Today for The Bulwark I wrote about PULP FICTION at 30, and that's 10 film limit.

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WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES is kind of a funny movie because it’s this fairly bleak APOCALYPSE NOW riff where the protagonist’s family is murdered in front of him … and is also like 10% SAVING SILVERMAN because Steve Zahn is playing a mentally handicapped ape?

I am begging political pundits to stop talking about movies.

Good news.

never quitting this site

Oh man, I hope this comes to the Alamo Drafthouse DFW locations.

#5: John Fetterman's popularity is trending up in Pennsylvania due to rising approval among independents and Republicans.

Fun fact: if you do the keyboard meme God blights your bloodline with degenerative idiocy and male pattern baldness for seven generations. Hope it was worth it.

Honestly kind of surprised it even did this well, considering the complete lack of promotion I saw Netflix giving it on the homepage. variety.com/2024/tv/news/n…

#Severance S2 has wrapped filming 🎬

All of y’all owe Alex Garland a huge apology right about now.

This is THE POPE’S EXORCIST! He even has a fun little Vespa.

Akash: 'The people harangued as hypocrites tend to call themselves liberals, centrists, conservatives (even worse), or Sonny Bunch (the worst).'
Me:

I am fascinated by the finances of the publishing industry, because it's like Hollywood but even more screwed up somehow. elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-…

Bot problems before Musk: you get a few annoying replies if you use the words 'hacked', 'homework help' or 'sugar daddy'

Bot problems under Musk: you can't use Twitter in public because there's uncensored hardcore porn in your replies, half the replies to viral tweets are AI

The best part of this was the call back to Kong: Skull Island, which iirc was released a week before Beauty And The Beast in 2017. #subtext

I feel like CIVIL WAR is a movie that needs to be talked through with friends, which is why I had a great time discussing it with Suderman and Alyssa Rosenberg. Also discussed whether the original BLAIR WITCH actors deserve more money. Fun show! thebulwark.com/p/the-chilling…