I'm going to be on the higher-end on #TheSmashingMachine. A more vibes-based film than I anticipated, but I was personally wow-ed by how much "The Rock" was able to embody and get me to care about Mark Kerr's arc: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/smashingma...

I'm going to be on the higher-end on #TheSmashingMachine. A more vibes-based film than I anticipated, but I was personally wow-ed by how much "The Rock" was able to embody and get me to care about Mark Kerr's arc: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/smashingma...

About to watch The Final Boss go for that nom

ICYMI: This week's episode covers #OneBattleAfterAnother with guests @cinemaxwell.bsky.social & @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social. Hear what we had to say, plus games, feedback, and more. Take a listen! iTunes– tinyurl.com/5bwff96t Spotify– tinyurl.com/yd6eaejs AudioBoom– tinyurl.com/y43bkyhvT

Thanks to @aaronsps4.bsky.social for having me on (alongside @cinemaxwell.bsky.social) as this week's @outnowpodcast.bsky.social guests so that I could get a reason to gush over #OneBattleAfterAnother for two hours: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/outnow06

Thanks to @aaronsps4.bsky.social for having me on (alongside @cinemaxwell.bsky.social) as this week's @outnowpodcast.bsky.social guests so that I could get a reason to gush over #OneBattleAfterAnother for two hours: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/outnow06

This week, we take a look at #OneBattleAfterAnother with guests @cinemaxwell.bsky.social and @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social. Find out if we were rewarded, and stay tuned for games, feedback, and more. Enjoy! iTunes – tinyurl.com/5bwff96t Spotify – tinyurl.com/yd6eaejs AudioBoom – tinyurl.com/y43bkyhv

Great times talking all about #OneBattleAfterAnother with @cinemaxwell.bsky.social and @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social for this week’s @outnowpodcast.bsky.social! #WhatTimeIsIt

Round 2 of the most important film of the year

#OneBattleAfterAnother cements PTA in the conversation of greatest cinematic storyteller, entertains w/ thrills & laughs, and has the guts to say something at a time of rising authoritarianism. My new #1 of 2025: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/onebattlea...

#OneBattleAfterAnother cements PTA in the conversation of greatest cinematic storyteller, entertains w/ thrills & laughs, and has the guts to say something at a time of rising authoritarianism. My new #1 of 2025: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/onebattlea...

Ready to see a new movie from the living GOAT

#TheLostBus is hindered by a very straightforward script with repetitive actions, and an incredibly sluggish first act. Thankfully, its stars and Greengrass' direction of the inferno scenes elevate it just enough: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/lostbus

#TheLostBus is hindered by a very straightforward script with repetitive actions, and an incredibly sluggish first act. Thankfully, its stars and Greengrass' direction of the inferno scenes elevate it just enough: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/lostbus

#EleanorTheGreat is not without faults, and it tackles a plot that is both *extremely* awkward and prickly. But, for my part, its rumination on how faith and community can help with grief got tears out of me: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/eleanorthe...

#EleanorTheGreat is not without faults, and it tackles a plot that is both *extremely* awkward and prickly. But, for my part, its rumination on how faith and community can help with grief got tears out of me: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/eleanorthe...

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As we enter the campaign phase of awards season, I wrote about some of the slight changes that have come (or are coming) to the newsletter: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/newsletter...

As we enter the campaign phase of awards season, I wrote about some of the slight changes that have come (or are coming) to the newsletter: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/newsletter...

The Reel Lounge opened its doors for an hour last night as @1upvault.bsky.social joined me to talk about some of the latest happenings in film/gaming; but more importantly we reset the table for the podcast to enter a new era going forward: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/podcast01

The Reel Lounge opened its doors for an hour last night as @1upvault.bsky.social joined me to talk about some of the latest happenings in film/gaming; but more importantly we reset the table for the podcast to enter a new era going forward: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/podcast01

In recognition of a new film from the living GOAT dropping this week, my Letterboxd profile is now PTA themed for the occasion

Did I think she was a great candidate? Not really. She made mistakes that made my heart sink on a few occasions. She should've been less loyal to Biden and kept the "these guys are weird" energy before the consultants took over. But she way overperformed the fundamentals. Biden would've done worse.

I can't understate how bad the political environment was for Ds last year. The worst in a Prez cycle for them in my lifetime. You have to go back to the Reagan 80s to find a worse Prez year environment for them. Harris keeping it within 1.5% and Ds almost sweeping key Senate races was impressive.

At the first Trump 2.0 White House press conference a reporter, noting the huge turnout, was supposedly quoted as saying, “We’re so back.” This stuff is terrifying, but I can’t shake how complicit the legacy media has been in getting us here. They prioritized ratings over the country’s well-being.

I honestly expected a small, temporary bump in public opinion for Trump and the GOP after Kirk’s murder, but there’s been no real sign of it. I hate to give voters credit for something, but they’re parsing this better than certain pundits.

You wouldn’t know it from all the pundit chatter, but this November is shaping up to be a pretty damn blue off-year cycle. At this point, the NJ and VA governor’s races are arguably getting in Safe D territory, and CA looks set to pass the new lines by a wide margin.

Good stuff @ordinarytimes.bsky.social ft @mendezmovierpt.bsky.social updating Oscar races, @mikeschilling.bsky.social on National League vs National League pre-World series, @captainkudzu.bsky.social on Conspiracy Theories plus @ogjaybird.bsky.social @conservativela.bsky.social and much more

Via @ordinarytimes.bsky.social my post Telluride/Venice/TIFF #Oscars projections for Best Picture, alongside my first look at director, casting, acting, and screenplay categories. Exploring some early theories with a few of these, we'll see how they pan out: 🔗 ordinary-times.com/2025/09/18/9...

Via @ordinarytimes.bsky.social my post Telluride/Venice/TIFF #Oscars projections for Best Picture, alongside my first look at director, casting, acting, and screenplay categories. Exploring some early theories with a few of these, we'll see how they pan out: 🔗 ordinary-times.com/2025/09/18/9...

#HIMMovie features a captivating Marlon Wayans performance, plus insights into athletes destroying themselves for glory. Unfortunately, the film loses steam as it progresses, leading to a unfulfilling result: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/him

#HIMMovie features a captivating Marlon Wayans performance, plus insights into athletes destroying themselves for glory. Unfortunately, the film loses steam as it progresses, leading to a unfulfilling result: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/him

Both SAG and WGA are already out with statements BTW...

I say this as someone who is much more moderate than leftist, but the centrist pundits and centrist politicians have been incredibly cringe during Trump 2.0. No wonder the base is hungry for a fighter.

Guarantee you come Oscar time there will be some massive tension between ABC wanting to keep the show politics free, but good luck with that given how all of this suppression has been directly affecting the industry + the frontrunner being an explicitly "F*ck facism" movie.

Tonight's movie

#ABigBoldBeautifulJourney is one of the most frustrating movies I've ever liked. There's a potential romantic life-affirming masterpiece in this, but the extra whimsy energy is just a dash too much even for me: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/beautifulj...

My belated, kinda' scattered thoughts on the final #DowntonAbbey film are now up. Overall, a comfy two hour goodbye to one of the greatest series of all time; albeit it doesn't fully justify its existence: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/downtonabb...

#ABigBoldBeautifulJourney is one of the most frustrating movies I've ever liked. There's a potential romantic life-affirming masterpiece in this, but the extra whimsy energy is just a dash too much even for me: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/beautifulj...

My belated, kinda' scattered thoughts on the final #DowntonAbbey film are now up. Overall, a comfy two hour goodbye to one of the greatest series of all time; albeit it doesn't fully justify its existence: 🔗 www.mendezmoviereport.com/p/downtonabb...

Tonight's movie

Gonna pop on one of the best films of this century tonight

I'm a theist who attends a Christian church, but next time I go to a memorial I'll try to somehow get in a "See you in Valhalla" comment about the dearly departed. F*ck it.

Time to say goodbye to one of the few TV series that didn't lose me...

Wild how Spencer Cox was doing such a good job of coming off like a uniter, making Utah proud, and then threw it all away today with that xenophobic as fuck comment.

With the nonsense anti-vax stuff happening in my state, you damn sure I was getting my seasonal flu vax. COVID next.

He literally surrendered himself after these dopes couldn't even ID him. Modern tech and the Killer's guilty conscious bailed them out.

22 years old, and you throw your life away for a political grifter. This is practically still a kid.

In the same way the media coverage of the 2024 election made me higher on CIVIL WAR than I initially was, the last few months of, all of this, have made me higher on EDDINGTON than I initially was. I wouldn't say I *love* either of these movies, but I get them a little better.