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<p>Actor Michael Madsen has died at 67. Read about his career on Hotchka+.</p><p><a href="https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2025/07/michael-madsen-dead-at-67.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hotchkaplus.com/2025/07/michael-madsen-dead-at-67.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hotchkaplus.com/2025/07/mi</span><span class="invisible">chael-madsen-dead-at-67.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/michaelmadsen/" rel="tag">#MichaelMadsen</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a> <a href="/tags/rip/" rel="tag">#RIP</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;m at a point in life where I crave stories that lack dramatic conflict.</p><p>I&#x27;m tired of fighting and of struggle. I&#x27;m extremely tired of violence and dystopia. And I want to rest in moments of escape and solitude within books and movies to where I can just exist and hold that existence without fear or anxiety. </p><p>I want the lofi of a book or movie. </p><p>There aren&#x27;t many examples of that.</p><p>Becky Chambers&#x27; Monk and Robot Duology is one such example of low to no conflict stories and is a favorite of mine.</p><p>Chef (2014) comes close to where all the strife, such as it is, is at the beginning and the rest of the movie is the main character living life and growing closer to those he loves. </p><p>There are others. The New World (2005) though showing conflict throughout has a quiet beauty and approach to the story as to be atmospherically aware with a deep stillness. </p><p>Tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to watch the movie Perfect Days (2023). Its a moment in time of a man living his life. He has very normal experiences going to work and interacting with the people around him. There is sadness and pain some times. But so much joy and acceptance and stillness.</p><p>It is mundane. (How I long for the mundane.)</p><p>If you get a chance to watch it, do so. It&#x27;s available on Kanopy for free with your library card. Its also on other streaming services.</p><p><a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/cozystories/" rel="tag">#cozyStories</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.kanopy.com/video/14800624" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.kanopy.com/video/14800624</a></p>

<p>MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;BAD SHABBOS&quot; - IN THEATERS<br>‘Bad Shabbos’ is a fairly funny, mostly ridiculous dark comedy played entirely straight.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/bad-shabbos-review" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>hotchka.com/bad-shabbos-review</a></p><p><a href="/tags/badshabbos/" rel="tag">#BadShabbos</a> <a href="/tags/menemshafilms/" rel="tag">#MenemshaFilms</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a></p>

<p>MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;WEAPONS&quot; - IN THEATERS AUG 8<br>Zach Cregger’s follow-up to &#x27;Barbarian&#x27; is terrifying, hilarious, disturbing, and wholly original.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/weapons-review" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>hotchka.com/weapons-review</a></p><p><a href="/tags/weaponsmovie/" rel="tag">#WeaponsMovie</a> <a href="/tags/warnerbrospictures/" rel="tag">#WarnerBrosPictures</a> <a href="/tags/newlinecinema/" rel="tag">#NewLineCinema</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;IF I RUN&quot; - LIFETIME<br>Lifetime brings the first of three Terri Blackstock stories to thrilling life.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/terri-blackstocks-if-i-run-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/terri-blackstocks-if-i-run-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/terri-blackstocks-</span><span class="invisible">if-i-run-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ifirun/" rel="tag">#IfIRun</a> <a href="/tags/terriblackstock/" rel="tag">#TerriBlackstock</a> <a href="/tags/katgraham/" rel="tag">#KatGraham</a> <a href="/tags/lifetimetv/" rel="tag">#LifetimeTV</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>

<p>Looking for some great deals to add to your home video library? Check out Gruv&#x27;s Crazy Days of August Sale on Hotchka+.</p><p><a href="https://www.hotchkaplus.com/p/gruv-crazy-days-of-august-sale.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hotchkaplus.com/p/gruv-crazy-days-of-august-sale.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hotchkaplus.com/p/gruv-cra</span><span class="invisible">zy-days-of-august-sale.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/hotchka/" rel="tag">#Hotchka</a> <a href="/tags/hotchkaplus/" rel="tag">#HotchkaPlus</a> <a href="/tags/gruv/" rel="tag">#Gruv</a> <a href="/tags/crazydaysofaugust/" rel="tag">#CrazyDaysOfAugust</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/homevideo/" rel="tag">#HomeVideo</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;PROVIDENCE FALLS: CHANCE OF A LIFETIME&quot; - HALLMARK<br>Hallmark brings Jude Deveraux&#x27;s &#x27;Providence Falls&#x27; series to life in the first of a three-part event.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/providence-falls-chance-of-a-lifetime-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/providence-falls-chance-of-a-lifetime-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/providence-falls-c</span><span class="invisible">hance-of-a-lifetime-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/providencefalls/" rel="tag">#ProvidenceFalls</a> <a href="/tags/chanceofalifetime/" rel="tag">#ChanceOfALifetime</a> <a href="/tags/hallmarkchannel/" rel="tag">#HallmarkChannel</a> <a href="/tags/hallmarkplus/" rel="tag">#HallmarkPlus</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>

<p>Actor Tom Noonan has died at 75</p><p><a href="https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2026/02/tom-noonan-dies-at-75.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hotchkaplus.com/2026/02/tom-noonan-dies-at-75.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hotchkaplus.com/2026/02/to</span><span class="invisible">m-noonan-dies-at-75.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tomnoonan/" rel="tag">#TomNoonan</a> <a href="/tags/themonstersquad/" rel="tag">#TheMonsterSquad</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/performingarts/" rel="tag">#PerformingArts</a> <a href="/tags/stage/" rel="tag">#Stage</a> <a href="/tags/offbroadway/" rel="tag">#OffBroadway</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/rip/" rel="tag">#RIP</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;DOUBLE DOUBLE TROUBLE&quot; - LIFETIME<br>It&#x27;s two Tami Romans for the price of one!</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/double-double-trouble-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/double-double-trouble-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/double-double-trou</span><span class="invisible">ble-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/doubledoubletrouble/" rel="tag">#DoubleDoubleTrouble</a> <a href="/tags/tamiroman/" rel="tag">#TamiRoman</a> <a href="/tags/lifetimetv/" rel="tag">#LifetimeTV</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>

<p>&quot;The Mummy Returns&quot; is back on the big screen for its 25th anniversary. Get all the details in the link below!</p><p><a href="https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2026/02/the-mummy-returns-25th-anniversary.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.hotchkaplus.com/2026/02/the-mummy-returns-25th-anniversary.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.hotchkaplus.com/2026/02/th</span><span class="invisible">e-mummy-returns-25th-anniversary.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/themummyreturns/" rel="tag">#TheMummyReturns</a> <a href="/tags/universalpictures/" rel="tag">#UniversalPictures</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;THE STARS BETWEEN US&quot; - HALLMARK<br>The stars align perfectly for a delightful Hallmark rom-com.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/the-stars-between-us-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/the-stars-between-us-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/the-stars-between-</span><span class="invisible">us-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/thestarsbetweenus/" rel="tag">#TheStarsBetweenUs</a> <a href="/tags/hallmarkchannel/" rel="tag">#HallmarkChannel</a> <a href="/tags/hallmarkplus/" rel="tag">#HallmarkPlus</a> <a href="/tags/loveuary/" rel="tag">#Loveuary</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;WHO TOOK MY FAMILY?&quot; - LMN<br>When your family disappears, who do you trust?</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/who-took-my-family-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/who-took-my-family-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/who-took-my-family</span><span class="invisible">-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/whotookmyfamily/" rel="tag">#WhoTookMyFamily</a> <a href="/tags/lifetimemovies/" rel="tag">#LifetimeMovies</a> <a href="/tags/lmn/" rel="tag">#LMN</a> <a href="/tags/wickedrevenge/" rel="tag">#WickedRevenge</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>

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Alien (1979)<br><br><br><br><br><a href="/tags/alien/" rel="tag">#alien</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/nostromo/" rel="tag">#nostromo</a> <a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/spacecraft/" rel="tag">#spacecraft</a> <a href="/tags/spaceshuttle/" rel="tag">#spaceshuttle</a> <a href="/tags/outerspace/" rel="tag">#outerspace</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/spaceexploration/" rel="tag">#spaceexploration</a> <a href="/tags/ridleyscott/" rel="tag">#ridleyscott</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a>

<p>What so I recommend as someone watching so many movies? </p><p>These. Because less people watched them.</p><p><a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/letterboxd/" rel="tag">#Letterboxd</a> </p><p><a href="https://boxd.it/wPBPm" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>boxd.it/wPBPm</a></p>

<p>Testing an Unpopular opinion: &quot;Eyes Wide Shut&quot; is a Christmas Movie 🎄 <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/unpopularopinion/" rel="tag">#unpopularopinion</a></p>

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<p>Last month, job boards for actors were flooded with ads looking for people to record “conversations, character voices, and natural speech to help train AI systems,&quot; for a project by Microsoft. Payment was orders of magnitude more than a normal acting gig — up to $80,000, where a national ad campaign for a big brand might ordinarily pay $6,000. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span>&#x27;s Rosie Thomas spoke to voice actors about the &quot;Faustian bargain&quot; of accepting such roles. &quot;You&#x27;re still taking away tomorrow&#x27;s meal because they&#x27;re offering you a little bit more,” says Katie Clark Gray.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/XFIH26" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/XFIH26</a></p><p><a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/cinema/" rel="tag">#Cinema</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/acting/" rel="tag">#Acting</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a></p>

<p>Did you know... we don&#x27;t just work with films and filmmakers?</p><p>Journeys in Film started off more than 20 years ago creating educational guides for feature films.</p><p>Over time, we expanded in creating teaching materials for:<br>- Animated films (like Kahlil Gibran&#x27;s The Prophet),<br>- Short films (like Golden Age Karate),<br>- Documentary series (like Genius, about Albert Einstein), <br>- Film + book combinations (like The Neighborhood Storyteller + Muzoon: A Syrian Refugee Speaks Out), and<br>- Educational games (like &quot;Walden, a game&quot; from USC Game Innovation Lab).</p><p>We are also looking at creating teaching resources for social impact podcasts in 2026!</p><p>Our name has stayed the same but we are all about modern cross-media education.</p><p>If you are creating social impact media that you would like to connect with teachers &amp; students, we should talk! </p><p>Learn more about how we partner with creators. 👇</p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/filmmaker/?utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_campaign=partnerships&amp;utm_term=social+impact+creators&amp;utm_content=link" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="journeysinfilm.org/filmmaker/?utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_campaign=partnerships&amp;utm_term=social+impact+creators&amp;utm_content=link"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journeysinfilm.org/filmmaker/?</span><span class="invisible">utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_medium=Social+Media&amp;utm_campaign=partnerships&amp;utm_term=social+impact+creators&amp;utm_content=link</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/socialimpact/" rel="tag">#SocialImpact</a> <a href="/tags/gamedev/" rel="tag">#GameDev</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/filmmaking/" rel="tag">#Filmmaking</a> <a href="/tags/outreach/" rel="tag">#Outreach</a> <a href="/tags/socialimpactfilm/" rel="tag">#SocialImpactFilm</a></p>

<p>Latest <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> is on <a href="/tags/projecthailmary/" rel="tag">#ProjectHailMary</a> . It took me about a week to write because that thing happened where I really liked the movie in the theatre, yet when thinking about it afterwards I had more and more issues with it. </p><p>Anyway, I still liked it, but you do have to be willing to engage with it to enjoy it. </p><p>Plus, it&#x27;s just time to move away from stories about a single white man coming to save us.</p><p><a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sf/" rel="tag">#sf</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> </p><p><a href="https://write.as/the-casual-critic/project-hail-mary-friendship-rocks" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="write.as/the-casual-critic/project-hail-mary-friendship-rocks"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/the-casual-critic/pro</span><span class="invisible">ject-hail-mary-friendship-rocks</span></a></p>

<p>Anyone else old enough to remember Short Circuit? A 1986 family comedy about a military drone turned into a mechanised hipster by a lightening strike, Frankenstein style. The 1988 follow-up was one of those rare sequels that&#x27;s as good as the original, if not better.</p><p>In hindight, Neill Blomkamp&#x27;s Chappy (2015) borrows as heavily from Short Circuit as it does from the Robocop franchise. Both are coming of age stories for sentient robots.</p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#comedy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/shortcircuit/" rel="tag">#ShortCircuit</a> <a href="/tags/chappy/" rel="tag">#Chappy</a></p>

<p>Someone cornered, someone idolized, sometime in autumn, somewhere in space, deep in the jungle, at the altar, on the football field, down in Mexico, the world revolves as the naked apes devolve on another movie list.</p><p>Cinematic Distractions:</p><p>Read or listen on Medium:<br><a href="https://medium.com/@dulcedemon/cinematic-distractions-2696f23e5461" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="medium.com/@dulcedemon/cinematic-distractions-2696f23e5461"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@dulcedemon/cinemat</span><span class="invisible">ic-distractions-2696f23e5461</span></a></p><p>Read it on Dreamwidth:<br><a href="https://dulcedemon.dreamwidth.org/21542.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="dulcedemon.dreamwidth.org/21542.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dulcedemon.dreamwidth.org/2154</span><span class="invisible">2.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#movies</a> <a href="/tags/cinematicdistractions/" rel="tag">#CinematicDistractions</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#television</a> <a href="/tags/anime/" rel="tag">#anime</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;ROMANCE AT HOPE RANCH&quot; - HALLMARK<br>There&#x27;s little hope for romance at this ranch.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/romance-at-hope-ranch-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/romance-at-hope-ranch-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/romance-at-hope-ra</span><span class="invisible">nch-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/romanceathoperanch/" rel="tag">#RomanceAtHopeRanch</a> <a href="/tags/hallmarkchannel/" rel="tag">#HallmarkChannel</a> <a href="/tags/hallmarkplus/" rel="tag">#HallmarkPlus</a> <a href="/tags/loveuary/" rel="tag">#Loveuary</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>

<p>TV MOVIE REVIEW: &quot;VANISHED IN AN INSTANT&quot; - LIFETIME<br>A decent mystery is undone by questionable acting and plot holes.</p><p><a href="https://hotchka.com/vanished-in-an-instant-review" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hotchka.com/vanished-in-an-instant-review"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hotchka.com/vanished-in-an-ins</span><span class="invisible">tant-review</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vanishedinaninstant/" rel="tag">#VanishedInAnInstant</a> <a href="/tags/lifetimetv/" rel="tag">#LifetimeTV</a> <a href="/tags/entertainment/" rel="tag">#Entertainment</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/television/" rel="tag">#Television</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#Streaming</a></p>