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Netflix buying Warner Bros. would be an extinction-level event for movie theaters. But don’t take my word for it! Take James Cameron’s. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-netfli...
Why Netflix Can’t Buy Warner Bros.
Plus: a ‘Family’ assignment!
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November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Netflix buying Warner Bros. would be an extinction-level event for movie theaters. But don’t take my word for it! Take James Cameron’s. www.thebulwark.com/p/why-netfli...
I really enjoy the FAMILY PLAN movies and also really enjoy talking to David Coggeshall, so it was a no-brainer to have him back on the pod to discuss turning AppleTV’s big hit into a series, the joy of shooting in London/Paris, and what’s next for him. www.thebulwark.com/p/sticking-w...
Sticking with 'Family'
Writer David Coggeshall on 'The Family Plan 2.'
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November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I really enjoy the FAMILY PLAN movies and also really enjoy talking to David Coggeshall, so it was a no-brainer to have him back on the pod to discuss turning AppleTV’s big hit into a series, the joy of shooting in London/Paris, and what’s next for him. www.thebulwark.com/p/sticking-w...
WICKED: FOR GOOD? More like WICKED 2: IT'S BAD, amirite? Haha, but seriously folks, it's terrible. www.thebulwark.com/p/wicked-for...
‘Wicked: For Good’ Review
Reimagining, retellings, and unholy recreations.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
WICKED: FOR GOOD? More like WICKED 2: IT'S BAD, amirite? Haha, but seriously folks, it's terrible. www.thebulwark.com/p/wicked-for...
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I had a blast talking about how Fast & Furious souped up Hollywood's intellectual-property engine (have I abused the car metaphors too much?) with @sonnybunch.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com. Buckle up and listen below!
Longtime listeners/readers will know I'm not a fan of the Fast and Furious franchise. But Barry Hertz's book on the series is a.) entertainingly written, b.) thoroughly reported, and c.) a fascinating micro-history of 21st-century Hollywood economics. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-fast-and...
A 'Fast and Furious' Guide to the Economics of Hollywood
Barry Hertz on his new book, 'Welcome to the Family.'
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November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I had a blast talking about how Fast & Furious souped up Hollywood's intellectual-property engine (have I abused the car metaphors too much?) with @sonnybunch.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com. Buckle up and listen below!
Longtime listeners/readers will know I'm not a fan of the Fast and Furious franchise. But Barry Hertz's book on the series is a.) entertainingly written, b.) thoroughly reported, and c.) a fascinating micro-history of 21st-century Hollywood economics. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-fast-and...
A 'Fast and Furious' Guide to the Economics of Hollywood
Barry Hertz on his new book, 'Welcome to the Family.'
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Longtime listeners/readers will know I'm not a fan of the Fast and Furious franchise. But Barry Hertz's book on the series is a.) entertainingly written, b.) thoroughly reported, and c.) a fascinating micro-history of 21st-century Hollywood economics. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-fast-and...
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excuse me only Beatrix Kiddo can do this
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
excuse me only Beatrix Kiddo can do this
Of all the bad and insane things about Trump, his proximity to RFK Jr is, I think, the worst and most insane. I've felt this way since the election: He is going to literally get people killed because he doesn't understand how medicine works. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
What If the Most Dangerous Man in the Administration Isn’t Donald Trump?
The U.S. government is now pushing misinformation.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Of all the bad and insane things about Trump, his proximity to RFK Jr is, I think, the worst and most insane. I've felt this way since the election: He is going to literally get people killed because he doesn't understand how medicine works. www.thebulwark.com/p/is-rfk-jr-...
On the ATMA bonus episode this week, we discussed the concurrent decline of movie theaters and movie stars. Peter asked Alyssa and me the million dollar question: movieaisle.substack.com/p/can-movie-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
On the ATMA bonus episode this week, we discussed the concurrent decline of movie theaters and movie stars. Peter asked Alyssa and me the million dollar question: movieaisle.substack.com/p/can-movie-...
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"Exciting news: The Pope said everybody has to go to the movie theaters." Well, not quite, but it might be good for your mind, even your soul. @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Exciting news: The Pope said everybody has to go to the movie theaters." Well, not quite, but it might be good for your mind, even your soul. @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
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Apropos of the Pope's endorsement of the movie-theater experience, check out this list from @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Apropos of the Pope's endorsement of the movie-theater experience, check out this list from @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
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"There’s an internal element too, an inner peace that comes from entering the sanctum sanctorum of those movie palaces with the wall-sized screens. Don’t take it from me. Take it from a higher authority: his holiness, Pope Leo XIV."
New @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
New @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
Pope Leo and Theaters as Cathedrals
The power of Christ compels you (to go to the movies).
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"There’s an internal element too, an inner peace that comes from entering the sanctum sanctorum of those movie palaces with the wall-sized screens. Don’t take it from me. Take it from a higher authority: his holiness, Pope Leo XIV."
New @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
New @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
Saying “I don’t need to see this in a theater because it’s not a big blockbuster” totally misses the point of why going to a theater matters. But don’t take my word for it: take the Pope’s! www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
Pope Leo and Theaters as Cathedrals
The power of Christ compels you (to go to the movies).
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Saying “I don’t need to see this in a theater because it’s not a big blockbuster” totally misses the point of why going to a theater matters. But don’t take my word for it: take the Pope’s! www.thebulwark.com/p/pope-leo-a...
I'm not saying this definitely happened because of us but I'm not not saying it either.
Look at what @sonnybunch.bsky.social and @ditzkoff.bsky.social made* happen!
*no other explanation other than Dave showing up on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood.
www.criterion.com/films/34869-...
*no other explanation other than Dave showing up on The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood.
www.criterion.com/films/34869-...
Network
This media satire, directed by Sidney Lumet from a brilliantly incisive script by Paddy Chayefsky, is an X-ray of the corrupted soul of a corporate-dominated America, startlingly prescient in its anti...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm not saying this definitely happened because of us but I'm not not saying it either.
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER and NOUVELLE VAGUE are both streaming on Netflix now. They’re a rare breed: dramas for adults. I reviews them and tried to suss out why movies like this are so rarely made. www.thebulwark.com/p/ballad-of-...
‘Ballad of a Small Player’ and ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Hit Netflix
Why dramas have flocked to the small screen.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER and NOUVELLE VAGUE are both streaming on Netflix now. They’re a rare breed: dramas for adults. I reviews them and tried to suss out why movies like this are so rarely made. www.thebulwark.com/p/ballad-of-...
I hadn’t watched THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE in years and was shocked by how hard the ending—a forgotten, foundational man exiting the scene in a cheap casket—hit me. (Probably means nothing.) Talked to @chrisyogerst.com about it this week on the pod! www.thebulwark.com/p/printing-t...
Printing the Legend
Chris Yogerst on the surprising political 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.'
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November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I hadn’t watched THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE in years and was shocked by how hard the ending—a forgotten, foundational man exiting the scene in a cheap casket—hit me. (Probably means nothing.) Talked to @chrisyogerst.com about it this week on the pod! www.thebulwark.com/p/printing-t...
"Kash Patel's girlfriend is suing MAGA conspiracy theorists for claiming she's a Mossad operative who is covering up Epstein's blackmail ops" is by far the funniest story to come out of this administration so far. www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel... x.com/SonnyBunch/s...
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Kash Patel's girlfriend is suing MAGA conspiracy theorists for claiming she's a Mossad operative who is covering up Epstein's blackmail ops" is by far the funniest story to come out of this administration so far. www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel... x.com/SonnyBunch/s...
My goal in the introductions to these segments is to get someone to call Child Protective Services on Alyssa's parents for neglect in years past. movieaisle.substack.com/p/alyssa-has...
Alyssa Hasn't Seen 'Predator,' What the Eff
On this week’s bonus episode, Alyssa discussed a movie she had never seen before this weekend: Predator.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My goal in the introductions to these segments is to get someone to call Child Protective Services on Alyssa's parents for neglect in years past. movieaisle.substack.com/p/alyssa-has...
PREDATOR: BADLANDS is a silly movie, but that's what makes it kind of fun to talk about with Peter and Alyssa? The Elle Fanning tribute in this episode from Alyssa was unexpected but appreciated; she really is a delight in this movie. movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-ultra-...
The Ultra-Silliness of 'Predator: Badlands'
Plus: Is that weird AI actress thing a controversy or nontroversy?
movieaisle.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
PREDATOR: BADLANDS is a silly movie, but that's what makes it kind of fun to talk about with Peter and Alyssa? The Elle Fanning tribute in this episode from Alyssa was unexpected but appreciated; she really is a delight in this movie. movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-ultra-...
Donald Trump's Truth Social platform has an AI function, and the answers it provides are almost in direct opposition to everything Trump posts on the platform. Wonderful stuff. www.thebulwark.com/i/178598098/...
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Donald Trump's Truth Social platform has an AI function, and the answers it provides are almost in direct opposition to everything Trump posts on the platform. Wonderful stuff. www.thebulwark.com/i/178598098/...
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"A nuclear crisis is not something where the president can pick up the phone and say, Vladimir, cut it out... that's not how any of this works," @radiofreetom.bsky.social says in discussing the film 'A House of Dynamite' with @sonnybunch.bsky.social.
"In the real world... things have consequences."
"In the real world... things have consequences."
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"A nuclear crisis is not something where the president can pick up the phone and say, Vladimir, cut it out... that's not how any of this works," @radiofreetom.bsky.social says in discussing the film 'A House of Dynamite' with @sonnybunch.bsky.social.
"In the real world... things have consequences."
"In the real world... things have consequences."
I have complicated feelings about the new FRANKENSTEIN. Del Toro's never made a bad-looking movie. And I know we're to empathize with The Monster; it's in the Shelley. But he's no innocent, and depicting him as such strips the work of some power. www.thebulwark.com/p/frankenste...
Frankenstein, the Man and the Monster
Plus: A black and white assignment!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have complicated feelings about the new FRANKENSTEIN. Del Toro's never made a bad-looking movie. And I know we're to empathize with The Monster; it's in the Shelley. But he's no innocent, and depicting him as such strips the work of some power. www.thebulwark.com/p/frankenste...
I love the movie NETWORK and was excited to pick Dave Itzkoff's brain about it. He literally wrote the book on the flick, which remains eternally relevant almost 50 years later. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-eterna...
The Eternal Relevance of 'Network'
Dave Itzkoff on the classic film as it nears 50.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I love the movie NETWORK and was excited to pick Dave Itzkoff's brain about it. He literally wrote the book on the flick, which remains eternally relevant almost 50 years later. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-eterna...
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"Who needs subtlety when you’re offered up grub grenades on a murder planet?" "Predator: Badlands is not a perfect movie, but it's perfectly pleasing for what it is. @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: www.thebulwark.com/p/predator-b...
‘Predator: Badlands’ Review
The original is perfect. The new one is a pretty good creature feature.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Who needs subtlety when you’re offered up grub grenades on a murder planet?" "Predator: Badlands is not a perfect movie, but it's perfectly pleasing for what it is. @sonnybunch.bsky.social reviews: www.thebulwark.com/p/predator-b...
Two things that can simultaneously be true:
1) Hispanic voters agreed with Trump that illegal immigration is bad. And
2) Hispanic voters are intensely disturbed by all the videos of random Hispanics getting shanghaied by dudes in masks.
www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
1) Hispanic voters agreed with Trump that illegal immigration is bad. And
2) Hispanic voters are intensely disturbed by all the videos of random Hispanics getting shanghaied by dudes in masks.
www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Two things that can simultaneously be true:
1) Hispanic voters agreed with Trump that illegal immigration is bad. And
2) Hispanic voters are intensely disturbed by all the videos of random Hispanics getting shanghaied by dudes in masks.
www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
1) Hispanic voters agreed with Trump that illegal immigration is bad. And
2) Hispanic voters are intensely disturbed by all the videos of random Hispanics getting shanghaied by dudes in masks.
www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
This is a review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS (it's an entertaining creature feature but only barely a "Predator" movie as we understand them) and an explainer of what I mean when I say "PREDATOR is a perfect movie," a phrase I utter with startling regularity. www.thebulwark.com/p/predator-b...
‘Predator: Badlands’ Review
The original is perfect. The new one is a pretty good creature feature.
www.thebulwark.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is a review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS (it's an entertaining creature feature but only barely a "Predator" movie as we understand them) and an explainer of what I mean when I say "PREDATOR is a perfect movie," a phrase I utter with startling regularity. www.thebulwark.com/p/predator-b...