Andrew Dignan
@andrewdignan.bsky.social
Film enthusiast, Boston sports fan & semi-reformed shit-talker. Quick to the block button 'cause life is too short to humor assholes for free. Contributing writer at https://inreviewonline.com/ Everything else is up at https://letterboxd.com/AndrewDignan
Also, you're pissing in the eye of festival programmers when you're self-financed, genre mash-up, jerk-off whatzits don't exist outside of Midnight Madness slots at festivals?
Andrew Dignan@andrewdignan.bsky.social · 3d agoI've read the THR editorial by the TORQUE dude 3x now & I still have no clue what argument he thinks he's making. Utterly incoherent, shotgunned grievances & shitty, free-association riffing like this. That it was even published in this form confirms his editors hate him as much as everyone else.
I've read the THR editorial by the TORQUE dude 3x now & I still have no clue what argument he thinks he's making. Utterly incoherent, shotgunned grievances & shitty, free-association riffing like this. That it was even published in this form confirms his editors hate him as much as everyone else.
Oh look: it’s the brain trust of Skydance, including both of their co-CEOs, the company that now controls 40% of the media in America, credited as the producers of MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE. That’s not a remotely chilling omen for the state of the industry!
When your DAYS OF THUNDER 2 costar sends up a flare and you rally to his rescue after maybe feeling a little guilty that your movie stomped his at the weekend box office (this is the first "review" she's posted to the site since joining 6 months ago). letterboxd.com/annehathaway...
A ★★★★★ review of Digger (2026)
I loved this brilliant movie. It’s smart and trippy and aggressive and funny and ambitious. It’s worth making the time see and decide for yourself what you make of it. For me? 10/10
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Lol. Heck of an operation you got there Steve. Really landed on a message that’s going to land with someone with a Los Angeles area code.
It's hardly the most important takeaway but Ellison is all forehead and teeth. He looks like one of the thumb people from those Steve Odenkirk parody-shorts.
Sean Morrow@snmrrw.bsky.social · 6d agoNever forget that David Ellison's Skydance Media was originally created so he could be an actor. Skydance's first film was 'Flyboys' starring James Franco and... David Ellison. David and his daddy invested $60m to make Flyboys. It grossed $17m Here's a bit of David's acting:
Genuinely curious to hear Damon Albarn's work in ARTIFICIAL but it's funny to me that Luca Guadagnino made a film that looks THE SOCIAL NETWORK-coded and has worked with Reznor & Ross on his last 4 films yet seemingly both sides were like "sit this one out." Concerns over "been there done that?"
Voter registration deadlines are SUNDAY in Alaska, Rhode Island, South Carolina. And MONDAY in: Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and *Texas*. If you live in these states, verify your registration now, literally.
Something I just realised about this year’s three Best Actor frontrunners:
Oooh, ooh, ooh... would any of them happen to be characters who were just recast with sexy young actors as part of the same MCU? How about one being played by an 86-year-old who I've seen die playing this character *at least* three times already?
This is the part where I remind people that Skydance under Greenstein and Goldberg has made films that can be easily filed under two headings: "Legacy IP Starring Tom Cruise" and "Unwatchable Garbage that's Typically Sent Straight to Streaming." Augurs well for the new Paramount-Warner Brothers.
Warner Bros Film Bosses Michael De Luca, Pam Abdy Out As Paramount Takes Over
Josh Greenstein & Dana Goldberg Poised To Run Combined Paramount Warner Bros Film Unit; Setting Up Likely Michael De Luca & Pamela Abdy Exit
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When Trump said "they're not sending their best" what actually he meant was Republican politicians from slave states.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2w agoA phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
He’ll be interning for the RNC/Heritage Foundation/Justice Kavanaugh within six months.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoTMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
RE: NY Times TV list, it's interesting to see which shows were punished for falling off creatively in their later seasons (COMMUNITY, THE BEAR, TED LASSO, DEXTER) vs. those where that seemingly wasn't held against other equally egregious examples (US OFFICE, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, GIRLS, LOST).
Me going over my credit card statement when I spot my fiancée's Door Dash orders...
The Wolf of Wall Street Clip - Sides
YouTube video by Paramount Pictures
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Related: it's not some miraculous coincidence that everyone my age thinks music was *so* much better when we were in high school/college. The art didn't change, you did. Make your peace with it, circle of life, etc.
Andrew Dignan@andrewdignan.bsky.social · 3w agoInspired by recent Gen X carping about the state of film: things aren't "worse" than they were 20-30 years ago. You're just getting older. As you begin to contemplate your death you crave the comfort of the familiar & romanticize the art of your youth. You're not unique; every generation does this.
Inspired by recent Gen X carping about the state of film: things aren't "worse" than they were 20-30 years ago. You're just getting older. As you begin to contemplate your death you crave the comfort of the familiar & romanticize the art of your youth. You're not unique; every generation does this.
I'm sure the schedule will release any day now but it's odd to me that I'm supposed to select my AFI-Fest tickets in 1 week and I still have no idea what's even playing the festival. This is me mostly trying to will the lineup to drop before the weekend.
This dummy falls for literally everything that comes across her red-pilled social media feed. She’s like a Facebook wine aunt posting conspiracy theories 10 hours a day. Instead of being disinvited from Thanksgiving she was disinvited from the Telluride Patrons Brunch (also, probably Thanksgiving).
Apropos of today's shit sandwich, here are all the films Paramount has released or will release in 2026 (some of these are international only or streaming titles). It's a good thing the Ellison braintrust is now overseeing roughly 40% of the industry.
Really looking forward to this tool crashing and burning during the primaries. I'm not convinced he can even win California at this point.
Nick Field@nickfield.bsky.social · 3w agoThe State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
Bari just can’t catch a break this week.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump says he's "banning the free press"
I don't expect the record to hold for very long but someone someday is going to win pub trivia for even remembering the name of the director of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, the (current) highest grossing domestic release of all time.
Is the implication here that Hitler and bin Laden are in heaven?
Christopher Owen@oysta.au · last mo.fuck, now this is some content
