Author: Chuck
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: You Have To Believe We Are Magic
I’ll tell you this week’s two tangentially-related tunes as long as you say the magic word
Disney Destinations vs Disney Settings
A simple but easy-to-forget observation about theme parks and chasing nostalgia
Literacy 2025: Book 24: Hidden Pictures
Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house
One Thing I Like About Drive-Away Dolls
Drive-Away Dolls has so many of the components of a good movie
One Thing I Like About K-Pop Demon Hunters
I never expected this movie to treat the question “am I in the target audience?” as completely irrelevant
Literacy 2025: Book 23: Heads Will Roll
Josh Winning’s slasher novel about a camp for a celebrity who’s in danger of being canceled… PERMANENTLY
Movie List Monday: Oh, So That’s Why We Have Movies
A list of movies with scenes that taught me why the medium exists in the first place
One Thing I Like About Weapons
Weapons is so ingeniously structured and so confident in its tone that it feels like something genuinely new. (Spoilers)
The Tragedy of the Slop
Even with billions of dollars of investment, the miraculous thinking machines can’t answer the simple question “Why can’t we have nice things?”
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Happier Together
Two tunes that might be appropriate replacement songs for the movie Together, should the need arise
Space Bullies Aren’t Cool (One Thing I Like About Predator: Killer of Killers)
Predator: Killer of Killers is a beautifully-animated action movie that challenges my basic sense of media literacy. (Minor spoilers)
