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[Finished Reading Caliban's war by James S. A. Corey]

November 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
[Finished Reading Star Wars - Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed]

November 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
[Rewatched Back to the Future, 1985 - ★★★★★]

It's been a rough few days but tonight my wife and I got to watch this in an empty theater for its 40th anniversary.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
[Watched Mandy, 2018 - ★★★½]

I was planning to do Nicvember where I would try to watch a Nicolas Cage movie every day of the month. That's not going to happen.

When I was thinking about Nicvember, I decided to start with something I hadn't seen before and because […]

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November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
[Listened to Everybody Scream by Florence + the Machine]

https://album.link/us/i/1833585853
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I made a zine the other day so that I could have a physical copy of Nemik's Manifesto from the Star Wars TV show: Andor.

You can read it, print a copy, and share with others if you'd like.
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
[Did Not Finish Madly, Deeply by Alan Rickman, Alan F. Taylor]

October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
[Watched Hotel Transylvania, 2012 - ★★★½]

Wasnt expecting much but was actually pleasantly surprised. There were a bunch of real funny and memorable moments.

Not sure if we'll watch the sequels but we might rewatch this really soon.
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
[Finished Reading Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz]

October 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
[Watched John Candy: I Like Me, 2025 - ★★★]

October 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
[Finished Reading We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer]

October 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
[Rewatched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 2008 - ★★★★]

After reading Kottke's post In Praise of Comfort Films I decided to revisit an old favorite.

I was lucky to watch this before it's release with the actors present for a Q&A afterwards. By lucky, I mean […]

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October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
[Watched All of You, 2025 - ★★★]

The Fingernails plot doesn't really work here. It also doesn't really work without it otherwise we're just watching two people cheat.

The ending was good but I wish they would've added a little more to the Black Mirror subplot or […]

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October 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
[Rewatched The Wild Robot, 2024 - ★★★★]

_This post is my entry for this month'sIndieWeb Movie Club hosted by Zachary Kai._

It has not been that long since I last watched this film but I still remember quite a bit of it. I'm biased because any parental themes in […]

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September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
[Finished Reading Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond]

September 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
[Watched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024 - ★★★]

I liked it but I'm not a fan of the human subplot. Are these people responsible for the events that lead to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)?
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
[Watched Asteroid City, 2023 - ★★★]

It was fine? It had some great moments (the cactus dare, the song, the Margot Robbie scene), but I think I expected a little something more.

I may change my mind when I do my big Wes Anderson marathon at some point in the […]

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September 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
[Watched Broadcast News, 1987 - ★★★★½]

I liked the ending but then I found that there was an alternate ending and was amazed that a film could have two great endings to choose from that completely change the story.

The film did lose me a bit at the reveal of the […]

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September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
[Finished Reading Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove]

September 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
[Finished Reading Console Wars by Blake J. Harris]

September 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
[Watched Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, 2021 - ★★★★]

"He is precious to me." 😭
September 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Now that the code is done I've been having fun sketching out some icons and naming my projects. I have no idea how to draw a "barnacle" though.
September 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
[Finished Reading 地球星人 by 村田沙耶香, Mathilde Tamae-Bouhon, Ginny Tapley Takemori]

September 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
[Watched The Naked Gun, 2025 - ★★★★]

Some movies feel like they are made for me. This one feels like it was made for Christopher Nolan.
September 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
[Finished Reading The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz]

September 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM