Ranking the Academy Award Best Picture Noms (2026 Edition)
A few weeks ago now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 2026 Oscars ceremony. And ya know what: I think they did...
Camp Miasma, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Crank, etc.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Comrades Almost a Love Story, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey (again), The Director, Crank, Edge of Tomorrow, Super Nintendo, Monochrome Days
undertone is Paranormal Activity but with podcasts (complimentary)
My last Kagi search before it began was “undertone movie jump scares.” I had committed to seeing the film with virtually no information: “horror movie with...
People are clapping at Nicole Kidman again...
I think it’s likely the case that the introductions at AMC are my most-viewed piece of content. In 2026 alone, I’m at 40 separate viewings. So of course I’m...
The Oscars and I Shouldn't Share a Platform [Hot Take #1]
So the biggest story in Entertainment today is the announcement that starting in 2029, in its 101st year, the Oscars will not just be available on streaming...
Primetime, Hope, Your Mother x3, & The Weight (TWIRecap)
The Content Moderation TWIRecap was the first of what I intend to be a broader shift towards slightly more thematic recaps. This one is just new releases...
The Furious, Widow's Bay, Etc. (TWIRecap 6/22)
Thoughts on the things I experienced over the past week: 4 Movies, 1 TV show, 1 TV special taping of a play, & 1 novel The Furious (Kenji Tanigaki,...
Why reboot Faces of Death tho
Faces of Death (2026) has a 100 Gecs-inspired end credits song which intercuts its incomprehensibly machined vocals with monologue from Faces of Death...
Top Gun: Maverick feels kinda bad now
It's crazy that four years have passed since Top Gun: Maverick hit theaters. It's a movie I've only ever seen on the big screen: the biggest screen in...
men can't handle a bpd baddie
(Thanks to Willow for letting me steal this title.) Inde Navarette is a star. Though I’ve had a million different (often conflicting) thoughts about the...
The Dog Stars, The Dark Knight/Rises, & The Odyssey (TWIRecap Catch-Up #2)
Catching up on my catching you up on my past few weeks. This is the second of two (4-)movie thoughts, with a third (4-)book breakdown coming soon. [This...
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Project Hail Mary, IMAX, and Me [Hot Take #4]
I’ll never forget seeing The Dark Knight on opening day at the Feinstein IMAX Theater at the Providence Place Mall in Providence, Rhode Island. I was...
End of Oak Street, It Ends, Buddy, Coyote v Acme (TWIRecap Catch-Up #1)
Fallen behind so doing a catch-up in three parts: two on (4) movies (each) and a third on (3-4) books. Also, if you haven’t read about me jumping out of a...
Rent-A-Cat, A Children's Bible, etc. (TWIRecap 6/15)
We’re back with thoughts on the things I experienced over the past week: 2(+) movies, a TV show available on YouTube, 2 novels, and one concert. Movies & TV...
Backrooms, My Heart Is A Chainsaw, Etc. (TWIRecap 6/8)
Trying something new! These are the things I experienced within the last calendar week. Movies The Backrooms (Kane Parsons, 2026)I’m not a big Liminal Spaces...
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Ringing in the New Year with V for Vendetta [Hot Take #2]
In high school, my new friends called me V. My old friends mostly still called me "Alec" and the teachers were kind of all over the place, but I didn't care...
![When Your Fun Murder Mystery Gets God In It [Issue #3]](https://assets.buttondown.email/images/a54b6fea-88f9-4bda-aaba-f4b8c9987935.jpg?w=960&fit=max)
When Your Fun Murder Mystery Gets God In It [Issue #3]
Some of my reviews assume you’ve seen the movie and talk openly about the whole dang thing. This one does not. I don’t like how much time I spend thinking...
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The Odyssey, IMAX, and Me [Hot Take]
I guess this is going to be a series now. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has two different discourses surrounding it: the very-dumb one about Woke, and then...
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The Friends We Make Just for a Day [Issue #1]
A month and a half ago, I spent a day with a woman I had never seen before and will almost certainly never see again. It was a great day – among the best of...
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I just watched a man climb a skyscraper [Hot Take #3]
It was cool as hell. And a fitting cap to a few weeks of watching that same man climb a whole bunch of mountains in a series of documentaries. Alex Honnold...