The trouble with Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey starts with the casting of Matt Damon as Odysseus. True, this may not be as egregiously bad as John Wayne as Genghis Kahn in the 1956 movie The Conqueror — a choice so notorious that it inspired the title for a book about ill-advised casting, Damien Bona’s Starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan: […]
Apple TV’s Lucky begins with a betrayal and ends with a gift. In between are seven episodes of blithely derivative action fun, as unoriginal as they are expertly made. The show borrows from the Bourne movies (2002–2016), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Run Lola Run (1998), and even The Sopranos (1999–2007). The result is […]
A pair of Florida fishermen is challenging severe government-imposed limits on how much fish they can catch in the Gulf of America by going after the legality of the council that implemented the 2024 rule change. Fishermen Dominick and James Russo filed a lawsuit in 2024 alleging that Amendment 56, which reduced the commercial catch […]
Dr. Alan Grant did not like children, did not trust computers, and did not believe, even after the raptors and the brachiosaurus had made his skepticism obsolete, that dinosaurs and human beings belonged on the same island. He was the rare blockbuster hero who spent much of his own franchise being proven right about how […]
The identity verification vendor for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission disputed Gov. Mikie Sherrill‘s (D-NJ) claim that a “software error” caused thousands of noncitizens to be added to the state’s voter rolls, instead arguing the mistake originated with state officials. IDEMIA, a France-based company that provides technology for issuing identity documents, managing secure payments, and […]
The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to force the University of Pennsylvania to disclose the names and contact information of Jewish faculty and staff, ending a high-profile legal dispute while leaving a broader antisemitism investigation into the Ivy League school intact. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission informed the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pledged Democrats will support whichever candidate comes out on top in the Michigan Senate Democratic primary despite her staunch support for progressive candidate Abdul el Sayed. El Sayed received Ocasio-Cortez’s backing earlier this month, a rare honor, as the congresswoman has been cautious of extending endorsements in the 2026 midterm elections. […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iranian money controlled by the United States will be used to pay for ships damaged as a result of the war in the Middle East. “Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or […]
Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) on Thursday pushed back on the Trump administration’s demand that her administration turn over the identities of thousands of noncitizens who were mistakenly registered to vote, accusing federal officials of attempting to use the error for political purposes rather than election integrity. The Democratic governor said her state would not reveal […]
President Donald Trump welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Thursday to celebrate the team’s back-to-back World Series, praising the players and organization for their historic run. “Congratulations everyone on this historic trip, this great journey that you’re on,” Trump said. “They’re champions and just unbelievable, and I wouldn’t be surprised to […]
