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Brendan Mitchell
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Vice President, Jack Horner Fan Club.

www.brendanrmitchell.com
Los Angeles is amazing. Every time I go out, it’s like being surrounded by people who have never been outside or have even seen another person before. No one knows how to drive even though you have to drive everywhere. Greatest city in the world.
January 2, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This was almost twenty years ago
December 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Jalen Royals need to sue. I don’t know who or for what, but he needs to sue… someone
I wrote about the Chiefs'... interesting plan for their young players, particularly Brashard Smith and Jeffrey Bassa, and how those two (along with Nohl Williams) showed flashes Sunday that they can help in 2026.

mnchiefsfan.substack.com/p/some-chief...
Some Chiefs rookies flashed Sunday... so why aren't they playing more?
While some young players are getting a chance, others are still mystifyingly absent in a lost season.
mnchiefsfan.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Chiefs are 6-9 (about to be 6-11) and our generational QB just had his knee obliterated.

Eye. On. The. Ball.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 18d
The Kansas City Chiefs have announced they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season: https://cnn.it/4pOsv3f
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Saw a masterpiece on 35mm tonight.
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Got to see my friend Payakan today.
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Watching MEGADOC on Criterion and 90% of it is just Shia LeBeouf annoying the shit out of Coppola.
December 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is what it’s all about, folks.
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Never thought I'd see this movie on Criterion. Good movie but it is a tough hang.
***ANNOUNCEMENT***

Coming on March 17th on Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #Testament (1983)!

Taking a hauntingly intimate approach to an often sensationalized subject, the singular Testament depicts one family’s daily life in the wake of nuclear devastation.
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A great one.
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
🕊️
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn ACL.

His season is over.
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Well, everything sure does suck shit.
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Andy is just going to run mesh even harder

(and a run from shotgun)
Mahomes fighting for his life out there

(also stop running Mesh against the Texans)
December 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
December 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
holy shit is this real?
I'm trying to stay blind as possible for Spielberg's DISCLOSURE (rumored title) but this is much edgier and dark than I expected for his UFO project rumored to feel like his early career:
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Also, decreasing ads. When you pay for something, having to sit through ads for Google or GMC or whatever is torture and devalues the experience especially with streaming no longer being ad free. Theaters have a very simple path to making the experience better and they seemingly refuse to do it.
All of this money spent on this study and not a single mention of things that might keep people away: disruptive audience behavior, increasingly poor technical presentation, every shrinking theatrical windows (or day and date indies). I love theaters, and go multiple times a week, but it’s grim.
How Can Movie Theaters Fill More Seats Again? A Bain Report Shares Suggestions
"Audiences haven’t abandoned theaters; they need a more compelling reason to go," the consultancy highlights, sharing suggestions for how to bring fans back to the cinema in the post-COVID era.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
people now run a red light at a busy intersection by my house. literally 2-3 seconds after it’s fully red and they go through. it’s insane and never happened pre-Covid
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Reposted by Brendan Mitchell
Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yeah! That’s why this whole Netflix thing is bizarre. They were in a perfect position to split and become their own entity and now they risk a regulatory nightmare and a vindictive administration for what?
I agree with this but there’s also an obvious answer where WB remains its own entity. It had an almost perfect box office run. HBO is still a crown jewel. Their streaming is now profitable and they’re spinning off the messy cable business. They could easily stay as a single company and be great!
I hate this deal but it's better for Netflix to get WBD than the Ellisons. I just need them to lose.

www.wsj.com/business/med...
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Reposted by Brendan Mitchell
Netflix buying Warner would actually be the end of Hollywood. that’s it. it’ll be something else, and significantly worse. a new, really bad reality.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I don‘t think Zaz wants to sell. He’s going through the motions, angering one buyer while pretending to favor another only to respond, ”Sorry, changed my mind. I think I’ll hold on to it.“
This letter is a clear attempt to get Trump angry enough to intervene, and is thus a pretty clear signal to the entertainment community of what kind of company Paramount plans to run. I know people dread a Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros.; this would be worse. deadline.com/2025/12/para...
Paramount Calls WBD Sale Process “Tilted And Unfair” In Letter To CEO David Zaslav
Paramount is calling foul on Warner Bros. Discovery sale process, accusing the company of running an unfair process that it thinks favors Netflix.
deadline.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This would be such a disaster for the industry and would face such colossal regulatory issues to the point I'm wondering why Netflix is even doing this.
Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.

The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB

(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In celebration of the new Criterion edition, I’m going to start a rumor that HOME ALONE was the primary visual reference for EYES WIDE SHUT.
November 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM