Month: June 2025
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One Thing I Thought Was Weird About Jurassic World: Rebirth
Rebirth keeps to an action movie template that’s been through so many generations that its characters and motivations are purely symbolic. (Major spoilers after a warning)
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Summer of Not Pulling Your Love Out
Two completely innocent tunes from June of 1971
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One Thing I Like About 28 Years Later
28 Years Later is full of unconventional flourishes that give it an energy you wouldn’t expect from a story about the post-apocalypse. (No significant spoilers)
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Literacy 2025: Book 21: William
Mason Coile’s short novel about a haunted smart house and the possibly possessed robot living in its attic
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Literacy 2025: Book 20: Unruly
David Mitchell’s short histories of the kings and queens of England from Arthur to Elizabeth I
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Tuesday Tune-Two Fer: I’ve Seen You on the Beach, and I’ve Seen You on TV
Two tunes related by the 80s and people going nuts on a keyboard
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Groundhog D-Day (an Edge of Tomorrow appreciation post)
Catching up on my backlog with the excellent 2014 movie about fighting aliens and time loops. Spoilers.
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Best Movies of 2025 (So Far)
A probably-too-early post during what has been a surprisingly good year for movies
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One Thing I Really Like About Ballerina
Ballerina managed to combine everything I’d expected from John Wick with everything that pleasantly surprised me about John Wick. Spoilers after a warning.
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The Locked Door of Chuck
Reconsidering my simpler interpretation of The Life of Chuck. Lots of spoilers.
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Mrs Peel, We’re Needed
Two tunes for drinking Mai Tais and thinking about Diana Rigg
