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Got a HWAD hat.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of movie talk online—and where I fit in.

I love movies. Always have. Outside of my kids, my girlfriend, and my family, they’ve been one of the biggest parts of my life. But somewhere along the way, the conversation around them changed. It became tribal. It became transactional. It became more about streaming numbers, box office projections, and Rotten Tomatoes scores than the actual stories themselves.

And I’m just... tired.

I know I’ve said this before. I’ve stepped away, then come back—like an addict who can’t quite quit. Because I’ve spent so many years doing this, there’s a part of me that feels like I have to keep going. That if I stop, I’m letting people down. That’s on me. No one else. And I’ve let that pressure weigh too heavily on my choices.

So I’m making a real change.

I’m stepping away from movie news coverage on this channel. From now on, this space will be focused entirely on movie reviews—because that’s where the passion still is. Honest thoughts, deep dives, and celebrating the films I care about.

If you’re looking for live discussions or general movie chatter, I’m still doing livestreams over on my other channel. But this one is going back to basics: watching films, thinking about them, and talking about what they meant to me.

Thanks for understanding.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 38

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James Gunn keeps telling us to look up—but Superman spends most of these trailers getting slammed into the ground like it’s Sunday night wrestling.

From the teaser to the Minecraft preview to the full trailer, the one consistent thing is Clark Kent getting absolutely wrecked.

Is this really how you market the most iconic superhero of all time? Or are we watching The Passion of the Kryptonian play out in real time?

Full breakdown: hwad.tv/2025/05/18/why-is-james-gunn-marketing-sup…

#Superman #JamesGunn #DCU #LookUp #PassionOfTheKryptonian

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 18

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Hollywood once gave us John Rambo as a broken man haunted by war. Now they're turning him into just another action brand. With a prequel nobody asked for, the soul of First Blood is being buried under franchise bloat, IP hunger, and revisionist nostalgia.

New blog post is up

hwad.tv/2025/05/15/first-blood-was-about-trauma-no…

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 11

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Did you like the Superman trailer?

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

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Saw a horror filmmaker say if you use AI, you’re not a “real” filmmaker.

Which is wild, considering horror was literally built by people making movies with no money and no permission.

So why are the outsiders suddenly guarding the gate?
Let’s talk about it. 👇

hwad.tv/2025/05/01/ai-is-the-new-monster-and-horro…

1 month ago | [YT] | 14

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DC just hit pause on a $70 million movie about punching Nazis, chasing the Spear of Destiny, and saving the world. In 2025. Seriously.

Sgt. Rock had everything: a WWII setting, occult artifacts, a badass hero, and literal Nazi villains. It was basically Raiders meets Wolfenstein. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. At one point, Daniel Craig was involved. This should’ve been an easy win.

So why shelve it?

Some say it’s “scheduling.” Others say it’s quietly canceled. Me? I think Hollywood might be too scared to release a movie that makes its bad guys too clear right now. And that should worry us more than we admit.

I broke it all down here—what happened, what’s being said, and what I really think is going on:

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hwad.tv/2025/04/30/sgt-rock-had-nazis-a-magic-reli…

1 month ago | [YT] | 11

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If you had to choose one video type for me to focus on, would you rather have

1 month ago | [YT] | 8

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You’ve probably read articles from Screen Rant, Collider, or MovieWeb without even realizing they’re all part of the same content empire—owned by a company called Valnet. They put out over 300 articles a day, every day. That’s wild. But here’s the part they don’t advertise: most of that content is created by freelancers who are getting paid next to nothing.

I’ve been digging into the story behind the lawsuit that’s been filed against Valnet, what freelancers are saying about their treatment, and how the company is now trying to shut critics up with cease-and-desist letters. It’s the dark side of digital media—endless content, minimal pay, and a system that’s rigged to burn people out.

Collider recently tried to soften the blow with a feel-good piece about being “fans like you,” but it just doesn’t match the reality freelancers are facing behind the scenes.

If you care about writing, media, and what’s really going on behind your favorite movie news sites, I think this is worth a read.

hwad.tv/2025/04/25/the-valnet-model-churn-out-cont…

1 month ago | [YT] | 19

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Last night I saw dogma at the special resurrection tour event in Seattle, and Kevin Smith gave a two hour Q&A after the movie and he was talking a lot about filmmaking, and like finding your voice, using your voice because it's your currency, and it really does resonated with me even though you haven't like worked on movies in a long time. But I decided to send them a tweet about in search of because of producer I showed the movie to after it was done called it clerks meets the Blair witch project, and he shared it on his Instagram story. That's freaking amazing

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