Amy Woolsey
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Amy Woolsey
@amywoolsey.bsky.social
· Nov 21
"[H]e found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there..."
I'm probably going to be thinking about this passage from Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These a lot in the next few years.
Just noticed that Angelika pushed its release of Is This Thing On back to January, so there goes my Christmas plans unless I want to drive all the way to the Avalon.
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just noticed that Angelika pushed its release of Is This Thing On back to January, so there goes my Christmas plans unless I want to drive all the way to the Avalon.
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Sebastian Stan should've won that Oscar
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sebastian Stan should've won that Oscar
Woke up with a revelation: Andrew Scott and Josh Brolin should've switched roles in Wake Up Dead Man. It wouldn't solve all my issues with the movie, but at least those characters would've made sense.
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Woke up with a revelation: Andrew Scott and Josh Brolin should've switched roles in Wake Up Dead Man. It wouldn't solve all my issues with the movie, but at least those characters would've made sense.
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theatrical release for mid-budget movies in 2026!
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
theatrical release for mid-budget movies in 2026!
Finally read this Letterboxd round-up of fall festival standouts and was surprised to see that @812filmreviews.com quoted my review for Under the Same Sun! I'm proud to help spread the word about a truly hidden gem. letterboxd.com/journal/best...
Best of the Fall Fests 2025 • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Our Letterboxd correspondents share their highlights from the fall film festival season: from dreamlike girl horror and soul-stirring docudramas to British indie darlings and incomparable tales of hea...
letterboxd.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Finally read this Letterboxd round-up of fall festival standouts and was surprised to see that @812filmreviews.com quoted my review for Under the Same Sun! I'm proud to help spread the word about a truly hidden gem. letterboxd.com/journal/best...
The screenwriters' are also front and center. I'm definitely intrigued! Anyone know who designed it?
no idea if this will be a good movie or not, I’m just ecstatic to see a poster like this for an upcoming movie — peak of the artform, IMO
December 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The screenwriters' are also front and center. I'm definitely intrigued! Anyone know who designed it?
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"Instead of protecting copyright on these videos, a handful of Hollywood studios secretly asked YouTube to ensure that the ad revenue from the AI-heavy videos flowed in their direction." Corruption from top to bottom in the US. deadline.com/2025/12/yout...
YouTube Shuts Down Channels Using AI To Create Fake Movie Trailers Watched By Millions
YouTube has terminated two prominent channels, Screen Culture and KH Studio, using artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers.
deadline.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Instead of protecting copyright on these videos, a handful of Hollywood studios secretly asked YouTube to ensure that the ad revenue from the AI-heavy videos flowed in their direction." Corruption from top to bottom in the US. deadline.com/2025/12/yout...
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Oscars Cheer Moment Winners:
2022: The Flash Enters the Speed Force (Zack Snyder's Justice League)
2023: Darrian Bloodaxe Takes a Stand (Rebel Moon, Pt. 1)
2024: Snoop the dog ODs on aspirin (Anatomy of a Fall)
2025: Dalton Gets in some CGI-assisted fights (Road House)
2026: ???
2022: The Flash Enters the Speed Force (Zack Snyder's Justice League)
2023: Darrian Bloodaxe Takes a Stand (Rebel Moon, Pt. 1)
2024: Snoop the dog ODs on aspirin (Anatomy of a Fall)
2025: Dalton Gets in some CGI-assisted fights (Road House)
2026: ???
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Oscars Cheer Moment Winners:
2022: The Flash Enters the Speed Force (Zack Snyder's Justice League)
2023: Darrian Bloodaxe Takes a Stand (Rebel Moon, Pt. 1)
2024: Snoop the dog ODs on aspirin (Anatomy of a Fall)
2025: Dalton Gets in some CGI-assisted fights (Road House)
2026: ???
2022: The Flash Enters the Speed Force (Zack Snyder's Justice League)
2023: Darrian Bloodaxe Takes a Stand (Rebel Moon, Pt. 1)
2024: Snoop the dog ODs on aspirin (Anatomy of a Fall)
2025: Dalton Gets in some CGI-assisted fights (Road House)
2026: ???
Good music, good movie.
Ahead of THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, revisiting Daniel Blumberg's score for Mona Fastvold's last film, THE WORLD TO COME, a movie that just about murdered me
open.spotify.com/album/03a7cv...
open.spotify.com/album/03a7cv...
The World to Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Good music, good movie.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Happy 100th, Dick Van Dyke! You dancin' fool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAHM...
Mary Poppins Returns Movie Clip - Mr. Dawes Jr. (2018) | Movieclips Coming Soon
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Coming Soon
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy 100th, Dick Van Dyke! You dancin' fool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAHM...
Looking through this. The question is whether I should buy Hotel Berlin now or wait to see if it gets an upgrade/restoration (assuming this would be the same watchable but fuzzy version I watched on TCM).
A heads-up to my physical media brothers and sisters -- especially if you're concerned about access to the WB catalogue in light of recent events -- Movie Zyng is doing a big Warner Archive year-end Buy 3, Get 30% off sale (plus free shipping over $70) with the code WARNER2025. Linky:
Sale
Sale
www.moviezyng.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Looking through this. The question is whether I should buy Hotel Berlin now or wait to see if it gets an upgrade/restoration (assuming this would be the same watchable but fuzzy version I watched on TCM).
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“Telling the truth is a belly rub.” Netflix spent upwards of $200 million on Wake Up Dead Man but won’t pay for a human to provide or check (or both) subtitles that don’t turn the script into nonsense.
Okay... whoever did the subtitles for WAKE UP DEAD MAN needs a slap on the wrist. You made me feel temporarily insane tonight. I saw the film at the premiere a few weeks ago, and there's an ISHTAR reference that made me cackle. (1/?)
December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Telling the truth is a belly rub.” Netflix spent upwards of $200 million on Wake Up Dead Man but won’t pay for a human to provide or check (or both) subtitles that don’t turn the script into nonsense.
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I’ve been watching Political Animals with @amywoolsey.bsky.social, and how did this show with that cast not run for seven seasons?
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I’ve been watching Political Animals with @amywoolsey.bsky.social, and how did this show with that cast not run for seven seasons?
I would be more interested in Wake Up, Dead Man if it wasn't "a Benoit Blanc movie." Sorry, that character can only work once.
December 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I would be more interested in Wake Up, Dead Man if it wasn't "a Benoit Blanc movie." Sorry, that character can only work once.
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You heard it here first: Jacob Elordi tells @beccamford.bsky.social he'd rather kiss on the beach than talk about AI vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/frankenstein-jacob-elordi-euphoria-interview
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You heard it here first: Jacob Elordi tells @beccamford.bsky.social he'd rather kiss on the beach than talk about AI vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/frankenstein-jacob-elordi-euphoria-interview
I was about to post that Ellen Burstyn should've won an Emmy for Political Animals, but a Wikipedia check tells me she did win! Enjoying the show, even if the layout of "D.C." in the pilot gave me a good laugh.
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I was about to post that Ellen Burstyn should've won an Emmy for Political Animals, but a Wikipedia check tells me she did win! Enjoying the show, even if the layout of "D.C." in the pilot gave me a good laugh.
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To sum up:
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
Paramount Makes Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To sum up:
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
1. This will not "save" WB as a theatrical entity.
2. This would amount to handing over two studios to a right-wing tech billionaire.
3. The argument that this won't monopolize market share is true only bc Paramount does so badly it has no market share! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
The Golden Globes are the dunce cap of awards. 🤡
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Golden Globes are the dunce cap of awards. 🤡
They can't create history (it takes too long), so they have to consume it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
They can't create history (it takes too long), so they have to consume it.
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I love movie theaters
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I love movie theaters
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If this goes thru it will accelerate Hollywood’s precipitous decline. Thousands laid off. Creatives w/fewer studios willing to bid on projects. Fewer choices of what to watch for consumers. Possibly a death blow for theatrical filmgoing. Just terrible news all around
www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion
But what will they rename HBO Max this time?
www.theverge.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If this goes thru it will accelerate Hollywood’s precipitous decline. Thousands laid off. Creatives w/fewer studios willing to bid on projects. Fewer choices of what to watch for consumers. Possibly a death blow for theatrical filmgoing. Just terrible news all around
www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
www.theverge.com/news/838781/...
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There is no good result when one potential monopoly is battling another potential monopoly to become a very big monopoly
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
There is no good result when one potential monopoly is battling another potential monopoly to become a very big monopoly
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
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also just on a personal note having worked at both WB and Netflix, I have no faith in either company and anything leadership says about a love of movies is a big fat lie. TCM (where I also once worked) leadership does their best to navigate bomb filled waters every day.
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
also just on a personal note having worked at both WB and Netflix, I have no faith in either company and anything leadership says about a love of movies is a big fat lie. TCM (where I also once worked) leadership does their best to navigate bomb filled waters every day.