Movies are supposed to be good.
Over on BlueSky there’s a running thing of LetterboxdFriday, where people share screenshots every Friday of the last four movies listed on their Letterboxd profile. I love it — and I thought, “Hey, why not expand a little bit on my LetterboxdFriday by putting some notes on the blog?” So here we go! Shake! Otis…
It’s Friday time again, and it’s the day for you to guess the artists and titles from my shuffled music player! Last week’s included a line of lyrics in Japanese, which hardly seems fair from an English-language blog run by someone who is functionally a monoglot, but it was “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” from Creepy Nuts — a…
Every movie has a person out there who will love it as it is — unironically and without reservation. The idea that such a person exists for Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room” (2003) is beautiful and terrible.
September 5 is here, and that means it’s time to put my music player on shuffle and for you guys to guess the artists and titles! As always, the rules: As with last time, you have until next Friday to guess. Then I’ll post the answers, and that’s it! And if you want to see…
2011’s The Muppets was a sentimental tribute to the lasting legacy of The Muppets. On every other single metric — story, comedy, original music, use of guest stars and cameos — 2014’s underappreciated Muppets Most Wanted is far and away the better Muppet movie.