No internal monologue

1. 6.0/10 Dracula (1/5/26)
2. 6.0/10 The Family McMullen (2/2/26)
3. 6.5/10 The Smashing Machine (3/13/26)
4. 7.0/10 A Better Tomorrow (3/6/26)
5. 7.0/10 The Mastermind (3/9/26)
6. 7.5/10 Bugonia (3/1/26)
7. 7.5/10 The Martian (3/2/26)
8. 7.5/10 Rental Family (2/13/26)
9. 8.0/10 Arrival (3/3/26)
10. 8.0/10 If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (1/5/26)
11. 8.0/10 No Other Choice (3/9/26)

1. The Chair Company s1 (1/2026)
2. Below Deck Down Under s4 (2/2026)
3. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms s1 (2/2026)
4. Married at First Sight UK s10 (2/2026)
5. Married at First Sight AU s13 (2/2026)
6. Reacher s3 (2/2026)
7. Fear Factor: House of Fear s1 (2/2026)
8. Reality Check: Insider Americas Next Top Model (2/2026)
9. Jury Duty s1 (2/2026)
10. Love is Blind s10 (2/2026)
11. The Boys s4 (3/2026)
12. Top Chef s23 (3/2026)
13. Mr. & Mrs. Smith s1 (3/2026)
14. Curb Your Enthusiasm s12 (3/2026)

1. No Country for Old Man (2007)
2. The Big Lebowski (1998)
3. Miller’s Crossing (1990)
4. Fargo (1996)
5. A Serious Man (2009)
6. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
7. Burn After Reading (2008)
8. O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
9. Raising Arizona (1987)
10. True Grit (2010)
11. Barton Fink (1991)
12. Blood Simple (1984)
13. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2005)
14. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
15. Hail Caesar (2016)
16. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
17. The Ladykillers (2004)

Guy Ritchie directed, mid-00s, James Bond, starring Clive Owen, written by Tony Gilroy

James Bond anthology TV series, 2 episode arcs, different bond directed by Wong-Kar Wai with Tony Leung, Joe Wright with Eric Bana or James MacAvoy, fucking Russel T. Davies with David Tennant, Alfonso Cuaron with Diego Luna (Gael Garcia Bernal as Q), James Cameron with Arnold Schwarzenneger, Guillermo Del Toro with Idris Elba

“everything’s exhausting when you’re past 40… Everything’s exhausting at our age”

The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity – WB Yeats, The Second Coming

Not sure if it is because of “waves hands around” All of This or it is because I’m getting old, or my attention span is fried or if my cynicism has reached a crescendo, but I have the hardest time engaging with media these days. Anything older than a few years makes me start thinking of the serene optimism of everyone involved (watchers, creators, commentators) who are completely oblivious to the utter fucking chaos that awaits them. I’m envious. I would love to live life not dreading what terrible shit may come up next. Not knowing that all of their efforts were for nothing and for the stupidest possible thing to come to pass.

1. 18th century – atlantic slave trade
2. 19th century – indigenous genocide
3. 20th century – atomic bombings of Japan
4. 21st century – GWs Iraq war

These are the biggies, but of course there are tons and tons of others. When was America ever great?

1. Anora?
2. 5.5/10 The Bad Guys 2 (8/17/25)
3. 5.5/10 Fountain of Youth (7/13/25)
4. 6.0/10 The Amateur (11/29/25)
5. 6.0/10 Coming Home in the Dark (12/28/25)
6. 6.0/10 Dangerous Animals (10/24/25)
7. 6.0/10 Immaculate (6/9/25)
8. 6.0/10 The Marvels (4/30/25)
9. 6.0/10 Summer Rental (9/21/25)
10. 6.5/10 Fight or flight (6/28/25)
11. 6.5/10 Final Destination 6 Bloodlines (7/25/25)
12. 6.5/10 Good Fortune (11/29/25)
13. 6.5/10 The Life of Chuck (6/13/25)
14. 6.5/10 Land of the Lost (1/17/25)
15. 6.5/10 The Shadow Strays (2/22/25)
16. 6.5/10 Trap (3/30/25)
17. 6.5/10 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2/28/25)
18. 7.0/10 Alien: Romulus (7/25/25)
19. 7.0/10 Batman Begins (1/31/25)
20. 7.0/10 Bull (6/27/25)
21. 7.0/10 The Dog Stars (10/7/25)
22. 7.0/10 The Fly (4/20/25)
23. 7.0/10 House of Dynamite (10/26/25)
24. 7.0/10 Night Moves (2013) (1/17/25)
25. 7.0/10 Springsteen: Deliver me from nowhere (6/26/25)
26. 7.0/10 The Substance (2/12/25)
27. 7.5/10 Addams Family Values (11/27/25)
28. 7.5/10 Anniversary (12/1/25)
29. 7.5/10 Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World (1/24/25)
30. 7.5/10 Friendship (6/23/25)
31. 7.5/10 Nouvelle Vague (11/19/25)
32. 7.5/10 The Order (4/20/25)
33. 7.5/10 Red Rooms (10/4/25)
34. 7.5/10 Upgrade (1/4/25)
35. 8.0/10 Challengers (6/9/25)
36. 8.0/10 A Real Pain (1/4/25)
37. 8.0/10 Sinners (6/9/25)
38. 8.5/10 The Hunt For Red October (3/24/25)
39. 8.5/10 The Last Detail (10/5/25)
40. 8.5/10 Weapons (10/31/25)
41. 9.0/10 Army of Shadows (5/15/25)
42. 9.0/10 Jaws (7/10/25)
43. 9.5/10 One Battle After Another (9/29/25)
44. 10/10 In the Mood for Love (7/7/25)
45. Flow
46. Gladiator II
47. The Order
48. Heretic
49. Conclave
50. Split
51. Civil War
52. The Age of Shadows
53. Small Things Like These