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Words by @gabriellebates.bsky.social and @irathethird.bsky.social

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Pure Innocent Fun by Ira Madison III

this was such a fun read! Highly recommend for millennial pop culture divas @irathethird.bsky.social #booksky

Summer House is a television show The Summer House scandal

On the Summer House scandal, for FRANK:

A ★★★★ review of Look Behind You Nia DaCosta inverting male gaze horror tropes on Connor Storrie in tight jeans and a tank… honestly perfect  one star off because V****** plays with my money too much…

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A ★★★★ review of Project Hail Mary (2026) This movie drained every ounce of cynicism from me for two and a half hours, I even forgive the Disney movie ending. Ryan Gosling acting down, Sandra Hüller acting down AND singing? It’s a yes from me...

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A ★★★★★ review of All About My Mother (1999) This film is about mothers, but it’s also about friendships forged among women and the ones that forged Almodóvar’s gifts as an artist. All About My Mother teaches you how to trust, how to love. Read ...

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A ★★★★ review of The Drama (2026) This cringe comedy so intense you feel like you’re watching a horror movie really delighted me… may this kind of toxic love please find me!!

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Notes on adaptation Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) and colorblind casting

Some thoughts on colorblind casting in theatre and The Public’s new take on Antigone

A ★★★½ review of Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026) The sister relationship was underbaked and I got sick of them arguing, but SMG is SO fun and I loved Elijah Wood and this is a fun movie that gives us amazing new set pieces and potential for a cinema...

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A ★★★★ review of I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009) This is Tyler Perry’s best film. I like to imagine a world where he cared enough about the art of filmmaking to continue making melodramas that recreate Hollywood’s women’s weepies through a black len...

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You're What You Own On the BAFTAs, August Wilson, and Toni Morrison

I wrote about the BAFTAs, August Wilson, and the NY Times podcast on Toni Morrison

A ★ review of Scream 7 (2026) Iconic Gale moments aside, this was sloppy, disrespectful, and frankly just boring Worst Ghostface reveal, not to mention an incomprehensible motive

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A ★★★½ review of Send Help (2026) Survivor was only a McGuffin 😞

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A ★★★★★ review of The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) What a cruelty it is to become part of history like this in the hopes that you affect the world and the souls of the people in it. This will haunt me forever. And I  won’t forget how superb this filmm...

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A ★★★★ review of Keep the Lights On (2012) THE TINA THE LIQUOR THE CRACK

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A ★★★★ review of The Housemaid (2025) “We’ll call the credit card company and have them reverse the charge.” “That’s not a thing!” I’m sorry if you didn’t see this lit, in a sold out theater, with everyone cackling. This movie is exactly ...

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A ★★★★★ review of Marty Supreme (2025) Timmy and Josh Safdie came on this bitch mad as hell

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A ★★★★ review of Gremlins (1984) Getting to hear Kate’s monologue about Santa Claus in a crowded theater was iconic, no hyperbole

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Pure Innocent Fun — Multnomah County Library Pure Innocent Fun — Madison, Ira, III, — "In this inviting and joyfully raucous collection of sixteen original essays, written with a rare combination of humor and sharpness, Ira Madison III combines ...

If you're looking for a "Something to bring a little levity to what has been a very hard year," try Pure Innocent Fun by @irathethird.bsky.social! #AskALibrarian

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Unpacking The Latest From RHOP, RHOBH and RHOSLC with Ira Madison III ( + 'Summer House' Season 10 Trailer Breakdown & Britani Bateman's Cabaret Debut) Podcast Episode · Gabbing with Gib · 12/09/2025 · 1h 5m

NEW POD: #SummerHouse trailer breakdown, Britani Bateman cabaret show recap and discussing the latest from #RHOP, #RHOBH and #RHOSLC with @irathethird.bsky.social!

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A review of Cashing Out (2024) This doc radicalized Luigi I wanted to know more about DeeDee Chamblee ❤️

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A ★★★★★ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006) You wanna talk about mothers??? Beatrix’s motherhood narrative hits harder watching in one full setting. Yes, this is Tarantino at his most indulgent — the anime didn’t need to be that long chile — bu...

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A ★★★★★ review of Sorry, Baby (2025) What’s the film version of literary fiction? This felt like a debut novel in a way, so honest and personal and beautifully crafted. Eva Victor is a potential mother! I’d missed Lucas Hedges a lot, an ...

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