Zach Berg
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Zach Berg
@midwestberg.bsky.social
Movie fanatic, sporadic novelist, sneakerhead, NBA lifer, former newspaper journalist in Iowa City and Peoria. Don’t diss Peoria or the Midwest around me.
I swear to God every filmmaker saw the Stag scene in 2006's "The Queen" and were like "Yesss, yessssssssssssss."
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I still have nightmares from how difficult the snowman boss fight was. Amazing game.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Perfect movie; so underrated. Right up there with Hitchcock's best. All the scenes on rooftops with cat burglars are cast in green. In the fireworks sequence, the green light creeps into the hotel room, and Hitchcock twists your expectations and theories so effortlessly. Marvelous.
August 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It was a rollercoaster of a week for me and the movies #lastfourwatched
July 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Nothing prepared me for how good Working Girl was. God bless @jowrotethis.bsky.social , @billsimmons.bsky.social @theringer.com.web.brid.gy for convincing me to watch. A rom-com made before the genre’s modern cliches were set, 3 incredible performances (Griffith, Ford, Weaver) & horrific hair.
June 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Not bad!
April 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is all @blankcheck.bsky.social ‘s fault. And yes, I’m the heathen who thinks ET is just OK.
February 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I love the NYTimes. But for the love of god, can these stories about rich couples struggling to find their dream house with almost a million dollars stop being so high on the page? This is massively unrelatable to 95% of the country. Trump is burning the government, but we must care for rich kids?
February 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So who do we have to roast for putting “Twin Peaks: The Return” was disappointing in the Hollywood Reporter’s obit for David Lynch?

The Eraserhead Boys will not stand for this!
January 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just watched “Local Hero” (1983). I’ve found a new movie to obsess over. One of the most popular Scottish movies ever, it’s about an oilman going to Scotland to buy a town to replace it with a refinery. What happens next is funny, charming, human. Think Twin Peaks without the surreal stuff.
December 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Watched “Only Yesterday” last night. Blown away. The sequences with older Taeko are elaborately painted like Studio Ghibli’s best. When memories slip back to 5th grade, it takes on a water color-fringe that fades to whiteness on the edges, richly capturing how vivid but limited memories can be.
December 12, 2024 at 8:52 PM
That feeling when you watch “The Grapes of Wrath” for the first time right after the 2024 election and you just get punched in the gut by it. Never has 85-year-old movie felt so vital.
November 19, 2024 at 5:29 PM