deri (the cine-mechanic)
Film Critic & Analyst
🛠️ Diagnosing plot holes & tuning narrative performance.
✍️ Building my film journal 🎥
🔧 Let's fix cinema
🔔 DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE' has surpassed 'SUPERMAN" at the global box office.
💦 It has also crossed $616 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing anime ever.
15-Year-Old Owen Cooper Makes Emmy History 🌟
Cooper, just 15, became the youngest male actor ever to win at the Emmys (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited/Anthology Series or Movie) for his debut role in Netflix’s Adolescence.
The Studio smashed comedy records, securing Best Comedy Series + setting a new high for most wins by a comedy in one season.
What a night — Cooper’s win in particular feels like a huge moment for young actors and international voices.
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins TIFF’s People’s Choice Award 🏆
Starring Paul Mescal & Jessie Buckley, the film now rockets into the Oscar race, Zhao becomes the first director to win TIFF’s top prize twice (after Nomadland in 2020).
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle just opened to $70 million in North America — the biggest anime debut in U.S. history.
It rolled out on 3,315 screens, averaging ~$21,100 per theater.
Globally, the weekend haul was about $132.1 million, pushing total worldwide revenue past $177.8 million.
This feels like more than just a win for the film — it signals anime hitting a new stride in U.S. markets.
UPCOMING DC FILMS:
'SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW' - JUNE 26, 2026
'CLAYFACE' - SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
'MAN OF TOMORROW' - JULY 9, 2027
'THE BATMAN PART II' - OCTOBER, 1 2027
DC NATION, how we feeling? 🔥
3rd Diagnosis: "The Princess Bride" is the ultimate comfort film because its humor is timeless and its heart is 100% genuine. Zero cynicism.
https://t.co/geNfu3ZGgC
All three are still a 5 star rating to me. Let me know which one you watch and drop your recommendation.
#DRS
REWATCHED: The Matrix, Blade Runner, and The Princess Bride back-to-back. A perfect sci-fi/fantasy triple feature.
1st Diagnosis: The practical effects & choreography in "The Matrix" are still superior to most modern CGI. It has weight.
https://t.co/0ospTqkknU
2nd Diagnosis: "Blade Runner’s" dystopian melancholy hits harder in the age of AI and climate anxiety. It wasn’t predicting the future; it was predicting the feeling.
https://t.co/kh8QkdZ4Ly