the monkeys ripped apart her ex boyfriend…??)
I can’t get mad at these movies, they remind me of overproduced late 60s Hollywood musicals and westerns that were trying to prove their respective genres‘ eternal appeal by cluelessly pandering to the youth of their day. Silly, but not without its try hard charms.
January 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I can’t get mad at these movies, they remind me of overproduced late 60s Hollywood musicals and westerns that were trying to prove their respective genres‘ eternal appeal by cluelessly pandering to the youth of their day. Silly, but not without its try hard charms.
Jene went grocery shopping and just made a DELICIOUS pot of collard greens. I made rice and put on WICKED: FOR GOOF. (Sorry, not changing that autocorrect typo)
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Jene went grocery shopping and just made a DELICIOUS pot of collard greens. I made rice and put on WICKED: FOR GOOF. (Sorry, not changing that autocorrect typo)
A good post intermission flashback can launch a long masala movie into the stratosphere. AKHANDA 2 makes time for a prolonged spellcasting duel between the Shiva powered hero and a freshly introduced evil sorcerer, involving human sacrifice, several extras impaled on a trident, a dislodged eyeball.
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
A good post intermission flashback can launch a long masala movie into the stratosphere. AKHANDA 2 makes time for a prolonged spellcasting duel between the Shiva powered hero and a freshly introduced evil sorcerer, involving human sacrifice, several extras impaled on a trident, a dislodged eyeball.
I remember how loud the first one sounded in an empty Union Square auditorium. I regret missing AKHANDA 2 in theaters, though I seem to remember that the showtimes were pretty shit.
January 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I remember how loud the first one sounded in an empty Union Square auditorium. I regret missing AKHANDA 2 in theaters, though I seem to remember that the showtimes were pretty shit.
Exactly the mood-boosting tonic I was hoping for. Giddy, violent, & heedless. A good excuse to watch a zealous middle-aged nationalist--Nandamuri Balakrishna, whose notable recent titles include BHAGAVANTH KESARI & VEERA SIMHA REDDY (both 2023)--thrash various straw men, then lecture everyone else.
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Exactly the mood-boosting tonic I was hoping for. Giddy, violent, & heedless. A good excuse to watch a zealous middle-aged nationalist--Nandamuri Balakrishna, whose notable recent titles include BHAGAVANTH KESARI & VEERA SIMHA REDDY (both 2023)--thrash various straw men, then lecture everyone else.
Netflix now has AKHANDA 2, the 2025 sequel to the 2021 Telugu language Indian religious revenge fantasy. I had a lot of fun with the first one, which is kitchen sink insanity. So far, the sequel is, too (Bloody tyranny in Tibet?!) Locking in, brb.
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Netflix now has AKHANDA 2, the 2025 sequel to the 2021 Telugu language Indian religious revenge fantasy. I had a lot of fun with the first one, which is kitchen sink insanity. So far, the sequel is, too (Bloody tyranny in Tibet?!) Locking in, brb.
Adolf, in my neighborhood? It's more likely than you think...
MY NEIGHBOR ADOLF! It's 1960 somewhere in South America and David Hayman is a Holocaust survivor with a sketchy neighbor, played by Udo Kier. Is he Hitler? Does it matter? They fight, bond, play chess, and bicker. People, it's bad. More @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/my-n...
My Neighbor Adolf movie review (2026) | Roger Ebert
Hayman and Kier have a decent enough buddy chemistry, though only a few gags use their comic talents so well that it eclipses their underwhelming roles.
www.rogerebert.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Adolf, in my neighborhood? It's more likely than you think...
Subjecting Jene to nature documentary footage scored with Black Sabbath (“Children of the Grave” is playing atm), because our relationship is strong and I am having a tough morning, woops
January 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Subjecting Jene to nature documentary footage scored with Black Sabbath (“Children of the Grave” is playing atm), because our relationship is strong and I am having a tough morning, woops
They really did play that whole Feist song huh
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
They really did play that whole Feist song huh