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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 1d

Life in the spotlight can wear down anyone, but so far, undisputed heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is calm as you like ahead of his third consecutive title fight. #UFC321 www.ufc.com/news/tom-asp...

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 1d

When I asked Umar Nurmagomedov what he learned after his loss to Merab Dvalishvili earlier this year, the lesson was simple:

"I have to come back stronger." #UFC321 www.ufc.com/news/umar-nu...

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 7d

those prelims kinda rocked, eh? #UFCVancouver

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 7d

that was a very fluffy hernandez coded rnc from bruno silva there #UFCVancouver

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 7d

party time #UFCVancouver

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 15d

other movies discussed:

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
SPLITSVILLE
A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY
MCCABE & MRS. MILLER

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 15d

wrote a lot about Redford, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and watching movies in Paris, among other things: open.substack.com/pub/zacpacle...

September 2025 Roundup | One Movie After Another, And An Ode To Robert Redford

Life, man. Life!!!!

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 15d

wrote a lot about Redford, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and watching movies in Paris, among other things: open.substack.com/pub/zacpacle...

September 2025 Roundup | One Movie After Another, And An Ode To Robert Redford

Life, man. Life!!!!

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Blindspotters Podcast @blindspotters.bsky.social · 22d

A new Paul Thomas Anderson movie means it's bonus pod time!

@zacpacleb.bsky.social and @amandaluberto.bsky.social chat all things ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, including all the performances, where this sits in the PTA cannon and what the movie's Oscar chances are 👀

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S1E71 - BONUS : ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER review

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 23d

this has been such a fun year for music. like i totally forgot freddie gibbs, wet leg AND yves edwards dropped this year

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · 26d

a slightly random but #ufc320 related real thing i find fun is that the photo that pops up on the panel when you google cory sandhagen is one i took of him in july 2024 lol

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Sep 19

What is this pod worth?

Nothing...

Everything!

@amandaluberto.bsky.social and I swapped director's cuts on this month's episode of @blindspotters.bsky.social. I watched MARGARET for the first time, and Amanda watched KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. open.spotify.com/episode/77pZ...

S1E70 - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN and MARGARET: director's cuts

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Blindspotters Podcast @blindspotters.bsky.social · Sep 19

This month, we swapped director's cuts!

@zacpacleb.bsky.social watched MARGARET for the first time, and @amandaluberto.bsky.social KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

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S1E70 - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN and MARGARET: director's cuts

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Sep 18

All the tributes in the world could encapsulate how much Tom Gerbasi meant to his family, the UFC and combat sports world and to me.

I tried my best to capture that, anyway. www.ufc.com/news/tom-ger...

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Sep 16

late, but here's august's movie roundup, which includes dispatches on HIGHEST 2 LOWEST, SORRY, BABY, EDDINGTON, CAUGHT STEALING, and THE NAKED GUN open.substack.com/pub/zacpacle...

August 2025 Roundup | Theaters Are Great, Actually

We do, in fact, come to this place for magic. Sometimes, that magic is a stray cat, and sometimes, it is a new A$AP Rocky track

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Sep 10

turnstile, faye webster, girl in red, wet leg, bartees strange, mj lenderman... this year's tiny desks have been feeding me endlessly

Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Aug 22

life is like foam, so give yourself away like the sea

for august's movie swap, @amandaluberto.bsky.social turned the clock to back to a pair of 2001 films: I watched MULLHOLLAND DRIVE for the first time, and Amanda watched Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN. open.spotify.com/episode/5tM4...

S1E69 - MULHOLLAND DRIVE and Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN: 2000s classics

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Aug 19

i was already hyped to go back to vancouver, but now i'm exxxxxxtttrrraaaaaa hyped for this killer main event www.ufc.com/news/reinier...

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Zac Pacleb @zacpacleb.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's been an eventful few months at the theater, so @amandaluberto.bsky.social and I hopped on mics to talk about them + our favorite movies/movie-related things of 2025 so far.

Maybe the real punk rock is podding with your friend about the summer of movies! open.spotify.com/episode/6XVN...

S1E68 - BONUS: Summer movies recap and top 5 of 2025 so far

Blindspotters · Episode

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @bwdr.bsky.social · Aug 17

Real talk (reel talk?):

BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.