December 2024 Archives

Maybe 2025 will see the death of AI filmmaking…

The four-and-a-half minute short is pixel animation par excellence.

Your Friend, Nate Bargatze helped me realize something about Nate Bargatze’s stand-up: it’s consist…

Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman match wits in this perfectly serviceable and enjoyable thriller fro…

I read and enjoyed Andy Weir’s The Martian several years ago. I described it as a novel that makes …

AI’s ultimate legacy may end up being the damage that it does to our ability to understand, determine, and agree upon what is real.

As I read the headlines, I still feel the impulse to disconnect and disengage; but with this song’s help, it gets reframed.

How is it that a catchy melody, solid groove, or infectious hook can make you want to dance to even the darkest and most nihilistic of thoughts?

Kaitlyn Schiess argues that religion and politics have been inextricably intertwined since America’s founding, and even before that.

In an alternate version of feudal Japan, the whole of Asia has been decimated by a mysterious plagu…

I read the first Radiant Black volume back in 2022, and have been intending to circle back and comp…

My 14yo and his friend wanted to watch a silly movie. After considering various comedies and “B” mo…

Commando has everything you could possibly want from a mid-’80s Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick.…

Adapted from Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s All You Need Is Kill — which, let’s face it, is an awesome title …

A few words can make all the difference between a helpful interface and a confusing interface.

By all appearances, Truman Burbank’s life in idyllic Seahaven Island is as perfect as it gets. But …

Dune: Prophecy has an awful lot going for it, starting with a stellar cast that includes Emily Wats…

The ambient producer delivers a highly atmospheric take on a synth-pop classic.

Nobody in the small town of Pensmouth would ever accuse Vivian Vance of lacking ambition. Not conte…

After two undercover narcotics officers are killed by an unknown assailant, the police enlist karat…