Crime 101

"Inhale. Exhale. You are safe. You are calm. You are exactly where you need to be."

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

"Time. Machine. Plan."

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

"It's just something we say to each other online."

"Wuthering Heights"

"Blue is always blue, no matter how small."

The Moment

"I know it's not chic to be the last one at the party, but I think…I just hate going home."

The Huntsman

Full disclosure: I know a few of the people involved with making this movie. When adapting a novel of fully realized characters and a twisty plot containing multiple red herrings, directors and screenwriters have a bunch of choices to make. Books don't translate directly to the screen, no

Best Films I Watched This Year - 2025

I watched a lot of movies last year. Fueled in part by my wife being deep in the grad school grind (Nurse Practitioner, thanks for asking), as well as the settling in of a bunch of habits, barely a day went by in which I didn't watch some

Send Help

"You ever hunt?...I think I like it..."

Iron Lung

Until a few weeks ago, I'd never heard of the video game Iron Lung. Neither had I heard of the YouTube channel Markiplier, much less Mark Fischbach, whose name it bears. His feature film debut (which he wrote, directed, edited, and starred in) only came to my attention

Mercy

"You are speaking to the Mercy Court. I'm AI Judge Maddox."

The Testament of Ann Lee

"I never / did believe / that I ever / could be saved / without giving / up all / to God."

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

"How's that?"