Bridget Weide Brooks

Amaze! Amaze!

Ryan Gosling using Gen Z slang for one minute 😭

James Tolkan has died at 94. "Son, your ego's writing checks your body can't cash." - Top Gun (1986) This scene is a masterclass in movie shorthand. In seconds you get Maverick’s attitude, his history, how he flies, and the entire setup. And Tolkan absolutely nails it.

Movie Review: “Project Hail Mary” is Amazing Read 👉🏻 joncrunch.blogspot.com/2026/03/movie-… #projecthailmary @projecthailmary

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Movie Review: “Project Hail Mary” is Amazing Read 👉🏻 joncrunch.blogspot.com/2026/03/movie-… This was a fun one to review. Lots of good stuff here! @projecthailmary #ProjectHailMary

idk what i just watched but he slayed, he was giving, and he cooked

LEGO has shared an animated recreation of Grace & Rocky's first encounter in ‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’. (🎥: legomereal)

Donated hay going to help those affected by the Nebraska wildfires. 🔥 🙌🏻

Ryan Gosling playing rock paper scissors with Rocky this is hands down the best promo clip for Project Hail Mary

Rocky has woken up from his sleep cycle. Thank you to all his friends who observed him sleep.

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@Pogue @TheJonCrunch @Apple @gruber He also chose his wife wisely! 😜

@TheJonCrunch @Apple @gruber Clearly, you have great taste in both podcasts AND books! :)

In the mail today! I was listening to David Pogue on John Gruber’s podcast, and it sounds like another great addition to my Apple book collection… Can’t wait to read it! 🍏 @Pogue @Apple @gruber

Andy Weir wrote a novel nobody wanted, posted it on his blog for free, then sold it on Kindle for 99 cents. It sold 35,000 copies in a month. This weekend, the movie based on his third book opened at $141 million worldwide. Weir was a software engineer who started posting The Martian chapter by chapter on his website in 2009. Readers asked him to put it on Kindle. Within days of it hitting the bestseller list, he had a literary agent, a publishing deal, and Fox bought the film rights. The Martian cost $108 million to make and grossed $630 million. Drew Goddard wrote that screenplay. He wrote this one too. Project Hail Mary cost nearly double at $200 million. And the studio behind it isn’t Fox. It’s Amazon MGM, which exists because Amazon wrote an $8.45 billion check to buy MGM in 2021. Four years and several expensive flops later, this is the first time that bet has looked smart. Amazon MGM’s 2026 started ugly. A Melania documentary earned $16 million on a $40 million budget. Crime 101 managed $65 million worldwide against $90 million in production costs. Then Hail Mary opened to $80.5 million domestic, the second-largest non-franchise debut in a decade, behind only Oppenheimer’s $82.4 million. Here’s what makes Amazon’s math viable: 200 million people pay for Amazon Prime, mostly for shipping. Prime Video is included. Every movie they put in theaters is a marketing campaign for a streaming service their customers already have. Their distribution chief said it in 2024: if they cover marketing costs theatrically, the movie pays for itself again on streaming. Traditional studios need a film to gross 2.5x its budget. Amazon just needs to cover the ad spend. The film earned a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and an “A” CinemaScore (an audience exit poll that predicts how long a movie keeps selling tickets). If it tracks anything like The Martian, which had a similar audience profile and word of mouth, it could push past $600 million globally. Same screenwriter adapting both books, for a studio that didn’t exist when the first one came out.

@TheJonCrunch @VinceFlynncom @AtriaMysteryBus I don’t remember doing this at all… are you sure it’s not AI?

One of the greatest moments in Mitch Rapp history is our in-depth analysis of the ACT OF TREASON cover… 📚 @VinceFlynncom @AtriaMysteryBus

It has never been hotter in the month of March in Omaha than it is right now. 94° as of 4:00pm! 🥵🔥🌡️

Chuck Norris didn't join the Marine Corps...the Marine Corps applied to him. Heaven’s streets have always been guarded by Marines. Today, Chuck Norris reported for duty. We mourn the passing of Chuck Norris, a @usairforce veteran, who also became an honorary Marine in 2007 when awarded the title by then Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James T. Conway. Chuck Norris is one of just over 100 individuals to be awarded the title of Honorary Marine in the entire 250-year history of the Corps. Some missions may require a battalion, but this one just requires an Honorary Marine. #USMCHistory #USMC #SemperFidelis

Seriously, the self- serve car wash waiting game is like The Hunger Games. Second time in a row there’s been a confrontation about someone trying to jump the line…

Noooooo 😢😢😢