An absolutely perfect Righteous Gemstones finale. More to say later

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Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver 📚

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• Andor, Season 2
• The Last of Us, Season 2
• Your Friends and Neighbors, Season 1
• The Righteous Gemstones, Season 4
• The Studio, Season 1
• Disclaimer
• Shrinking, Season 1

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• Heretic
• Challengers
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Furiosa
• The First Omen
• Skinamarink

Currently Listening

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• Been too busy planning trips to blog about them!

Concurrently

• It’s been a tough couple of months and I’ve not really had the head space to write. Need to find a way to change that soon.

Finished in April:

Yellowjackets, Season 3: What a messy season of television. The show is a shadow of its former self— except for when it’s not (like in the finale). One more season should be good enough to wrap this up.

The White Lotus, Season 3: “Death” this season as opposed to “Sex” last season. It lost a step from season 2, but there’s no way you’re going to put Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, and Walton Goggins in the same show and I won’t love it.

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Yellowjackets, Season 3: What a messy season of television. The show is a shadow of its former self— except for when it’s not (like in the finale). One more season should be good enough to wrap this up.

The White Lotus, Season 3: “Death” this season as opposed to “Sex” last season. It lost a step from season 2, but there’s no way you’re going to put Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, and Walton Goggins in the same show and I won’t love it.

It’s all fun† and games‡ until the Switch 2 preorders get delayed

†It’s not fun
‡Nor a game

Mr. Henry’s. 📍

Testing micro.social’s location feature

Currently Reading

Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver 📚

Currently Watching

• The Righteous Gemstones, Season 4
• The Studio, Season 1
• The White Lotus, Season 3
• Yellowjackets, Season 3
• Severance, Season 2
• Dune: Prophecy, Season 1
• Disclaimer
• Shrinking, Season 1

Currently In Queue

• I’m Still Here
• Heretic
• Challengers
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Furiosa
• The First Omen
• Skinamarink

Currently Listening

Currently Planning

• Been too busy planning trips to blog about them!

Concurrently

• Second year in a row that my personal favorite movie of the year won the Oscar. Gotta pick something super weird next year

Time for my 100% correct ranking✝ of this year’s Oscar Best Picture Nominees:

1. Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. Dune Part Two
4. Nickel Boys
5. Conclave
6. A Complete Unknown
7. Wicked
8. Emilia Perez
9. The Substance

✝Give or take an I’m Still Here

Finished in March:

Severance, Season 2: this show continues to walk the tightrope between nonsense and profundity better than any I’ve seen since Fringe– maybe even LOST– because it realizes that sometimes life is profound because it’s nonsensical.

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Severance, Season 2: this show continues to walk the tightrope between nonsense and profundity better than any I’ve seen since Fringe– maybe even LOST– because it realizes that sometimes life is profound because it’s nonsensical.

This will forever be a Sean Baker stan account and we welcome all the new members

Time for my 100% correct ranking✝ of this year’s Oscar Best Picture Nominees:

1. Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. Dune Part Two
4. Nickel Boys
5. Conclave
6. A Complete Unknown
7. Wicked
8. Emilia Perez
9. The Substance

✝Give or take an I’m Still Here

Currently Reading

Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver 📚

Currently Watching

• Yellowjackets, Season 3
• Mythic Quest, Season 4
• Severance, Season 2
• Dune: Prophecy, Season 1
• Disclaimer
• Shrinking, Season 1

Currently In Queue

• I’m Still Here
• Challengers
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Furiosa
• The First Omen
• Skinamarink

Currently Listening

Currently Planning

• Been too busy planning trips to blog about them!

Concurrently

• Got through my week of watching all the best picture nominees– save I’m Still Here, which isn’t streaming or on VOD yet. Would love to have supported this one by going to the theater, but couldn’t make it work this week.
• Here’s my ranking of the Best Picture nominees:

Time for my 100% correct ranking✝ of this year’s Oscar Best Picture Nominees:

1. Anora
2. The Brutalist
3. Dune Part Two
4. Nickel Boys
5. Conclave
6. A Complete Unknown
7. Wicked
8. Emilia Perez
9. The Substance

✝Give or take an ‘I’m Still Here’

Finished in February:

Nickel Boys: mundane horror is still horror

Conclave: I could have used about a half click more pulp, but can’t complain too much with these performances, cinematography, and score. It’s not the main focus of the movie by any stretch, but it’s a nice warning about process getting in the way of humanity.

A Complete Unknown: interesting twist on the biopic where instead of learning more about the subject, you walk away almost feeling like you know less. It does a good job of illustrating Dylan’s talent, but doesn’t shy away from the possibility that he doesn’t stand for anything but contrarianism

The Brutalist: I’m a sucker for these types of movies that attempt to comment on an America as reflected in an individual’s experience. I’m a bit more hopeful about our chances than The Brutalist, so keep me on Team Anora for the moment.

The Substance: The idea is fine, but this movie needed someone who could realize it better than it was. It’s a textbook case of a solid first act with zero clue of where to go from there. (See also American Fiction from last year)

Emilia Pérez: This felt like a high school production of Emilia Pérez. I don’t mean that entirely derogatory

Dog Man: Nailed the spirit, but didn’t quite capture the energy of the comics. Still, even attempting to bring this to the screen was a big endeavor and I’m impressed how much they were able to fit in mostly organically

(Oh yeah, kids loved it. Guess that’s what’s important…)

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Nickel Boys: mundane horror is still horror

Mundane horror is still horror

Conclave: I could have used about a half click more pulp, but can’t complain too much with these performances, cinematography, and score. It’s not the main focus of the movie by any stretch, but it’s a nice warning about process getting in the way of humanity.

I could have used about a half click more pulp, but can't complain too much with these performances, cinematography, and score. It's not the main focus of the movie by any stretch, but it's a nice warning about process getting in the way of humanity.

First time in a while I won’t get to all the Best Picture-nominated movies: I’m Still Here isn’t on streaming or VOD. There’s no bigger proponent of movie theaters than me, but just couldn’t find the time for it this month.

A Complete Unknown: interesting twist on the biopic where instead of learning more about the subject, you walk away almost feeling like you know less. It does a good job of illustrating Dylan’s talent, but doesn’t shy away from the possibility that he doesn’t stand for anything but contrarianism

Interesting twist on the biopic where instead of learning more about the subject, you walk away almost feeling like you know *less*. It does a good job of illustrating Dylan's talent, but doesn't shy away from the possibility that he doesn't really stand for anything but contrarianism.

The Brutalist: I’m a sucker for these types of movies that attempt to comment on an America as reflected in an individual’s experience. I’m a bit more hopeful about our chances than The Brutalist, so keep me on Team Anora for the moment.

I'm a sucker for these types of movies that attempt to comment on an America as reflected in an individual's experience. I'm a bit more hopeful about our chances than The Brutalist, so keep me on Team Anora for the moment.

I’ve been very delinquent in watching this year’s Best Picture nominees, so here’s my way-too-aggressive schedule to finish watching them this week:
Sunday: The Brutalist (Part 1)
Monday: The Brutalist (Part 2)
Tuesday: I’m Still Here
Wednesday: A Complete Unknown
Thursday: Conclave
Friday: Nickel Boys

The Substance: The idea is fine, but this movie needed someone who could realize it better than it was. It’s a textbook case of a solid first act with zero clue of where to go from there. (See also American Fiction from last year)

The idea is fine, but this movie needed someone who could realize it better than it was. It's a textbook case of a solid first act with zero clue of where to go from there. (See also American Fiction from last year)

This felt like a high school production of Emilia Pérez. I don't mean that entirely derogatory

Nailed the spirit, but didn’t quite capture the energy of the comics. Still, even attempting to bring this to the screen was a big endeavor and I’m impressed how much they were able to fit in mostly organically

(Oh yeah, kids loved it. Guess that’s what’s important…)