Category: Arts & Entertainment
Presented Without Comment
Camp Miasma, Oak Street, and the eternal struggle of where exactly to position the fourth wall
One Thing I Like About The End of Oak Street
The movie about dinosaurs in the suburbs is a period piece set during a time when I probably would’ve enjoyed this movie.
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: I Take The Big Walk
Two tunes for the new video game program all the cool people are into now
One Thing I Like About Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun’s slasher has so much about it that I love, even if it is a little too meta, like New Nightmare from horror master Wes Craven
The Roottrees are Dead, or, 5 Easy Pieces
The engaging deduction game is a mash-up of The Return of the Obra Dinn and Ancestry.com
One Thing I Love About Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Much of Brand New Day feels like it was made specifically for lifelong fans of the comics, but it still works for those of us who weren’t. (No spoilers but caution advised)
Ghostwatch, or, The Pipes, the Pipes are Calling
The notorious BBC Halloween stunt about a family finding a strange man in their glory hole
Ruining the Mystique of the Coen Brothers
Reconsidering O Brother, Where Art Thou? as an actual adaptation of The Odyssey, instead of just making fun of the audacity of adapting The Odyssey
One Thing I Like About The Odyssey
The thing I like most about The Odyssey is what it shows us about interpretation, adaptation, and the whole idea of “a definitive version.” (Spoilers)
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Once Upon a Black Rainbow
Two tunes celebrating St Vincent’s fairy tale take on repression and depression
Literacy 2026: Book 5: Strange Pictures
“The Japanese Mystery-Horror Sensation” about sinister messages hidden in drawings
