Well, if anything, the Michigan Primary taught us another valuable lesson: Social media is stupid and most people on it don’t know much of anything.
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If I were a betting man I would put some money on Spider-Man: Brand New Day being ahead of Avengers: Endgame when the dust clears. deadline.com/2026/08/box-...
Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' $355M U.S. Opening Near All-Time Record
Spider-Man: Brand New Day posted opening day record of $168M. Pic which opened to $355M domestic came close to beating Avengers: Endgame's $357M all-time 3-day domestic opening.
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The choice to extend the 70mm IMAX run of THE ODYSSEY rather than gouging customers is the correct call. Just keep it running through the end of the year! Though it does emphasize the multiplex's emerging size problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-are-no...
Right, so, that’s why whatever they put into Apple TV+ isn’t a “waste” or whatever.
9to5Mac@9to5mac.com · 6d agoApple just hit 1.5 billion paid subscriptions from its user base
A Lakeview homeowner is suing the feds over a warrantless immigration raid at his home. blockclubchi.co/4wxYyIg
Christopher Nolan is obviously the most powerful director in Hollywood. But who are the next 99? Had a fun time discussing the shifting importance of auteurs with Nate Jones from Vulture on this week's podcast! www.thebulwark.com/p/which-dire...
Which Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?
Nate Jones on the 100 most powerful directors in Hollywood.
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Man, X-Men ‘97 is so great at remembering what makes the X-Men so great. The latest episode is astonishing.
This is the episode to get on the Across the Movie Aisle train. You get Nolan, you get Nolan defeating the chuds Victory lap, and you get The Odyssey. Plus, sign up for a subscription today and get the Nolan bonus episode tomorrow.
@sonnybunch.bsky.social · 2w agoThe full supersized episode of Across the Movie Aisle on THE ODYSSEY with Alyssa, Peter, and me is unlocked for everyone. From cons and nons to the movie itself, it's an all-Christopher-Nolan extravaganza. You love to see it! movieaisle.substack.com/p/is-the-ody...
What I’m gathering from a bunch of you is that Elon is still complaining about The Odyssey.
@samsteindc.bsky.social - can you expense a few trips for some @thebulwark.com staffers to investigate the validity of this claim?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"
This is why the blue vs green complaining drives me crazy. It’s also why I wish Apple would just make a stand alone iMessage App.
Jesse Raub@jesseraub.online · 2w agohmmm do people not know that the blue bubble in Apple's iMessage means that the message was sent over the Internet using end-to-end encryption and the green bubble means it was sent via cell network through SMS or RCS and is NOT encrypted
The kids have friends over so I’m out here watching this on an iPad mini.
Argentina is like if Steph Curry played on the 1989 Detroit Pistons
Yes, because for a good long stretch you couldn’t even get an application looked at without a degree.
NPR@npr.org · 2w agoIf an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?
Twitter is not real life. Elon Musk has no power beyond it. More to the point, social media is not real life. Real life is normal people making plans to see a movie during their busy lives. This applies here, but also with much more. deadline.com/2026/07/box-...
ox Office Global: 'The Odyssey' $257M Bow A Record for Christopher Nolan
'The Odyssey' with a $257.8M worldwide opening at the box office is the best ever for Christopher Nolan ahead of 'Dark Knight Rises', 'Dark Knight' and 'Oppenheimer'.
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Kane Parsons has clarified that A24 holds the rights to any future ‘BACKROOMS’ film or TV show that he plans to develop. He adds that he doesn’t support their AI deal with Google which will not crossover with any of his future projects.
I have been waiting for exactly one review of The Odyssey and it was this one. In the words of another of another character, "and you didn't disappoint." I can't wait to sit in the theater and watch this film.
@sonnybunch.bsky.social · 3w agoChristopher Nolan has become obsessed with the end of the world, and THE ODYSSEY is the third entry in what I've come to think of as his Death Drive Trilogy. Allow me to sing you a song, friends. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-odysse...
I wrote about THE ODYSSEY. It’s truly a remarkable movie. Nobody other than Christopher Nolan would be able to get this movie made. Not like this
'The Odyssey' is Christopher Nolan’s Crowning Achievement
It's always interesting to see what a filmmaker makes after winning Best Picture. You know, when that filmmaker is in the best position of their career to make their passion project. But it's doubly i...
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"Odysseus's modern interlocutors, much like his fictional ones, end up revealing more about themselves than about the man they try to understand." Alyssa Rosenberg reviews Patrick Deneen's "American Odyssey" and Joel Christensen's "Why Odysseus?" lnk.thebulwark.com/4aQpdHx
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Mainers are not happy with Collins. Demonstrators in Biddeford protesting ICE’s killing of a Colombian workman this morning swarmed her office
There were two dozen more movies I could've discussed here, but I went with the mainstays from my prime cable TV watching years. RIP, Sam Neill. We'll see you in Montana. www.thebulwark.com/p/sam-neill-...
Sam Neill, 1947–2026
An unlikely superstar.
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If you would like some #realtalk about Lindsey Graham, I'm your huckleberry. www.thebulwark.com/p/lindsey-gr...
Lindsey Graham: The Good, the Bad, and the Banality of Evil
A cautionary tale about the human condition.
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Guys, I cannot recommend this newsletter today highly enough. This is @jvl.bsky.social in top form—deeply humane, clear-eyed, giving the big picture, very wise about human beings and about politics. Plus, he brings in Hannah Arendt and Dorothy Thompson. JVL is just the best.
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 3w agoNEW: It's clear that Lindsey Graham saw himself as a statesman and a moral leader. It's equally clear that he was not. www.thebulwark.com/p/lindsey-gr...
This is a bluff and not particularly good one. This isn’t a tech company. You think you can move the entertainment industry to Oklahoma or Kansas? Lol, good luck. www.semafor.com/article/07/1...
Exclusive: Paramount weighs leaving California over Warner Bros. rift
David Ellison is wary of decamping, but his battle with state regulators is intensifying.
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This piece by @saletan.bsky.social is the most clear and accurate picture of Lindsey Graham’s political career. Worth a re-read now specialto.thebulwark.com/p/the-corrup...
The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
A case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by review...
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Let this be the end of the live action Disney movie madness.
Exhibitor Relations Co.@ercboxoffice.bsky.social · 3w agoWipeout! Disney's MOANA crashed onto theatrical shores with just $95M worldwide--$43M domestic, $52M int'l. The $250M production will have to sail WAY beyond the box office reef to be a success.
