I’m old enough to remember when Obama returning a Marine’s salute while also holding a cup of coffee led to weeks of discourse about his lack of respect for the military (the job, America as a country, etc). I’m sure Fox is all over this though…

I think most people tend to think of the Surgeon General as a largely ceremonial position but it does strike me as a little odd that we're 16 months into Trump 2.0 with single-party control of Congress and the position *still* hasn't been filled.

Let it not be said that beloved actor and playwright Tracy Letts doesn’t take his The Big Picture guest appearances seriously.

The argument for voting for Spencer Pratt for LA Mayor can be summed up as "hey, when was the last time something bad happened from electing a reality TV blowhard to their first government job?" I want to believe voters see through this self-promoting con artist but this city's let me down before.

You'd be amazed how many solicitations I get out of in seconds just by saying the following: "We rent, we don't own this house." Dust clouds at the front door & immediate hang up on the phone. (It's true btw but if any homeowners can't be bothered about solar panels or ADUs, feel free to lie)

People love to ridicule AOC for being a former bartender before being elected to congress but take a gander at our boy Mark's CV before being elected to his first government job at 60. College dropout and reading news off a teleprompter in the 33rd largest TV market. Now he helps pass laws!

Indictments for everyone....

Usually when Americans travel abroad we're easy to spot because of our poor diets, our incuriosity and our unearned entitlement. But having shithead on our official documents will really cut out all the pesky guesswork.

Bill Maher, whinging to David Cross that he'll never win an Emmy because he's been "soft cancelled" is hide under the universe mortifying. Nothing screams fire-spitting iconoclast like sulking over losing a trophy for leaning on your Catskills material every week for 25 years.

Credit to Tim, that’s a great line. Bonus points because Kyle is (technically) a film critic and (theoretically) would get that reference.

To think, this entire Mike Vrabel media cycle/scandal could have been headed off (*ahem*) if the Titans had won it all in 2020.

Do we think we'll get a MICHAEL: PART 2 which addresses accusations of him raping children before or after we get "Book II" of "HIStory: Past, Present and Future?"

Not strictly relevant to the article itself but this led me to learning that one of Cherfilus-McCormick's primary opponents is Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew fame (infamy?) We continue to live in the dumbest possible timeline.

Now wondering if that video of Kash whooping it up with the US Men's hockey team was AI. No way that guy is wasting a beer like that.

Not spiking the football until the polls close tomorrow but this certainly lends a fun dimension to the Virginia redistricting ballot initiative.

I'm not as down on Netflix's streaming model as most of my peers (in large part because they put their awards movies out in theaters in LA which is where I actually see them) but, honestly, how is this not out on 3000 screens as counterprogramming to MICHAEL this weekend?

I often think of David Ayer as “an even dumber Joe Carnahan” so this tracks.

The American Cinematheque programming Kieślowski's THREE COLORS as a triple-feature in May will undoubtedly wreck me me as I feel decrepit and simply sitting in the same seat for 6+ hours is now a herculean task. (but also, can't wait!)

Not only is Hope Davis relegated to a "Wife on the Phone" role in an Angel Studios film but she's playing the "Throat Goat?" For shame.

This dude is an absolute bozo (pity as I enjoy his acting) but this is an especially bad argument. People saw what happened after the Fox/Disney merger (less films being produced) & they didn't like it. It's why they're trying to stop another merger now. Get it? Stop taking chairs to the head.

Trump asking whether someone else has “no sense of shame” is legitimately his funniest troll yet.

So we’re just brushing past this country-fried fuck (and paid Fox News contributor) calling the presidential library for the first black president the “eggplant library,” huh?

Hasn't Los Angeles suffered enough lately?

They did last year.

Curious that this sort of forward thinking never applies to climate change (or, if you’re a deficit hawk, the national debt).

This, only it's FACES OF DEATH. Can't imagine things get more cheerful when the film ends and I turn on my phone.

The problem with all of these Oscar bloggers who have faceplanted into career ruin and madness is none of them have anyone in their lives who loves them enough to get them in front of a therapist.

I for one am shocked that the crowd that's anti-union, anti-regulation, anti-"elites," and gives quotes that read like Pete Hegseth cosplay would also be running an unsafe film set. deadline.com/2026/04/jona...

What are the Kalshi odds of him calling it “career ending” or the “worst film ever made” (for probably the fifth time this year)?

There are people who were convinced this dude was “cancelled” and really the total extent of his shunning was he no longer receives glowing write-ups in the NY Times Sunday arts section that compare him to Bergman and Eugene O’Neill.

Who do we think gets booked on "Dancing with the Stars" first? Noem or Bondi? Maybe it's Pam on "Dancing" and Kristi does "The Masked Singer" but in a dog costume. Ya know, to wink to the audience that she's cool with the memes.

Another televised Trump speech that doesn’t end with an R. Budd Dwyer impersonation. This guy’s always disappointing me.

It’s the funny the extent to which the AI prompt was “make the Reagan Library only a skyscraper but also 400% tackier.”

Quite the self-own from Shedeur.

Was listening to a movie podcast this morning where one of the cohosts unironically referred to 8 1/2 as Fellini's "twentieth film." Reopen the schools, etc.

“Wouldn’t STAR TREK be better if it didn’t have all the politics?” does a nice job of explaining how you end up with something like PHM.

I reserve the right to delete this if it turns out he's seriously injured but Tiger Woods really has become Toonces the Driving Cat over the last few years.

I'm sure people will be normal about this.

Seeing a lot of "yes, I've been good friends with this filmmaker for years but trust me their new film actually is awesome" from critics this week. Some real "I'm built different" stuff.

I enjoyed it well enough but that the most bog basic, artistically incurious people on earth who've made themselves professional victims in the culture war are throwing their support behind PROJECT HAIL MARY kind of underscores how much of a butter & Wonder Bread sandwich of a film it is.

But heaven fucking forbid people not rend their garments over a hate-mongering podcaster, who used to wear a diaper in public, reaching the "find out" stage of FAFO.

I just set the land speed record for flip-flopping as my kneejerk reaction to reading "Lionsgate is remaking BLOODSPORT" was "oh boy, another production pandering to Trump" but something tells me he's not going to be thrilled about this one.

The Criterion Collection: The most important classic and contemporary films from around the world. The Criterion Channel: Here’s Disclosure, the movie where Michael Douglas gets sexually harassed by Demi Moore and then battles her in cyberspace by donning a virtual reality helmet.

I for one am excited for the latest remake of THE WAGES OF FEAR.

I for one am surprised that wishcasting didn’t work out for Variety’s awards pundit.

I’m sure it was a prop but is the implication that Adrien Brody swallowed his gum?

NGL, I kind of figured Idris Elba would be the first cast member of “The Wire” to win an acting Oscar.

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