Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Groundhog D-Day (an Edge of Tomorrow appreciation post)
Catching up on my backlog with the excellent 2014 movie about fighting aliens and time loops. Spoilers.
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Best Movies of 2025 (So Far)
A probably-too-early post during what has been a surprisingly good year for movies
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One Thing I Really Like About Ballerina
Ballerina managed to combine everything I’d expected from John Wick with everything that pleasantly surprised me about John Wick. Spoilers after a warning.
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The Locked Door of Chuck
Reconsidering my simpler interpretation of The Life of Chuck. Lots of spoilers.
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Mrs Peel, We’re Needed
Two tunes for drinking Mai Tais and thinking about Diana Rigg
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One Thing I Like About The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of a Stephen King story is so sincere and heartfelt that it’s impossible not to like. Very mild spoilers, you can thank me later.
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One Thing I Like About The Phoenician Scheme
The latest Wes Anderson movie is funny in the ways I’d hoped for and funny in ways I didn’t expect
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One Thing I Love About Poker Face: “Sloppy Joseph”
Episode 6 is my favorite episode of season two, by keeping things in perspective
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One Thing I Like About John Wick
John Wick manages to accomplish a lot with the mantra of “tell, don’t show”
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Tuesday Tune Two-Fer: Horny for Fan Fest
Two tunes from the extremely nostalgic background music loop at Universal’s Fan Fest nights
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Your Taste, Should You Choose to Accept It
Mission: Impossible, Letterboxd, and making peace with being basic
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Literacy 2025: Book 19: Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito’s excellent satirical novel about a governess working for a not terribly impressive family