Writer. Illustrator. Animal lover. Chicago Indie Critics. https://xitter.cf/t.co/WlJ4CjANMI. https://xitter.cf/t.co/zgWWJmhc9g. https://xitter.cf/t.co/RbKzru5g8o. SAG-AFTRA.

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Caitlin Clark is First Team ALL-WNBA for the 2026 season, the second time in her career earning First Team
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Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz star in Florian Zeller’s new film BUNKER, which I saw at the 62nd Chicago International Film Festival. Its release date in the USA has yet to be determined but do seek it out as I found the drama to be quite exceptional. I explain why in my review just posted at TheEstablishingShot.org. #bunker #penelopecruz #javierbardem #florianzeller #ciff
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Imagine what a competent coaching staff could do with Caitlin Clark running an offense actually designed around her extraordinary abilities. Surround her with intelligent, unselfish players who move without the basketball, defend, and understand spacing. And imagine the talent Indiana could acquire with the money it would otherwise spend keeping Mitchell. Instead, we're discussing sacrificing Lexie Hull, potentially losing Sophie Cunningham, and asking Caitlin to take a pay cut just to preserve the same system that has repeatedly failed to maximize her talent. It's absolute insanity. The Fever have a generational superstar. BUILD THE DAMN TEAM AROUND HER!
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It’s the movie everyone is talking about…and we’ll be discussing it tonight on KICKING THE SEAT too. Join host Ian Simmons and his guests Scott Rose and me as we debate YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING and whether Elizabeth Holmes is still conning us all. And yes, there will be (ahem) blood. youtube.com/live/DpdlIf496FM 8 PM CST on YouTube - see you then! #kickingtheseat #youcanseeeverything #elizabethholmes #chicagoindiecritics
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I didn’t get to see the hilarious Kelli O’Hara and Rose Byrne on Broadway this past season in the revival of Noel Coward’s 1925 play FALLEN ANGELS, but I’m sure glad it was filmed for cinemas. The special event opens this weekend but you can read my review right now at TheEstablishingShot.org. #fallenangels #kelliohara #rosebyrne
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A TALENT FOR MURDER isn’t quite SLEUTH or DEATHTRAP, but there still is menace and dark humor in this fictionalized tale of mystery author Patricia Highsmith battling with a young publisher. Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, and Olivia Cooke star in the new thriller I just reviewed at TheEstablishingShot.org. #atalentformurder #helenmirren #patriciahighsmith
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Tonight on KICKING THE SEAT the discussion is CRYSTAL LAKE, the new horror series on Peacock based on the film franchise FRIDAY THE 13TH. Does it make the cut? Find out tonight at 8 PM CST on YouTube. youtube.com/live/22BEY10eYTc #kickingtheseat #crystallake #fridaythe13 #chicagoindiecritics
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Pedro Almodóvar’s new film BITTER CHRISTMAS is playing at the 62nd Chicago International Film Festival and it’s a twisty, character-driven, meta delight. Read my review at TheEstablishingShot.org and then make plans to see its second showing this Sunday. #bitterchristmas #pedroalmodovar #chicagointernationalfilmfestival
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I’ll be there guesting and can think of at least 13 reasons to watch this series.
TONIGHT! THIS is the one you've been screaming for! Join us LIVE at 8pm CST! youtube.com/live/22BEY10eYTc
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I don’t often review books, but a friend told me about THE ETIQUETTE OF MURDER, a new mystery written by Erin Clark that he thought I’d enjoy. And I certainly did. It’s a brisk, witty and detailed thriller about a murder that occurs amongst some social elites in Chicago. Read my review and then look for the author’s accomplished freshman effort on Amazon and other booksellers. #theetiquetteofmurder #erinclark
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With another school shooting, this time in Bend, Oregon, it might be a good time to point out that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban almost halved mass shooting deaths - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths more than doubled. It’s the guns.
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FASTEST PLAYER THIS CENTURY TO REACH 700 CAREER ASSISTS
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Saying Carrie "just wanted to attend school" completely ignores that Stephen King wrote a far darker, harsher reality: Carrie wasn’t a harmless saint trapped in a tragedy; she was an active participant in her own apocalyptic descent. The novel makes it clear that Carrie didn’t just absorb cruelty; she hoarded venom. When Tommy asked her to prom, she wasn't just nervous; she harbored cold suspicion and bitter contempt for everyone around her. And the moment the bucket dropped, her desire wasn't to escape or find peace, it was absolute, vindictive obliteration. She consciously locked the gym doors. She watched teachers and classmates scream against burning glass with zero remorse. Then she marched through town blowing up power grids, destroying fire hydrants to drown first responders, and incinerating hundreds of sleeping civilians who never even knew her name. School bullied an outcast, but Carrie decided to execute an entire town of innocent people in return. Sanitizing her into a helpless angel who "just wanted an education" erases the actual horror: she allowed abuse to turn her into an unhinged, mass-murdering monster. #carrie
She just wanted to attend school, and they made it hell for her 💔 #Carrie
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FUN FACT: Rep. Ilhan Omar has been a citizen longer than Melania trump AND Elon Musk. I stand with Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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BREAKING: KNOCKOUT! Senator Jon Ossoff exposes his MAGA opponent's role in the Epstein cover-up in a stunning moment in their second debate. You could hear a pin drop in that studio... "He slept on the Epstein Island. He stayed at his Manhattan townhouse. He sent Epstein ice cream and said, it's for the girls," Republican Rep. Mike Collins said of tech billionaire Reid Hoffman. "You claim to fight against the Epstein class, but I'm going to tell you, this call is coming from inside the house and the Epstein class is on stage right now, and it's you. Will you condemn Reid Hoffman and apologize for your hypocrisy tonight?" he asked. Hoffman's name appears in the Epstein files and since he has donated to Democratic causes in the past, Republicans love to use him to try to distract from Trump's deep, dark Epstein connections. But the tactic never works because Democrats don't close ranks around Hoffman the way that Republicans do with Trump. We believe in exposing everyone involved in the late pedophile's network, regardless of political affiliation. Ossoff went right for the jugular— "Mike, who on your team advised you to raise the Epstein files?" asked Ossoff. "You voted to cover up the evidence, Mike!" "Listen, folks, I want to repeat it again. It's important to understand when Congress was voting on whether to release that evidence, we all knew what had happened," he continued. "But you voted to cover up the evidence, even though you knew 14-year-old girls had been raped because Donald Trump told you to. Donald Trump, who, by the way, is named a thousand times in the Epstein files." Collins did indeed vote against an early effort to force the release of the Epstein files in July 2025 and then later caved to the public backlash and reluctantly voted in favor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November of that year. "Have you ever met with Jeffrey Epstein's victims when they ask you why you voted to cover up the Epstein files?" asked Ossoff. "Do you have an answer? What would you say to them tonight, Mike? After you voted to cover up evidence of the most notorious sex trafficking ring in American history, the vote is public record." "You voted to cover up the Epstein files. You should explain that vote to Jeffrey Epstein's victims right now," demanded Ossoff. Rather than answer Ossoff's questions, Collins pathetically accused HIM of failing to answer the question about Hoffman, as if Americans give a damn about Reid Hoffman. The literal President is a pedophile whose name is all over the Epstein files and Collins voted to cover those files up. This is a career killer. Voting to hide the Epstein files is inexcusable and unforgivable. This man is a pedophile protector. Please ❤️ and share if you support Jon Ossoff!
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Tonight on KICKING THE SEAT, host Ian Simmons and I will be discussing THE SOCIAL RECKONING. Friends and followers, we hope you’ll like what you see at 8 PM on YouTube. youtube.com/live/lv_5Vng3EC8 #kickingtheseat #thesocialreckoning #chicagoindiecritics
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