The creepy podcast movie undertone has the great sound design you’d expect, but also pairs it with just the right old-school visuals. (Spoilers after a warning)
The Bride! is ultimately more memorable than good, but it does have an interesting take on why this movie exists at all
Hoppers is like a louder, blunter Pom Poko, which isn’t so bad unless you think too hard about its messages
Re-thinking my earlier defenses of Pixar, since you can’t actually be universal without first examining what you consider normal
Two tunes calling out the man of the day for Mar 10
A more opinionated take on the question of why there haven’t been any standout AI games
A game that was so obviously one of my favorites and most formative that even I forgot to include it
Cultural blind spots, dismissive assumptions, and the paradox of having a unique voice in a world that would really prefer you didn’t
One Thing I Like
The creepy podcast movie undertone has the great sound design you’d expect, but also pairs it with just the right old-school visuals. (Spoilers after a warning)
The Bride! is ultimately more memorable than good, but it does have an interesting take on why this movie exists at all
Hoppers is like a louder, blunter Pom Poko, which isn’t so bad unless you think too hard about its messages
Tuesday Tune Two-Fer
Two tunes calling out the man of the day for Mar 10
Two joyful tunes from Henry Mansfield
Two tunes starting off a playlist for a birthday week
Books
Richard Osman’s fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series
My thoughts on the 1961 film The Innocents and how hard it is to find a good old-fashioned haunting
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
