https://ronknights.com/ One man's take on entertainment, unfiltered. en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:25:10 GMT https://ronknights.com/needle-drops-hijacked-movie-memories/ https://ronknights.com/needle-drops-hijacked-movie-memories/ Some songs make a movie. Some songs haunt it forever. Here are ten needle drops that embedded themselves so deep in my brain, I can't hear them at the grocery store without seeing a movie scene play out. Ron Knights Movies Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:05:12 GMT https://ronknights.com/trailer-bloat-preview-rant/ https://ronknights.com/trailer-bloat-preview-rant/ Trailers used to be an art form. Now they're a hostage situation with a runtime. Ron rants about preview bloat, spoiler culture, and the rare promos that still remember what restraint looks like. Ron Knights Television Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:05:12 GMT https://ronknights.com/ninety-six-movies-one-broken-man-oscar-marathon/ https://ronknights.com/ninety-six-movies-one-broken-man-oscar-marathon/ I gave myself a silly challenge: watch every single Best Picture winner since 1929. Somewhere around the fourth Kramer vs. Kramer-style divorce drama, I started questioning my life choices. Here's what ninety-six years of Academy taste taught me about Hollywood—and myself. Ron Knights Movies Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:04:28 GMT https://ronknights.com/why-i-finally-canceled-my-streaming-service/ https://ronknights.com/why-i-finally-canceled-my-streaming-service/ Subscription fatigue finally won. After another price hike and the quiet disappearance of shows I was halfway through, I pulled the plug on one of my streaming services. Turns out the local library and a decent Blu-ray collection make a pretty great consolation prize. Ron Knights Television Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:04:28 GMT https://ronknights.com/theater-days-over-burned-out-movie-fan/ https://ronknights.com/theater-days-over-burned-out-movie-fan/ Ron explains why he hung up his popcorn bucket and walked away from the tentpole machine, and how three-hour superhero epics sucked the joy out of moviegoing. Plus, the smaller films and forgotten gems that made him fall back in love with watching things. Ron Knights Movies Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:04:22 GMT https://ronknights.com/tv-goodbye-forgotten-how-to-say-goodbye/ https://ronknights.com/tv-goodbye-forgotten-how-to-say-goodbye/ Ron gets cranky about the state of the modern TV finale — the shortened seasons, the surprise cancellations, the hype machine that promises everything and delivers a reshoot. He rates the infamous endings and makes the case for what we should all be demanding instead. Ron Knights Television Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:04:22 GMT