Jack H Christal-Gattanella

Hi. My name is Wages of Cinema. You may not remember me, but I.... Ok, enough of the preamble (not to mention a dramatic letter stuck in a coffee cup). My show has returned, alongside Korey and @mattthecatania.bsky.social, to talk things BRAND NEW DAY! #Spiderman soundcloud.com/wagesofcinem...

Average Trump scandal: many people dead after uncontroversial government program illegally cut by doge for nonexistent savings Average mamdani scandal: he’s playing BASKETBALL with his FRIENDS

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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

My joke one line on @letterboxd.social was "I AM A SORCERER ON A CHAIN GANG" but it isnt that far from the truth (though gold instead of dynamite). You should watch it, in other words.

Interesting points

I wonder if his meltdowns over the weekend are because he knew this was coming out.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Damn

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

We’ve waited two long years for these midterms. Now we’ve only got one week left to get out the vote and win back power from the fascists.

Meanwhile in reality: bsky.app/profile/domi...

Every Election Day, some NJ voters arrive at their polling place only to learn their names are missing from the poll book. Voters who find themselves in this position have options – learn more to make sure your voice is heard.

Yes the obvious, but it will also be so fucking nice when I never have to see the name "*Kushner" ever again outside of him being in news stories about being in court. (*ok, Tony can stay, he is decent people)

I love Larry, but this seems like a misstep at the least

NYPD arresting an ICE goon for trying to steal someone off the streets of NYC. RESPECT!!!

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky @letterboxd.social - the current top 4 are the films I watched this week just before the current 4. It has been a week! (And saw The Devils and Carlito's Way on 35mm!)

ALASKA GEORGIA IOWA MICHIGAN NORTH CAROLINA OHIO TEXAS If you’re in one of these states, you’ve got an extra important role to play to protect the results of the midterms.

oh, really?? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

youtu.be/3n97PnLSR3Q?... RIP Tom Skerritt. While he deserved all the praise for Alien and MASH and Contact (bet you forgot he was in that), the performance I think of is Cousin Strawberry, a man scarred literally and figuratively who gets a flashback at the worst time. Very funny!

One thing about this vile video Republicans are circulating featuring Amy Acton’s mother. It is not an ad. It is an online smear campaign. An ad is required to have a disclaimer at the end, revealing who paid for it and creating a modicum of accountability. This video has no disclaimer.

Some thoughts on seeing Ken Russell's monumental masterwork THE DEVILS #filmsky #thedevils on 35mm @ifccenter.bsky.social cinetarium.blogspot.com/2026/10/ken-...

"And then the nurse puts a spoon in the applesauce and brings it up -- and here's what confuses most people -- she says it's an airplane. An airplane! And she tells you to open up the hangar, but what they don't tell you is your mouth is the hangar. But I knew! And I opened my mouth like a big boy!"

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

Charlie the Banker in Casino, one of those scenes I play on a loop sometimes in my head.

Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

Can't wait to see this.

Oh fuck you Carville, fuck yourself ten ways from sunday.

the other thing is that conservatives resolutely do not see the purpose of education as providing social mobility but as reifying and deepening existing inequalities of status. they are as hostile to low income students getting admission to elite institutions as they are black ones.

You can donate here to help protect Ukrainians from Russian drone attacks. Please do so if you can. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense

UPDATE: Jan Crawford has deleted the tweet. bsky.app/profile/just...

You're Peddo-Assaulter-Con-Cheater-at-Golf-Gasbag-Douchebag-Incontinent-Crimimal-Your-Middle-Name-is-a-Toilet-John Trump. I can't call him that? I'm a citizen of the United States, I can call *you* whatever the hell I want.