“Psalms” (101-150) ed. Richard Challoner (1752)
I’ll be honest, I just read Proverbs and now it blends in completely with whatever Psalms had going on. What I do remember of Psalms is realizing that a lot of what the ol’ Father is preaching at the pulpit is one-liners from this section of the bible.
Abyss by David Weddle & Jeffrey Lang (2001)
These DS9 novels spend a lot of time with Bashir and Dax as a couple, working out their couple stuff. I suppose they’re really the only couple available in these early releases of the relaunch, but I hope we get to see other perspectives on romantic relationships. But otherwise, it’s a neat and tidy little adventure, and I like the scenes in which a Jem’Hadar ally has to observe these weird humans and basically ask them “what the hell are you doing?”
“The Hole in the Wall” by Angela Hsieh (2022)
The hand in a hole! It’s great.
Men in Black: The Game dev. Gigawatt Studios & The Collective (1998)
Whoof. I mean, WHOOF. I would’ve been in for a survival horror game featuring the Men in Black, but then there’s awkward quips because it’s a comedy, and unnecessary action gameplay.
The Game of Life dev. Mass Media & The Collective (1998)
This was shockingly fun. A board game made into a video game could be so clunky and boring but this really felt like a neat way to play, as dated as the visual are by now.
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” dir. Lachlan Pendragon (2022)
This is so clever and well done.
“The Flying Sailor” dir. Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby (2022)
Oh no, but somehow it has a happy ending.
“Ice Merchants” dir. João Gonzalez (2022)
This is sweet and I only cried a little.
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” dir. Peter Baynton & Charlie Mackesy (2022)
So blaaaannnnd but it’s really good looking.
“My Year of Dicks” dir. Sara Gunnarsdóttir (2022)
Hey, she makes lists like I make lists.
“Ivalu” dir. Anders Walter & Pipaluk K. Jørgensen (2022)
I don’t know why we allow ourselves to succumb to the basest horrors.
“Night Ride (Nattrikken)” dir. Eirik Tveiten (2020)
So fuckin’ tense, holy shit. Just know it turns out okay.
“Le Pupille” dir. Alice Rohrwacher (2022)
This was a riot.
“The Red Suitcase” dir. Cyrus Neshvad (2022)
Another tense one!
“An Irish Goodbye” dir. Tom Berkeley & Ross White (2022)
It’s not easy, all I’m saying.
Groundhog Day dir. Harold Ramis (1993)
Finally watched this in a theater! On groundhog day! That’s how I wanna watch all date-specific movies from now on. It’s so wild that this is likely the origin of the modern time loop narrative.
Infinity Pool dir. Brandon Cronenberg (2023)
Jesus Christ, it just kinda goes on, getting more and more awful. But the final scenes bring it home for me.
80 for Brady dir. Kyle Marvin (2023)
This is so quaint in that “we don’t see movies like these in theaters” sorta way.
Magic Mike dir. Steven Soderbergh (2012)
Mike’s dream is so wholesome, he deserves it.
Living dir. Oliver Hermanus (2022)
I liked this. It reminds us that you can’t save the world, but you can help someone next to you.
Magic Mike XXL dir. Gregory Jacobs (2015)
This was just the victory lap after the success of the first. One more round.
She Came from the Woods dir. Erik Bloomquist (2022)
I see these smaller horror movies release to theaters every now and then. It fills a genre niche between larger mass audience stuff, but this particular was just a little undercooked. The Fear Street trilogy did it better.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance dir. Steven Soderbergh (2023)
Sad to say, even the expected big dance number at the end doesn’t save it.
Knock at the Cabin dir. M. Night Shyamalan (2023)
I kept feeling bad for Shyamalan. The weight of expectation for him must be immense. But I came in with that expectation of something that would surprise me and this movie does not deliver on that front.
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Scherzo of Deep Night dir. Ayako Kono (2023)
Holy shit! Anime movies is another random thing to pop up in theaters and sometimes they’re a bit too convoluted or reliant on their main series to explain things, but the premise of “we’re stuck in a video game and need to fight a boss” really makes this work. Loved that final boss battle.
Consecration dir. Christopher Smith (2023)
Another quaint sort of slow burn horror release that doesn’t get to theaters as often these days. It doesn’t stick but it was interesting to watch.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey dir. Rhys Waterfield (2023)
Great effects and staging, awful otherwise. One of those that might please those who are in it for the gore.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania dir. Peyton Reed (2023)
Jonathan Majors, that is all.
Johnny Mnemonic dir. Robert Longo (1995)
It was cool 90s cyberpunk but did you know there’s a black & white take on it?!
Virtuosity dir. Brett Leonard (1995)
Kind of a dystopian sci-fi take on Se7en.
Jesus Revolution dir. Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle (2023)
I was real afraid that this would be a pro-Christianity all the time kinda movie, but there’s enough nuance there in depicting real people that I think it’s worth watching as a historical snapshot.
Cocaine Bear dir. Elizabeth Banks (2023)
Absolutely yes, let’s fuckin’ go. This is made to be seen in a theater.
Gattaca dir. Andrew Niccol (1997)
More somber and lowkey than I expected. It felt like a high budget episode of The Twilight Zone.
Strange Days dir. Kathryn Bigelow (1995)
Another whoof for rich white people trying to translate the experiences of real socioeconomic and racial problems in Los Angeles of the 90s (and today). But fun in a nostalgic “look what they thought the future would be” kinda way.
Kissed dir. Lynne Stopkewich (1996)
Molly Parker makes anything she’s in worth watching, even necrophilia.
Richard III dir. Richard Loncraine (1995)
Catching up on more Shakespeare that I’ve missed over the years. This one’s a real good way to translate this old timey kingdom stuff.
Eye for an Eye dir. John Schlesinger (1996)
Guh, I really thought there might be some attempt to comment on the perils of seeking revenge, but nope, let’s just fucking murder assholes who do wrong against us.
The Outer Limits – Seasons 4-6 (1998-2000)
So much Outer Limits, it’s hard to encapsulate as I approach the end of it. All I’ll say is that “Down to Earth” from season 6 has me tearing up because most of it is a satire about weirdo X-Files fans but then the main character’s motivation to just connect with someone, anyone who will believe her and allow her to express her loss and just listen makes the ending so tragic and gah this is absolutely in my list of TV that will shape who I am as a person.
