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
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.
Noirvember 2025
Film #3: The Blue Gardenia (Lang, 1953)
**** out of five
Great story whose solution is kind of arbitrary. Until the last five minutes, it was gripping, exciting, and I had no idea whether they were going to go all the way with it and make her guilty.
Film #3: The Blue Gardenia (Lang, 1953)
**** out of five
Great story whose solution is kind of arbitrary. Until the last five minutes, it was gripping, exciting, and I had no idea whether they were going to go all the way with it and make her guilty.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Noirvember 2025
Film #3: The Blue Gardenia (Lang, 1953)
**** out of five
Great story whose solution is kind of arbitrary. Until the last five minutes, it was gripping, exciting, and I had no idea whether they were going to go all the way with it and make her guilty.
Film #3: The Blue Gardenia (Lang, 1953)
**** out of five
Great story whose solution is kind of arbitrary. Until the last five minutes, it was gripping, exciting, and I had no idea whether they were going to go all the way with it and make her guilty.
My view of the Northern Lights last night here in Minnesota:
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My view of the Northern Lights last night here in Minnesota:
I prefer to call it by the original name of Armistice Day, a rememberance of when peace broke out around the world.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I prefer to call it by the original name of Armistice Day, a rememberance of when peace broke out around the world.
One of my favorites I found in a used book store. I’ve always wanted to know if Alex and Claire got together in the fall.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
One of my favorites I found in a used book store. I’ve always wanted to know if Alex and Claire got together in the fall.
Every pic of this dude reminds me of Maya Rudolph in The Californians
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Every pic of this dude reminds me of Maya Rudolph in The Californians
This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button on one of my posts.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button on one of my posts.
Noirvember 2025
Film #2: Escape In The Fog (Boetticher, 1945)
*** out of five
A woman has a dream of a mugging on a bridge in the fog and then it comes true. An intriguing idea and some fun spy craft involving a clock make it move but the ending is abrupt and feels way too easy for what preceded it
Film #2: Escape In The Fog (Boetticher, 1945)
*** out of five
A woman has a dream of a mugging on a bridge in the fog and then it comes true. An intriguing idea and some fun spy craft involving a clock make it move but the ending is abrupt and feels way too easy for what preceded it
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Noirvember 2025
Film #2: Escape In The Fog (Boetticher, 1945)
*** out of five
A woman has a dream of a mugging on a bridge in the fog and then it comes true. An intriguing idea and some fun spy craft involving a clock make it move but the ending is abrupt and feels way too easy for what preceded it
Film #2: Escape In The Fog (Boetticher, 1945)
*** out of five
A woman has a dream of a mugging on a bridge in the fog and then it comes true. An intriguing idea and some fun spy craft involving a clock make it move but the ending is abrupt and feels way too easy for what preceded it
See if you can figure out who I saw in concert in October.
November 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
See if you can figure out who I saw in concert in October.
Noirvember 2025
Film #1: Address Unknown
***** out of five
What a start to the month of shadows!! During the rise of Nazism in Germany, the daughter of a Jewish art dealer who lives in San Francisco is refused help escaping Nazi Germany by his German supplier.
Film #1: Address Unknown
***** out of five
What a start to the month of shadows!! During the rise of Nazism in Germany, the daughter of a Jewish art dealer who lives in San Francisco is refused help escaping Nazi Germany by his German supplier.
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Noirvember 2025
Film #1: Address Unknown
***** out of five
What a start to the month of shadows!! During the rise of Nazism in Germany, the daughter of a Jewish art dealer who lives in San Francisco is refused help escaping Nazi Germany by his German supplier.
Film #1: Address Unknown
***** out of five
What a start to the month of shadows!! During the rise of Nazism in Germany, the daughter of a Jewish art dealer who lives in San Francisco is refused help escaping Nazi Germany by his German supplier.
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#20: Tales From The Crypt(Francis, 1972)
**** 1/2 out of five
Wonderful fun anthology film based on the EC Comics from the 1950’s.
#20: Tales From The Crypt(Francis, 1972)
**** 1/2 out of five
Wonderful fun anthology film based on the EC Comics from the 1950’s.
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#20: Tales From The Crypt(Francis, 1972)
**** 1/2 out of five
Wonderful fun anthology film based on the EC Comics from the 1950’s.
#20: Tales From The Crypt(Francis, 1972)
**** 1/2 out of five
Wonderful fun anthology film based on the EC Comics from the 1950’s.
This punchable nerd holding our country hostage.
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This punchable nerd holding our country hostage.
What’s my costume? Embarrassment from INSIDE OUT 2, or Hi Jr from RAISING ARIZONA?
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What’s my costume? Embarrassment from INSIDE OUT 2, or Hi Jr from RAISING ARIZONA?
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#19: Good Boy (Leonberg, 2025)
***** out of five
Know what will make me cry every time? Friendship, beauty, and being there when someone needs you. And boy did this movie make me cry. What a wonderful film. Scary, intense, and like nothing I've seen before. 1/
#19: Good Boy (Leonberg, 2025)
***** out of five
Know what will make me cry every time? Friendship, beauty, and being there when someone needs you. And boy did this movie make me cry. What a wonderful film. Scary, intense, and like nothing I've seen before. 1/
October 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#19: Good Boy (Leonberg, 2025)
***** out of five
Know what will make me cry every time? Friendship, beauty, and being there when someone needs you. And boy did this movie make me cry. What a wonderful film. Scary, intense, and like nothing I've seen before. 1/
#19: Good Boy (Leonberg, 2025)
***** out of five
Know what will make me cry every time? Friendship, beauty, and being there when someone needs you. And boy did this movie make me cry. What a wonderful film. Scary, intense, and like nothing I've seen before. 1/
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#18: Eden Lake (Watkins, 2008)
** 1/2 out of five
I think I get what this movie was trying to do, but it's SO bleak and paints its road to hell with an unmistakably upperclass snobbery about every poor person being some sort of psycho.
#18: Eden Lake (Watkins, 2008)
** 1/2 out of five
I think I get what this movie was trying to do, but it's SO bleak and paints its road to hell with an unmistakably upperclass snobbery about every poor person being some sort of psycho.
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#18: Eden Lake (Watkins, 2008)
** 1/2 out of five
I think I get what this movie was trying to do, but it's SO bleak and paints its road to hell with an unmistakably upperclass snobbery about every poor person being some sort of psycho.
#18: Eden Lake (Watkins, 2008)
** 1/2 out of five
I think I get what this movie was trying to do, but it's SO bleak and paints its road to hell with an unmistakably upperclass snobbery about every poor person being some sort of psycho.
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#17: House Of Wax (Collet-Serra, 2005)
*** 1/2 out of five
My buddy leaned over and said “Get thru the first thirty minutes, and it’s pretty good,” and that’s the best review for it.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#17: House Of Wax (Collet-Serra, 2005)
*** 1/2 out of five
My buddy leaned over and said “Get thru the first thirty minutes, and it’s pretty good,” and that’s the best review for it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#17: House Of Wax (Collet-Serra, 2005)
*** 1/2 out of five
My buddy leaned over and said “Get thru the first thirty minutes, and it’s pretty good,” and that’s the best review for it.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#17: House Of Wax (Collet-Serra, 2005)
*** 1/2 out of five
My buddy leaned over and said “Get thru the first thirty minutes, and it’s pretty good,” and that’s the best review for it.
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#16: Tenebrae (Argento, 1982)
**** 1/2 out of five
First time watch for me of this Argento classic. Murder mystery surrounds a mystery writer on tour, so he begins investigating.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#16: Tenebrae (Argento, 1982)
**** 1/2 out of five
First time watch for me of this Argento classic. Murder mystery surrounds a mystery writer on tour, so he begins investigating.
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#16: Tenebrae (Argento, 1982)
**** 1/2 out of five
First time watch for me of this Argento classic. Murder mystery surrounds a mystery writer on tour, so he begins investigating.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#16: Tenebrae (Argento, 1982)
**** 1/2 out of five
First time watch for me of this Argento classic. Murder mystery surrounds a mystery writer on tour, so he begins investigating.
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#15: Retribution (Magar, 1987)
*** out of five
Decent effects and a fun story are bogged down by an overlong run time. One guy gets possessed by another guy who's murdered by the mafia for his gambling debts.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#15: Retribution (Magar, 1987)
*** out of five
Decent effects and a fun story are bogged down by an overlong run time. One guy gets possessed by another guy who's murdered by the mafia for his gambling debts.
October 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#15: Retribution (Magar, 1987)
*** out of five
Decent effects and a fun story are bogged down by an overlong run time. One guy gets possessed by another guy who's murdered by the mafia for his gambling debts.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#15: Retribution (Magar, 1987)
*** out of five
Decent effects and a fun story are bogged down by an overlong run time. One guy gets possessed by another guy who's murdered by the mafia for his gambling debts.
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#14: Color Me Blood Red (Lewis, 1965)
** out of five
The third film in Herschell Gordon Lewis's "Blood Trilogy" is maybe a step better in filmmaking prowess, but still lacks in story, acting, photography or art.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#14: Color Me Blood Red (Lewis, 1965)
** out of five
The third film in Herschell Gordon Lewis's "Blood Trilogy" is maybe a step better in filmmaking prowess, but still lacks in story, acting, photography or art.
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#14: Color Me Blood Red (Lewis, 1965)
** out of five
The third film in Herschell Gordon Lewis's "Blood Trilogy" is maybe a step better in filmmaking prowess, but still lacks in story, acting, photography or art.
Dismember the Alamo 2025
#14: Color Me Blood Red (Lewis, 1965)
** out of five
The third film in Herschell Gordon Lewis's "Blood Trilogy" is maybe a step better in filmmaking prowess, but still lacks in story, acting, photography or art.
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#13 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931, Mamoulian)
***** out of five
A movie I first saw on a whim at the AFI Silver theater in 2015 and has haunted me to this day. A truly disturbing monster movie, it has lost none of its power and its cinematography is still jaw dropping.
#13 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931, Mamoulian)
***** out of five
A movie I first saw on a whim at the AFI Silver theater in 2015 and has haunted me to this day. A truly disturbing monster movie, it has lost none of its power and its cinematography is still jaw dropping.
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
31 Days Of Horror Movies 2025:
#13 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931, Mamoulian)
***** out of five
A movie I first saw on a whim at the AFI Silver theater in 2015 and has haunted me to this day. A truly disturbing monster movie, it has lost none of its power and its cinematography is still jaw dropping.
#13 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931, Mamoulian)
***** out of five
A movie I first saw on a whim at the AFI Silver theater in 2015 and has haunted me to this day. A truly disturbing monster movie, it has lost none of its power and its cinematography is still jaw dropping.