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A Well-Remembered Party
Today is September 22, which is (of course) a Baggins of a birthday. Here’s the clip from the extended version of Peter Jackson’s rendition of the evening in The Fellowship of the Ring. And here’s some recent news posted at … Continue reading
Approaching Doomsday
I’m a little surprised that they didn’t wait until the new Spider-Man movie dropping at the end of the month to release a trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Then again, I can see how Marvel would want to get the long-awaited … Continue reading
Everything and Nothing to Prove
Let’s face it: The Mandalorian and Grogu is the kind of movie that has everything and nothing to prove. Everything because the Star Wars franchise has seen better days (lots has been written about this); nothing because the team behind … Continue reading
Spring Breaking
This has been something of an odd spring break. It started a bit early, right at two weeks ago, with the arrival of a few-days-late, multi-wave storm. And so most of the first week of break involved lots of overcast … Continue reading
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Sunday’s Best: Snow Humor
A handful of great strips this chilly-for-Hawaii Sunday morning! Today’s WuMo takes an interesting approach to public transportation that almost makes some sense. (Believe me, I’ve been on buses that felt they were going for something like this- both exhilarating … Continue reading
The Strangest Thing
Like lots of other people across the country, I spent my New Year’s Day watching the series finale of Stranger Things at a local movie theater. It was a great way to wrap things up: big screen, comfy seat, a … Continue reading
Waking Up the Dead . . . Again
A few days ago I posted some thoughts on my Thanksgiving Day viewing of Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery: Wake Up Dead Man. As I mentioned then, I really appreciated what Johnson was able to do with the sincerity … Continue reading
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Quick Thoughts on Hamnet
Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet is the kind of movie where the whole thing really depends on the final act. Most of the movie keeps its two leads apart, with Jessie Buckley’s Agnes Shakespeare at “home” and Paul Mescal’s Will Shakespeare living … Continue reading
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Waking Up the Dead
I’m curious to see what Christian writers will have to say about the new Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man. It’s the find of movie that will likely infuriate one end of the spectrum and bring out some misguided … Continue reading
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Our Current Futuristic Sci-Fi Moment
The folks at the Ringer recently posted a nice piece on our current, not-quite-futuristic, sci-fi television moment. The three franchises he wrote about that I’ve got some investment in: Star Wars via Andor, Star Trek via Strange New Worlds, and … Continue reading
