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Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 2h

Caught up with THE SMASHING MACHINE (2025), which I found shockingly disappointing given the talent involved in it. My review.
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Film Review - The Smashing Machine | The MacGuffin

Allen Almachar reviews the sports biopic The Smashing Machine, from director Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt.

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Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 15h

Buying Winker a pizza after the brawl a few years ago in Anaheim, rallying shoes on people’s heads, a big ass sign that says “BELIEVE”, this dude…

Mariner fans are built different.

Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 16h

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

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Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 15h

Did not need that drama at the end but whatever. Close the series tomorrow. Go Mariners

Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 15h

Get Ferguson out of there

Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 17h

GENO!!

Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 18h

Heads up base running by Robles!

Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 19h

Good time to find out I don't have FS2 haha

Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 19h

The Mariners and Tigers should go over to Ford Field and play under a dome. I'm sure that wouldn't be a logistics nightmare to pull off.

Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 21h

Mother Nature looking to have the Mariners in primetime, I guess.

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Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 21h

Retractable roofs should be a requirement for all professional sports teams.

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Seattle Film Critics @seattlecritics.bsky.social · 1d

All six nominees will screen at @siffnews.bsky.social in October and November, many with filmmakers in attendance.

Tickets now available at www.siff.net/programs-and...

Seattle Film Critics Society PNW Award Nominees 2025

Screenings of the six nominated films for the Seattle Film Critics Society's 2025 Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award.

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Seattle Film Critics @seattlecritics.bsky.social · 1d

SFCS's PNW 2025 nominees:

Not One Drop of Blood (Jackson Philip Caumiant Devereux, Lachlan Hinton)

To Kill A Wolf (dir. Kelsey Taylor)

Train Dreams (dir. Clint Bentley)

Twinless (dir. James Sweeney)

Wolf Land (dir. Sarah Hoffman)

WTO/99 (dir. Ian Bell)

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The Seattle Film Critics Society announces Nominees for the Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award and Local Screenings at SIFF. - Seattle Film Critics Society

Each year, the Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) honors Pacific Northwest filmmaking as part of their annual awards. A nominating committee carefully considered films released throughout the year wh...

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Seattle Film Critics @seattlecritics.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing the nominees for the Seattle Film Critics Society's 2025 Best Pacific Northwest Film award with a screening series at @siffnews.bsky.social