Month: April 2025
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One Thing I Guess I Like About Bodies Bodies Bodies
Sometimes a movie is not made for me and that’s a good thing. Lots of spoilers.
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Literacy 2025: Book 14: 20th Century Ghosts
Joe Hill’s short story collection shows off his considerable talent and range
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One Thing I Like About Until Dawn
Until Dawn is a collection of b-movie horror moments loosely structured around a video game, and it’s at its strongest when it leans into that. (Some spoilers after a warning)
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One Thing I Like About The Ballad of Wallis Island
Tom Basden and Tim Key’s story of lost loves and forced reunions manages to charm its way through in the end
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Pick Poor Robin Clean (One More Thing I Love About Sinners)
There’s one scene in Sinners that seems to be played for a laugh, but it’s packed with meaning that ripples throughout the entire movie. Long post with lots of spoilers.
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One Thing I Like About Drop
Drop places itself in the long history of high-concept suspense thrillers, then makes a reasonably convincing argument that it belongs there
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One Thing I Love About Sinners
The experience of watching Ryan Coogler’s Sinners in IMAX is why cinema exists in the first place
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Blue Prince, or, Betrayal at House of Leaves
My take on the brilliant roguelike exploration puzzle house-building story adventure game Blue Prince
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Songs For and/or About The Earth
Prompted by a new release from Dirty Projectors (kind of), presenting the extents of my awareness of modern symphonic music
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The Love We (Choose To) Give
A nice way of thinking about failed relationships, courtesy of Companion and Bloom (spoilers for both)
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It’s a good scream
Watching Blow Out by Brian De Palma and continuing my struggle to rethink how I watch movies
