Before we get started: a handful of tickets are left for Across the Movie Aisle live tonight. If you’ve never seen (or, almost as importantly, heard) Arrival on the big screen, you’re not going to want to miss tonight’s screening on the Dolby Atmos Big Show screen at the Bryant Street Drafthouse in DC. It’s going to be a fun show, I can’t wait to see everyone there.
On today’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) discuss Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s non-endorsement of Biden. Or Trump. Or anyone. What does it mean that wrestling’s biggest weather vane is sitting this one out? Then they review Monkey Man, Dev Patel’s directorial debut. Is the action-revenge movie “Indian John Wick,” or something different? Make sure to swing by Bulwark+ for our bonus episode on Friday about Tokyo Vice and Curb Your Enthusiasm. And if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend!
I guess you could say The Rock not only wants people to smell what he’s cooking but to also like it.
I appreciate the perspective of all three of you here. I think it's worth noting that not only did Johnson talk about regretting endorsing he also went back to The Fast and Furious Saga after saying he was done. The answer to the "why" seems simple Black Adam tanked and his was left adrift in the ocean. I mean, this is all career rebranding but like Alyssa said it's all so boring. I can see the Powerpoint Presentation his management put together for him. This Fox News Interview was slide 12.
Also, Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom did better than Black Adam. Which begs the question why do we need The Rock when we have Jason Momoa? We don't.