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Jacob Ethington

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Jacob Ethington

@JacobTalks4ever

Obsessed with films and other obscure media. I write sometimes. Member of @ATXFilmCritics letterboxd.com/Jacob_Ethingto…

Texas, U.S.A.

jacobwritesforever.com

Joined October 2012

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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Apr 14
My latest review for the Hyperreal Film Journal is for David Lowery's latest film MOTHER MARY, which sees him meditating on his two greatest preoccupations: Time and ghosts. The end results are mixed, except for the amazing lead performances and visuals:
hyperrealfilm.club
Mother Mary Review — Hyperreal Film Club
It is not entirely clear what David Lowery's Mother Mary wants to say beyond the obvious, but at least this is a story told by a filmmaker with incredible skill on almost all technical fronts...
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Aug 1, 2025
I feel like the screenshots of the "The Wizard of Oz at Sphere" do NOT do justice to how absolutely terrible it looks in motion. Watching how this is edited/moves to get to that Neil Breen-ass background is so much worse than whatever you're picturing in your head:
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Tyler ''pronouns idiot'' Foster 🤖
@tylergilfoster
Aug 1, 2025
lol are you fucking kidding me
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Sep 15, 2023
I’m never making fun of Discussing Film as a Twitter aggregate for film news simply because they refuse to stop calling these stories for what they are. They are committed for calling scabbing when it’s absolutely scabbing, it rules.
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm
Sep 15, 2023
Drew Barrymore has released an apology video about resuming production on ‘THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW’ whilst her writers are fighting for fair pay. However, she still plans on being a scab by standing by her decision to continue production.
Yashar Ali 🐘
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Yashar Ali 🐘
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Jun 4, 2024
Look, I guess we’ll never know how it turned out, but I have a hard time believing the Batgirl movie was too bad to be released when this is the kind of energy and filmmaking technique these guys are displaying.
Rotimi Abdulgafar Oshodi
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Rotimi Abdulgafar Oshodi
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Jan 16, 2025
If I were forced to pick one scene in Lynch's run that encapsulates his art (which is impossible), my pick is the Llorando sequence in Mulholland Drive. Even in the dark of our nightmares, the beauty and pain of art can reach us, even if that art is built on nightmares itself.
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Apr 13, 2024
There’s a vacant emptiness to the way Jesse Plemons performs that he can channel into either deadpan comedy (Game Night), being a dullard (The Irishman), coming off as stoic and smart (Killers of the Flower Moon), or being the scariest psychopath you’ve ever seen (Civil War).
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Nov 20, 2022
Replying to @ViceApologist
...is there an option C that is just "lol"?
Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Feb 24, 2024
Deeply sad to find out Buddy Duress passed away. Without exaggeration, he’s the best performer in Good Time, second only to Robert Pattinson himself. This is only part of one of my favorite scenes of the entire 2010s.
rough steez
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rough steez
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Mar 25, 2025
Replying to @BrndnStrssng
Not for nothing, but posting this article within hours of confirming that Hamdan Ballal is alive feels like the most "So, anyway" news reaction humanly possible, as if they're trying to breeze past that now that it's "resolved."
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Feb 25, 2024
I’m not as onboard with Tenet as some of my mutuals, but Nolan and Pattinson should absolutely work with each other again. Pattinson acts the fuck out of this entire movie from his first frame to the last here.
Arthouse Shawn Levy
@firagawalkwthme
Feb 25, 2024
Yup
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Nov 29, 2023
Replying to @joshtenet
...I'm sure Twitter's video compression isn't helping, but this looks really bad to me? The only part that looks good to me is the part where he's running on water, everything else just looks like a video game loading screen.
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
May 7, 2024
The mounted camera shot in this sequence is still a high-water mark for digital effects, absolutely bonkers that it's almost 10 years old now.
Scoob
@ScoobertOnFilm
May 7, 2024
Come on
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Jan 11, 2023
Replying to @Srirachachau
I've said it many times on here, but Steven Yeun getting iced on this show was the best thing that ever happened to him. Imagine if he was still locked up doing season 99 plus spin-offs or whatever and missed out on Burning, Minari, Nope, and so much more.
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Jacob Ethington
@JacobTalks4ever
Apr 1, 2024
It's absolutely insane how by the time War for the Planet of the Apes came out, the CGI had advanced to a point where every single extreme-close-up shot of a simian looked real. Dawn was pretty much there for most of the characters, but by War, they had ALL of them down.
RIAMUS - commissions open
@Riamus01
Mar 31, 2024
Gorillas get such cool moments in movies but my all time favorite scene featuring a Gorilla is this one from War. They always look like they're ready to rip you apart, but unexpectedly one gives you a flower.
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