Callie Petch
@calliepetch.bsky.social
Occasional critic, human disaster, naïve progressive. Words: Soundsphere Magazine, Little White Lies, Stereogum, and my own place. (They/them.)
Almost makes one wish there were a Pass for Movies. I bet that would work a treat.
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Almost makes one wish there were a Pass for Movies. I bet that would work a treat.
Pre-emptively putting this in the TRON: Ares school of "garbage film, amazing soundtrack."
Rather like how I begrudgingly give props to Saltburn for reviving "Murder on the Dancefloor" in the public eye, at least we're getting both avant- AND True Romance-Charli with the tie-in album.
Rather like how I begrudgingly give props to Saltburn for reviving "Murder on the Dancefloor" in the public eye, at least we're getting both avant- AND True Romance-Charli with the tie-in album.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Pre-emptively putting this in the TRON: Ares school of "garbage film, amazing soundtrack."
Rather like how I begrudgingly give props to Saltburn for reviving "Murder on the Dancefloor" in the public eye, at least we're getting both avant- AND True Romance-Charli with the tie-in album.
Rather like how I begrudgingly give props to Saltburn for reviving "Murder on the Dancefloor" in the public eye, at least we're getting both avant- AND True Romance-Charli with the tie-in album.
The first hour is still a frankensteined mess, CGI Peter Cushing is still a bad idea, Felicity Jones is still the cast's weak link, it's still most effective as a thematic piece than a narrative...
But the second it hits Mustafar, the thing just locks the fuck in and GOES. #RogueOne #FilmSky
But the second it hits Mustafar, the thing just locks the fuck in and GOES. #RogueOne #FilmSky
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It says something about the base quality Momma are currently operating on that they didn't even play any of their best songs yet this was still a very satisfying show.
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It says something about the base quality Momma are currently operating on that they didn't even play any of their best songs yet this was still a very satisfying show.
Let he who hath not killed six people throw the first stones!
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Let he who hath not killed six people throw the first stones!
By and large, if you're doing a Bond movie and his motivation isn't primarily "this is his literal job," then you've already fatally over-thought this shit.
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
By and large, if you're doing a Bond movie and his motivation isn't primarily "this is his literal job," then you've already fatally over-thought this shit.
...yet all anyone talks about is the fucking bigoted 'parody,' all clips are brigaded by the worst 'go woke, go broke' edgelords, and the game basically evaporated on instant release. (Not to mention the horrendous harrassment during development.) It deserved so much better. [2/2]
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
...yet all anyone talks about is the fucking bigoted 'parody,' all clips are brigaded by the worst 'go woke, go broke' edgelords, and the game basically evaporated on instant release. (Not to mention the horrendous harrassment during development.) It deserved so much better. [2/2]
I am still utterly furious about the bullshit that Goodbye Volcano High went through. That was the kind of game I could have so badly used during the period before I realised and accepted my own queer/enby-ness, it's so interesting and such a rich text to discuss... [1/2]
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I am still utterly furious about the bullshit that Goodbye Volcano High went through. That was the kind of game I could have so badly used during the period before I realised and accepted my own queer/enby-ness, it's so interesting and such a rich text to discuss... [1/2]
I think I can hear @shadowtodd.bsky.social reflexively screaming in agony from the other side of the Atlantic.
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I think I can hear @shadowtodd.bsky.social reflexively screaming in agony from the other side of the Atlantic.
Thinking Bond needs anything other than the absolute thinnest slices of continuity (i.e. a side character from a previous film briefly pops in again to help out before dipping) is precisely what got everyone into this miserable spiral in the first place.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thinking Bond needs anything other than the absolute thinnest slices of continuity (i.e. a side character from a previous film briefly pops in again to help out before dipping) is precisely what got everyone into this miserable spiral in the first place.
Yes, it sucks that the Internet has gotten to the point where any half-decent independent media requires its own subscription to read, much less keep afloat. Google should genuinely be held accountable for their crimes.
But Stereogum are the good ones. They deserve your support if you can spare it.
But Stereogum are the good ones. They deserve your support if you can spare it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Yes, it sucks that the Internet has gotten to the point where any half-decent independent media requires its own subscription to read, much less keep afloat. Google should genuinely be held accountable for their crimes.
But Stereogum are the good ones. They deserve your support if you can spare it.
But Stereogum are the good ones. They deserve your support if you can spare it.
People fucking love dinosaurs.
They should have some goddamn standards when it comes to those dinosaurs, agreed, but they fucking love dinosaurs. I dunno what else to tell you.
They should have some goddamn standards when it comes to those dinosaurs, agreed, but they fucking love dinosaurs. I dunno what else to tell you.
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
People fucking love dinosaurs.
They should have some goddamn standards when it comes to those dinosaurs, agreed, but they fucking love dinosaurs. I dunno what else to tell you.
They should have some goddamn standards when it comes to those dinosaurs, agreed, but they fucking love dinosaurs. I dunno what else to tell you.