Current Things: June 2025
Currently Reading
Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver š
Currently Watching
- Poker Face, Season 2
- Your Friends and Neighbors, Season 1
- The Studio, Season 1
- Disclaimer
- Shrinking, Season 1
Currently In Queue
- Black Bag
- 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
- 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 May:
Friendship: dudes! Weāre our own worst enemy!!
(And we have each otherās backs)
The Last of Us, Season 2: Bold decisions do not equal bold outcomes
Andor, Season 2: thereās so much to get into with how our cultureās general knowledge of Star Wars is crucial for how this plays, but Iāll just say this show will stand along 1984 as a seminal text on the impact of facism
Sinners: a thematic and technical masterpiece. This is a messy movie because itās dealing with a messy subject.
An absolutely perfect Righteous Gemstones finale. More to say later
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Friendship: dudes! We’re our own worst enemy!!
(And we have each other’s backs)
The Last of Us, Season 2: Bold decisions do not equal bold outcomes
Andor, Season 2: there’s so much to get into with how our culture’s general knowledge of Star Wars is crucial for how this plays, but I’ll just say this show will stand along 1984 as a seminal text on the impact of facism
Sinners: a thematic and technical masterpiece. This is a messy movie because it’s dealing with a messy subject.
Sinners, 2025
A thematic and technical masterpiece. This is a messy movie because it's dealing with a messy subject.
Current Things: May 2025
Currently Reading
Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver š
Currently Watching
- 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
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
- 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 selfā except for when itās not (like in the finale). One more season should be good enough to wrap this up.
The White Lotus, Season 3: āDeathā this season as opposed to āSexā last season. It lost a step from season 2, but thereās no way youāre going to put Parker Posey, Carrie Coon, and Walton Goggins in the same show and I wonāt love it.
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April 2025
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December 2022
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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 funā and gamesā” until the Switch 2 preorders get delayed
ā It’s not fun
ā”Nor a game
Mr. Henry’s. š
Testing micro.socialās location feature
Current Things: April 2025
Currently Reading
Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver š
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 rankingā of this yearās Oscar Best Picture Nominees:
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Dune Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- Conclave
- A Complete Unknown
- Wicked
- Emilia Perez
- The Substance
āGive or take an Iām Still Here
Finished in March:
Severance, Season 2: this show continues to walk the tightrope between nonsense and profundity better than any Iāve seen since Fringeā maybe even LOSTā because it realizes that sometimes life is profound because itās 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.
Time for my 100% correct rankingā of this year’s Oscar Best Picture Nominees:
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Dune Part Two
- Nickel Boys
- Conclave
- A Complete Unknown
- Wicked
- Emilia Perez
- The Substance
āGive or take an I’m Still Here
Current Things: March 2025
Currently Reading
Currently reading: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver š
Currently Watching
- Yellowjackets, Season 3
- Mythic Quest, Season 4
- Severance, Season 2
- Dune: Prophecy, Season 1
- Disclaimer
- Shrinking, Season 1
Currently In Queue
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 rankingā of this yearās Oscar Best Picture Nominees:
āGive or take an āIām Still Hereā
Finished in February:
Nickel Boys: mundane horror is still horror
Conclave: I could have used about a half click more pulp, but canāt complain too much with these performances, cinematography, and score. Itās not the main focus of the movie by any stretch, but itās 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 Dylanās talent, but doesnāt shy away from the possibility that he doesnāt stand for anything but contrarianism
The Brutalist: Iām a sucker for these types of movies that attempt to comment on an America as reflected in an individualās experience. Iām 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. Itās 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 PĆ©rez: This felt like a high school production of Emilia PĆ©rez. I donāt mean that entirely derogatory
Dog Man: Nailed the spirit, but didnāt quite capture the energy of the comics. Still, even attempting to bring this to the screen was a big endeavor and Iām impressed how much they were able to fit in mostly organically
(Oh yeah, kids loved it. Guess thatās whatās importantā¦)
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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.
Conclave, 2024
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
A Complete Unknown, 2024
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.