"First, it was Ayo Edebiri, now the little Letterboxd hackers are coming for Heated Rivalry breakout star Hudson Williams for his old Letterboxd reviews. Heed this warning, all: if you get a contract with a major streaming platform or studio, make that Letterboxd private ASAP! If you're not onto Heated Rivalry yet, you're out of the know. The show is doing numbers for HBO and launched Williams and his co-star, Connor Storrie, into international fame overnight. (Or at least, over the holiday. Let's face it, we all had a little too much free time on our hands those last two weeks of 2026.)"
"Listen, we're all entitled to our own film hot takes. And yes, everyone was entitled to hate The Materialists. But when it comes to praising more controversial picks-like Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962), which Hudson brandished with a five-star rating-you might be in for some public-forum backlash (aka Twitter criticism). Still, users have already come to his defense, arguing that despite the film's problematic nature by today's standards, this has long been an accepted take in film-buff circles."
Hudson Williams rose to fame through HBO's Heated Rivalry, which brought scrutiny to his past Letterboxd reviews. Screenshots of those reviews circulated on Twitter, exposing critiques of recent films such as The Materialists (2025), Dune (2023), and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023). One review criticized Pedro Pascal's performance as wooden, while other entries praised controversial films like Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) with five stars. The most prominent backlash centered on extended criticism of The Hunger Games lead Rachel Zegler. Some users defended Williams as a film buff with contrarian tastes; others condemned his language and choices. His Letterboxd account was deleted after the resurfacing, and observers advised that creatives privatize personal review accounts upon securing major contracts.
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