Category: Movies
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Idiocracy and Somebody Else’s Problem
Revisiting a movie that I still think is just okay, and how it just keeps getting more relevant
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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)
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The Running Man, Grenades, Plastic Straws, and Ugly Scarves
Follow-up thoughts on The Running Man and the whole idea of implicating you, the viewer
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One Thing I Like About The Running Man
The Running Man isn’t nearly as good as the version of the movie that was playing in my head, but also that movie could never exist. (Spoilers after a warning)
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One Thing I Like About Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
This feels like a heist movie targeted at people who haven’t yet grasped object permanence, but it’s so shamelessly corny and ludicrous it can’t help be kind of fun
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Aliens vs Banjo-Kazooie, or, One Thing I Like About Predator: Badlands
I’m still not sure exactly who Predator: Badlands is for, but I imagine whoever it is will probably enjoy the heck out of it
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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)
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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).
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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)
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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)
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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
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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