Author: Chuck
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Every Generation Has a Hot Take
Becoming fully immersed in the hype for The Rise of Skywalker by reconsidering my opinion of the earlier movies.
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The Mandalorian: We’ve Seen All This Before
The Mandalorian is both the Star Wars TV series I’ve been wanting for over thirty years, and even better than I imagined.
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Frozen II: More and Less of the Same
Frozen II has all the baggage you’d expect from the sequel to a runaway Disney fairytale blockbuster, but insists on having its characters grow and change.
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Music to Remember By, Part 4: Go Through All This Before You Wake Up
The final part of my playlist, which is mostly about feeling a connection to other people through popular music.
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Music to Remember By, Part 3: Our Dark Shazamless Days
My playlist of memories continues with Starbucks Music and hazy recollections of the 1970s.
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One Thing I Love About Knives Out
Knives Out is a movie that constantly wants to have it both ways, and it somehow pulls it off flawlessly. (Spoilers within)
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Music to Remember By, Part 2: Driving and Forgetting
Day 2 of the playlist brings repressed memories, homesickness, lots of driving, and feeling slightly more connected to the Japanese people
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Music to Remember By, a Weeklong Playlist
Compiling a playlist that didn’t help me sleep, but did start me on a weird ride though my teens and twenties.
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E Pluribus Sputum
A begrudging defense of US democracy and learning to move forward in unity with a bunch of bigoted morons.
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One Thing I Don’t Like About Rogue One
Remembering the brilliant production design of Rogue One means being reminded of all of its story problems and what almost feels like a smear campaign against its own protagonist.
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