Mitch Wills

Writing & Movies

[FANGORIA @FANGORIA]

With only a few days remaining to see Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS in theaters, it seems like a great time to remind your pals why this release is so culturally significant.

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[vassvassvass @mcrs1888]

Every single right you have now you owe to people who were considered needlessly violent.

[Dreyvan Karameikos 🔻 🇵🇸 @Dreyvan_K]

Llámenme salvaje pero la dignidad de cualquier ser humano vale más que la más antigua de las maravillas arquitectónicas. Si nos conmocionamos con un edificio en llamas y no con toda una generación humillada y sin futuro, que arda hasta el último ayuntamiento

[Brooks | 🏳️‍🌈 @brookstweetz]

In America we just share infographics on Instagram stories

[Dr. Lex 3x @PerfectGameLex]

The “flying” Tesla is such a bleak symbol. A fake invention for a fake society that’s facing mounting real problems.

[Brandon - "Fietser" @AmericanFietser]

I am entirely burnt out on this dystopian tech bro circus. The CEO actively makes the world worse, yet we're expected to applaud another useless sci-fi toy. You people clapping like seals for this garbage are absolutely part of the problem.

[Colin Robinson @fermiparasocks]

this is like criss angel mindfreak for pedophiles

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

The Jaws & Twister rides traumatized me as a kid. It was pure magic

[Rob Bloom @robbloomcw]

Early Universal Studios Florida attractions were all about riding the movies...and terrifying guests. Here's :40 of guests losing their minds on Earthquake.

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

Maybe I’m an irredeemable cynic, but I’ve never felt more vindicated for thinking that Banana Ball is an abominable affront to the beauty of sports

[Savannah Bananas @TheSavBananas]

All six teams performing at the first ever Banana Bowl to an original song, "Look What We Made" was one we'll never forget🤍

[A.J. Delgado @AJDelgado13]

Am amazed -- and fascinated by this saga -- b/c it speaks to need to end Americans' gushing love of celebs.

Imagine rarely using social media (speaking out about wars, children starving, deportations, animal abuse, etc? Nah!) and instead deciding to using it to... bitch about a working-class employee being, at worst, snobbish towards you. Oh, and when you were trying to buy a $15,000 novelty singing bird (so relatable).

We do not hate celebrities enough.

[Obaino @iamdpassword]

Disney and DreamWorks are churning out CGI sequels every year, while animators at LAIKA spent 11 years in an Oregon warehouse hand-weaving tiny coats for puppets to make Wildwood

LAIKA’s last movie lost nearly $75 million in 2019 and any other studio would have pivoted to cheap animation.

God bless Nike founder Phil Knight for funding his son’s stop-motion passion project so we can get actual hand-crafted cinema.
Support real art.

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

This is objectively stupid, but Vance recognizes that the majority of the American public will take this at face value. Clipping this as a “gotcha” really only reinforces amplification of his dumb, simplistic message for a public starved of meaningful political discussion

[Bulwark Clips @BulwarkClips]

Q: “How do you define socialism personally?”

Vance: “I think in reality, what it actually means in the American context is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports.”

[LSDon @LSDonTV]

The Epstein class is deciding what movies and shows get made now, congrats to everyone who actually thought electing Trump would get them put in prison! 👏🏽

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

ESPN used to have respected journalists sharing nuanced stories and takes on programs like The Sports Reporters, Around the Horn, Outside the Lines, E-60... Now it's basically just Frat McAfee going shirtless and Stephen A. going witless. Just sucks, man. Really sucks.

[Marshall Green @MarshallGreen_]

Stephen A. Smith mocks Lane Johnson for retiring to focus on his mental health

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

@Mr_fain_tastic 😂

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

Iñárritu understands art is a means, not an end. 'Digger' challenges a particular arts-minded crowd (me included) to recognize the ultimate impotence of art as a check on power when it has been weaponized by the oligarchical class. It's a tough pill, but an essential one.

[Vulture @vulture]

‘Digger’ director Alejandro G. Iñárritu made the movie he wanted to make. “It’s a provoking film,’ he says of the Tom Cruise–starring feature, which bombed at the box office. ‘That’s the role of a film for me — let’s start the conversation.’ https://t.co/Ht9veUgwS6

[☭ 🖼️⭐️⭐️🔻 🚩 @mussy03_]

Part of the reason westoids barely riot anymore is cuz they have been brainwashed into thinking that uprisings are for the ‘uncivilized’ not knowing that this is peak civility

[aceshigh @acesthegambler]

the fact that this colleen hoover booktok-bolstered film swept the box office the same weekend that warner bros’ final film, which is about the weakness of art and how truly blind we are to the destruction around us, feels deeply poetic and sad.

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

Digger rips. It's art, baby. Messy, shitty, beautiful, agonizing art. And then Iñárritu asks us to consider if any of this matters, and that question has people in shambles. It's Wes Anderson's Asteroid City with a knife coming right for your jugular.

[Trunks @Trunks3008]

This is the shot of the year to me

[Mitch Wills @mitchwillwrite]

This kind of framing is exactly the reason a film like this exists. It should be seen by anyone who believes the medium is more than a commodity to be fucked by private equity

[Variety @Variety]

Tom Cruise’s “Digger” cratered at the box office with an $8M domestic (and $20M worldwide) debut. Here are five takeaways from its opening weekend:

• Bad buzz killed any curiosity

• Auteurist swings are necessary for Hollywood’s survival, but they can’t come with blank checks

• International box office crisis

• Cruise’s unconventional press tour didn’t jibe with today’s moviegoers

• Marketing can’t hinge the campaign on Cruise’s cinematic legacy

Read the full analysis from @rebeccaarubin: https://t.co/N2ugeKGOjy