Adventures in DTV movie titles: Animated DC Comics adaptation 'Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall' and live-action thriller 'Knightfall' premiere within two weeks of each other. Three Knightfalls for the price of two!

I think this prompt has come up before, but I somehow started with this ridiculous thing and still became a lifelong comics reader.

Looking for trailers to place into an article and realizing I don't understand SEO at all.

Local production company posting an ad that might as well come with a deep sigh of resignation.

Checking my 2026 Letterboxd stats at the halfway point of the year, and writing about the 'Sniper' series has really skewed my results. (Now I'm wondering how Meryl Streep could fit into a 'Sniper' movie.)

Name a TV show you're positive no one remembers but you. (I remember waiting for the unaired episodes to finally be available for download, an exciting new way to watch TV.)

Look, I have never had an experience that I would refer to as a "purchase journey."

Relieved to get my bandage from hand surgery off today so I no longer look like the cover to Stephen King's 'Night Shift.'

One might hope that the lesson other studio executives would take away from the success of 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms' is to take more chances on new voices and original visions, rather than "more focus groups and audience pandering." Ah well. deadline.com/2026/05/back...

I didn't see the movie, but I have to, uh, wonder how Josh O'Connor indie film 'Rebuilding' has wound up branded as an "original" for Christian streaming service Wonder Project.

Look, Wordle, sometimes amusing myself is all I've got, okay?

Unfortunately it looks like my review of a movie about the media in decline will be my last on Highway Radio, at least for the moment. Thanks to @gonzogreg.com for having me on the air all these years! My final thoughts on the underwhelming 'The Devil Wears Prada 2': highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

Got a press release about 2026 indie post-apocalypse movie 'Blackout' with actors Mike Ferguson and Twana Barnett, went to look up info on it but had to navigate past fellow 2026 indie post-apocalypse movie 'Blackout' with actors Mike Ferguson and Twana Barnett.

If David Lowery's 'Mother Mary' is pretentious, it's my kind of pretentious. Some quick thoughts from me on this alluring film in this week's Highway Radio segment: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

I also briefly reviewed the disappointing horror movie 'Faces of Death' in my latest Highway Radio segment: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

The kind of physical media haul I still go for. (Thank you Zia Records store credit.)

Some quick thoughts in my latest Highway Radio segment on Amazon Prime Video's 'Pretty Lethal,' the most enjoyable of this week's hyper-stylized, hyper-violent new releases: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

Honestly I gotta respect the shameless opportunism of this press release for a tiny indie film.

Some quick thoughts on the underwhelming 'Undertone' (which I did not end up watching with headphones) in this week's Highway Radio segment: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

I'm thinking Tig Notaro is Pacey and Cheryl Hines is Dawson?

Just got a press release for what may be the worst movie ever created. Gets more and more appalling as you read on.

I've gotten to the point in my comfort viewing of obscure 1980s slasher movies where I find these extravagantly boring films to be the horror equivalent of that meme about the Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea bear.

My hot take on the 'Scream' movies is that every installment is good (yes, even the new one). Some quick thoughts on the perfectly solid 'Scream 7' in this week's Highway Radio segment: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

What I don't get is why they have this specific wording about embargoes that seems designed to enrage people. They've clearly decided to crack down on any advance reviews, but other movies that haven't been released have more generalized notices (like this one from IFC/Shudder's 'Forbidden Fruits').

FWIW this appears to be an overall Letterboxd policy for upcoming studio releases, not limited to Paramount. This is from the page for 'The Bride!' (a Warner Bros. release).

Some quick thoughts on Mann-ly thriller 'Crime 101' in this week's Highway Radio segment: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

Before we start our new season of Awesome Movie Year next week, we have our 2014 bonus episode on Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' now available for all listeners, after previously being a Patreon exclusive: awesome-movie-year.captivate.fm/episode/boyh...

Some quick thoughts on the mostly dumb teen horror movie 'Whistle' in this week's Highway Radio segment: highwayradio.com/josh-bell-ha...

Our 1971 season of Awesome Movie Year was our longest yet, and there were still tons of interesting movies we didn't cover. We take a look back at our various options, plus get into some social media feedback, in our 1971 epilogue episode: awesome-movie-year.captivate.fm/episode/1971...

Watching this movie featuring the now-grizzled Eddie Kaye Thomas from 'American Pie' is what's currently making me feel a million years old.