Nazis and Scientologists

…apparently America doesn’t care for either.

When your film gets beaten out by a doggie snuff film, your career might be waning despite what Paul Dergarabedian says. You have to appreciate the spin though:

The opening did not rank among Cruise’s highest, but it blew away most similarly-targeted movies, like The Good Shepherd, K-19: The Widowmaker, Thirteen Days and Hart’s War.

The soft bigotry of lowered expectations is now a way of life.

(Image courtesy of like pulling teeth)