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On the Reflecting Pool fiasco: A festival of farcical falsehoods. But disgusting and dangerous too. www.thebulwark.com/p/doj-admits...
DOJ Admits Reflecting Pool Wasn’t Vandalized
Sonny Bunch and Bill Kristol take on the dismissed felony vandalism case against Olympic canoeist David Hearn—who was accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool—after government officials acknowledged pr...
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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...
This is a very cool set by Mutant. Not just the LPs (which look and sound great, obviously), but for the 24-page booklet with essays by Nolan and Goransson on scoring THE ODYSSEY. It’s a little history lesson in a box! madebymutant.com/products/the...
"I can sell it to you in one sentence: Nicolas Cage plays a private eye who is also Spider-Man. Or maybe not." @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews "Spider-Noir":
‘Spider-Noir’ Review
Nicolas Cage playing a PI Spider-Man: What more could you want?
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Apple TV's 'Sugar' stars Colin Farrell as a detective in a Los Angeles-based neo-noir with a dash of sci-fi. I really dig it; it is, in some ways, a show about how the culture we consume shapes who we are. I talked to showrunner Sam Catlin about that and much more. www.thebulwark.com/p/sugar-exam...
‘Sugar’ Examines a Different Side of Los Angeles
Showrunner Sam Catlin on the second season of Apple TV’s underrated neo-noir.
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In today's Morning Shots: @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump's pathetic insecurity, @sonnybunch.bsky.social on Hollywood's merger uncertainty, me on Democrats' cromulent acceptability...and more! www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-want...
Trump Wanted to Kill. Then He Bombed.
*Tap.* *Tap.* Is this thing on?
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I thought this but I went to see it in a shoebox on a DCP and Emma Thomas slapped me as I was leaving the theater. I just started blubbering, repeating “you trusted me and I failed you.”
Benjamin Freed@brfreed.bsky.social · 2w agoThe only Odyssey discourse that really irks me is the fetishization of presentation format. This is a special film that's worth seeing in a theater, whether on IMAX, 70mm, or just a regular movie screen. Christopher Nolan will not be mad at you if you see it on a DCP at your local multiplex.
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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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...
The 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...
Is 'The Odyssey' an Early Best Picture Favorite?
An all-Nolan episode!
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I would hit subscribe so many times my screen would crack
@sonnybunch.bsky.social · 2w agoI could do a thousand videos and podcasts on chuds being sad about THE ODYSSEY and never get tired of them. I will do a thousand such podcasts. The gods said it can’t be done. But I know better. Better even than the gods.
I could do a thousand videos and podcasts on chuds being sad about THE ODYSSEY and never get tired of them. I will do a thousand such podcasts. The gods said it can’t be done. But I know better. Better even than the gods.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w ago“He didn't need to cast these people for diversity purposes. He cast them because they're the best actors... anybody who argues otherwise doesn't know a thing about film.” @sonnybunch.bsky.social dismantles Elon Musk’s attack on Christopher Nolan and points out that even Grok keeps correcting him.
"Nolan seems to agree with Zeus, who proclaims, in the first book of the Odyssey, that people 'themselves, with their own reckless ways, compound their pains beyond their proper share.' And you know what? Maybe we do." @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews 'The Odyssey':
‘The Odyssey’ Review
The concluding epic in Christopher Nolan’s Death Drive trilogy.
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Christopher 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...
‘The Odyssey’ Review
The concluding epic in Christopher Nolan’s Death Drive trilogy.
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This is a very woke still, I can’t believe how badly Nolan has desecrated this classic. Ugh.
"For those of us who came of age in the 1990s—reared on roaring T. rexes at the multiplex and endless replays of the modern classics on cable—Sam Neill was something of a constant, and never quite the same." New from @sonnybunch.bsky.social:
Sam Neill, 1947–2026
An unlikely superstar.
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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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GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS is a fine example of The Toby Huss Rule. More examples from recent years: COP SHOP, THE RENTAL, WEAPONS, and AMERICANA. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-endang...
The Atlantic piece on the death of reading sparked some thoughts about the myriad ways in which screens are massacring our attention spans. tl;dr (because who has time for that), the future is all short-form video beamed directly into your brain. www.thebulwark.com/p/rip-attent...
R.I.P. Attention Spans
It’s not just reading that’s at risk.
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"For those looking to have their funny bones tickled, there are two options hitting theaters this weekend: 'The Invite' and 'Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.'" It's been awhile. @sonnybunch.bsky.social on the return of big-screen comedies (?):
The Endangered Big Screen Comedy
‘The Invite’ and ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ reviewed.
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Big screen comedies have been pretty absent recently, but two are out this week: A serious one in THE INVITE and a silly one in GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS. Will they tickle your funny bone? I don't know, what am I, your prefrontal cortex? www.thebulwark.com/p/the-endang...
The Endangered Big Screen Comedy
‘The Invite’ and ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ reviewed.
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"It is celebrity that America revolves around, celebrity that has driven us since the rise of mass media, celebrity that has become the kingmaker in the age of film and TV." A double review from @sonnybunch.bsky.social for your Independence Day weekend:
The American Popularity Contest Turns 250
‘Nashville,’ ‘Dazed and Confused,’ and the bicentennial plus fifty.
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As our nation turns 250, I thought I'd take a look back at two of my favorite films about America that are set on (or, well, near) the bicentennial: NASHVILLE and DAZED AND CONFUSED. Two movies about the great American popularity contest. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Popularity Contest Turns 250
‘Nashville,’ ‘Dazed and Confused,’ and the bicentennial plus fifty.
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Comcast spinning NBC Universal off into its own company could well spark another round of merger attempts. Or maybe it just sets NBCU up to be a more effective entertainment company! I asked Brian Stelter to explain what the deal means. www.thebulwark.com/p/comcast-an...
Comcast and NBC Universal Are Breaking Up: What Does That Mean?
CNN's Brian Stelter on the next big corporate media shuffle.
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"Hopefully, then, you’ll believe me when I say that the problem with Citizen Vigilante is not that it’s rancid, fascistic dog shit. Worse than that: It’s incompetently made dog shit." @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews "Citizen Vigilante":
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Review
Sure, it’s fascistic. More importantly, it’s incompetent.
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The funniest thing about the right wing embrace of Uwe Boll—a legendarily terrible filmmaker who got so tired of being called an incompetent boob he literally beat up his critics—is that Boll *despises* Trump and Fox News viewers. www.thebulwark.com/p/citizen-vi...
The problem with CITIZEN VIGILANTE isn’t the fascism so much as the incompetence. The fascism I can set aside, but the editing in this monstrosity is a war crime. www.thebulwark.com/p/citizen-vi...
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Review
Sure, it’s fascistic. More importantly, it’s incompetent.
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Three cheers for diversity at the box office! www.thebulwark.com/p/three-chee...
Three Cheers for Diversity at the Multiplex
Plus: A big assignment!
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A24 is getting into bed with Google to see how AI can speed/cheapen the filmmaking process. I talked to Ben Fritz of the WSJ, who broke the story, about that and other entanglements between big tech and Hollywood. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-increa...
The Increasing Entanglements of Hollywood and AI
Ben Fritz of the Wall Street Journal on the tech industry's increasing impact on filmmaking.
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