No internal monologue

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

1. The Curse s1 continued (1/2025)
2. SAS Rogue Heroes s2 (1/2025)
3. Yacht Rock a Dockumentary (1/2025)
4. Fleishman is in Trouble (1/2025)
5. The Trip s1 (1/2025)
6. The Pitt s1 (1/2025)
7. On Call s1 (1/2025)
8. The Trip s2 (2/2025)
9. From the Earth to the Moon (2/2025)
10. The Bachelor s29 (2/2025)
11. Love is Blind s8 (2/2025)
12. Married at First Sight Aus s12 (2/2025)
13. The White Lotus s3 (2/2025)
14. The Trip s3 (3/2025)
15. The Trip s4 (3/2025)
16. Deli Boys s1 (3/2025)
17. What We Do In the Shadows s5 (3/2025)
18. Severance s1 (3/2025)
19. The studio s1 (4/2025)
20. Gomorrah s1 (4/2025)
21. Love on the Spectrum US s3 (4/2025)
22. Andor s2 (4/2025)
23. Clone Wars s1 (4/2025)
24. Rebels s1 (4/2025)
25. Sandbaggers s1 (4/2025)
26. MurderBot (5/2025)
27. The Rehearsal s2 (5/2025)
28. Common Side Effects (5/2025)
29. The Bear s4 (6/2025)
30. Gen V s1 (6/2025)
31. The Boys s4 (7/2025)
32. Band of Brothers (7/2025)
33. The Expanse s01 (7/2025)
34. Stick s1 (7/2025)
35. Untamed (7/2025)
36. The Expanse s2 (7/2025)
37. Love Island s7 (7/2025)
38. Building the Band (8/2025)
39. Alien Earth (8/2025)
40. The Eternaut s1 (8/2025)
41. The Expanse s3 (8/2025)
42. Love Con Revenge (9/2025)
43. The Expanse s4 (9/2025)
44. Hunting Wives s1 (9/2025)
45. Foundation s1 (9/2025)
46. Below Deck Med s9 (9/2025)
47. Foundation s2 (10/2025)
48. Love is Blind s9 10/2025)
49. Slow Horses s5 (10/2025)
50. Eva Longoria Searching for Mexico (10/2025)
51. Eva Longoria Searching for Spain (10/2025)
52. Mr. Scorsese (10/2025)
53. Lioness s2 (10/2025)
54. Married at First Sight s19 (10/2025)
55. Interview with the Vampire s1 (11/2025)
56. The Amazing Race Aus s9 (11/2025)
57. The Amazing Race s38 (11/2025)
58. Stranger Things s4 (11/2025)
59. Interview with the Vampire s2 (11/2025)
60. Frieren s1 (11/2025)
61. Platonic s1 (12/2025)
62. The Golden Bachelor AU s1 (12/2025)