Joonatan Itkonen
@toisto.net
🆔 AuDHD | Queer | He/him
📋 Writer for film, comics, and games
🎞️ Bylines: KonsoliFIN, Toisto, Pelaaja, Movies We Texted About, FILMHOUNDS, Debug Magazine
🍅meter and Metacritic listed | FIPRESCI, OFTA, IFSC member
📩 joonatan@toisto.net
📋 Writer for film, comics, and games
🎞️ Bylines: KonsoliFIN, Toisto, Pelaaja, Movies We Texted About, FILMHOUNDS, Debug Magazine
🍅meter and Metacritic listed | FIPRESCI, OFTA, IFSC member
📩 joonatan@toisto.net
I hope it's nothing serious and you feel better soon! Here is some big orange cat energy to help out.
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I hope it's nothing serious and you feel better soon! Here is some big orange cat energy to help out.
He even calls it the conclusion of the project at that point among other very, very funny things.
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
He even calls it the conclusion of the project at that point among other very, very funny things.
No waiver was ever sent and the only mention of anything beyond the initial ask was this, where he states a vague allusion towards a timeline.
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
No waiver was ever sent and the only mention of anything beyond the initial ask was this, where he states a vague allusion towards a timeline.
Meillä nuo on oppineet eri morsetuksia, jotka ajaa kissat ihan sekaisin. Tasaisin väliajoin tulee kolmea tai neljää eri sarjaa ikkunasta riippuen ja kaaos alkaa taas alusta.
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Meillä nuo on oppineet eri morsetuksia, jotka ajaa kissat ihan sekaisin. Tasaisin väliajoin tulee kolmea tai neljää eri sarjaa ikkunasta riippuen ja kaaos alkaa taas alusta.
After two years of being featured on Rotten Tomatoes, the first time other Finnish outlets even register my existence is to gasp at my audacity to give Sisu a less than stellar review. At least they acknowledge that it's not an outright pan.
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
After two years of being featured on Rotten Tomatoes, the first time other Finnish outlets even register my existence is to gasp at my audacity to give Sisu a less than stellar review. At least they acknowledge that it's not an outright pan.
Our International Film Society has voted on and now published our picks of the 100 top films of the 21st century so far. Lots of great picks in the lineup, lots of disagreements, too. It's what makes all of this so fun. For reference, here are my picks for the top spots.
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Our International Film Society has voted on and now published our picks of the 100 top films of the 21st century so far. Lots of great picks in the lineup, lots of disagreements, too. It's what makes all of this so fun. For reference, here are my picks for the top spots.
His Conan poster hung on every dorm room I lived in for a time.
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
His Conan poster hung on every dorm room I lived in for a time.
McTiernan's explanation of how the iconic scene where the crew unloads everything into the jungle came about from his distaste of a studio exec demanding more gun porn is still one of my favorite behind the scenes tidbits.
September 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
McTiernan's explanation of how the iconic scene where the crew unloads everything into the jungle came about from his distaste of a studio exec demanding more gun porn is still one of my favorite behind the scenes tidbits.
"Smells like... woketery"
September 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Smells like... woketery"
I'm not an artist, so this is a poor rendering off the phone.
August 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I'm not an artist, so this is a poor rendering off the phone.
Mandatory cathedral photo from Cologne.
August 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mandatory cathedral photo from Cologne.
*Cackles in Ken Russell*
August 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
*Cackles in Ken Russell*
Got to see the trailer for the new Avatar movie and, well, it's a new Avatar movie. I'm glad James Cameron is still excited about 3D, but there's so little here that I just can't muster any reaction this beyond a: "huh."
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Got to see the trailer for the new Avatar movie and, well, it's a new Avatar movie. I'm glad James Cameron is still excited about 3D, but there's so little here that I just can't muster any reaction this beyond a: "huh."
The teaser for Stranger Things Season 5 has big Tahani energy.
July 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The teaser for Stranger Things Season 5 has big Tahani energy.
Saw this the other day and I'm still giggling.
July 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Saw this the other day and I'm still giggling.
It's wild how he claims Kickstarter has locked him out from updating on their site when the disclaimer flatly states he just can't start new projects until he responds to their repeated attempts to ask him what in the everloving fuck he's doing.
June 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's wild how he claims Kickstarter has locked him out from updating on their site when the disclaimer flatly states he just can't start new projects until he responds to their repeated attempts to ask him what in the everloving fuck he's doing.
It should be noted that I can't find a single waiver in any email that I've saved from him in the last half a decade that this book has been going through its phases.
June 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It should be noted that I can't find a single waiver in any email that I've saved from him in the last half a decade that this book has been going through its phases.
It's almost like Frazer forgot his own ludicrous "agreement" that he sent out a full FIVE YEARS AGO. It's even funnier that no waiver or contract was signed, to my knowledge, by anyone.
June 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's almost like Frazer forgot his own ludicrous "agreement" that he sent out a full FIVE YEARS AGO. It's even funnier that no waiver or contract was signed, to my knowledge, by anyone.
June is a very busy month, with a multitude of great releases arriving almost every week. Right now, though, I'm devoted to Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Look for a review closer to launch.
June 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
June is a very busy month, with a multitude of great releases arriving almost every week. Right now, though, I'm devoted to Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Look for a review closer to launch.
Social embargo for Andor Season 2 has dropped. All I'll say is that expect a big piece on the full series next week. This one deserves it. #Andor
April 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Social embargo for Andor Season 2 has dropped. All I'll say is that expect a big piece on the full series next week. This one deserves it. #Andor
My site is still small potatoes, but it has grown entirely through word of mouth and me plugging away with the work. The last few months have been the best yet, and I thank each and every one of you for reading and supporting me.
April 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My site is still small potatoes, but it has grown entirely through word of mouth and me plugging away with the work. The last few months have been the best yet, and I thank each and every one of you for reading and supporting me.
Big overhaul at toisto.net. Better accessibility and easier to read big articles, an entirely cleaned up database of 700(!) reviews from the last 5 years, and links to the newly formed YouTube channel and every critic aggregator you can find me on. This was a mammoth undertaking, but it looks great.
April 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Big overhaul at toisto.net. Better accessibility and easier to read big articles, an entirely cleaned up database of 700(!) reviews from the last 5 years, and links to the newly formed YouTube channel and every critic aggregator you can find me on. This was a mammoth undertaking, but it looks great.