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...
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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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...
![Ringing in the New Year with V for Vendetta [Hot Take #2]](https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-subject?subject=Ringing%20in%20the%20New%20Year%20with%20V%20for%20Vendetta%20%5BHot%20Take%20%232%5D&author=The%20Week%20I%20Review&date=2026-01-01&img=https%3A//assets.buttondown.email/images/c0c6036e-302f-4a5b-b8bd-a34f32a20065.png)
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...
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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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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...
![I just watched a man climb a skyscraper [Hot Take #3]](https://image-generator.buttondown.email/api/emphasize-subject?subject=I%20just%20watched%20a%20man%20climb%20a%20skyscraper%20%5BHot%20Take%20%233%5D&author=The%20Week%20I%20Review&date=2026-01-25&img=https%3A//assets.buttondown.email/images/c0c6036e-302f-4a5b-b8bd-a34f32a20065.png)
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...
I loved Mother Mary but I can't review it :(
I loved Mother Mary. Having now seen it twice inside of a week (and listened to the accompanying EP many times), I think there's a very good chance that it...
007 First Light, The Invite, etc. (TWIRecap 6/29)
Thoughts on the things I experienced over the past week: 1 Movie, 1 Manga, 1 Video Essay, & 1 Video Game The Invite (Olivia Wilde, 2026)The Invite is...
The Odyssey (again), Everything Is Tuberculosis, etc. (TWIRecap 7/27)
Thoughts on the week: 2 movies, 3 books, 1 game jam docuseries The Odyssey Round 2 (Christopher Nolan, 2026)Less than 48 hours after my first viewing (and...
Jackass 5, The AI Con, etc. (TWIRecap 7/6)
Thoughts on the things I experienced over the past week: 1 Novel, 1 Non-Fiction Book, and 1 Very American Triple Feature. Also: On the dedicated newsletters...