Author: Chuck
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)
One Thing I Like About Together
The body-horror-as-metaphor-for-codependency movie Together isn’t as bonkers as I’d hoped, but it does some fantastic stuff with familiar horror movie moments
Lost in the Kayfabe
A video about horror in professional wrestling is like peeking into a whole other culture I know nothing about, but suspect that they might have it all figured out better than I have
One Thing I Mostly Like About The Naked Gun
The newest version of The Naked Gun can’t live up to the brilliance of Police Squad!, but I appreciate how much it tries
Being fair to the kids… or some of them, anyway
Pete Buttigieg makes disappointing comments about trans athletes, and I finally get fed up with centrism in politics
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Fantastic Foursome
A couple of space-age tracks from Michael Giacchino and a couple of John Williams tracks that (I think) inspired him
Sunday Smackdown: Superman vs Fantastic Four: First Steps
The two big super hero movies of the summer are so good at capturing the feel of the source material, they even do the classic “Who Would Win?” crossover event right
One Thing I Love About Fantastic Four: First Steps
Your ancestors called it science. You call it optimism. Fantastic Four comes from a land where they are one and the same. (No spoilers)
