Minority Mindset

I’ve always been a huge fan of William Friedkin, and it’s a shame that so many of his later films don’t get the recognition they deserve. After the ’70s, he continued to make movies, but a lot of people seem to have forgotten just how brilliant he was. He gave us classics like The French Connection, Sorcerer and To Live and Die in L.A., and honestly, he was as important as anyone in shaping genre films for the last fifty years. It’s amazing to think that even in 2011, he was *still* making films that were bold and really got under your skin. He didn’t get quite as much buzz as the other ‘movie brats’ after the ’70s, but he was still a major force in cinema throughout the ’80s, too. Of course, he’s probably best known for his 1973 horror , which so many people – including fellow ‘movie brat’ Martin Scorsese – still consider the greatest horror film of all time.

The first Simpsons movie was a huge success worldwide in 2007, earning $536 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Now, after 20 years, a sequel is finally in development. The question is, why is Disney choosing to move forward with it now? In 2024, former co-showrunner Al Jean explained to Screen Rant that the Simpsons team was “really counting on Inside Out 2 to perform well this summer.” (That film eventually earned over a billion dollars.) “I’d like to see the animation industry fully recover to its pre-pandemic levels,” Jean continued. “And if that happens, releasing The Simpsons in theaters would make a lot of sense. But I realize the decision about where and how to release it is beyond my control.” The question has been answered. The big yellow family is returning to the big screen, that’s for sure!

Okay, so the story goes like this: Powell plays Russ Holiday, a former star football player from the University of Oregon who totally messed up a championship game – like, *really* messed up – and got shut out of the pros. He’s basically a washed-up celebrity, always in the tabloids, and just feeling sorry for himself. At the start of the show, he’s a pretty annoying guy – drives a Cybertruck, plays around with crypto, and even wears a diamond earring when he goes clubbing. He thinks everything is going wrong for him, especially when a chance with the XFL falls through. But then he sees another opportunity with the South Georgia Catfish, a struggling college football team that’s holding open tryouts. So, get this, he *steals* prosthetic materials from his dad, who’s a Hollywood makeup artist (Toby Huss, by the way!), drives his Cybertruck all the way to Georgia, and tries to disguise himself as this guy named Chad Powers – he’s got floppy hair and puffy cheeks. It’s wild!

Ever since Doctor Strange 2 ended with Wanda apparently sacrificing herself to destroy the Darkhold, fans have been curious about whether and when Elizabeth Olsen might return in future Marvel films. At a recent convention, as reported on Twitter, the His Three Daughters actress was asked what Marvel story she would still like to explore. She answered with: