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Send Help is tremendously fun and fully committed to defying expectations and being purely visceral movie-making. (Some spoilers without giving away the best surprises)
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A brief tribute to Catherine O’Hara and what we can all probably learn about overthinking kindness and comedy
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A short travelogue from a week in Hong Kong, with a digression about Ugly Americanism
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Richard Osman’s fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series
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The Bone Temple is the rare sequel that makes every installment before it more profound. (Spoilers after a warning)
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The horror movie about a rabid chimpanzee works largely because it’s so contrived. (No significant spoilers).
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Unorganized thoughts about what sticks after narrative storytelling collides with imperfect memory
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Two tunes that I didn’t like much even though I probably should’ve known better
One Thing I Like
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Send Help is tremendously fun and fully committed to defying expectations and being purely visceral movie-making. (Some spoilers without giving away the best surprises)
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The Bone Temple is the rare sequel that makes every installment before it more profound. (Spoilers after a warning)
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The horror movie about a rabid chimpanzee works largely because it’s so contrived. (No significant spoilers).
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer
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Two tunes that I didn’t like much even though I probably should’ve known better
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Two tunes inspiring some amazing dancing and choreography put to video
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Two tangentially-related tunes to guide you through a time when your calendar is going through strange and confusing changes
Books
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My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
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Jason Rekulak’s thriller about a young woman hired as nanny to a bright child whose drawings reveal a dark presence hiding in the house
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Josh Winning’s slasher novel about a camp for a celebrity who’s in danger of being canceled… PERMANENTLY
