Freelance film critic. Co-founder of Certified Forgotten (www.certifiedforgotten.com), a writer-owned horror publication. Find my work at IGN, Polygon, Inverse, and more.https://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjv5snt3tk2cAt the airport, flying internationally, and ordering more beers than I’ve ever ordered before. You may not hear from me for the next week.19 Apr 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjv5snt3tk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjuzr6voa223Walsh is a stain on Matts everywhere. He’s the worst of us. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuzr6voa223https://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjptgxzigk2rIt’s easy to edit @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social. Not just because she’s a great writer, but because we’ve been working together for 19 years, and we know each other’s voices really damn well. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjptgxzigk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjpoeyyxas2jDoorDash wants me to oppose a $0.25 delivery tax on certain deliveries, eh? Best evidence so far that this is good policy.17 Apr 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpoeyyxas2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjp3w7vgak24I somehow missed that there is a worker placement game where you're managing your own comic book publisher in the 1930s and 1940s. That feels like a must-own for me. https://liriusgames.com/products/age-of-comics-the-golden-years17 Apr 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp3w7vgak24https://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjnylzqois2qIf you live in Philadelphia, you can see HOKUM and OBSESSION this weekend as part of @phillyfilmsociety.bsky.social's annual SpringFest, which I just think is neat.17 Apr 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnylzqois2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjnspptu222uTHE X-FILES: “Tooms” (S1E21): There’s a beat in this episode where Scully calls Mulder Fox for the first time, and I had entire relationships in my twenties with less sexual tension than that single word. Plus, first appearance of Skinner!17 Apr 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnspptu222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjnlhcy3is24"If TRIPLE 9 has any lasting message, it is this: the very possibility of change — and by extension the mythic stories that we tell to help us transition from the before and after — is precluded by the nihilism of the present. In it, the cycle of history has been closed." One from the archives. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/john-hillcoat-mythmaker/16 Apr 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnlhcy3is24https://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjncoupad22unot gonna lie, everybody coming together just to talk shit about the platform? bluesky's never felt more like old twitter [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjncoupad22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjnbyzazu22uSounds like THE MUMMY might be a dud, so here's me reminding you that Lee Cronin's debut feature, THE HOLE IN THE GROUND is a stone-cold banger. A horror film rooted in Irish folklore that explores the terrors of motherhood, but embraces being a creature feature - not a hollow exercise in trauma.16 Apr 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnbyzazu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjmsob3xb22gWorking on a pet theory that Blumhouse has become the Marvel of horror: they seek out the freshest talent for their signature franchises, only to handcuff those directors to a house style that demands they turn every Universal Monster movie into some version of GOODNIGHT MOMMY. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmsob3xb22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjmmodxoqs2cIncreasingly feeling like Bluesky will be the last social media platform I use heavily, and that the end might come sooner rather than later. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmmodxoqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjlh4rleg227This is what I was worried about. Blumhouse’s whole Monsters thing just seems so uninspired. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlh4rleg227https://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjld5r7v3s2vFilm criticism is doing great. https://criticbridge.com/16 Apr 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjld5r7v3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjlbwxtncs2lWas a guest on a podcast tonight where I gushed about @alexgrecian.bsky.social’s THE BOATMAN and convinced one of the hosts to check RED RABBIT out from the local library on the spot. You find a writer you like, you don’t shut up about them. Ever.16 Apr 2026 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlbwxtncs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjkq2rdibs2wSo Liman used AI to render the backgrounds and compares what he made to black box theater. OK. But as a horror fan, what I love the most about movies are often how they turn their limitations into strengths. I mean, Jeremy Gardner set the final third of THE BATTERY inside a car, and it's perfect. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkq2rdibs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/monagle.bsky.social/post/3mjkdzntjlk2wOh shit, it's @donatobomb.bsky.social's birthday? Happy birthday to Matt Donato, who's a great business partner and an even better friend. Can't think of anyone else I'd want to do @certifiedforgot.bsky.social with; most of my best ideas have come in conversation with him.15 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:sgi63kdfiixuk3llpe4fdzef/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkdzntjlk2w