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Don't give in to the lies. Hold on to the truth!

Reviews of movies and (the first two episodes of) series

The best writing on entertainment strategy including a weekly "Streaming Ratings Report", unpacking what shows and films are winning the streaming wars.

I was born in Flint, Michigan and raised on a dirt street by loving parents, two sisters and a lot of Green Giant in a can.

Writer & poet, from essays on self-growth & spirituality to lusty, mystical poems and fiction.

My personal Substack

An eclectic collection of fiction and nonfiction about art, travel, cinema and other joys.

This is for those who watch movies or TV or anything and are curious about how it all works and maybe how it can work better.

Writing and RECording what’s on my mind, regularly: media, technology, creativity, the end of civilization as we know it, credible reasons for optimism, etc.. 🔴

Daily entertainment news, punditry, and box office analysis from one of the foremost experts in the theatrical distribution arena. Pop in, subscribe and learn about macro-sized Hollywood trends years before they become accepted conventional wisdom.

Aimless rambling about film

A few tears in the rain, as inspired by the raw poetry of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, itself a genre-defining, fast and loose adaptation of Philip K Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

I use data to understand how the film industry works and then share that to help filmmakers get their films funded, shot and seen.

TV news and opinion. Written by Dan Barrett. Read by TV fans, people working in the industry, and executives.

Fortnightly thoughts on life and writing – and the peculiar experience of being female in my fifties.

We dare ask the provocative question: Was 1987 the best year for movies?

Commentary on film, TV, etc. Returning later 2026.

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The Projector: What I'm watching, what I'm hearing, what I'm feeling.

Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.

Films, glorious (and sometimes awful, but mostly glorious) FILMS!