Norm Wilner

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Consultant! Writer! Programmer! Host! SEMcast, SHINY THINGS, "former Toronto fest film picker" - The Hollywood Reporter. He/him. https://linktr.ee/normwilner

A video screen offering Adriana Maggs' GOALIE, with an image of Mark O'Brien as hockey legend Terry Sawchuk.
Donald Trump talking to Spanish players on the World Cup, one of whom holds a trophy
UK poster for THE GREAT WALL, featuring Matt Damon as an archer leading a diverse assortment of warriors into battle.
Text of an e-mail subject line that reads: Why The Explosive Diarrhea Parasite Is Way Worse Than Regular Diarrhea Parasites
A young person crouches behind a doorway, clutching a gun, in the Criterion jacket art for WELCOME II THE TERRORDOME.
Dressed in flowing robes, a sad Victor Frankenstein cradles his even sadder Creature in the cover art for the Criterion Collection release of Guillermo Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN.
An outdoor movie screening, with people arriving to take their seats.
A close-up on Mitch McConnell's left hand and wrist. The skin on the back of his hand is one large bruise, and there appears to be something wrapped around his wrist below his shirtsleeve.
"The Gang Finds a Box of One-Wish Willows" in the ALWAYS SUNNY format
Lucky (Apple TV, Wednesday, series premiere) In this Apple TV adaptation of the best-selling Marissa Stapley novel, Anya Taylor-Joy plays titular con artist Lucky Armstrong, who lives up to her name when she comes into possession of a lottery ticket worth millions of dollars. Only thing is, if she cashes the slip, she’ll attract the attention of both the FBI agents and the ruthless crime boss (played by none other than Annette Bening) who have been hot on her tail since her last failed heist. Along with Taylor-Joy and Bening, the Lucky cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Drew Starkey. The first two episodes will drop on Wednesday, and The A.V. Club will have our review on Tuesday night.
In the hold of a ship, a dark-haired woman looks up with murderous intent. She holds a cutlass in each hand, and flames flicker behind her in the lower right of the image.
A screenshot of the defector.com tag page for "He Die," featuring an image of a presumably alive Mitch McConnell
Two plates with the remnants of a horribly charred pizza. It looks like we turned it into grilled salmon somehow.
A very appealing pizza sits, fully cooked, on the cooling rack of a barbecue
A pizza kit, laid out on a barbecue
A stout gentleman holds a frozen drink in a metal cup on the cover of Phil Harris' 1963 LP "That's What I Like About the South."
Laserdisc editions of Monteverdi, Wagner, Strauss and Verdi operas, etc, stacked in the records section of a charity shop.
Kurt Russell as Jack Burton, wearing a tank top with a sunrise dragon, his mouth smeared with lipstick, makes an oh-shit expression
Fox News anchors John Roberts and Sandra Smith sit at the AMERICA 250 desk with the empty National Mall stretching out behind them. Perhaps twenty people are milling around over its vast length.
Two men sit at a table in a dingy apartment as a third man stands behind them with his arms around their shoulders, singing. One of the seated man appears to join him, while the other sits there looking uncomfortable.
A medium brown dog and a raccoon stare at one another on either side of a glass door.
Product image of Imprint Films' DIRECTED BY STANLEY KUBRICK: 1953-1957, with two booklets, four cases and eight discs laid out next to the box.
A medium brown dog lies flat on her right side, enjoying the nice cool floor of the living room.
The contents of Criterion's COMPLETE KUBRICK boxed set -- a book, a set of folder-like sleeves and thirty discs arranged in a tower -- spread out next to the box itself, a large red rectangular deal.
The series is the pinnacle of visual effects because it tells a complicated story about fairness and supernatural vigilante justice. At the center of the narrative is a mysterious figure who has Japanese society in a state of fear. This figure's introduction is through a live television execution as a man explodes during an interview, and he continues to commit more crimes in a manner that seems to mock the police. He announces exactly what he's going to do, and gets away with it because of his superpowers.
A young woman in the produce section of a supermarket leans on her cart and tilts her head slightly, looking at someone with apparent interest.
A lone man stands in a blood-red spotlight, surrounded by what appear to be sinister onlookers, in the cover art for "The Most Dangerous Games," an upcoming fiction book credited to MrBeast and James Patterson.
SKWEEZY JIBBS MAKES A MOVIE THE ROADSHOW ACROSS AMERICA
An image of Donald Trump in a chair at the G7 summit, hunching forward, scowling, his hands clenched as if in pain. Photo credit: REUTERS/Christian Hartmann.
A man stands in front of a collection of photographs in the jacket art for Criterion's release of NOUVELLE VAGUE.
The jacket art for Criterion's September release of THE SECRET AGENT.
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Two men stand in the threshold of a hotel room, with a third in the hallway behind them, goggling at something we aren't allowed to see.
A faded paper receipt from the Ontario Place Cinesphere, dated August 25th, 2020.
A young Tracy Letts, dressed up as a sheriff, looks confused in US MARSHALS
A lawyer gestures in a courtroom at something we can't see but which is clearly bothering him, while his client side-eyes him from his seat.
The New York Times Spelling Bee, with "CORNFOGGING" centered above the honeycombed letters.
A woman stands in the middle of a quiet street, looking very anxious.
Bill Paxton leans against a saloon bar, a shotgun slung over his shoulder and blood splattering his shirt, in a promotional still from NEAR DARK. Adrian Pasdar sits at the far end of the bar, trying to look normal.
Partial -- partial! -- text of a Truth Social post from Donald Trump, reading: I understand Artists are getting "the yips" having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate "Artists," and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President! Two years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World. I don't want so-called "Artists" that get paid far too much money, who aren't happy. I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on
Marin Kanter, Diane Lane and Laura Dern absolutely rocking the fuck out on a small stage.
A New York Times headline: Bombs, Bargains and Bluster: Trump's Iran Approach Sows Confusion Subhed: President Trump's pendulum swings on Iran have often seemed driven by mood and moment rather than any discernible strategy.
A man sits nervously behind a desk, clutching a leather folder.
An e-mail subject line that reads: NY Strip or Rub-eye..? It is your choice.
"The Gang Has a Brief Flirtation with Buddhism" in the ALWAYS SUNNY title treatment
An episode of STAR TREK: VOYAGER titled "That's Not Kombucha"
An episode of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE titled "We Finally Got a Denny's"
An episode of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION titled "The One with the Confusing Number of Lights"
A man sits behind a desk in an office, clutching a leader folder. His face is doing weird stuff. So is his hair.
The New York Times Spelling Bee, with the word "PAZUZU" floating above its honeycombed letters.
Robert Shaw looks up in mid-monologue in JAWS
The jacket art for the Criterion Collection release of Todd Haynes' SAFE, featuring Julianne Moore staring at the camera, a strange bruise visible over her left eye, in a square within three other squares offering glimpses of a parking garage, a pristine white living room and a desert landscape.
An old snapper case DVD edition of F..W Murnau's NOSFERATU rests atop a row of laserdiscs. Max Schreck's bulging eyes stare at something out of frame.
A medium brown dog lies on a blanket, deliberately facing away from the person petting her.
The phantom zone from Richard Donner's SUPERMAN.
The New York Times spilling bee, with "BIRDZILLA" spelled out above the honeycomb game.
eBay posting that reads: 24 x 45g Cherry Blossom Candy $14,623.09 or Best Offer +$11.64 delivery Located in Canada
Nano-photonics Hard disk drive capacity limits smashed by nanofocusing of plasmons
The Lowest of the Low perform at the Danforth Music Hall on May 9th, 2026.