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Today in News That Doesn’t Suck:
Comedy Central is bringing back Drunk History.
I don’t know about you, but this is something I can rally behind. Finally, some good news in this crazy world. I mean, I’ve never seen an episode of Drunk History that didn’t make me actually laugh out loud. When the guests are especially well chosen, dear god, it’s comedy gold. Thank you, universe, I needed this.
Release the Orcas! There’s a trio of movies coming out that puts a few of billionaires under the microscope—and one intensely unsettling woman.
I realize not everyone has the ability to be as chronically online as me at this age, so try not to judge. Or, alternatively, lean into it. Either way, thanks for joining me on today’s installment of: Did you see that thing online?
So, did you see that clip of Elizabeth Holmes going around social media yesterday? It’s a clip from You Can See Everything, an A24 project where filmmakers follow Holmes around, moving in with her for two weeks before incarceration. I thought the clip was monumentally unsettling. Holmes gives off more uncanny valley than any real human being can and should have to tolerate. I initially thought the clip was from a mockumentary. It does not appear so. I am wholly invested.
We’re also getting another look into Mark Zuckerberg via Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning. It’s meant to be a sequel to The Social Network but Sony keeps calling it a companion piece. I’m unsure what they mean by that. Considering that Sorkin’s on record having said that Facebook is out of control, I’m excited to see where he takes this.
Andrew Garfield is playing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in the new Luca Guadagnino movie Artificial. I enjoy Guadagnino’s dreamy filmmaking style, and Garfield’s performances tend to land with me. His capacity for intense drama using just his facial expressions is exceptional. Hopefully we get a strong statement on what’s real and what’s artificial. Fingers crossed, people.
Lastly, there’s Musk. The running time is four hours. I’m already exhausted.
Look, it’s great that folks love their comic book movies. It’s fun to watch them get excited for the latest iteration of saving the world in capes. And, it’s easy to get swept up in that excitement. At first even I was a fan—Keaton Batman for life—but then they took over. Every blockbuster, superheroes. Every summer, superheroes. Every modern-day cultural movie moment, superheroes. It’s been that way ever since and the capes are starting to suffocate.
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When asked about his thoughts on superhero movies now that he’s part of the MCU Hawke said, “If people like Scorsese and Coppola don’t come out to tell their truth about how there are more important things than making money, who’s going to?” Hawke added that critics needed to do better too saying, “If you keep reviewing these movies that are basically made for 14-year-olds like they’re “Fanny and Alexander” or “Winter Light,” then who the hell’s going to get to make “Winter Light”? I appreciate the elder statesmen of the community reminding people not to set the bar too low. I know it makes some people think they’re stuck up, but they’re not stuck up.
Ethan Hawke: Marvel Is ‘Extremely Actor-Friendly’ but ‘Might Not Be Director-Friendly’ - variety.com
What Ethan Hawke likes about working with Marvel is that actors are given lots of freedom to do their jobs. Unfortunately, he says the directors don’t have that luxury.
In this same interview with Indewire, Hawke discusses Tom Cruise’s career, working with Richard Linklater and the ending to Before Sunset. He goes on to talk about his upcoming HBO docuseries that focuses on Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward called The Last Movie Stars and all he’s learned during his long career. Worth a read if you too are a movie nerd.
A toast to not being as asshole-ish in the new year.
I get that critique is part of the deal, I mean look at the nonsense I write on here. But was it necessary to tag Russell Crowe in the Tweet? To be honest, I don’t like the movie much either but maybe that’s because I’m an immature hack, who knows.
