It's Earth Day! I just saw the neighbor's dog marking the occasion by rolling around in the mud. At least I think it was mud. #savetheplanet #earthday #ecofriendly

I'd wish everyone a happy #420Day, but if you're celebrating, "happy" is a given. 🍃💨

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 4-17-25 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

I wake the crew on @TheMTS.bsky.social show via #YouTube with reviews of #TheMummy #Normal #MotherMary #Amrum #Erupcja & #Netflix's #DetectiveHole, a smile for the #BalboaTheaterSF's 100th Anniversary & scorn for #Trump vs. the #Pontiff: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/VS7Vm58cXPU?...

Legacies, scams, and pitfalls - The Voice of San Francisco An ailing artist tries to thwart the plans of his assistant in ‘The Christophers’; a clan and empire are torn apart by murder and betrayal in a modern version of ‘Hamlet.’

Familial conflict & the cost of preserving a legacy are central to #TheChristophers, a witty film about an aging artist & the dispensation of his paintings, & #Hamlet, a big-screen update of the timeless tragedy. I evaluate both movies for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/legacies-sca...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More on The Mark Thompson Show 4-10-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

The action heats up on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with guest host @MichaelShure.bsky.social as I review the new films #YouMeAndTuscany #Beast #TheChristophers #Hamlet #Exit8 #Yes #Outcome & #PizzaMovie & simulate the Coachella Festival: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/aeVLKqFhBw0?...

From pathetic rich-boy joke to bankrupting business failure to bogus reality-show figurehead to useful idiot for power-mad right-wing lunatics to wannabe dictator to genocidal maniac & a massive, ignorant wing of the American electorate was duped into letting this world-threatening nightmare happen.

I imagine that if he has risen today, he's seen what's become of this world and decided to take a pass. (It may be wildly unrealistic, but here's wishing all of you a peaceful Easter Sunday.) #easter #peace #nomorewar

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 4-3-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

To hail April's arrival, I shower @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube with reviews of #TheDrama #TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie #FantasyLife & #Gaijin, vouch for the 2nd season of #Daredevil: #BornAgain & 1st of #YoungSherlock & honor #Passover & #Easter: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/WY9Uy08NHbU?...

Happy #Passover to all! As it happens, I "pass over" most of the bland food served at seders -- except for the sweet fruit & nut charoset. And don't get me started on matzo, which might as well be a piece of cardboard. Anyway... Enjoy, everyone!

Tech gone wild - The Voice of San Francisco Artificial intelligence is becoming all-pervasive in our lives, and The AI Docexamines whether it’s a triumph of convenience or a potential trap.

#ArtificialIntelligence is becoming all-pervasive in our lives & #TheAIDoc examines whether it’s a triumph of convenience or a potential trap. As the technology evolves, I spotlight this crucial documentary in my column for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC
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It's Palm Sunday for those who celebrate. Considering how abusive the current administration is to its citizens and to the world at large, I'm surprised they haven't tried to rebrand it as Fist Sunday.

Amid all the fuss about Trump’s narcissistic need to put his signature on U.S. currency, it's appropriate that the signature looks like the most positive reading ever seen on a lie detector -- and heartening that it resembles a cardiac event in progress. #NoKings

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 3-27-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

Getting busy on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube, I review the new movies #TheAIDoc #OurHeroBalthazar #ForbiddenFruits #MikeAndNickAndNickAndAlice & #MiroirsNo3, boost the premiere of #SNL UK & sneer at the presidential signature: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/eL-Cf8z4w0o?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 3-20-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

It's a turbo #Blast for the #SpringEquinox on @TheMTS.bsky.social show via YouTube as I review #ProjectHailMary #ReadyOrNot2: #HereICome #Tow #MrBurton & #VampiresOfTheVelvetLounge, give an #Oscar recap & take comfort in the new LP by #HauteAndFreddy:
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Sherlock rules the domain - The Voice of San Francisco Because an increasing number of cultural icons have existed for 95 years or more, they’ve legally entered the public domain and can now be exploited without paying for the right to use them in new nar...

Fictional characters in the public domain are fair game for free use on film & TV & none have been reinvented more on screen lately than #SherlockHolmes. I investigate the miniseries #YoungSherlock & other recent incarnations of the sleuth for @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: thevoicesf.org/sherlock-rul...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 3-13-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

I forge ahead on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #Undertone #RemindersOfHim #Slanted #TheGates #BankOfDave2: #TheLoanRanger & #ScaredToDeath, shudder about #FridayThe13th & reveal my plans for the #TrumpPresidentialLibrary: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/FWF6ZfFlGhk?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More on The Mark Thompson Show 3-6-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

@MrMoKelly.bsky.social is sitting in as host, but #CultureBlast stays in place as I enliven @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with reviews of #TheBride #Hoppers #PeakyBlinders: #TheImmortalMan #Dolly & #Heel & bet on the Peacock TV series #Ponies: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
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Pop-culture potpourri - The Voice of San Francisco It may be a bit of a surprise when the most satisfying feature film to premiere in a given week is only available to stream rather than shown in theaters, but it happens. Case in point: The pirate-the...

A veritable pop-pourri of coverage spices up @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social as I devote my column to the lively direct-to-streaming movie #TheBluff, canny second-season changes at TV's #Hijack & #Paradise, the sonic pleasures of #NoisePop, the reborn #FabMab & more! thevoicesf.org/pop-culture-...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 2-27-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

On @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, I review #Scream7 #Dreams #InTheBlinkOfAnEye #TheBluff & #ManOnTheRun & get joyful about the @Warriorsofficial.bsky.social #StandardDeviantBrewing #Muttville #TomKennyAndTheHiSeas & the return of the #FabMab: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/AzFhgdCy_xI?...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 2-20-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

It's a gold-medal-level #CultureBlast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube with my movie reviews of #HowToMakeAKilling #MidwinterBreak #EPiC: #ElvisPresleyInConcert #ReduxRedux #Kokuho & #BladesOfTheGuardians after shots at a power-mad despot: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/N0vxgwUAyOE?...

Southland stories run the gamut - The Voice of San Francisco While Las Vegas, Nev., and Branson, Mo., have each co-opted the title in recent years, Los Angeles was touted as the Entertainment Capital of the World for decades. L.A.’s reputation as the ultimate s...

As I attest in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social, L.A. is the ideal setting for the movie adventures of a master thief (#Crime101) & a time-traveling tech-pocalypse warrior (#GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie) & the TV exploits of a super-powered Hollywood wannabe (#WonderMan): #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/southland-st...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 2-13-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

#ValentinesDay follows #FridayThe13th, but lucky or not, I love being on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube. I keep it sweet with reviews of #WutheringHeights #Crime101 #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie & #HoneyBunch & give my heart to the TV series #WonderMan: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
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Lots of people wearing red today. Must be the anniversary of some bloody battle. #happyvalentinesday #battleofthesexes #fightingthegoodfight

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 2-6-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

This time on @TheMTS.bsky.social via #YouTube, I review the movies #Dracula #TheStrangers: #Chapter3 #Pillion #Jimpa #MyFathersShadow & #ThePresidentsCake & get amped about the #MBFF, the documentary #TightAndNerdy & the latest #SpaceParty gig: @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social youtu.be/OLGKR8Tlhbg?...

A magnificent multitude of mostly British movies - The Voice of San Francisco Proudly flying the Union Jack again, the Mostly British Film Festival (MBFF) returns to San Francisco’s Vogue Theater (3290 Sacramento Street) from Feb. 5 through 12 for its 18th season of prestige mo...

Blimey! The #MostlyBritishFilmFestival - with a wealth of new & vintage movies from the U.K. & associated locales - is back at San Francisco's Vogue Theater for its 18th season. I preview highlights of this year's MBFF in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/a-magnificen...

Michael Snyder Talks New Movies & More with Mark Thompson 1-30-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

Nothing will waylay the Blast on @TheMTS.bsky.social via YouTube, as I review the new movies #SendHelp, #Shelter, #Islands, #APoet & #TheWreckingCrew, pay tribute to #CatherineOHara & do the converse to the subject of a certain "documentary." #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social
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Michael Snyder Talks New Movies, TV & More with Mark Thompson 1-23-26 YouTube video by Michael Snyder

In the wake of the #Oscar noms, I bring @TheMTS.bsky.social on YouTube my reviews of #Mercy #HIsForHawk #Atropia & #ReturnToSilentHill & the #Netflix shows #SevenDials & #DeathByLightning & broach the awful idea of #Trump, recording artist: #SFBAFCC @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: youtu.be/zLJEheZVXKU?...

"Sunrise at Campobello," the film biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was so successful that I've decided to write a script about the current president: "Sundown at Mar-a-Lago." It's a sordid gangster story that descends into pathological drama and apocalyptic tragedy by the third act.

Those January movie doldrums - The Voice of San Francisco As tradition dictates, a gaggle of prestige movies made it into theaters for official awards consideration by critics’ groups and industry guild members before the end of the calendar year. Some of th...

It's the January movie dead zone when studios & distributors dump lesser releases into theaters - with a few exceptions. I review two examples of the detritus (#Greenland2 and #Primate) & an outlier (#28YearsLater: #TheBoneTemple) in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/those-januar...

A "Happy Martin Luther King Day" greeting is particularly inappropriate when freedom, equality & democracy are flagrantly undermined by the vile administration abusing power in our country. MLK Day has never been more solemn than today as Trump & his goons trash everything that Dr. King fought for.