Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Newhouse of Washington, one of two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot. In a Truth Social post, Trump threw his support behind Jerrod Sessler, a former petty-officer in the Navy who has gone after Newhouse for his impeachment vote. "Jerrod Sessler is a fantastic candidate and will be a GREAT Congressman for Washington State’s 4th Congressional District," Trump...
The action film imagining a near future in which the US has descended into chaos is the year's most controversial film so far – and the polarised response is just as interesting.
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde is unhappy that the media is covering his proliferation of MAGA election conspiracy theories.In a new video posted to X, Hovde — a banking and real estate development executive challenging Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin — complained that news outlets were mischaracterizing his past statements about voting in nursing homes, implying that he was saying senior citizens shouldn't be allowed to vote. In reality, he said, he was just casting doubt that all the...
Actress Kirsten Dunst said that voting for President Biden in the 2024 presidential election is her only option, while noting that she didn't believe her latest movie was meant to parody the presidency of Donald Trump.The 41-year-old actress, best known for roles in the cheerleading hit "Bring It On" and Marvel's Spider-Man movies of the early 2000s, was interviewed about her latest film, "Civil War," and whether or not it is meant to be a statement about President Trump.The film's presidential...
“Civil War,” the latest and ostensibly final film from director Alex Garland, has a lot on its mind. From the first scene in which the unnamed U.S. president, played by Nick Offerman, addresses a divided nation, it’s clear that this film was intended to comment on modern times. What’s less clear, however, is what it
From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Considered in the context of American politics circa 2024, the effect of director Alex Garland's worldbuilding is an accretion of creeping dread.
In his last directorial work before transitioning to writing, Alex Garland presents Civil War, his newest cinematic project distributed by A24 — their most expensive production to date with a reported budget of $50 million. The film unfolds in a dystopian future America, following a group of journalists embedded with the military as they race […]
For those of us who love A24, Civil War is a milestone: It earned the quirky indie distributor its highest opening weekend box office to date. Granted, built-in controversy surely drew many viewers to this dystopian drama from English writer-director Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex Machina), which depicts a U.S. civil war in the present day. The deal We join said war already well in progress. It all appears to have started when the unnamed U.S. president (Nick Offerman) decided he...
Bill Cotter, known as Barstool Sport‘s “Billy Football,” announced his bid in March to run as a Republican for New York‘s 3rd Congressional District, previously held by expelled Republican Rep. George Santos, but now the congressional candidate is taking on his own party. The 25-year-old called out Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Cairo and his […]
Alex Garland's Civil War is about an American civil war, though it's not in the sepia tones of the 19th century - it's in the lurid shades of the here and now.
There's been a lot of discourse around the film, and Alex Garland's Civil War is a movie that should make you angry.