On the subtle distinctions between cash grabs and finding a richness and depth in a story that allows for another chapter to be written.
(It’s about the upcoming Rocky spin-off called “Creed”. Well, mostly about the movies that spun the upcoming movie off.)
Okay. I will try to not talk about Person of Interest except for one or two more times this year. After this, I mean.
On Twitter, Gentleperson Emeritus Elizabeth Picciuto pointed out that “1995 has no business being 20 years ago.” So I googled the pop culture events of 1995.
On the thing where you are watching a show with your significant other and then she goes on vacation.
When doing some light research for the new Mission Impossible movie, I stumbled across the interesting fact that Tom Cruise hasn’t had a real flop in 30 years.
Jim Butcher’s next Dresden book has a title! Not a release date, mind, but it has a title! Warning: the title appears in this post.
Pushing Aaron David’s For-Real-Book-Club! For a book! Okay, It’s a PDF! With words and everything!
And coloring books!
We saw Jurassic World and I’d talk about it in this post except I’ll be darned if I can remember anything about it.
Without getting into Ex Machina spoilers at all (like even fewer than provided by the trailer), I’ll just say this:
1) It has so few actors and so few set pieces that I could see this being done on the stage
2) It is Hard Sci-Fi
3) You need to see this movie
(Warning: Spoilers in here. Warning: This movie is so good that there are actual benefits from not being spoiled.)
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/10/25Because we've been fed a constant stream of "wolf" accusations for decades. There's nothing you can… on Open Mic for the week of 3/3/2025Chris: I mean, she’s right, the movie is dated. Very true. That's a professional challenge for her t…
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