Wil McMillen
@wilmcmillen.bsky.social
Spent years in the video store trenches. Now I use my wisdom for trivia night.
Minnesota by way of DC by way of Wichita Kansas
Current Events: Future writer of “Dirty Harry Chokes On A Bagel”
Currently watching thru every Looney Tunes release
Minnesota by way of DC by way of Wichita Kansas
Current Events: Future writer of “Dirty Harry Chokes On A Bagel”
Currently watching thru every Looney Tunes release
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Wil McMillen
@wilmcmillen.bsky.social
· Sep 13
God Bless This Mess: Vietnam, The Monkey’s Paw, and Dead of Night – Perisphere
| Wil McMillen | Dead of Night aka. Deathdream plays at the Trylon Cinema Wednesday, September 24th. For tickets, showtimes, and other series information, visit trylon.org. “My brother came home yeste...
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New article from me on the @trylon.org Perisphere blog. How Bob Clark’s 1974 film Dead Of Night reflects a culture that keeps repeating itself. Give it a read!
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🎶”On a cold and grey Chicago morn
A little baby child was born
In the ghettoooooooo”🎶
A little baby child was born
In the ghettoooooooo”🎶
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
🎶”On a cold and grey Chicago morn
A little baby child was born
In the ghettoooooooo”🎶
A little baby child was born
In the ghettoooooooo”🎶
I only remember two things about this movie
1) Anthony Hopkins and his chalkboard which became a running gag with me and my friends all through college
2) the girl in the back of the theater who yelled out “OH TO BE THE HORSE!!” during a Brad Pitt horseback riding scene.
1) Anthony Hopkins and his chalkboard which became a running gag with me and my friends all through college
2) the girl in the back of the theater who yelled out “OH TO BE THE HORSE!!” during a Brad Pitt horseback riding scene.
LEGENDS OF THE FALL screens Saturday & Sunday at brunch at Nitehawk Prospect Park
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I only remember two things about this movie
1) Anthony Hopkins and his chalkboard which became a running gag with me and my friends all through college
2) the girl in the back of the theater who yelled out “OH TO BE THE HORSE!!” during a Brad Pitt horseback riding scene.
1) Anthony Hopkins and his chalkboard which became a running gag with me and my friends all through college
2) the girl in the back of the theater who yelled out “OH TO BE THE HORSE!!” during a Brad Pitt horseback riding scene.
Reposted by Wil McMillen
CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES
MY NAME IS MARTIN SHORT
MY NAME IS MARTIN SHORT
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES
MY NAME IS MARTIN SHORT
MY NAME IS MARTIN SHORT
Reposted by Wil McMillen
the ideal public policy initiative is the luxurious public library in every community, and more things should be like that
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
the ideal public policy initiative is the luxurious public library in every community, and more things should be like that
Kid is coming home from first semester in college and now I know why parents get excited when their kid is coming home.
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Kid is coming home from first semester in college and now I know why parents get excited when their kid is coming home.
Boooooooooooooo
Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.
Ridesharing without a driver? It's coming to Minneapolis
Testing will begin Thursday morning. No date has been set to start offering rides to passengers.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Boooooooooooooo
A MILLION TIMES THIS👇🏻👇🏻
i think if you want to have those disgusting LED headlights on your car, you should have to do a test where they blast you point blank with your own headlights and then you have 15 seconds to successfully complete some sort of vision-based task, and if you can't do it they push your car off a cliff
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A MILLION TIMES THIS👇🏻👇🏻
Look, I'm not trying to be passive aggressive or anything but...you know what? Never mind. It's fine. It's fine. I SAID IT'S FINE.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Look, I'm not trying to be passive aggressive or anything but...you know what? Never mind. It's fine. It's fine. I SAID IT'S FINE.
Yentl
What’s that one movie where the guy is minding his own business and this group of thugs start hassling him but the don’t know he is secretly a great fighter and he beats them up and then says something snarky?
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Yentl
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It's hard to overstate what a catastrophe it would be for moviemaking and moviegoers if the Ellisons are allowed to acquire Warner Brothers and merge it with Paramount. I know that rooting for Comcast and/or Netflix sticks in a lot of throats here but those would be far better alternatives... >
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's hard to overstate what a catastrophe it would be for moviemaking and moviegoers if the Ellisons are allowed to acquire Warner Brothers and merge it with Paramount. I know that rooting for Comcast and/or Netflix sticks in a lot of throats here but those would be far better alternatives... >
Noirvember 2025
Film #5: Night Of The Juggler (Butler/Furie, 1980)
**** 1/2 out of five
What if the subway chase in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but for two solid hours? A former disgraced cop sees his daughter get abducted, and gives chase. That's the whole plot. 1/
Film #5: Night Of The Juggler (Butler/Furie, 1980)
**** 1/2 out of five
What if the subway chase in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but for two solid hours? A former disgraced cop sees his daughter get abducted, and gives chase. That's the whole plot. 1/
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Noirvember 2025
Film #5: Night Of The Juggler (Butler/Furie, 1980)
**** 1/2 out of five
What if the subway chase in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but for two solid hours? A former disgraced cop sees his daughter get abducted, and gives chase. That's the whole plot. 1/
Film #5: Night Of The Juggler (Butler/Furie, 1980)
**** 1/2 out of five
What if the subway chase in THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but for two solid hours? A former disgraced cop sees his daughter get abducted, and gives chase. That's the whole plot. 1/
Oh my god this is the hardest I've laughed in a long time.
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oh my god this is the hardest I've laughed in a long time.
Do you call it a hamburger sandwich? Or a cheeseburger sandwich? No.
It's a hot dog and I'll die on this hill.
It's a hot dog and I'll die on this hill.
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Do you call it a hamburger sandwich? Or a cheeseburger sandwich? No.
It's a hot dog and I'll die on this hill.
It's a hot dog and I'll die on this hill.
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
Republicans are like the woodpeckers that keep chipping away at my house: noisy, destructive, and all of my ideas to get them to stop are illegal.
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Republicans are like the woodpeckers that keep chipping away at my house: noisy, destructive, and all of my ideas to get them to stop are illegal.
I’ll get a lot of side eye for this but the best thing any president has done in my lifetime is when George Bush raised taxes on the wealthy in 1990.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’ll get a lot of side eye for this but the best thing any president has done in my lifetime is when George Bush raised taxes on the wealthy in 1990.
They definitely boned.
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
They definitely boned.
Cauliflower sucks.
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Cauliflower sucks.
Love this.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Love this.
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mumford And Sons have a lot to answer for.
November 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Mumford And Sons have a lot to answer for.
I made it to the very end of my busiest month at work in years and will be doing absolutely zero tomorrow alert the authorities. *collapses in a heap*
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I made it to the very end of my busiest month at work in years and will be doing absolutely zero tomorrow alert the authorities. *collapses in a heap*
In the time since I was born (1975) earth's population has gone from 4 billion people to 8 billion people. Yet we're pushing AI that uses datacenters that vacuum up all the water. We're not a bright species. We deserve whatever cataclysm that's going to drop this population number with a quickness.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In the time since I was born (1975) earth's population has gone from 4 billion people to 8 billion people. Yet we're pushing AI that uses datacenters that vacuum up all the water. We're not a bright species. We deserve whatever cataclysm that's going to drop this population number with a quickness.