Phillip Iscove

Robert Shaw as Quint during production of Jaws (1975)

Griffin Dunne as Paul during production of After Hours (1985)

JAWS (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg/AFTER HOURS (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese cinematic parallels

This really is a must read for anyone in academia.

Ilhan Omar: "It's completely disgusting. These are Americans that he is calling garbage ... it's also really important for us to remember that this kind of hateful rhetoric and this level of dehumanizing can lead to dangerous actions by people who listen to the president."

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."

In Defense of Olivia Nuzzi BY LISA TADDEO AIR MAIL

We’re not doing this.

Netflix spent $320 million on The Electric State, they know what they’re doing

Matthew Lillard Says ‘It F—ing Sucks’ Quentin Tarantino Said He ‘Didn’t Like Me as an Actor’: ‘It Hurts Your Feelings’ Matthew Lillard says it 'f--ing sucks' that Quentin Tarantino said he's not a fan of his acting.

doesn't matter what QT or anyone else says when getting cast in Twin Peaks: The Return - and doing phenomenal work in it - guarantees you entry into heaven @ogmatthewlillard.bsky.social

I dig his movies. I ignore everything else.

All in good time!

Trump with peace prize medal.

When mom makes you wear your perfect attendance medal for your school photo.

Quentin Tarantino is a wrong a lot, for instance Paul Dano is fantastic in There Will Be Blood, and lord knows he loves the sound of his own voice, but he also makes great movies 🤷‍♂️

A war criminal without a war It's just murder.

"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."

It really is amazing that the president has a noticeable an unexplained physical ailment that is disfiguring his right hand and there's no reporting about it. The White House's line is that it's from Trump shaking too many hands! Something is clearly being covered up.

Trump follows through on an especially ugly campaign promise He's talked about executing drug dealers for a decade.

Yup 😡

“Now, the Trump administration is busy killing drug smugglers on boats to “protect” Americans — but letting a convicted kingpin like Hernandez walk free.”

By @justinglawe.bsky.social in PN;

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Republicans’ new bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship would impact Melania and Barron Trump.

They are both citizens of Slovenia.

Weapons cost about $38 million and grossed $268 million worldwide. the message is clear: horror fans do not fuck around.

Sinners is a period piece horror film that cost about $95 million. it brought in $367 million worldwide. don't tell me people don't go to the movies anymore. they do. they're just tired of constant remakes.

LOTS of people still go to the movies! it's not their fault you spent a quarter of a billion dollars on one film and you need them all to see it three times for it to make a profit. spend less!

Unreal. We desperately need to find a way to curtail this technology across the board but most importantly in the educational field.

The Safer Bet: Why David Zaslav and the WBD Board Favored Netflix in a Turbulent Time for Legacy Hollywood With Netflix, the Warner Bros. Discovery board is getting what it wanted – a market-leading buyer with firm financial foundation.

As ever, always read Cynthia Littleton, who has a great peek at what the WBD board was thinking when it picked Netflix. And yes, they did think about AOL Time Warner-- and, if you read between the lines I think, the possiblity of an AI bubble bursting in a few years. variety.com/2025/film/co...

Yes! Remember when we used to make heartfelt, progressive, smart TV with lots of episodes filled with characters we loved and wanted to hang out with every week that gave us hope for the future and didn’t bum us the fuck out?? Turns out people like that!

a drag queen is wearing a pink dress with dolls on it and gloves . ALT: a drag queen is wearing a pink dress with dolls on it and gloves .

The great axe of modern journalism has come for me: Today was my last day at Variety. Not my choice at all and I will miss my tremendous colleagues — and friends! — there enormously.

Just figuring out my next steps now. My DMs are open for any and all opportunities.

Oh I totally agree. However, I think we'll be a getting a lot more than we have at the moment which could conceivably get us back to a landscape that's something closer to pre-Covid/strikes.

I don’t necessarily disagree but I will say that we can (and quite frankly desperately need to) get back to making TV shows with higher episode orders, lower overhead, built to ad breaks, etc. and I believe the powers that be know it’s the only way forward and can wind the clock back a little.

So, the way they're going to parse this is that Hegseth didn't say "kill them all," he said "destroy the boat and everyone in it." This is like his Signalgate argument that he didn't release classified info...
...because he declassified it

As always @tvmojoe.bsky.social is giving great insight into the constantly shifting sands of the TV landscape.

The deadest of eyes.

The 👏 boys 👏 are 👏 sad 👏 and 👏 it’s 👏 Christmas!

Thank 👏 you 👏 for 👏 supporting 👏 this 👏 post 👏 from 👏 2015!

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang rules