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Why The Movies Will Never Feel The Same Again

This video essay really resonated with me, and I thought folks would enjoy the deep dive. Bonus content while I keep writing the other stuff.

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Site updates and move to Letterboxd

I like WordPress for its simplicity, but sometimes relying on the available themes and plugins can lead to various issues. After fiddling with the site

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Watch John Legend And Gallant Duet On ‘Overload’ : NPR

Two great sounds that sound great together: The two R&B singers give each other space to shine in this acoustic version of a track from

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RSS recent films from letterboxd

  • Wicked, 2024 - ★★
    Watched this as part of a fan edit that shows Wicked, Wicked: For Good, and the original Wizard of Oz cut together chronologically. Of course, that just means I watched the entirety of this film, since everything that overlaps with Dorothy's adventure happens in the second half of the stage play. It is incredibly hard […]
  • The Good, the Bad, the Weird, 2008 - ★★★★
    I saw someone refer to this as a ‘kimchi western’ in the vein of the ‘spaghetti westerns’ of Sergio Leone (and others) and I find it a pretty apt description. Kim Jee-woon takes this Italian recipe - itself an adaptation of the US westerns - and applies a uniquely Korean flare to it, all while […]
  • The Sting, 1973 - ★★★★½
    Fantastic film - Robert Redford and Paul Newman at their absolute best, just a few years after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. George Roy Hill, who directed both Butch Cassidy and this film, obviously knew how to direct the two actors, and would win the best director Oscar for his work. In fact, the […]
  • The Little Mermaid, 1989 - ★★★★
    We finally got all the way through The Little Mermaid with Poppy. I’m surprised it took as long as it did, since Poppy loves mermaids, but attention spans being what they are…This was one of my favorite soundtracks as a child, and the music still absolutely slaps. That intro song - Fathoms Below - is […]
  • Mary Poppins, 1964 - ★★★★½
    Spring Break Day 1 😳

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