Like the video game it’s based on, Exit 8 does a lot with a little. It just doesn’t do quite enough.
Two tunes make a happy accident from typing stuff into the Apple Music search bar
The one positive thing I can say about the new Mario movie is that it made me even more appreciative of the wonderful games
An amateur documentary traveling to the area of the most famous Sasquatch sighting results in one of the scariest scenes I’ve seen in any movie.
Two tunes to help appreciate the significance of a trip to the Moon
The found footage movie Exists isn’t even a little bit good, but at least it chooses the right side
Expanding on an essay where I talk about front-loading stories to be more present with the player from moment to moment
A series I never would’ve expected to like actually turns out to have one fun, entertaining entry. No spoilers.
One Thing I Like
Like the video game it’s based on, Exit 8 does a lot with a little. It just doesn’t do quite enough.
Project Hail Mary has almost all of the stuff I love about Spielberg sci-fi with almost none of the stuff I hate. (Mildest spoilers for stuff that’s in the trailers)
Ready or Not absolutely did not need a sequel, which is something the filmmakers seemed to take as a challenge
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer
Two tunes make a happy accident from typing stuff into the Apple Music search bar
Two tunes to help appreciate the significance of a trip to the Moon
Two tunes tied to the homecoming story everybody can’t stop talking about
Books
Richard Osman’s fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series
My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house
