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Hegseth got the job not because of his clown antics on Fox News but because during the first term he made it his personal crusade to get Trump to pardon war criminals who had murdered civilians and desecrated corpses. That’s who he is and it’s what Trump hired him to be.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 18h

Still can't live stream Supreme Court oral arguments

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goof_off_artiste746393@yahoomail.com @goofoffartiste.bsky.social · 17h

The main project of the US now is a line-item vindication of the most histrionic and paranoid stuff ever said by Jello Biafra

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry, you've always struck me as a valuable critic (love your work either way). Nevertheless, the framing, and the viciousness of the act, do not seem to play favorably to the polling, and, as barbaric as it is, seems poised to backfire. Political ploy? Yes. Miscalculated, I'd say absolutely.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 17h

You're a media critic. Don't predict. Condemn.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 18h

If you can't take a stand against a live-streamed public execution, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, you must resign immediately. You're fucking corporate-bought cretins.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 18h

If ever a man didn't need a paycheck...

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't know why Spielberg backed Zaslav. I'd love to talk to him about it. Spielberg is one of my heroes. He miscalculated, and the industry is now speed-running toward ruin. His last act must be one of industry salvation. There's no way he doesn't care.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Spielberg must answer for this. He propped Zaslav up.

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Matt Ghoulberg @mattgoldberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thousands of people lost their jobs (including me!) under Zaslav and thousands more will lose it under Ellison. But at least these Big Boys get to play dress-up as moguls, the only thing that matters to them.

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 04/10/2026

well this is a real slap in the face

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 04/10/2026

Here’s a story from today and one from February.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I know someone who got shot in the shoulder by Peckinpah. Not my story to tell, but he was a dangerous man.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Have you run this by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social? Because he might be a-okay with this state of play.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Earn more sessions by sleeving.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Or they'll survive and we'll get IP-branded films devoid of substance. There's no good way forward at present. Spielberg could speak up, but that ain't his style. Nolan may have more clout nowadays.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

HEAVEN'S GATE is a legendary bomb, but I'll forever cherish the evening I spent at the Aero Theatre with my friend Kevin, where we watched the 219-minute cut. It's a sui generis piece of cinema. These companies can withstand bombs. But they will die a depressingly slow death via the IP IV.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“This is too big a job for Josh and Dana,” says one Paramount insider. “They don’t have the chops. And David doesn’t care. He just cares about loyalty. Producers can’t stand them — they just roll their eyes. In terms of quality control, it’s going to be a disaster.”

vulture.com

‘It’s Going to Be a Disaster’

What insiders are saying about David Ellison’s decision to fire Warner Bros. studio heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy ahead of the Paramount merger.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That's actually a much higher score than I anticipated for DIGGER.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do we still consider him a great filmmaker? He directs with a scalpel. Slices the heart out of every movie.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My Spike Lee interview is one I'll cherish. I watched him lose his shit courtside at a Knicks game. Next day in L.A. (@ the OLDBOY press day), I pressed him on an iffy foul on Carmelo. We got into it. "Oh, you think LeBron is coming back to Cleveland?" I explained exactly how that would work. I won.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dream interviews, now that Prince is dead: Scorsese Spielberg Clooney (gotta walk into the locker room) Meryl Denzel

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trying to decide if I want to get in an argument with one of my favorite writers.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't give a shit about the goddamn jet. I care about ICE deportations, family separations, Israel's wanton bombardment of Gaza, the Iran war, and the resulting motherfucking inflation that's making it hard for me to live day to day. Stop listening to strategists, and listen to actual people.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Didn't notice the watermark. Yeah, that's fake. I hate it here.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026

Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...

A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is.

Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.

Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.

an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My god, I was just thinking about this the other day! Get out of my brain! (Seriously, it's nasty in there.)

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been covering the death penalty in depth for a dozen years now, and few nights have been as disturbing and dispiriting as tonight. This was a moral, ethical, and legal failure on several different fronts from many different actors. It wasn't *just* SCOTUS, though they sure were a key part.

lawdork.com

After SCOTUS allowed Tennessee execution to go ahead, Tennessee botched the execution

SCOTUS, over the liberals’ dissent, cleared the way for Tennessee to kill Christa Pike. The alarming order from DC was followed by even more disturbing developments in Tennessee.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've had enough of Tom Cruise. He's hollow. He hasn't been interesting since COLLATERAL. He's got nothing left to offer.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And he's being interrogated on the Roosevelt Island tram.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The algorithm likes the word "flop," which allows me to revisit alleged misfires. I'm so happy I got the opportunity to revisit Héctor Babenco's IRONWEED. Totally different experience from William Kennedy's novel, but the damaged soul of it all is woefully intact.

slashfilm.com

Jack Nicholson And Meryl Streep Headlined This Must-See '80s Flop Based On A Beloved Book - SlashFilm

It may have flopped, but this '80s drama (itself based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book) starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep is very much worth your time.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Atom Egoyan. Canadian supergroups like The New Pornographers. My brilliant friend James Rocchi, who should've made the Jeopardy cut. You would've loved him.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tom Waits in IRONWEED. Top-shelf shit.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's been all downhill for the White Sox since Ja Rule cancelled.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A beautiful send off to one of the best to ever do it.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What I need right now is someone who's covered federal law enforcement for decades to tell me how we fix this. Because it all seems profoundly unfuckable. @radleybalko.bsky.social?

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wan't it Chris Rock who called insurance "just in case shit"? Why are we accepting this state of play? (Answer: people are cowards.)

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It depends on the kind of movie you're making. I will forever maintain that an action-comedy like TURNER & HOOCH left money on the table by killing Hooch. Meanwhile, the post-apocalyptic I AM LEGEND is the kind of movie where the dog has to die to deepen the protagonist's isolation.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm so sorry, Ariel. Fare thee well, Wallach.

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Jeremy Smith @mrbeaks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Roy Scheider in BLUE THUNDER. Can't beat it.

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