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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.
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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...
Talked BUGONIA with Peter and Alyssa, who both seemed vaguely horrified by my take on the end of the film. But like. The text of the movie is the text of the movie! movieaisle.substack.com/p/bugonia-an...
'Bugonia' and the Movies of Our Moment
Plus: What does it mean for Taylor Sheridan to leave Paramount+?
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November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Talked BUGONIA with Peter and Alyssa, who both seemed vaguely horrified by my take on the end of the film. But like. The text of the movie is the text of the movie! movieaisle.substack.com/p/bugonia-an...
The new documentary series "Mr. Scorsese" on AppleTV+ is a great portrait of Martin Scorsese, of course. But it's also a crash course in the economics of American cinema over the last 60-some years. A must-watch for students of the business of film. www.thebulwark.com/p/martin-sco...
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The new documentary series "Mr. Scorsese" on AppleTV+ is a great portrait of Martin Scorsese, of course. But it's also a crash course in the economics of American cinema over the last 60-some years. A must-watch for students of the business of film. www.thebulwark.com/p/martin-sco...
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"The happiness of childhood is the root of all nostalgia, the tragic flaw in each of us: to yearn for a return to the innocence we once had and to understand, on some level, that it’s gone forever." ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/bugonia-re...
‘Bugonia’ Review
Mean-spirited, but in the sort of way we all kinda-sorta deserve.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"The happiness of childhood is the root of all nostalgia, the tragic flaw in each of us: to yearn for a return to the innocence we once had and to understand, on some level, that it’s gone forever." ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/bugonia-re...
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Today would have been John Candy's 75th birthday. Here's the review by our @sonnybunch.bsky.social of the new documentary about him:
www.thebulwark.com/p/john-candy...
www.thebulwark.com/p/john-candy...
John Candy and the Life Well Lived
Plus: South Park and the life poorly lived.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Today would have been John Candy's 75th birthday. Here's the review by our @sonnybunch.bsky.social of the new documentary about him:
www.thebulwark.com/p/john-candy...
www.thebulwark.com/p/john-candy...
MR. SCORSESE is a fine look at Martin Scorsese, artist. But it's also a riveting portrait of how the business of film has evolved. The man has a compulsion to make movies, and that requires no small sum of money. He's figured out how to get it. www.thebulwark.com/p/martin-sco...
Martin Scorsese and the American Cinematic Century
Plus: Something spooky assigned!
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October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
MR. SCORSESE is a fine look at Martin Scorsese, artist. But it's also a riveting portrait of how the business of film has evolved. The man has a compulsion to make movies, and that requires no small sum of money. He's figured out how to get it. www.thebulwark.com/p/martin-sco...
I picked @radiofreetom.bsky.social's brain about Netflix's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, nuclear panic cinema more broadly, and the current, uh, state of things when it comes to nukes. Things got kind of weird this week, huh? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-hou...
What 'A House of Dynamite' Gets Right About Nuclear War
Tom Nichols on Kathryn Bigelow's tick-tock nuclear war drama.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I picked @radiofreetom.bsky.social's brain about Netflix's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, nuclear panic cinema more broadly, and the current, uh, state of things when it comes to nukes. Things got kind of weird this week, huh? www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-hou...
I don't ask much from you people but I'm officially asking for something now: a grassroots effort to secure Amy Madigan an Oscar nomination for her work in WEAPONS, a bonkers-in-the-best-way performance that ties that whole movie together. Madigan-mentum now! theankler.com/p/oscar-puzz...
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I don't ask much from you people but I'm officially asking for something now: a grassroots effort to secure Amy Madigan an Oscar nomination for her work in WEAPONS, a bonkers-in-the-best-way performance that ties that whole movie together. Madigan-mentum now! theankler.com/p/oscar-puzz...
I just happened to pause on this screen and, uh, yeah. Wild bonus episode today. movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-gooner...
October 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I just happened to pause on this screen and, uh, yeah. Wild bonus episode today. movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-gooner...
I apologize for the jump scare in the middle of this review. www.thebulwark.com/p/bugonia-re...
‘Bugonia’ Review
Mean-spirited, but in the sort of way we all kinda-sorta deserve.
www.thebulwark.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I apologize for the jump scare in the middle of this review. www.thebulwark.com/p/bugonia-re...
The future is bad and we should burn it down. Don’t watch this without headphones!
movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-gooner...
movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-gooner...
The Gooner-Pocalypse
First off, please don’t listen to this episode with your kids in the car.
movieaisle.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The future is bad and we should burn it down. Don’t watch this without headphones!
movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-gooner...
movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-gooner...
There was some gambling news last week, which finally gave me an excuse to do something I've wanted to do for a long time: talk about ROUNDERS on a podcast with @jvl.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE62...
Rounders Bombed—Then Became a CLASSIC | Bulwark Movie Club
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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October 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
There was some gambling news last week, which finally gave me an excuse to do something I've wanted to do for a long time: talk about ROUNDERS on a podcast with @jvl.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE62...
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Gambling habits, fake Russian accents, and don't worry, plenty of movie talk.
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @sonnybunch.bsky.social talk "Rounders" in the latest Bulwark Movie Club!
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @sonnybunch.bsky.social talk "Rounders" in the latest Bulwark Movie Club!
October 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Gambling habits, fake Russian accents, and don't worry, plenty of movie talk.
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @sonnybunch.bsky.social talk "Rounders" in the latest Bulwark Movie Club!
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social, and @sonnybunch.bsky.social talk "Rounders" in the latest Bulwark Movie Club!
On ATMA this week, Peter, Alyssa, and I discussed the insane state of the potential sale of WB to Paramount and then marveled at humanity's capacity for self-destruction in our review of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. Nuclear war, baby. It's back! movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-terror...
The Terror of 'A House of Dynamite'
Plus: Why Paramount's potential purchase of WB is so worrisome.
movieaisle.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
On ATMA this week, Peter, Alyssa, and I discussed the insane state of the potential sale of WB to Paramount and then marveled at humanity's capacity for self-destruction in our review of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. Nuclear war, baby. It's back! movieaisle.substack.com/p/the-terror...
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"I was kind of surprised by how hard and how successfully 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' works to avoid' the typical biopic tropes." That plus "A House of Dynamite" from @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/bruce-spri...
Kathryn Bigelow brings back the nuclear panic movie.
Plus: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Gets the Big-Screen Treatment
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October 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"I was kind of surprised by how hard and how successfully 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' works to avoid' the typical biopic tropes." That plus "A House of Dynamite" from @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/bruce-spri...
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"I can envision certain audiences sitting there and stoically saying, 'Okay, that’s it? Well, that’s not for me.' I, on the other hand, found it to be a tremendously moving portrait of fathers and sons and the search for self-worth." ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/springstee...
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Review
The art of the self-condemned—not the stuff of your standard biopic.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"I can envision certain audiences sitting there and stoically saying, 'Okay, that’s it? Well, that’s not for me.' I, on the other hand, found it to be a tremendously moving portrait of fathers and sons and the search for self-worth." ICYMI @sonnybunch.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/springstee...
Kathryn Bigelow's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is fascinating because it's very much a throwback: it's a good old-fashioned nuclear panic movie! What does that say about our geopolitical moment? Well ... nothing good! www.thebulwark.com/p/bruce-spri...
Kathryn Bigelow brings back the nuclear panic movie.
Plus: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Gets the Big-Screen Treatment
www.thebulwark.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Kathryn Bigelow's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is fascinating because it's very much a throwback: it's a good old-fashioned nuclear panic movie! What does that say about our geopolitical moment? Well ... nothing good! www.thebulwark.com/p/bruce-spri...
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more and more people are saying NOMINATE DELROY LINDO, ACADEMY COWARDS
I previewed the awards season films with Katey Rich and Chris Rosen while also discussing Oscar predictions and Ankler Pundits. But the real takeaway from this episode should be "GIVE DELROY LINDO A DANG OSCAR NOMINATION." The man deserves it! www.thebulwark.com/p/delroy-lin...
Delroy Lindo Deserves a Dang Oscar
The Ankler's Katey Rich and Christopher Rosen preview awards season.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
more and more people are saying NOMINATE DELROY LINDO, ACADEMY COWARDS
I previewed the awards season films with Katey Rich and Chris Rosen while also discussing Oscar predictions and Ankler Pundits. But the real takeaway from this episode should be "GIVE DELROY LINDO A DANG OSCAR NOMINATION." The man deserves it! www.thebulwark.com/p/delroy-lin...
Delroy Lindo Deserves a Dang Oscar
The Ankler's Katey Rich and Christopher Rosen preview awards season.
www.thebulwark.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I previewed the awards season films with Katey Rich and Chris Rosen while also discussing Oscar predictions and Ankler Pundits. But the real takeaway from this episode should be "GIVE DELROY LINDO A DANG OSCAR NOMINATION." The man deserves it! www.thebulwark.com/p/delroy-lin...