Game Night, or, Settlers of Catan
An amazing cast and confident direction let this movie work best when it settles into being a screwball action comedy
Are AI Evangelists In Heat?
What Hollywood legends in estrus can teach us about the ludicrous claims about generative AI being democratizing
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Ah Ouais, Manger
Deux tunes just barely tangentially related to a Joyeux Noël
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer, Monday Special Edition: Dre, Del, Made It, Out of Clay
A selection of songs not even a little bit about Hanukkah that’ll get you about halfway through the holiday
One Thing I Like About Dust Bunny
Dust Bunny is undeniably a movie with a distinct creative vision, I’m just still deciding whether I like that vision
One Thing I Like About Zootopia 2
The sequel continues the precedent set by the original of being more clever and insightful than these movies need to be
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Lil, Drummer Boy
I have no gifts to bring, apart from these two tunes that are not even a little bit about Christmas
One Thing I Love About Eternity
This surprisingly charming movie about choosing the perfect afterlife makes a love triangle where you want to see everyone win
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Jingle, Bells
Starting December with the goal of finding the most barely-Christmas-related songs possible
Idiocracy and Somebody Else’s Problem
Revisiting a movie that I still think is just okay, and how it just keeps getting more relevant
One Thing I Like About Wake Up Dead Man
Wake Up Dead Man is a solid murder mystery that in the Knives Out tradition, has a lot to say about Our Current Moment. The most interesting twist is the idea that Benoit Blanc isn’t right about everything. (No significant spoilers)
Return of the Obra Dinn, or, Dead Men Tell Awesome Tales
Thoughts after playing the infuriatingly excellent deduction game at the worst possible time. (No significant spoilers)