'Lucky' is a solid thriller that takes us beyond the usual caper-gone-wrong tropes. Check out my review over at MovieWeb. movieweb.com/lucky-review/

Interesting point here -- "Gibbon was skeptical that history had any definitive lessons. Corpses turned out to be terrible tutors. But knowing about the past, he believed, can help place the here and now in the proper light..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/o...

The Shards looks like Ryan Murphy is returning to a form that will be less about glorifying evil and more about an intruiging and stylish mystery. My latest at MovieWeb movieweb.com/ryan-murphy-...

Encourage your children to start a banned book club 📕 💙 ❤️

New books! Read more in my newsletter: chrisyogerst.substack.com/p/hollywood-...

The Shards looks like Ryan Murphy is returning to a form that will be less about glorifying evil and more about an intruiging and stylish mystery. My latest at MovieWeb movieweb.com/ryan-murphy-...

Interesting point here -- "Gibbon was skeptical that history had any definitive lessons. Corpses turned out to be terrible tutors. But knowing about the past, he believed, can help place the here and now in the proper light..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/o...

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LAWSUIT alleging Google illegally copied books and stole books from behind paywalls. “The result is an AI system that competes directly with Plaintiffs’ and the Class’s works in the market,” the lawsuit claims. #AI #booksky 1/

Paramount announcing that they’re leaving California because California won’t let them cut tend of thousands of jobs isn’t the threat they think it is.

New reads! Eager to dive into all of these!

The plot thickens... www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

So Netflix is after Letterboxed, but so is Paramount. The fact that David Ellison is looking to land Letterboxd while he still has significant hurdles before landing Warner Bros. Discovery is quite curious....

This one hurts. RIP Dr. Alan Grant.

Respectable, but it won't matter. As soon as Disney gobbled up Fox, a precedent was set. This one is likely over. However, a delay could be costly and that's really the only way to make this fall apart. As the clock ticks, fees add up, and investors bail.

So Netflix is after Letterboxed, but so is Paramount. The fact that David Ellison is looking to land Letterboxd while he still has significant hurdles before landing Warner Bros. Discovery is quite curious....

Reposting my column about Idiocracy. It hurts to realize how true it became but also laughter is an essential medicine…

My recommendation during the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale - you can't beat the delightful Charade, which is endlessly fun.

Curious to read Thomson's new book, where he argues that movies and antiheroes actually helped the rise of Donald Trump. Will be listening to @scottfeinberg.bsky.social's interview soon...

The "report’s objective is to punish it for doing that in a way that makes U.S. history accessible to and reflective of all Americans. The report is only the latest chapter in a broader, systematic campaign that now targets an institution that was never meant to answer to any single administration.”

Curious to read Thomson's new book, where he argues that movies and antiheroes actually helped the rise of Donald Trump. Will be listening to @scottfeinberg.bsky.social's interview soon...

Excellent piece by @greersinclair.bsky.social on the state of Hollywood as a place stuck in a strange limbo between past and present. Her sentiments perfectly articulate what I also feel increasingly with every visit to LA.

Readers of the New York Times picked Idiocracy as the definitive film that captures America. A few days ago I wrote an essay on exactly how this film connects with nearly every aspect of our life today (link in the first comment)

Excellent piece by @greersinclair.bsky.social on the state of Hollywood as a place stuck in a strange limbo between past and present. Her sentiments perfectly articulate what I also feel increasingly with every visit to LA.

Readers of the New York Times picked Idiocracy as the definitive film that captures America. A few days ago I wrote an essay on exactly how this film connects with nearly every aspect of our life today (link in the first comment)

finally a state pushing back, massachusetts just moved a bill to protect libraries and make book bans harder to pull off, proof that fighting for access still matters, maybe this is the start of something better?

Happy Independence Day!

When Sammy started this project he told me he needed to rescue Capra from a previous biographer. I have no doubt this will be a great book.

Here we go again. Who knows, maybe they've found something. I won't hold my breath, but I'm curious. I find it strange that after all these years the LAPD still appears to be holding these files tight.

Okay, as we near America's 250th anniversary, I've done a deep dive on Idiocracy. We're here, but we knew that. What's astonishing is how much Mike Judge got right. The film's final note - that reading is fundamental - couldn't be more important right now. movieweb.com/idiocracy-cu...

I mean, he keeps saying that America is Back. Of course, it's just for him and his family www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

Okay, as we near America's 250th anniversary, I've done a deep dive on Idiocracy. We're here, but we knew that. What's astonishing is how much Mike Judge got right. The film's final note - that reading is fundamental - couldn't be more important right now. movieweb.com/idiocracy-cu...

ICYMI over the weekend I wrote a list on overlooked Westerns that took off over at MovieWeb. There are SO many but I was limited to ten here.

Good stuff here. I’m guilty of sometimes taking *minimal* video. Especially if I know someone who couldn’t go and wanted to. I do make up for that by standing in the way of dudes (it’s always dudes) trying to push to the front.

ICYMI over the weekend I wrote a list on overlooked Westerns that took off over at MovieWeb. There are SO many but I was limited to ten here.

I remembered Eraser as a kinda okay actioner from the 90s. Revisiting in 4K, the film holds up much better than expected. My latest from MovieWeb 👇

June 28, 1975: Rod Serling dies. “There is just one thing I would like on my headstone — a line that reads only, ‘He left friends’.” ♥️ He was only 50, but he left behind a body of work that in terms of quantity and quality dwarfs that of many writers who lived much longer.

Happy 100th, Mel Brooks. I interviewed you recently. I don’t think I have yet fully processed what that meant to me. You are probably the single most important cultural figure in my life. You were as curious about me as I was about you. I love you, Mel. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

This is how you sell a color television.

I remembered Eraser as a kinda okay actioner from the 90s. Revisiting in 4K, the film holds up much better than expected. My latest from MovieWeb 👇

Big list post today! I don't do a lot of these, but this was one I couldn't resist. Ten westerns that nobody talks about anymore. Of course, this is directed at the mainstream moviegoer...most classic film or definitely classic Western fans will certainly know these films.

Big list post today! I don't do a lot of these, but this was one I couldn't resist. Ten westerns that nobody talks about anymore. Of course, this is directed at the mainstream moviegoer...most classic film or definitely classic Western fans will certainly know these films.

Excited to start The American Experiment on Netflix. #NowWatching

My pal Terry Chester Shulman plays the role of killjoy here assuring us that the delightful story of Raoul Walsh stealing John Barrymore's body to scare Errol Flynn simply isn't true. I had my doubts, and I've told the story in class before in the context of hoping it was true...

If you haven't seen I Will Find You on Netflix yet, make sure to check it out. A largely standard plot is turned into a gripping thriller with wonderful performances. The series reminds us that we don't always need to reinvent the wheel when a show can be executed so well. My latest at MovieWeb --

My pal Terry Chester Shulman plays the role of killjoy here assuring us that the delightful story of Raoul Walsh stealing John Barrymore's body to scare Errol Flynn simply isn't true. I had my doubts, and I've told the story in class before in the context of hoping it was true...

Ellison really needs to speed up how he's going to win over the industry here. The positive talks with DC heads at Warners sounds somewhat promising... Here's to hoping he can take a page out of Harry Warner's playbook. CC: @sternbergh.bsky.social

If you haven't seen I Will Find You on Netflix yet, make sure to check it out. A largely standard plot is turned into a gripping thriller with wonderful performances. The series reminds us that we don't always need to reinvent the wheel when a show can be executed so well. My latest at MovieWeb --

"The integration of independent creativity with industry influence is a good thing all around. It offers exposure for, and help to, new voices, giving them more visibility and opportunity, and it promotes the kind of originality that Hollywood desperately needs." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...

On historical presentism: “both sides think more like lawyers than historians…scoring points as advocates for their perspective…nothing is lost in this interpretive framework except historical truth.” #nowreading #americanhistory