Thomas Ricard
@ricardreports.bsky.social
Aspiring film critic, proud father and fiancé. You can read my film reviews here:
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Cinemas and filmmakers should tell Netflix to go screw themselves.
Netflix reportedly only wants to keep movies in theaters for 17 days after they buy Warner Bros
“This would steamroll the theatrical business” — Deadline
“This would steamroll the theatrical business” — Deadline
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Cinemas and filmmakers should tell Netflix to go screw themselves.
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A nice reflection to end the year, and a call to action to those with the power to be more intentional about disabled inclusion in 2026.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A nice reflection to end the year, and a call to action to those with the power to be more intentional about disabled inclusion in 2026.
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Happy New Year, everyone! Here's a quick word on #TheMenu, a pleasant little thriller that's at its best when it accepts that it's better at being that than it is at satire.
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A ★★★ review of The Menu (2022)
One of three prominent satires of the super-rich released in 2022 – Glass Onion and Triangle Of Sadness being the other two – and the theatrical screenwriting début of former Onion* writers Seth Reiss...
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December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Happy New Year, everyone! Here's a quick word on #TheMenu, a pleasant little thriller that's at its best when it accepts that it's better at being that than it is at satire.
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I, uh, sat a row below a man I later recognized was *probably* Viggo Mortensen at a Cannes screening of Psycho (the original, not the one he was in).
If celebrities only French people would know count, I was also interviewed by Jean-Luc Delarue on his popular talk show Ça Se Discute (1/2)
If celebrities only French people would know count, I was also interviewed by Jean-Luc Delarue on his popular talk show Ça Se Discute (1/2)
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I, uh, sat a row below a man I later recognized was *probably* Viggo Mortensen at a Cannes screening of Psycho (the original, not the one he was in).
If celebrities only French people would know count, I was also interviewed by Jean-Luc Delarue on his popular talk show Ça Se Discute (1/2)
If celebrities only French people would know count, I was also interviewed by Jean-Luc Delarue on his popular talk show Ça Se Discute (1/2)
A quick word on how #spirited's brief musical pleasures and occasional chuckles can't disguise its cynical insincerity.
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A ★★ review of Spirited (2022)
Wouldn’t it be great if Pasek & Paul made original songs for movie musicals that deserved them? Ever since their Oscar win for Damien Chazelle’s overrated La La Land, they’ve worked on five more movie...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A quick word on how #spirited's brief musical pleasures and occasional chuckles can't disguise its cynical insincerity.
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George C. Scott is incredible--yes, a "better" Scrooge than Caine IMO--and while the Muppets are tough to compete with, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Robin Rees, and others make for a hell of a supporting cast.
Other than Michael Caine, who is the best Scrooge?
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
George C. Scott is incredible--yes, a "better" Scrooge than Caine IMO--and while the Muppets are tough to compete with, David Warner, Edward Woodward, Robin Rees, and others make for a hell of a supporting cast.
Merry Christmas to all! Here's my review of festive-themed horror #Terrifier3, a disappointing step back for Art The Clown's bloody adventures after the sublimely imaginative second opus.
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A ★★½ review of Terrifier 3 (2024)
There’s a fundamental contradiction at the heart of Terrifier 3 that writer-editor-director Damien Leone’s inability to resolve dooms the film to frustration. It continues its masterful predecessor’s ...
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December 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Merry Christmas to all! Here's my review of festive-themed horror #Terrifier3, a disappointing step back for Art The Clown's bloody adventures after the sublimely imaginative second opus.
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A word on Noah Baumbach's ambitious but ultimately self-defeating adaptation of Don DeLillo's #whitenoise.
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A ★★½ review of White Noise (2022)
A confession: I have not read Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel White Noise and the only familiarity I have with his work is through David Cronenberg’s 2012 adaptation of Cosmopolis. As such, I cannot attribut...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A word on Noah Baumbach's ambitious but ultimately self-defeating adaptation of Don DeLillo's #whitenoise.
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Awful amount of people to be in on a conspiracy to kill ONE guy most people outside the English-speaking world had never even heard of until his death.
Of course, it's nonsense and Owens knows it's nonsense and she doesn't care because it's nonsense that gets her clicks, attention and money.
Of course, it's nonsense and Owens knows it's nonsense and she doesn't care because it's nonsense that gets her clicks, attention and money.
Ok now she seems to think the US military assassinated Kirk.
She's pointed the finger at Egypt? Israel, France, TPUSA, and now the US military lol 😂
She's pointed the finger at Egypt? Israel, France, TPUSA, and now the US military lol 😂
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Awful amount of people to be in on a conspiracy to kill ONE guy most people outside the English-speaking world had never even heard of until his death.
Of course, it's nonsense and Owens knows it's nonsense and she doesn't care because it's nonsense that gets her clicks, attention and money.
Of course, it's nonsense and Owens knows it's nonsense and she doesn't care because it's nonsense that gets her clicks, attention and money.
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022, dir. David Cronenberg, DOP Douglas Koch)
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022, dir. David Cronenberg, DOP Douglas Koch)
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Thrilled to get my copy of Tales from Beyond, Volume 2, including the first part of my short story “Olive Trees Burning”! Part two will be coming in Volume 3 next year! Big thanks to Red Books Wexford! #writing #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #irishwriters
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thrilled to get my copy of Tales from Beyond, Volume 2, including the first part of my short story “Olive Trees Burning”! Part two will be coming in Volume 3 next year! Big thanks to Red Books Wexford! #writing #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #irishwriters
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What better way to start a new month than to announce that my short story, "The Electric Ghostwriter", has been published in Allegory Volume 48/75! #writing #WritingCommunity #sciencefiction
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Allegory | The Electric Ghostwriter
Biannual Online Magazine of SF, Fantasy & Horror
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November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
What better way to start a new month than to announce that my short story, "The Electric Ghostwriter", has been published in Allegory Volume 48/75! #writing #WritingCommunity #sciencefiction
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The 2022 film version of #matildathemusical softens the edges of Roald Dahl's creation even more than the musical itself, but its attunement to Matilda's intellectual and emotional frustrations keeps its spirit alive.
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A ★★★ review of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)
It’s not exactly a secret that Roald Dahl’s enduring appeal among children lies in the fundamentally dark mean-spiritedness at the heart of so many of his stories. Matilda is perhaps the quintessentia...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The 2022 film version of #matildathemusical softens the edges of Roald Dahl's creation even more than the musical itself, but its attunement to Matilda's intellectual and emotional frustrations keeps its spirit alive.
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A quick review of #earwig in which Lucile Hadžihalilović confirms her singular vision as a filmmaker without quite yet reaching the heights I know she is capable of.
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A ★★★ review of Earwig (2021)
Lucile Hadžihalilović is a thoughtful, intelligent and elegant filmmaker whose sparse output gives the impression, with every film, of a continuous progression towards a truly great film that has not ...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A quick review of #earwig in which Lucile Hadžihalilović confirms her singular vision as a filmmaker without quite yet reaching the heights I know she is capable of.
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A quick review of #shesaid and how Maria Schrader's sober, concise style makes it work.
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A ★★★½ review of She Said (2022)
What separates She Said from the shallow girlboss fauxminism of Bombshell and the tepid hand-holding of Confirmation is its dogged insistence on treating its viewers like adults. No lectures, no impas...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A quick review of #shesaid and how Maria Schrader's sober, concise style makes it work.
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A quick word on why I liked Will Smith slavery drama #emancipation despite - and, in a certain way, because of - its stylistic contradictions.
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A ★★★ review of Emancipation (2022)
What a curious experience it is to enjoy a film in such conflict with itself. Very loosely based on the escape of a slave known only as Peter, who would become known to the world as the subject of the...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A quick word on why I liked Will Smith slavery drama #emancipation despite - and, in a certain way, because of - its stylistic contradictions.
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A quick word on the Emmett Till lynching drama #Till and how reverence towards a subject can do more harm to it than good.
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A ★★½ review of Till (2022)
Till is handsome, grave, earnest and reverent in exactly the wrong ways. Writer-director Chinonye Chukwu, working alongside Michael Reilly from co-screenwriter Keith Beauchamp’s heavily-documented wor...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A quick word on the Emmett Till lynching drama #Till and how reverence towards a subject can do more harm to it than good.
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Reading Mr Men & Little Miss books to my daughter with a head cold is an interesting experience. The Patricia Routledge voice I usually put on as Little Miss Splendid turned into an uncanny impression of Peter Ustinov as a pantomime dame. #dadlife
September 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Reading Mr Men & Little Miss books to my daughter with a head cold is an interesting experience. The Patricia Routledge voice I usually put on as Little Miss Splendid turned into an uncanny impression of Peter Ustinov as a pantomime dame. #dadlife
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Giving this another push, as it is this coming weekend.
My friend is doing a charity fundraiser, if you want to help! (Posted with his permission) www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-...
Andrew's fundraiser for Annabelles Challenge
Help Andrew Latham raise money to support Annabelles Challenge
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September 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Giving this another push, as it is this coming weekend.
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my mom is out of the halfway house and needs some cash to get on her feet in her new living situation. she already has a job. for those who don’t know, she got out of jail pretty recently and was facing deportation this summer. the goal is $2000.
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
my mom is out of the halfway house and needs some cash to get on her feet in her new living situation. she already has a job. for those who don’t know, she got out of jail pretty recently and was facing deportation this summer. the goal is $2000.
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Looks like I'm going to be moving into my own place fairly soon, so I need this ASAP, if anyone can help
This month is tougher than I expected it to be, and I need to start building up savings for when I get a call to move into an apartment. Anything helps. <:3
Goal: $0/$200+
💸💕 #helpsky 💸💕
#MutualAid #DisabilityAid #TransCrowdFund
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www.paypal.me/nevaronua
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Goal: $0/$200+
💸💕 #helpsky 💸💕
#MutualAid #DisabilityAid #TransCrowdFund
venmo.com/u/Onua-Ryder
www.paypal.me/nevaronua
cash.app/$OnyxOnua
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September 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Looks like I'm going to be moving into my own place fairly soon, so I need this ASAP, if anyone can help
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My friend is doing a charity fundraiser, if you want to help! (Posted with his permission) www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-...
Andrew's fundraiser for Annabelles Challenge
Help Andrew Latham raise money to support Annabelles Challenge
www.justgiving.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
My friend is doing a charity fundraiser, if you want to help! (Posted with his permission) www.justgiving.com/page/andrew-...
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
Don't. Adapt. The Games.
Just tell a story set in the same universe and timeline. Maybe throw in the odd major character cameo but, and I can't stress this enough:
NEVER
SHOW
SHEPARD.
#MassEffect
www.ign.com/articles/aft...
Don't. Adapt. The Games.
Just tell a story set in the same universe and timeline. Maybe throw in the odd major character cameo but, and I can't stress this enough:
NEVER
SHOW
SHEPARD.
#MassEffect
www.ign.com/articles/aft...
After Fallout Success, Amazon Sets Mass Effect Series Filming Date — Though It's Unclear if It'll Be a Canon Adaptation of the Trilogy - IGN
Amazon plans to film its Mass Effect TV series at the end of 2026, according to a new update on the project's production plans.
www.ign.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've said it before, I'll say it again:
Don't. Adapt. The Games.
Just tell a story set in the same universe and timeline. Maybe throw in the odd major character cameo but, and I can't stress this enough:
NEVER
SHOW
SHEPARD.
#MassEffect
www.ign.com/articles/aft...
Don't. Adapt. The Games.
Just tell a story set in the same universe and timeline. Maybe throw in the odd major character cameo but, and I can't stress this enough:
NEVER
SHOW
SHEPARD.
#MassEffect
www.ign.com/articles/aft...
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All of this phasing out of criticism, this terrible devaluing of it. I’m sad for myself as a lover of it, someone whose life has been enriched by it, but also, how are young people going to learn to really engage with art, to think and feel deeply about it, make connections between it and the world?
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All of this phasing out of criticism, this terrible devaluing of it. I’m sad for myself as a lover of it, someone whose life has been enriched by it, but also, how are young people going to learn to really engage with art, to think and feel deeply about it, make connections between it and the world?
A review of 60s-set abortion drama #CallJane, a film that gets frustratingly close to human truth only to back away at the last minute.
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A ★★½ review of Call Jane (2022)
Call Jane is an unusually frustrating film. I say this not so much because of the intensity with which it frustrates me but because of the specific ways it keeps adventuring itself on truly expressive...
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August 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
A review of 60s-set abortion drama #CallJane, a film that gets frustratingly close to human truth only to back away at the last minute.
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