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Noel Thingvall
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Podcaster. Blogger. Collects far more comics, books, scripts, tv, and movies than I'll ever get to. He/Him. https://linktr.ee/noelct
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Intimidation (1960 film)

4 stars. Tight and quick (just over an hour long), yet packed with tension and O Henry twists. Atmospheric crime thriller with a steady boil till it settles into an unexpected battle of wills. Beautifully shot and edited. Great... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Spree (2020 film)

4 stars. A bleakly and hysterically authentic black comedy about a desperate-for-fame social influencer who decides to live-stream a killing spree. It's just the right tone of crass glee and shocking setpieces, with the charisma and... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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#NowReading a June 1996 draft of the #screenplay for Amistad (1997) by David Franzoni. #FilmSky
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Stuff I Read and Watched from November 23-29, 2025. How many of these have you checked out?
Stuff I Read and Watched from November 23-29, 2025 Film **** Hunter Hunter (2020) ***** Memories of Murder (2003) *** Moon 44 (1990) **** The Video Dead (1987) Prose **** The Rocketeer (1991 novelization, Peter David) Comics **** Akane-banashi 48 "Fetching Tea (2)" (2023) **** Akane-banashi 49 "Fetching Tea (3)" (2023) *** Codename: Sailor V 12 "The Pet Stories (2): Wan-Wan's Plot" (1997) *** Codename: Sailor V 13 "The Pet Stories (3): Chuu-Chuu's Plot" (1997) *** Codename: Sailor V 14 "Youth Bet on the Hachimaki Stone" (1997) **** Dandadan 36 "The Kito Family's Old Lady" (2021) **** Dandadan 37 "Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake" (2021) *** Diamond in the Rough 41 "Silver Scale Village" (2022) **** Diamond in the Rough 42 "The Tiger Princess" (2022) **** Kindergarten Wars 93 "Ex-Boyfriend" (2024) **** Kindergarten Wars 94 "A Day in the Life of Rita' (2024) **** Marriagetoxin 48 (2023) **** Marriagetoxin 49 (2023) *** My Hero Acedemia 4 "Starting Line" (2019) *** My Hero Acedemia 5 "Smashing Into Acedemia" (2019) *** Sakamoto Days 36 "Wutang (3)" (2021) **** Sakamoto Days 37 "Death Row Prisoner" (2021) TV *** Columbo 9 "Blueprint for Murder" (1972) *** Kamen Rider 72 "Vampiric Mosquilas vs Two Riders" (1972) *** Kamen Rider 73 "Double Riders' Defeat! Fiddler Crabking" (1972) *** Kamen Rider 74 "Deadly Bloodsucking Fiends!! Good Luck, Kamen Rider Kid Corps" (1972) *** Kamen Rider 75 "Poison Flower Monster Roseranga! The Secret of the House of Terror" (1972) **** Kamen Rider Gotchard 27 "Gotcha! X Hopper!" (2024) **** Kamen Rider Zeztz 11 "Rot" (2025) *** Stop! Hibari-kun 3 "I'm Exposed?! Someone Saw Me?!" (1983) **** Stranger Things 35 "The Crawl" (2025) **** Stranger Things 36 "The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler" (2025) **** Stranger Things 37 "The Turnbow Trap" (2025)
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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The Rocketeer (1991 novelization) by Peter David.

4 stars. A solid blockbuster script. A great pairing with David's style for adventure and humor. His biggest additions are fleshing out Jenny beyond just being a token damsel in distress, and... www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #Filmsky #Booksky
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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ROCK ON
Stranger Things 5, episode 3. Directed by Frank Darabont.
November 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Leftovers spring rolls. Rice paper, turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes.
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Made a bowl of leftovers ramen. Sliced the turkey into strips. Broth is a mix a gravy, corn, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and a pinch of extra seasoning.
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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The Video Dead (1987 film)

4 stars. Went into this one completely cold, knew nothing about it. Ended up discovering what might be a new favorite. Its tale of a neighborhood falling victim to a cursed television which contains a horde of shambling undead... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Memories of Murder (2003 film)

5 stars. Brilliantly frustrating as it explores two different types of policing when you can't get any definitive evidence tied to a string of murders: the bad cop who tries to twist and pin everything on the person he... letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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#NowWatching Hunter Hunter (2020)
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Stuff I Read and Watched from November 16 - 22, 2025
Stuff I Read and Watched from November 16 - 22, 2025 Film *** Blair Witch (2016) **** City That Never Sleeps (1953) ***** Glass Onion (2022) **** Hot Frosty (2024) ** The Invisible Swordsman (1970) *** A Merry Little X-Mas (2025) *** Scarface (1932) *** Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Prose *** Accel World 12: Red Crest (2012 novel, Reki Kawahara) **** The Ash-Tree (1904 story, MR James) Comics **** Akane-banashi 46 "Date" (2023) **** Akane-banashi 47 "Fetching Tea" (2023) *** Dandadan 34 "The Kito Family is Coming" (2021) *** Dandadan 35 "Where's the Tsuchinoko Monster?" (2021) **** Diamond in the Rough 39 "Footsteps That Change Color" (2022) **** Diamond in the Rough 40 "Faces in the Dark" (2022) **** Kindergarten Wars 92 "Van" (2024) *** Kindergarten Wars Bonus "Congratulations on Joining the New World Order" (2024) *** Marriagetoxin Bonus "Kinosaki Asks Ushiro to..." (2023) **** Marriagetoxin 47 (2023) *** My Hero Acedemia 2 "Roaring Muscles" (2019) *** My Hero Acedemia 3 "Entrance Exam" (2019) **** Sakamoto Days 34 "Wutang" (2021) **** Sakamoto Days 35 "Wutang (2)" (2021) TV *** Dandadan 1 "That's How Love Starts, Ya Know" (2024) *** Full House 115 "Yours, Mine, and Our" (1992) *** Kamen Rider Gotchard 20 "Smiling Angel, Unfunny Joke" (2024) *** Kamen Rider Gotchard 21 "Mad Warrior! The Black Flame, Valvarad" (2024) **** Kamen Rider Gotchard 22 "Love is a Saber! A Sudden Chemy Story" (2024) *** Kamen Rider Gotchard 23 "Always Hit Right in the Heart" (2024) *** Kamen Rider Gotchard 24 "A Sudden Twist! The Forbidden Steel Rider" (2024) *** Kamen Rider Gotchard 25 "The Faults of a Young Sensei" (2024) *** Kamen Rider Gotchard 26 "Thwarting Evil. The Jet Black Winds" (2024) *** Kamen Rider Zeztz 10 "Vanish" (2025) *** Star Trek: Strange New World 13 "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (2023) **** Stop! Hibari-kun 2 "Special Training! The Sparta Tatsu" (1983) **** Ultraman Omega 18 "The House of Barossa" (2025)
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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3 stars to Moon 44 (1990) letterboxd.com/noelct/film/...
My pick for a film club. Concluding my trip through Emmerich's pre-Hollywood films. This is both a huge step up, while also hampered by a lot of the same clumsiness as Joey and Ghost Chaser. It's absolutely a visual and narrative pastiche of the 80s scifi films of James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Peter Hyams, with corporate regimes feuding over outer space mining rights. The sets and miniatures are absolutely fantastic with their dense detailing, pulpy lighting, and heaps of steam and fog. The script is a clunky mess with prisoners drafted to fly defense ships around a mining station, where someone is secretly selling them all out to raiding pirates. The characters are a mess and there's no real mystery, but the cast gives it their all with some solid performances, the real standouts being Dean Devlin showing great character actor chops before he switched careers to writer/producer, and Brian Thompson giving a lot more layers and nuance to his meathead antagonist than I'm used to. Michael Pare is his usual wooden smolder, but works fine for the role. The bad guys are exactly who you suspect, and for all the work they put into the miniatures, a lot of shots are constantly re-used, and the actual action sequences (interesting forerunners to the dogfights of Independence Day) are pretty sporadic. The music and cinematography are strong. The editing is impressively lousy at times, especially during fight scenes. There's a gay predator prison rape sequence and fallout which surprised me from Emmerich. Overall, it's a clunky mess, but not an unentertaining one, and seeing it in high def widescreen absolutely showcases all the visual work they put into it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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#NowWatching Hot Frosty (2024) with Mom.
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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#NowWatching A Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025) with Mom.
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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#NowReading The Rocketeer (1991 novelization) by Peter David.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#NowWatching Moon 44 (1990)
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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City That Never Sleeps (1953 film) - 4 stars letterboxd.com/noelct/film/... #Filmsky
A friend's pick for our film club. A dirty cop, a corrupt DA, an exotic dancer, a stage magician turned safecracker, a living mannequin in a club window, all collide during one violent night in the city, as narrated by the city itself (Chill Wills!). For a low-budget Republic production, it's got a sharp, richly layered script, atmospheric direction with emotional builds and striking violence, and a strong cast of B-actors (including a young Tom Poston in a bit role!). There's a slight fantasy element, but one that feels poetic in a Rod Serling vein as these characters play out a holistic ensemble tragedy at the roots of the looming city.
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Stuff I Read and Watched from November 9 - 15, 2025
Stuff I Read and Watched from November 9 - 15, 2025 Film ***** John Candy: I Like Me (2025) ** Miracles (1989) ***** Predator: Badlands (2025) **** The Terminal (2004) Scripts *** Dr Giggles (1992 screenplay, March 1992 draft, Manny Coto) Comic **** Akane-banashi 44 "First Practice on the Road" (2022) **** Akane-banashi 45 "Two Steps" (2023) *** Alpha Flight 121 "The Return of the Brass Bishop" (1993) *** Arata Primal: The New Primitive 34 (2019) *** Arata Primal: The New Primitive 35 (2019) *** The Brave and the Bold 109 "Batman and The Demon: Gotham Bay, Be My Grave" (1973) *** Codename: Sailor V 5 "The Dark Agency's Plot" (1993) **** Codename: Sailor V 6 "Showdown! Sailor V vs Electronic Fighter Girl Luga" (1993) **** Codename: Sailor V 7 "Sailor V's Vacation - The Hawaiian Plot" (1994) *** Codename: Sailor V 8 "Love on the Tree-Lined Road - Tearing at Turbo Full-Throttle" (1994) *** Codename: Sailor V 9 "Sailor V vs Debrine" (1994) *** Codename: Sailor V 10 "Sailor V in a Pinch!? Phantom Ace Appears!" (1994) **** Codename: Sailor V 11 "The Pet Stories (1): Nyan-Nyan's Plot" (1997) **** Dandadan 32 "Let's Go to the Cursed House" (2021) **** Dandadan 33 "Better Decid Which One's Into Her" (2021) **** Diamond in the Rough 38 "Oh My, Oh My" (2022) ** Ghost Rider / Cloak & Dagger "Let There Be Light" (1993) [Marvel Comics Presents 119-122] **** Kindergarten Wars 90 "A Day in the Life of Doug" (2024) **** Kindergarten Wars 91 "Sparkling Shining Bombstars" (2024) **** Marriagetoxin 45 (2023) **** Marriagetoxin 46 (2023) **** Sakamoto Days 32 "Bathhouse Mode" (2021) **** Sakamoto Days 33 "Surprise" (2021) *** The Sandman 7 "The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus" (1982) [published in The Best of DC 22] *** Shade, the Changing Man 4 "To Rescue My Destroyer" (1978) *** Speedball "The Big Time" (1993) [Marvel Comics Presents 127] *** Spider-Man / Punisher / Sabretooth: Designer Genes (1993) The Unexpected 109 (1968) ** Johnny Peril "Baptism by Starfire" ** "The Vengeful Windmill" *** The Mad Mod Witch ** "Die, Dream Girl - Die" Weird Adventure Comics 435 (1974) **** The Spectre "The Man Who Stalked the Spectre" ** Aquaman "As the Undersea City Sleeps" **** Wolverine and the Lynx "Passion Play" (1993) [Marvel Comics Presents 123-130] TV *** Doctor Who "The Crusade (3): The Wheel of Fortune" (1965) *** Doctor Who "The Crusade (4): The Warlords" (1965) [reconstruction] *** Etoile 1 "The Swap" (2025) **** Full House 114 "Driving Miss DJ" (1992) **** The Middle 53 "The Test" (2011) **** Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 12 "Ad Astra per Aspera" (2023) **** Step By Step 64 "Nightmare Weekend" (1994) *** Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place 1 "The Pilot" (1998) *** Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place 2 "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Presentation" (1998) **** Ultraman Omega 16 "The KSCT Special Task Unit" (2025) *** Ultraman Omega Special "An Unusual Day in the Life of Nariaki Akaji" (2025) **** Ultraman Omega 17 "Snow Blossoms" (2025)
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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#NowWatching Blair Witch (2016)
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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#NowWatching The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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#NowWatching Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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#NowWatching Predator: Badlands (2025) in 3D!
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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#NowReading Accel World 12: The Red Crest (2012 novel) by Reki Kawahara. #Booksky
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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#NowReading a March 1992 draft of the #screenplay for Dr Giggles (1992) by Manny Coto. #Filmsky
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM