2025 has been the year of “oh man I wish I saw that again in theaters” cinema. So many movies made uniquely for the big screen. 28 Years, The Final Reckoning, Life of Chuck— So many movies that hit so hard on the big screen that I just don’t think will work as well at home. This is a good thing btw.

There was a “28 Years Later” clip attached to my screening of “28 Days Later” and I need everyone to know that Boyle is back on his bullshit. He’s straight up doing this camera move from “House of the Dead” in it. I’m beyond excited. Weird ass stylistic choices in blockbusters are back!!!

Watched an episode of The Pitt, then The Studio, then a short film on The Criterion Channel… my brain is simply bigger than yours, now.

I recently watched Coppola’s “B’Twixt Now and Sunrise,” an intentionally lifeless movie that Kilmer brings so much life to. It doesn’t work without his shameless and sincere performance that breaks the emotional coolness of the film as Kilmer himself breaks down emotionally. A huge loss.

Lame stuff from Leone— I’m not a big Terrifier fan, but I respected the films’ rebellious attitude: they sought to be shocking horror amongst sanitized studio fare. That in of itself I think could be considered political, and failing to recognize that washes the films of a lot of their value imo.