Matt Dougherty

Freelance film and TV critic. Mutant and proud. They/them.

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

Some of the stuff drawn here between DISCLOSURE DAY and THE FABELMANS is just wild, my god I love this movie

[Vulture @vulture]

Let’s talk about the ending of Steven Spielberg’s new alien blockbuster ‘Disclosure Day,’ and how we’re meant to take that final word. https://t.co/GI5ih2TzoP

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

…her arc also centering on finding her own individuality within that newly gained empathy…not to be all “as someone who just finished an MSW,” but as someone who just finished an MSW, I was bowled over but how she played that internal conflict. Just beautiful stuff. (2/2)

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

Emily Blunt’s arc in DISCLOSURE DAY wrecked me. Like yes, this movie—like a great many movies—is at its core about expanding our ability to empathize. That lands, but…(1/2)

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

@akeltheartist Rewatched A.I. a couple weeks ago and was met with a top to bottom masterpiece. Close Encounters and Minority Report rock, too.

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

REJOICE‼️‼️‼️

[Collider @Collider]

The future of the 28 Years Later franchise is looking brighter 🧟🔥

After concerns that 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple's box office performance could derail the planned trilogy, Danny Boyle has confirmed that the next installment is still moving forward.

The director revealed that filming is expected to begin next year and praised Alex Garland's script, calling it "wonderful."

Read more: https://t.co/Z29un5mr4v

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

Ohhhh I am obsessed with GOD OF WAR LAUFEY already! Rather than going "let's do Egyptian/Hindu/fill-in-the-blank mythology," we're getting a weirdo world between worlds centered around the death of the gods?! That is AWESOME!

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

@tylekurner Truly!!

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

Really great, candid interview with one of our most prominent trans filmmakers https://t.co/zIGiiFwlsY

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

@tylekurner I'm dying

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

One of my favorite viewing experiences is when you watch one of a master’s thornier, less beloved works for the fourth-or-so time in 25 years and are suddenly met with a top to bottom masterpiece. Spielberg’s A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE just leveled me.

[tyler “llewyn” taing @tylerllewtaing]

the act of watching mando and grogu isnt as bad as TROS but mando and grogu straight up isn’t a movie so it’s a little hard to say which is worse

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

Naturally, this sounds fucking awesome

[Variety @Variety]

#Lost creator Damon Lindelof says his scrapped #StarWars movie would've continued the story of Rey, Finn and Poe, cementing the trio as "the center" of the franchise:

"What we were attempting to do was to have this conversation in the movie, which is to say there is a Force of nostalgia and there is a Force of revision, and they are at odds with one another, and let's do the Protestant Reformation inside 'Star Wars,' and it didn't work."

https://t.co/vcizWZNx62

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

Really impressed with the LORD OF THE FLIES miniseries. Great cast of kids. Really really cinematic. I like the ‘60s movie quite a bit but this felt definitive in adapting the novel’s spirit.

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

@MJ_Stanis what dog?

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

HACKS following up a slightly preachy episode on the value of writers vs. AI with arguably their funniest episode ever is my kind of poeticism

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

This week’s lesbian episode of HACKS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

The things a moody, snowy Bat sequel will do for my psyche…

[Matt Reeves @mattreevesLA]

#SnowTires 🦇

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

And like, the animation is just insane. It’s one of the most beautifully animated American series ever made, maybe number 1 when just considering CG animation.

[Matt Dougherty @dr_dougherty]

So, MAUL - SHADOW LORD kinda rocks actually. Better suited for binging than week-to-week I think, but it’s a good story that reassesses and deepens the motivations around light and dark. A little predicable, but tees up a second season that would probably be a lot thornier.

[Celebrity Tailor @KLASSIQTUNEZ]

The Devil Wears Prada is peak millennial experience

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