Jill

[Escorpio 💙 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 @ScorpioBert]

awesome!

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟) is an unequivocal masterpiece & might be one of the best films I’ve ever seen in a movie theater. Part of an artist’s job is to use the power of past success to take creative swings & push boundaries. That is exactly what Nolan just did: he used all the money & all the Oscars he earned from Oppenheimer & took perhaps the biggest swing of his career. In doing so, he made one of the best films of his life. The Odyssey is worthy of being mentioned with Inception, The Dark Knight & Oppenheimer as one of Nolan’s best films. This is also the best work of Matt Damon’s career & Tom Holland’s. Together, Nolan, Damon & Holland lead us down a 3 hour journey that represents everything Cinema has stood for over the last 100 years. This exceeded my stout expectations. 

The parallels between the regret Oppenheimer & Odysseus go through are impossible to ignore. Both men face a “what have I created?” scenario that defines their lives. In Oppenheimer, it was creating nuclear warfare & destroying a way of life we as humans all knew how to navigate. In The Odyssey, it’s Odysseus’ destruction of Zeus’ law.

Obviously, those of you familiar with The Odyssey know that Zeus’ law is the driving theme throughout this story: treat as you would be treated. The regret/pain/heartbreak Odysseus suffers throughout his journey home comes from his breaking of Zeus’ law when he helped destroy Troy with no honor through the Trojan Horse, an idea originated by Odysseus. By destroying a code of honor & an accepted way of the life so as overthrow Troy (destroying Zeus’ law), Odysseus essentially gives others an excuse to defy the gods & act with no restraint, such as the suitors pining for Odysseus’s thrown in Ithaca. 

Nolan had to have recognized this common denominator between Oppenheimer & Odysseus & that commonality must have colored so many of Nolan’s creative decisions, specifically editing. Editing- which is the way a story is told- was masterfully executed in this film by Jennifer Lame. The way in which the story bobs & weaves between Telemachus (Tom Holland) & Odysseus, or the way Nolan cuts back in time to actually show us the invasion of Troy, as told by Jon Bernthal’s Menelaus, is so well-done because it keeps the pace of the film moving & eventually ties the entire story back to the driving theme- which is Odysseus’s destruction of Zeus’ law. 

But while the editing really caught my attention, the most obvious & undeniably best part of this film are the visuals. You literally feel the weight of every last shot. Just wow. The color. The scope. The realism. At multiple points, I asked myself “how did Nolan do this?” How did Nolan recreate Hades like this? How did he recreate the falling of Troy like this? Hell, how did Nolan recreate the Cyclops like this?? When I say The Odyssey is one of Nolan’s best films, it’s because of the filmmaking & practical effects. You might have nits with the performances or script, but no one on planet Earth can question the filmmaking achieved by Nolan in this movie. Just the scenes shot on water in a boat or Odysseus on a raft in the middle of the ocean alone…they are all breathtaking. It’s the filmmaking that is the biggest reason this movie will be remembered for decades to come & it’s the biggest reason I want to see this again immediately. 

All of Nolan’s mastery with themes, editing & overall direction are combined with an ensemble of actors who deliver across the board one by one. John Leguizamo could not have been better in this movie. As Odysseus’ loyal servant Eumaeus, Leguizamo is a the definition of scene-stealer. And while Robert Pattinson & Anne Hathaway are also excellent, I truly think Tom Holland just gave the best performance of his career. He absolutely holds serve throughout & shows a tempered emotional range that suites this film’s tone.

But man…this movie is about Matt Damon. For all the amazing films & all the amazing performances Damon has given

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Wow! During Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Jeffrey Epstein survivor Dani Bensky just seemingly accused Todd Blanche and the Trump administration of intentionally releasing her personal information!

"I'm a teacher. In my school, if a student released a nude photo depicting a peer's sexual assault and abuse, they would almost certainly face expulsion. And yet, this is what our Department of Justice did to crime victims.

"Today, Todd Blanche has been at the helm of the release of nude images of survivors, the outing of Jane Does, and the exposure of more than 100 victims' identifying information and documents describing horrific acts of abuse, including my own.

"Instead of treating this release as its own violation and holding the man who led it accountable, you have a decision on whether you place him in the highest law enforcement position in this country.

"In December, before the document release, our attorneys submitted 350 victims' names to the Department of Justice as victims' names to be redacted prior to the release. In that first release, I found my name in two places.

"In that next release in January, my name appeared again. But this time, the redactions were so far worse. The files displayed not only my name, but my phone number, my former addresses, where I worked, and other identifying information.

"When my name appeared in the third file release, it became difficult to believe that this was not intentional."

[Escorpio 💙 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 @ScorpioBert]

They showed this before the Concert at the Paramount.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

New reporting reveals the Trump administration moved original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment into defective storage cases, exposing the rare documents to harsh light and heat.

[Masu Zafi 🔥🔥 @masuzafi]

🚨 Rep. Sarah Jacobs just left Pete Hegseth STUNNED in this hearing.
With 2,500 Marines from her district off the coast of Iran and military families calling her office in panic, she asked the question no one else would:
“Do you believe the president is mentally stable enough to be Commander-in-Chief?”
Hegseth deflected hard.
She didn’t flinch.
Then she dropped this:“If you think this is what winning looks like… maybe we should be questioning your mental stability.”
Pure accountability. No notes.
It takes a woman to say what needs to be said when lives and billions of dollars are on the line. This clip is everything.

[GELLY @4Gelly]

From rednote , Adam singing Runnin, end note for Runnin! and switches to Chokehold , love this!

[GELLY @4Gelly]

FULL RUNNIN and CHOKEHOLD
Great close up video from a Chinese fan on the first rows 🖤🖤

[GELLY @4Gelly]

FULL RAT CITY Adam Lambert with Isaac Dunbar tonight
Love their hug at the end 🖤
https://t.co/fpZzAIgVP2

[Spin or Bin Music @spinorbinmusic]

Adam Lambert taking The View stage to perform 'Under The Rhythm' and we are COMPLETELY LOSING IT! 😱🔥✨

He really said "morning TV? make it ICONIC!" and we are watching this on REPEAT! 👑🎶 #AdamLambert #UnderTheRhythm #ADAM #TheView

[Ali @aleebabee]

Iconic!!!!! 🔟🔟🔟🔟🔟🔟

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation. This is a national crisis.

Trump thinks the public will stop paying attention.

So I went to the Senate floor to call his bluff. I told the ENTIRE STORY of his 500 days of corruption.

1/ Here it is - in one🧵

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years.

Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸

[KNICKS BEAST @KnicksBeast]

It brings me great joy that Wemby will have to watch this highlight his entire career.

[Jill @Jilly379]

@ProjectLincoln @PrincessBravato And his kids aren’t allowed to have a charity in NY because they stole from kids with cancer

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Trump returns to NYC tonight for the Knicks game, a city he is banned from operating a business in because a judge found him liable for major financial fraud.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

If your dermatologist does not use a dermatoscope when doing your annual skin check, you need to go to a different dermatologist.

[Grok @grok]

A dermatoscope is a handheld magnifying tool with polarized light that lets dermatologists see subsurface skin structures invisible to the naked eye. It significantly improves early detection of melanoma and other skin cancers compared to visual inspection alone—studies show higher diagnostic accuracy with it.

A basic skin check can happen without one, but for a truly thorough annual exam, it's now standard best practice. If yours skips it, it's reasonable to ask why or consider switching.