The Rise of Skywalker
I took the day off from work today, and went out to see the new Star Wars movie. I don’t go out to see many movies in theaters anymore, but […]
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sick day
Back in November, I realized that I had two PTO days that I had to use by the end of the year, so I took today and next Friday off. […]
Organizing my DVD collection
This post is a follow up to my like Goodreads, but for movies post from last week. Since then, I’ve managed to scan a little over 100 DVDs (and one […]
Black Friday
There was no repeat of the Christmas music incident last night, so I got a good night’s sleep (or at least as good as I can manage these days). So […]
Shin Godzilla
I finally got around to watching Shin Godzilla today. It’s a weird film, but it’s definitely worth watching. I started hearing interesting stuff about it last year, including good reviews […]
The Last Jedi and the tired old nerd
I really want to see Last Jedi this weekend, but I’m kind of sick, so I don’t want to sit through a loud, two and a half hour movie. (Also, […]
Moustache on the Orient Express
From Film Comment’s review of Murder on the Orient Express: Poirot’s whiskers are more like a moustache within a moustache, or one set of whiskers grafted onto another. It could […]
Labor Day
Things I did this weekend: Watched four bad movies, with RiffTrax commentary. Finished reading a very nerdy Star Trek novel. Read a few random comic books. Backed up my desktop […]
Happy Birthday Akira Kurosawa
Since I need to post something for Kurosawa’s birthday, in any year when I remember it (or I’m reminded about it): Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies
Doctor Strange
One of the nice things that usually happens whenever Marvel or DC release a new superhero movie is that they reprint some old comics featuring that particular hero. Also, Comixology […]