FilmWonk

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Seattle-based film critic and podcaster.

On the site, we talk movies.
Here, I sometimes talk politics.
Opinions are my own. He/Him.

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It had been just long enough for me to forget how much the first four episodes of #BattlestarGalactica Season 3 absolutely whip ass.

Sure is nice that the guy who called me vermin last week wants unity

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Sen. Bernie Sanders came out with a fierce op-ed backing Joe Biden amid growing Dem revolt: "He will be the candidate and should be the candidate."

Bernie Sanders Throws Support Behind Biden: ‘Enough!’www.huffpost.com Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) penned a strong endorsement of Biden in The New York Times’ opinion section on Saturday that cited his national policy...

Goodbye, Ms. Duvall! And thank you for everything

HELLO, I'M SHELLEY DUVALL! (official Shelley Duvall)www.youtube.com YouTube video by MISS SHELLEY DUVALL

AOC doesn't always say the right thing but I'll be goddamned if she's not on the right side for the right reason most of the time. Kudos for doing the right thing and upholding the Constitution against brazen corruption. Let every Republican in that House defend this conduct.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has introduced impeachment articles against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

"including a plan to “reevaluate” franchises to fuel a “powerful and repeatable IP ecosystem.”" This may be me projecting wishful thinking, but the biggest shortcoming of NuTrek (most of which I've still enjoyed) has been a lack of individually distinct and memorable episodes... (1/2)

After months of on-again/off-again negotiations, an $8 billion deal has finally been struck between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, bringing new ownership of CBS, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and many other companies and their franchises and IPs, including #StarTrek trekmovie.com/2024/0...#StarTrek trekmovie.com/2024/0...

Paramount Global Officially Agrees To Skydance Merger, With Potential Big Impact On Star Trek’s Futuretrekmovie.com The incoming management of Paramount made their pitch to investors this morning.

I saw this meme and now all of Treksky must as well #JusticeForTuvix #StarTrek #Voyager

Anyway here's the latest tonally perfect weird shit from co-screenwriter Efthimis Filippou, whose presence is a reliable indicator that even among Yorgos Lanthimos flicks, this is gonna be one of the weird ones. We loved KINDS OF KINDNESS. #film

FilmWonk Podcast – Episode #211 – “Kinds of Kindness (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)filmwonk.net This week on the FilmWonk Podcast, Glenn and Daniel check in on the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos and his Poor Things collaborators Emma Stone and co-screenwriter Efthimis Filippou (The Killin...

Me watching the Biden's speech😬 It's good he rejected it. It's good he promised to defend the founding, aspirational principle of our constitutional republic that no one is above the law (even if a good chunk of them were ignored or held in bondage by it, but no matter). (1/x)

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(then insert your big idea of how to change it, e.g.) "The Court has decided to become a political, partisan organization. That is a gross distortion of its role in the constitutional structure, and it is both sad and infuriating that they have chosen to do so. America needs to repair the Court"

Still from Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E21, "The Drumhead" Originally aired April 29, 1991

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St Peter like

Martin Mull, comic actor of ‘Clue,’ ‘Roseanne’ and ‘Arrested Development,’ has died

Martin Mull, Comic Actor of 'Clue,' 'Roseanne' and 'Arrested Development,' Dies at 80www.thewrap.com Martin Mull, best known for his roles in "Clue," "Roseanne" and "Arrested Development," died Thursday at age 80.

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I don't know who hawk tuah girl is, but I'm trying to figure out how we get them to hawk tuah the polls

oh my god now there's a "future of prison" startup that says it will use AI and brain implants to plant fake memories into the brains of criminals, "rehabilitating" them in minutes instead of years and I am going to spend the rest of the day screaming now sciencetimes.com/articles/509...

Cognify: Revolutionary Prison Concept Uses AI and Brain Implants to Fast-Track Criminal Rehabilitationsciencetimes.com Discover how AI and brain implants are transforming rehabilitation. Read more on Cognify's innovative prison concept now!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeesh. If I wanted an offputting emotional experience that makes me feel the totality of time and space acutely enough to become awash in existential horror, David Lowery's "A Ghost Story" already exists. #Here #Movie #Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_id...

Here - Official Trailer (HD)www.youtube.com You are here. Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in Robert Zemeckis’ #HereMovie - exclusively in movie theaters November 15. Learn More: http://here-movie.com/ Subscribe for more exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/@sonypictures Follow Here on Social: https://www.instagram.com/heremovie/ https://www.facebook.com/HereMovieOfficial/ https://x.com/HereMovie From the reunited director, writer, and stars of Forrest Gump, Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, screenplay by Eric Roth & Zemeckis and told much in the style of the acclaimed graphic novel by Richard McGuire on which it is based, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in a tale of love, loss, laughter and life, all of which happen right Here. Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Screenplay by: Eric Roth & Robert Zemeckis Based on the graphic novel by: Richard McGuire Produced by: Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke Derek Hogue Bill Block Executive Producers: Jeremy Johns Andrew Golov Thom Zadra Cast: Tom Hanks Robin Wright Paul Bettany Kelly Reilly Michelle Dockery This film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for the following reasons: thematic material, some suggestive material, brief strong language and smoking. Credits not final. #HereMovie #Sony #SonyPictures #OfficialTrailer #MovieTrailer #Trailer #TomHanks #RobinWright #PaulBettany KellyReilly #MichelleDockery

Nobody asked for it, nobody needs it, and it's draining the goddamn power grid.

What I'm incandescent with rage about today? Using Adobe Acrobat. To search a large file. I just want to search it. It keeps prompting me with "USE AI TO ANSWER QUESTIONS" I DO NOT WANT TO ANSWER A QUESTION I JUST NEED TO FIND A GODDAMNED RECURRENCE OF A WORD YOU PIECE OF SHIT

In a couple weeks, the movie WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S will be celebrating its 35th anniversary, a fact which came to mind today for no reason whatsoever. www.npr.org/2024/06/22/n...

Historian reflects on US Constitution, 236 years after it first went into effectwww.npr.org NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Harvard history professor Jill Lepore about the state of the U.S. Constitution, 236 years after its ratification.

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It would be super cool if the tech media would simply stop credulously repeating every value-juicing statement C-Suites make like they’re the in-house PR department. The only difference between these hollow promises and the guy crying, “The end is near!” on the street corner is funding.

What a gift was Donald Sutherland. He could do intensity, comedy, drama, villainy, warmth, and icy, steely frost. I'm sharing one of my favorite monologues from him, a preposterous, conspiratorial expo-dump delivered with unparalleled skill. He was so good. RIP, sir, and thanks for everything.

Donald Sutherland Monologue from 'JFK'www.youtube.com Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) meets with a mysterious man called X (Donald Sutherland), who gives him confidential information about President Kennedy's assassination.

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Incredible. How do they do it?

mamma mia! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

New Audio: Alito Bashes ProPublica for Reporting on Supreme Court Ethicswww.rollingstone.com Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording suggests partisan funding is to blame for coverage of justices’ undisclosed luxury gifts.

Really makes you think about the reckless environmental toll of a feature that *fucking sucks* and that *nobody asked for or wants*

AI makes Google Search gobble up more energy and water.www.theverge.com Data centers already use a lot of water and electricity, and adding AI overviews to Google Search only makes those problems bigger. AI uses “orders of magnitude more energy” than traditional search e...

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Don't think this has made rounds on Bluesky yet. LAIKA’s ‘Coraline’ Returns to Theaters with 3D Remaster for 15th Anniversary www.animationmagazine.net/2024/06/laik... Tickets on sale date is Friday, June 21 at 6 a.m. PT. For more information about the global release, visit coraline.com. #animation

Coraline 15th Anniversarycoraline.com In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Coraline returns to theaters worldwide August 15–22 in newly remastered 3D.

Okay this is bad I suppose but it's also very, very funny.

New: Hackers embedded malware in a Stable Diffusion extension hosted on GitHub and have been hacking people generating AI images "You have committed one of our sins: Art Theft" www.404media.co/hackers-targ...

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The word *Speed* in Norwegian is fart, leading to exactly what you imagine happened in 1994.

New talentless incel circle jerk just dropped #ai

Managed to get thwarted several times watching the Disco finale, but finally enjoyed it on a lazy Sunday morning. It's good. Final Star Trek Discovery season rankings (most favorite to least favorite): 3 (The Burn) 4 (Dark-Matter Anomaly) 5 (Progenitors' Tech) 2 (Control) 1 (Klingon w/two dicks)

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direct sale of cars from manufacturers would, in a single blow, hollow out one of the most consistently reactionary classes of local gentry, these small-money middlemen with their middling bribes that nevertheless halt years of work to maintain a rotten status quo.

As always what strikes me in these cases is that the sheer *value for money* of political bribery is just incredible.