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Obsession
"All we have is time."
Austin Noto-Moniz
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Is God Is
"Them twins burnin’. They been burnin’."
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Quick Hits: April 2026
With this, I'm caught up.
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Quick Hits: March 2026
A baker's dozen of my thoughts.
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Erupcja
"She told you Warsaw was the most romantic city in Poland? Not, like, Kraków?"
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Mother Mary
"This is what you do. You give people the gift of giving a shit about you."
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Fuze
Following the staggering success of Avatar in 2009, Sam Worthington disappeared into a labyrinth of anonymous thrillers and franchise starters (well, attempted franchise starters) and a few romance films. Most have been long since forgotten trash that he failed to elevate. Some did better than others at the box office,
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Quick Hits: February 2026
Five films, five locations, four different languages.
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Quick Hits: January 2026
Welcome to a new recurring feature! I'm at the theater just about every week of the year, frequently doubling or tripling up to make the most of each trip to the multiplex. Given this blog is a passion project, other areas of my life sometimes take precedent over
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The Christophers
"Never underestimate the internet prowess of a man who’s spent decades Googling himself."
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Exit 8
"Do not ignore any anomalies."
Pop Culture Maniacs
Forbidden Fruits
Forbidden Fruits starts as a riff on Mean Girls, but set in a mall (somehow still thriving in 2026) at a store halfway between Forever 21 and Nordstrom, called "Forever Eden". The "Plastics" are replaced by the "Fruits", Apple (Lili Reinhart), Cherry (Victoria Pedretti)