Author: Chuck
Chick Flicks, Broad Comedy, and The Favourite
More thoughts about what The Favourite says and doesn’t say, and how people are unprepared for a movie with three Strong Female Characters (More spoilers)
The Favourite, or, Sneaking in Tongues
The Favourite is outstanding, taking everything that could make a movie arch or distancing and instead using it to draw us in. (Some spoilers for the end).
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: What Planet Is This?!
A train of thought through lands of experimental multilingual chill
One Thing I Like About Bugonia
Bugonia is a surreal black comedy that seems arch and dark but can’t completely disguise its underlying humanity. (No significant spoilers)
Spooktober Recap and No-Theme November and Onwards
Saying goodbye to Spooktober until next year, and admitting what I really got out of it.
Ouija: Origin of Evil, or, Kate’s Husband’s Planchette
A last-minute addition to Spooktober 2025 that shouldn’t work yet somehow does (probably because of Mike Flanagan)
The Witch, or, If Thou Goest Down In The Woods Today
Finishing up Spooktober by finally watching Robert Eggers’s debut movie about a teenager who just can’t seem to get a break
Frankenstein, or, Merciless Life
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein feels like the gothic horror movie he’s always wanted to make, and it wants to make it absolutely clear which one is the monster
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Hit da Bricks!!
Two tangentially-related tunes to show that break-up songs are better with drums
Shelby Oaks, or, Demonitized
This horror movie about a missing YouTuber from Ohio is the debut feature from a non-missing YouTuber from Ohio
On Second Thought… Maybe Less?
How “news” of a potential movie about Ben Solo made me rethink all of my assumptions about Star Wars
