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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6h

Good lord, man. I’m just finding this series now. What compelled you to write 31 essays on one movie?

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 12h

John Candy: I Like Me wistfully remembers a great guy, and a poor documentary subject. #JohnCandy #JohnCandyILikeMe #PrimeVideo www.pastemagazine.com/article/john...

John Candy: I Like Me Documents a Great Guy, and a Poor Documentary Subject

When everyone is so eager to say the same, nice things about the performer of John Candy: I Like Me, a deeper level is hard to uncover.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 16h

There's something truly wonderful about using a service like Kanopy/your library card to access film content as deeply tawdry as "CHOLO ZOMBIES." It's like using some ancient library full of beautiful manuscripts to read Danielle Steel romance novels. #horrormovies #halloween

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 17h

Something has been corrupted in the copied code of Tron: Ares, a visually engaging film without a thing to say. #TronAres #JaredLeto #JeffBridges www.pastemagazine.com/movies/tron-...

Something Has Been Corrupted in the Copied Code of Tron: Ares

Tron: Ares feels inescapably like something pieced together from its previous installments, with just enough additions to be technically new.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Winter’s 'Freaked' is the most handsomely demented 1990s practical FX showcase you’ve never seen. #AlexWinter #freaked #Halloween #AlamoDrafthouse @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social www.pastemagazine.com/movies/freak...

Alex Winter’s Freaked Is the Most Handsomely Demented ‘90s FX Showcase You’ve Never Seen

Alex Winter's gross-out 1993 dark comedy Freaked is a monument to both bad taste and so many lost cinematic arts.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 1d

Colin Farrell is a desperate gambler in first trailer for Netflix's Ballad of a Small Player from director Edward Berger. #ColinFarrell #Netflix www.pastemagazine.com/movies/colin...

Colin Farrell Is a Desperate Gambler in First Trailer for Netflix's Ballad of a Small Player

Intensely colorful and dripping with disorientation and urgency, the first footage of Ballad of a Small Player sets its hook quickly.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

Palate: Big caramel and huge savory rye notes, verging into tobacco herbaceousness. Black and white pepper, greener rye notes, sweet barrel char, cinnamon and lingering chiles with just a little bit of mesquite smoke. Sturdy proof and lingering spice. #whiskey

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

Buzzard’s Roost Cigar Blend Bourbon review:

Nose: Caramel chews, molasses cookie and intense wood spice. Cinnamon combo of cinnamon and vanilla icing, and a deeply toasted sugar. Strong woodiness that hits both toast and also sawdust-like note. Cedar cigar box and baking spice.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 2d

NYFF: In Father Mother Sister Brother, Jim Jarmusch equates subtlety with stillness. #JimJarmusch #NYFF www.pastemagazine.com/movies/jim-j...

NYFF: In Father Mother Sister Brother, Jarmusch Equates Subtlety with Stillness

Jarmusch’s precision is as sharp as ever in this empathetic triptych, but the life inside it feels diagrammed rather than lived.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 6d

V/H/S/Halloween barely qualifies as “found footage” horror, but that hardly matters when most of it is so much fun. www.pastemagazine.com/movies/horro... #horrormovies #vhshalloween

V/H/S/Halloween Is Barely “Found Footage,” But It Is Plenty of Fun

Equal parts gross and hilarious, V/H/S/Halloween's segments increasingly leave the idea of "found footage" behind, and that's okay.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 7d

Horror heartbreaker Good Boy is much more than its doggy gimmick--it's one of the year's scariest and most emotionally resonant films. #horrormovies #GoodBoy #halloween www.pastemagazine.com/movies/good-...

Horror Heartbreaker Good Boy Is Much More than Its Doggy Gimmick

Good Boy is not only a dog-starring horror film; it's one of the year's scariest and most emotionally resonant films as well.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

Bourbon brands, Carrie Nation, and whiskey industry sexism -- How a $250 million distillery based its marketing around mocking a historical woman and collapsed in 2025. #whiskey #bourbon #CarrieNation #GarrardCounty www.pastemagazine.com/drink/alcoho...

Bourbon Brands, Carrie Nation, and Whiskey Industry Sexism

How a $250 million Kentucky whiskey distillery that based its marketing around mocking historic activist Carrie Nation collapsed in 2025.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

NYFF: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere isn't so boss, setting Jeremy Allen White adrift in modern musical biopic tropes. #BruceSpringsteen #JeremyAllenWhite www.pastemagazine.com/movies/scott...

NYFF: Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Isn't So Boss

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

Nouvelle Vague falters as a filmic facsimile of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, lacking the experimentation you would expect from a proper tribute. #RichardLinklater #ZoeyDeutch www.pastemagazine.com/movies/richa...

Nouvelle Vague Falters as a Filmic Facsimile of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless

Richard Linklater can imitate some visual stylings of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, but Nouvelle Vague misses its air of experimentation.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 8d

Play Dirty is an overstuffed Prime Video action-comedy caper saved by classic Shane Black cheese and good humor. #PlayDirty #PrimeVideo #ShaneBlack #MarkWahlberg www.pastemagazine.com/movies/shane...

Play Dirty Is an Overstuffed Action-Comedy Caper Saved by Classic Shane Black Cheese

A frenzied combination of action and criminal caper, Shane Black's Play Dirty is chaotic but funny enough to get by in style.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 9d

Palate: Thick and mouth coating. Sweet caramel and custard, vanilla glaze, dried apples and sweetened dried cherry. Sweet roastiness and tobacco, with lingering rye spice. Very well integrated, relatively gentle proof. Lasting finish of leather and root beer spice. #whiskey

Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 9d

Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Beacon Bourbon review:

Nose: Heavy, rich caramel sweetness, paired with underlying herbal rye and tobacco notes. Dark vanilla, flan, cigar wrapper. Mildly funky rickhouse oak. Baked apples? Over time in glass, showing more roast and old, dusty leather.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 9d

NYFF: George Clooney looks back at a fake career in Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly. #JayKelly #GeorgeClooney #NoahBaumbach www.pastemagazine.com/movies/noah-...

NYFF: George Clooney Looks Back at a Fake Career in Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly

In Noah Baumbach latest, George Clooney plays Jay Kelly, an actor looking back. Is it the character or movie who feels incomplete?

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 9d

Bone Lake is a hot and heavy throwback thriller, not as sexy as it tries to be, but nearly as entertaining. #BoneLake #horrormovies www.pastemagazine.com/movies/bone-...

Bone Lake Is a Hot and Heavy Throwback Thriller

Bone Lake isn't as sexy as it would like to be, but the vintage erotic thriller is wickedly entertaining and performed nonetheless.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 10d

NYFF: Daniel Day-Lewis returns with family on his mind in Anemone. #DanielDayLewis #NYFF #Anemone www.pastemagazine.com/movies/danie...

NYFF: Daniel Day-Lewis Returns with Family On His Mind in Anemone

Daniel Day-Lewis and his son Ronan bring plenty of artistic integrity to Anemone, but there's some self-indulgence here, too.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 12d

Parenting and resistance are just One Battle After Another (and another and another) in Paul Thomas Anderson's latest gem of a film. #OneBattleAfterAnother #PTA #LeonardoDiCaprio www.pastemagazine.com/article/one-...

Parenting And Resistance Are Just One Battle After Another (And Another And Another)

Both revolution and fatherhood present Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another with crackling tension.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 12d

Palate: Honeyed sweetness, /w baked apple, cinnamon, cardamom, and tons of oak. Freshly baked oak staves, with honey, vanilla cream and tons of baking spice. Complex brown spice/wood derived sweet spice, with mild tannin and a little caramelized nuttiness. Ethanol quite gentle. #whiskey #bourbon

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 12d

Michter’s Sour Mash Whiskey Toasted Barrel Finish review:

Nose: Toasted marshmallow, fragrant cinnamon, honeycomb cereal, toasted oak, complex and warm oaky spice. Can’t miss the toasted barrel. It dominates a bit, but there’s also baked apple fruitiness and a hint of cocoa.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 12d

Kelly Reichard pulls off another quiet heist with The Mastermind. #NYFF #TheMastermind #KellyReichard #JoshOconnor www.pastemagazine.com/movies/kelly...

Kelly Reichard Pulls Off Another Quiet Heist with The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt follows a low-key but still dangerous art heist in The Mastermind, the latest in her terrific run of movies about getting by.

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Jim Vorel @jimvorel.bsky.social · 12d

The Strangers: Chapter 2 is actually pretty good for an hour. #TheStrangers #TheStrangersChapter2 #horrormovies www.pastemagazine.com/movies/renny...

The Strangers: Chapter 2 Is Actually Pretty Good for an Hour

The Strangers: Chapter 2 isn't less pointless than its predecessor. But for two-thirds of its running time, it's better-crafted fun. Really!

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