David Chen
@davechen.bsky.social
I’ve been reviewing movies and TV on the internet for 15 years. I host podcasts like Decoding TV and The Filmcast. Check out my newsletter: www.Decodingeverything.com
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New video: five weird small differences about life in Portugal
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
Portugal vs. the US - Five Small, Odd Differences
YouTube video by David Chen
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November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New video: five weird small differences about life in Portugal
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
New video: five weird small differences about life in Portugal
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
Portugal vs. the US - Five Small, Odd Differences
YouTube video by David Chen
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New video: five weird small differences about life in Portugal
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
youtu.be/E8ojpOb_zOg
Phew. Almost thought good things could happen for a second there.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Phew. Almost thought good things could happen for a second there.
Me every time I start over on a new social media platform
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Me every time I start over on a new social media platform
Some thoughts on the mayoral election:
1) The Cuomo campaign had no real message beyond hate and cynicism. It was an appeal to the past and going with what’s comfortable and familiar. In the end he was rewarded with humiliation.
1) The Cuomo campaign had no real message beyond hate and cynicism. It was an appeal to the past and going with what’s comfortable and familiar. In the end he was rewarded with humiliation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Some thoughts on the mayoral election:
1) The Cuomo campaign had no real message beyond hate and cynicism. It was an appeal to the past and going with what’s comfortable and familiar. In the end he was rewarded with humiliation.
1) The Cuomo campaign had no real message beyond hate and cynicism. It was an appeal to the past and going with what’s comfortable and familiar. In the end he was rewarded with humiliation.
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New vlog: How Lunch in Portugal Hits Different | Portugal Vlog Ep 2
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
How Lunch in Portugal Hits Different | Portugal Vlog Ep 2
YouTube video by David Chen
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November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New vlog: How Lunch in Portugal Hits Different | Portugal Vlog Ep 2
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
New vlog: How Lunch in Portugal Hits Different | Portugal Vlog Ep 2
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
How Lunch in Portugal Hits Different | Portugal Vlog Ep 2
YouTube video by David Chen
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New vlog: How Lunch in Portugal Hits Different | Portugal Vlog Ep 2
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
youtu.be/mv8fG57ffg4
Got it but what are the downsides
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Got it but what are the downsides
I don't know if you guys know this but humanity is basically doomed.
At least, that's the sense I get from several movies I've watched lately. (Specifically: BUGONIA and A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) www.decodingeverything.com/bugonia-hous...
At least, that's the sense I get from several movies I've watched lately. (Specifically: BUGONIA and A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) www.decodingeverything.com/bugonia-hous...
Humanity Is Doomed (Based on the Movies I've Seen Lately)
Today, a few thoughts on Yorgos Lanthimos' Bugonia (in theaters now) and Kathryn Bigelow's House of Dynamite (on Netflix).
In Bugonia, Jesse Plemons plays Teddy, a down-on-his-luck warehouse worker w...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I don't know if you guys know this but humanity is basically doomed.
At least, that's the sense I get from several movies I've watched lately. (Specifically: BUGONIA and A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) www.decodingeverything.com/bugonia-hous...
At least, that's the sense I get from several movies I've watched lately. (Specifically: BUGONIA and A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE) www.decodingeverything.com/bugonia-hous...
I will go to my grave wondering what the heck her history with Ethan Hunt was
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I will go to my grave wondering what the heck her history with Ethan Hunt was
Wow this was a beautiful film but also I thought it was very boring and bad
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Wow this was a beautiful film but also I thought it was very boring and bad
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New vlog: I documented our journey to Portugal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI4j...
We Moved to Portugal | Portugal Vlog Ep. 1
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October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
New vlog: I documented our journey to Portugal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI4j...
New vlog: I documented our journey to Portugal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI4j...
We Moved to Portugal | Portugal Vlog Ep. 1
YouTube video by David Chen
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October 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
New vlog: I documented our journey to Portugal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI4j...
Two days ago, my wife and I packed up our entire lives into 7 suitcases and moved to Portugal.
Here's what I've learned in the months that led us to this point. youtube.com/shorts/QxeUH...
Here's what I've learned in the months that led us to this point. youtube.com/shorts/QxeUH...
I’m Moving to Portugal. Here’s what I’ve learned up until this point. #travel #portugal #emigration
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October 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Two days ago, my wife and I packed up our entire lives into 7 suitcases and moved to Portugal.
Here's what I've learned in the months that led us to this point. youtube.com/shorts/QxeUH...
Here's what I've learned in the months that led us to this point. youtube.com/shorts/QxeUH...
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Ah, @davechen.bsky.social and @patrickklepek.bsky.social talk about the Welcome to Derry Pilot.
Bonus Ep: 'It: Welcome to Derry' Takes Some Big Swings. Is It Enough?
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October 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Ah, @davechen.bsky.social and @patrickklepek.bsky.social talk about the Welcome to Derry Pilot.
Packed up my entire life into these bags and today I will be bringing them to another country.
Subscribe at davechentravels.com to follow along
Subscribe at davechentravels.com to follow along
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Packed up my entire life into these bags and today I will be bringing them to another country.
Subscribe at davechentravels.com to follow along
Subscribe at davechentravels.com to follow along
A few thoughts on HOUSE OF DYNAMITE over on my Letterboxd boxd.it/buPJiz
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A few thoughts on HOUSE OF DYNAMITE over on my Letterboxd boxd.it/buPJiz
You know, in retrospect, given everything that’s happened since 2016, I think POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING went too hard on Macklemore
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You know, in retrospect, given everything that’s happened since 2016, I think POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING went too hard on Macklemore
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I’m moving my newsletter Decoding Everything off of Substack and onto Ghost!
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
This Feels Like the End of Something
For many years, I dreamed of moving to Los Angeles.
It was always a logical endpoint for me. I'm very into movies, after all – how they're made, how they're marketed, how they're talked about afterwa...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m moving my newsletter Decoding Everything off of Substack and onto Ghost!
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
I’m moving my newsletter Decoding Everything off of Substack and onto Ghost!
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
This Feels Like the End of Something
For many years, I dreamed of moving to Los Angeles.
It was always a logical endpoint for me. I'm very into movies, after all – how they're made, how they're marketed, how they're talked about afterwa...
www.decodingeverything.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I’m moving my newsletter Decoding Everything off of Substack and onto Ghost!
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
My first edition is about my recent trip to LA and why it was a huge bummer. Enjoy! www.decodingeverything.com/this-feels-l...
This is why I don’t get invested in any sports.
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is why I don’t get invested in any sports.
Question: does anyone have $75,000 I could borrow? Because if so, Joe Rogan is potentially about to have a pretty rough evening this January
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Question: does anyone have $75,000 I could borrow? Because if so, Joe Rogan is potentially about to have a pretty rough evening this January
A well regarded writer died recently and I wanted to learn more about them so I googled them and got a YouTube video that was AI slop. An AI program had grabbed a bunch of random images online, mashed them together, and generated a nonsense write-up of him that was read in an AI voice.
Dark shit.
Dark shit.
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A well regarded writer died recently and I wanted to learn more about them so I googled them and got a YouTube video that was AI slop. An AI program had grabbed a bunch of random images online, mashed them together, and generated a nonsense write-up of him that was read in an AI voice.
Dark shit.
Dark shit.
I’ve watched all 6 eps of TASK to prepare for the finale this wknd.
The show is emotionally devastating. The “task” sequences (for lack of a better term) are extremely well executed. But it’s probably a few notches bleaker than it needs to be to make its point.
Excited to see how it all wraps up.
The show is emotionally devastating. The “task” sequences (for lack of a better term) are extremely well executed. But it’s probably a few notches bleaker than it needs to be to make its point.
Excited to see how it all wraps up.
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I’ve watched all 6 eps of TASK to prepare for the finale this wknd.
The show is emotionally devastating. The “task” sequences (for lack of a better term) are extremely well executed. But it’s probably a few notches bleaker than it needs to be to make its point.
Excited to see how it all wraps up.
The show is emotionally devastating. The “task” sequences (for lack of a better term) are extremely well executed. But it’s probably a few notches bleaker than it needs to be to make its point.
Excited to see how it all wraps up.