Havoc review: (+) filmed in Wales, (-) incomprehensible action, (-) horrible CG, (-) wasted cast, (-) the same guy who directed the awesome Raid 1 & 2??!, (-) derivative of much better films, (-) the same guy who gave us Merantau & Gangs of London??!, (-) I waited 4 years for this? 0/5

"We started a game we never got to finish..."

HI SETH ROGEN! My Kool Aid movie would be a non-linear story going from 1927 Oklahoma to the Electric Kool Aid Acid Test in the 60's to Guyana in the late 70's. The Kool Aid guy would bust through the third wall into Hastings, La Honda, Georgetown, and a future Mars Colony. Slaughterhouse 5 style.

After Miura's death, I was sure I'd never see Berserk continue, so it's amazing to be able to read a new volume today. The team at Studio Gaga has done an amazing job preserving and expanding on Miura's art, story, and vision. Also, huge props to Dark Horse for getting it translated so quickly!

Love interacting with pets in JRPGs.

While I'm reading Sarah Wynn-Williams' "Careless People", it's not so much the individual incidents that are so shocking, but the disturbing personality type that mark and sheryl exhibit. I've worked for and with people like them and their narcissism, greed, and lack of empathy are sadly not unique.

San Diego Pop Pie shop on Pi Day...

Brought up Gerry Anderson vehicle design today in class. Generally, students don't care about my tangents and nerdy pop culture prowess. www.pinterest.com/jack_knoll/g...

Some terrific student work submitted today in level design class! This is a student who's creative, hard-working, skilled, and takes the time to talk to me and seek out early feedback. I'm really looking forward to what they do after they graduate!

Lovely What's In My Bag? (Amoeba Music) with Richard Russell (owner of XL Recordings). His selections are all part of my musical DNA and his tastes continue to guide my journey with acts like Burial and Fontaines DC. I didn't know David Byrne produced Fun Boy Three?!? www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYs_...

When I was a kid, Phantasm was one of the most influential horror movies for me alongside Carpenter's the Thing and Halloween. Reggie Bannister is currently entering hospice care with dementia, but he'd love to hear from fans. Send him some love!

Reggie Bannister
PO Box 4387
Crestline, CA 92325

Wonderful to see Cheng Pei-pei honored tonight at the Oscars In Memorium. My favorite film of hers, Come Drink With Me, is included with Amazon Prime so check it out!

Presence review: (+) directed by Steven Soderbergh, (+) interesting POV, (+) great setting, (+) 90-minute runtime, (-) cheap VFX, (-) underdeveloped characters, (-) silly "villain", and (-) terrible music. 2/5

The Brutalist review: (+) beautiful cinematography, (+) neat opening credits, (+) Italian marble quarry, (-) unnecessarily long, (-) sad handjob scene, (-) not enough exploration of architecture, and (-) thinly written characters. 3/5

Tonight's activity. They actually go together pretty well!

Lunar New Year blep...

Dear Google, Meta, Microsoft, and everybody else. I really don't need an AI assistant unless it's something like this. I'm prepared to wait...