We’re also seeing “election denialism” in how they’re treating the audience scores available, claiming Rotten Tomatoes is “blocking negative reviews” while holding up the obviously-review-bombed Metacritic “showing a more accurate picture. “

He really only had District 9 in him huh

Curious how much that viewing number goes up in the lead-up to next week's Blank Check episode.

The Odyssey scores Nolan’s fifth A grade from CinemaScore, after his Batman trilogy and Oppenheimer. The rest of his CinemaScore history: A: Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Dark Knight Rises, Oppenheimer, Odyssey A-: Dunkirk B+: Inception, Interstellar B: Insomnia, Prestige, Tenet

The countdown to "all of those ratings are bots Metacritic has the only authentic audience score" begins now

Now seated for (in IMAX 70mm):

Waiting to go to the theater to see The Odyssey in IMAX

Well at least my big plans for this evening involve sitting inside for three hours

Fascinating to look at how Nolan's biggest movies all stack up against each other on Google Trends

Conservative/tech bro grifters telling their followers this is a better Odyssey adaptation than Nolan’s version:

If you're looking for a Sam Neill watch you might not have seen before, might I recommend Gillian Armstrong's lovely My Brilliant Career (now streaming on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel)

I love how ruthless Christopher Nolan's own kids are with him

Now seated for:

A 5-day opening down almost exactly 50% from what Despicable Me 4 opened to only two years ago is crazy. That 5-day is even less than what the first Despicable Me made in its first four days in 2010 dollars as a completely original film.

Incredible tidbit hidden in the middle of the bio of the guy playing George Washington in Young Washington

The carseat selfie video while decked out in sunglasses and a baseball cap, he really knows his audience

Getting a landline again just so I can use the Kermit phone

Took a glance at the verified audience reviews for the new Minions movie, learning that it has some controversially salty language.

The vibe of that Empire State Building stunt

A really good example of how a half-measured homage to something iconic just highlights all the shortcomings of said homage.

Was in the grocery store for 8 minutes and when I walked back outside my glasses fogged up immediately

My very slow Simpsons season 13 rewatch just became very timely

Conservatives drumming up support for a Uwe Bill movie:

Obsession has overtaken The Devil Wears Prada 2 as the #1 summer release domestically - a title it should hold for about two days before Toy Story 5 zooms past it.

Conan and Andy, together again at the top!

Obsession has surpassed Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted ($216.4M) to become Andy Richter's biggest film ever domestically.