BrianScottOlds

Film Editor and true SoCal Native!

[BrianScottOlds @BrianScottOlds]

@DiscussingFilm What a legend. Wishing him the best!

[Mann Made Cinema @Hotshot_Movie]

It’s always so heartbreaking to ever see these processions.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

In 1997, actor John C. McGinley’s son, Max, was born with Down syndrome. Shortly after, John's talent agent pulled him aside to deliver what was framed as practical advice: Do not talk about this publicly. Keep it quiet. People will stop hiring you.

For some, that might have sounded like reasonable career preservation. Protect the livelihood, avoid the spotlight, and pretend nothing had changed.

John’s response was immediate. He fired the agent.

Then, he did the exact opposite of what he had been told. He brought Max everywhere. Red carpets, talk shows, film sets, and public events. Wherever John went, Max was right beside him. At a time when society still largely preferred to keep individuals with developmental disabilities out of sight, John made a different choice. He made his son visible. Openly, proudly, and entirely without apology.

What began as a father's protective instinct grew into decades of fierce advocacy. John became one of the country's most recognizable voices for Down syndrome awareness. He spoke at global conferences, testified before Congress, and fought hard for employment law reforms that created real opportunities for people with disabilities to work, earn, and live independently.

During this journey, a reporter asked John a question that revealed far more about society's biases than it did about Max. The reporter asked if John ever wished his son were normal.

John didn't hesitate. He replied that Max was normal. The question wasn't. It was a blunt rejection of the idea that a person’s worth is measured by how well they fit into a narrow, conventional box.

Decades have passed since that conversation. Max is now 27 years old. He works, navigates his community, and lives an independent life filled with possibilities that the critics in 1997 never could have imagined for him.

Reflecting on their journey, John often says that Max never limited his life. He expanded it. Through his son, he learned what love, patience, and true commitment require.

The world signaled early on that it would have preferred Max to remain hidden in the shadows. John spent nearly three decades ensuring that the world looked Max right in the eye. Some fathers protect their children by shielding them from the world. Others protect them by refusing to let the world look away.

True inclusion begins when we stop treating differences as deficits. Max didn't need to change to fit into the world.

The world needed to change to make room for Max.

[BrianScottOlds @BrianScottOlds]

@BrazzMunki @ABC7 Lord save us should Raman win. She couldn’t even respond with a coherent thought in the debate. Imagine a catastrophic earthquake!

[Variety @Variety]

Spike Lee defended "Michael" from critics who think Michael Jackson's child sexual abuse allegation should have been included in the film:

“First of all, if you’re a movie critic, and you’re complaining about the stuff— all this other stuff— but the movie ends at ‘88. The stuff you’re talking about, accusations, happen [later]. So you’re critiquing the film on something that you want in, but it doesn’t work in the timeline of the film. But people showed up. Worldwide, people showed their love.” https://t.co/r0hMTdPZC7

[BrianScottOlds @BrianScottOlds]

@Crypto_TownHall Boots on the blockchain!

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

Forget Dune 3.

Forget The Odyssey.

Coyote vs. ACME is the most important movie for you to see in a movie theater this year simply because David Zaslav tried to take it from you.

Show the CEOs good movies of ALL shapes and sizes are worth fighting for.

[Alex “Trey” Robertson, Esq. @415FirePhoto]

The Attorney General claims "writ relief is critical to prevent unnecessary litigation concerning conduct for which the State is immune from liability." The State seeks extraordinary relief from the Court of Appeal because (1) it claims it is immune from any failure to provide fire protection in Topanga State Park, and (2) the trial court's order overruling its demurrer "will force the State to endure additional litigation, including costly discovery, summary judgment briefing and perhaps trial...and prolong uncertainty among all parties and the public about the State's potential liability for billions of dollars in damage."

What's fatal to the State's arguments is (1) plaintiffs have not alleged CA State Parks engaged in any firefighting activities on the Lachman Fire; (2) The Director of CA State Parks told the Congressional Permanent Committee on Investigations that CA State Parks "is not a firefighting agency" and that the LAFD was responsible for fighting the Lachman Fire; and (3) the tens of billions of dollars in damage suffered by the victims of the Palisades Fire pales in comparison to the financial burden on the State to defend this case.

Here's a solution @AGRobBonta - settle the case and make whole the victims of the smoldering embers CA State Parks left in Topanga State Park for six days before they rekindled into the Palisades Fire. @SenRickScott @spencerpratt @joelpollak @AleneTchek @Hotshot_Movie @jenvanlaar

[Mann Made Cinema @Hotshot_Movie]

Adam Miller gave alleged rapist Eric Swalwell the MAXIMUM donation? Surely they must've never worked together in the past...because Swalwell's "escapades" were well known for several years. He must've *just* met the disgraced Swalwell very recently...right??

[Jon M. Chu @jonmchu]

Long live the movies.

[Ryan Summers @Oddernod]

If you love animation and you plan on seeing ANY movie in theaters, please go see this opening weekend.

PLEASE.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Bass wasn’t alarmed when she let 12 seniors burn alive, so what makes you think she would be alarmed about burning your tax money???

[The Moonlight Warrior 🌙 @BlackMajikMan90]

Both Mortal Kombat II and Street Fighter seem to have completely understood the assignment.

One is serious, dark, fun and wildly gory.

The other is campy, colorful, dumb and insanely over the top.

This is how video game movies take the mantel away from comic book films.

[Hollywood Horror Museum @horrormuseum]

We don't often rave about movies but OVER YOUR DEAD BODY is an excellent film.

Extremely violent and gory and funny, and in our opinion, the best performance @Sweaving has ever given.

@IndieFilmCom

[Joseph Kahn @JosephKahn]

The solution to the theatrical problem is very simple. Extend the time before it goes to streaming. Make it 180 days. 6 months. If you don't watch it in theaters you won't get to see it for a long time. Studios have devalued their product by letting the consumer know there's no urgency. They're going to see it for "free" later. They've cheapened the business into a buffet and violated basic supply and demand.

[Mann Made Cinema @Hotshot_Movie]

Just
Relax
Everyone

[Joseph Kahn @JosephKahn]

It's really hard for me to book a commercial in Los Angeles. Everyone wants to shoot overseas to escape SAG. If you book 20 extras and one of them think you showed too much of their face, it becomes a grievance for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Companies are sick of it.

[Meech @MediumSizeMeech]

The concept of teenagers, who are also mutants, who just happen to be ninjas, while ALSO being turtles is not something the 2020s could ever come up with. That’s a big 80s cocaine brain idea

[KTLA @KTLA]

Gen Z is now the most active moviegoing demographic in the United States, attending more films per year than older audiences and spending more on concessions and premium formats such as Imax, according to a new study from Fandango. https://t.co/22qYneqrsz

[Joseph Kahn @JosephKahn]

Never underestimate the power of getting out of the house. This is why the theatrical experience will live forever.