Pixel Jack
@thepixeljack.bsky.social
Level: 34
Film critic 🎬
Cosplayer 🦸♂️
Disability Advocate
https://open.substack.com/pub/pixeljack
"Movies aren't stupid. They fill us with romance and hatred and revenge fantasies.” — Homer
Film critic 🎬
Cosplayer 🦸♂️
Disability Advocate
https://open.substack.com/pub/pixeljack
"Movies aren't stupid. They fill us with romance and hatred and revenge fantasies.” — Homer
An actor whose presence elevated everything she was in. I can’t think a single time I saw Catherine O’Hara and thought, “You know who would have been better in that role…” she was always the perfect choice. The movies lost one of their best. Thank you for never failing to make us smile.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
An actor whose presence elevated everything she was in. I can’t think a single time I saw Catherine O’Hara and thought, “You know who would have been better in that role…” she was always the perfect choice. The movies lost one of their best. Thank you for never failing to make us smile.
Reposted by Pixel Jack
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
Reposted by Pixel Jack
When I was translating Kon Satoshi, in order to understand him better I spent time reading his personal blog. I'll never forget him writing "They say what Aronofsky is doing is an "homage." I know my English isn't great, but I don't understand the difference between "homage" and being "ripped off."
"a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week"
Darren Aronofsky Has Reconstructed the Revolutionary War Using AI
That's the conceit of a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week through the end of the year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
When I was translating Kon Satoshi, in order to understand him better I spent time reading his personal blog. I'll never forget him writing "They say what Aronofsky is doing is an "homage." I know my English isn't great, but I don't understand the difference between "homage" and being "ripped off."
I have a sleeping disorder where I keep playing Silent Hill 2 before going to bed.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
I have a sleeping disorder where I keep playing Silent Hill 2 before going to bed.
❤️
Sal Buscema, a comic artist best known for legendary runs on Marvel's Incredible Hulk and Spectacular Spider-Man, reportedly passed away last Friday, just short of his 90th birthday.
Sal Buscema, Comic Book Legend, Reportedly Dead At 89
The legend would have turned 90 today.
comicbookclublive.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 AM
❤️
I refuse to stop pronouncing Hamnet as “Ham-net” and nobody can stop me. I have a a BA in English and I can pronounce things however the hell I want.
January 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I refuse to stop pronouncing Hamnet as “Ham-net” and nobody can stop me. I have a a BA in English and I can pronounce things however the hell I want.
Reposted by Pixel Jack
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
Slight spoiler for The Secret Agent (it won’t make sense unless you’ve actually seen the movie) but the Hairy Leg sequence has to be one of the best moments in cinema circa 2025 cinema. The explanation from Kleber Mendonça Filho is even more intriguing and horrifying.
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Slight spoiler for The Secret Agent (it won’t make sense unless you’ve actually seen the movie) but the Hairy Leg sequence has to be one of the best moments in cinema circa 2025 cinema. The explanation from Kleber Mendonça Filho is even more intriguing and horrifying.
The Secret Agent really is as good as everyone says. I really dig Kleber Mendonça Filho’s particular brand of weird.
January 24, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Secret Agent really is as good as everyone says. I really dig Kleber Mendonça Filho’s particular brand of weird.
Not sure I agree with the sentiment, but the cover is pretty damn cool. Love to see Silverman get credit as the artist.
January 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Not sure I agree with the sentiment, but the cover is pretty damn cool. Love to see Silverman get credit as the artist.
Master Splinter when Ralph turned 13.
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Master Splinter when Ralph turned 13.
Free booze, mood lighting, deranged killers, and David Copperfield are just a few of the amenities you can expect when you board the Terror Train.
open.substack.com/pub/pixeljac...
open.substack.com/pub/pixeljac...
Throwback Thursday: Murder on the Cunux Express
1980's "Terror Train" is a weird, messy, delightful jewel of the early slashers.
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Free booze, mood lighting, deranged killers, and David Copperfield are just a few of the amenities you can expect when you board the Terror Train.
open.substack.com/pub/pixeljac...
open.substack.com/pub/pixeljac...
The only LotR spinoff I’m interested in is a slice-of-life story set in the Shire where where they solve a low-stakes mystery or go camping in the woods or something.
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will reunite as Gandalf and Frodo in ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
Production will begin in May.
(via: Gollumgram)
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The only LotR spinoff I’m interested in is a slice-of-life story set in the Shire where where they solve a low-stakes mystery or go camping in the woods or something.
Have you broke down at work and started sobbing thinking about how 70% of all silent films have been lost forever?
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Have you broke down at work and started sobbing thinking about how 70% of all silent films have been lost forever?
No other genre of film suffers more from a lack of a theatrical experience than comedy. Even horror movies can be enjoyed solo. With comedy, however, it always feels like something is missing when you’re not laughing with other people.
January 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
No other genre of film suffers more from a lack of a theatrical experience than comedy. Even horror movies can be enjoyed solo. With comedy, however, it always feels like something is missing when you’re not laughing with other people.
Seeing Rebecca Sugar live in concert was an out of body experience. I feel revived.
January 10, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Seeing Rebecca Sugar live in concert was an out of body experience. I feel revived.
2026 might now be a total wash.
Godzilla Minus Zero releasing in theaters (North America) on November 6, 2026
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 AM
2026 might now be a total wash.
She’s a mess. I think I’m in love, man.
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 AM
She’s a mess. I think I’m in love, man.
When someone tries telling me why watching movies at home is better than seeing them in a theatre.
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
When someone tries telling me why watching movies at home is better than seeing them in a theatre.