Tag: The Arts
4 Movies in Theaters I Saw in January 2022
I see a lot of movies in theaters. I will try my best to summarize my thoughts from whatever recent films I saw, for as long as necessary.
Definitive Proof we Aren’t Living in a Matrix
I’ve written before that I believe our existence has a high probability of being a computer simulation, a matrix. I still believe this, in a sense, and I can also […]
This December I’m Celebrating The Matrix
I’ll never recapture the high of watching it for the first time, but this December, I get to go back to the Matrix. All you Reloaded and Revolutions haters can just stay asleep and ignorant in the world The Matrix created.
Amazon’s Wheel of Time: 1980s Sensibilities, Great Casting, & Bad CGI
If you like Lord of the Rings and The Witcher or if the dragons are your favorite part of Game of Thrones, The Wheel of Time won’t disappoint.
Who Needs a Rocky IV Director’s Cut? In 2021, Apparently All of Us.
During lockdown, Sylvester Stallone finally found the time he needed to revisit the wildest Rocky movie and give us the product he always wanted.
Midnight Mass Is Great, But Why Are Vampires Always Catholic?
Midnight Mass is one of the most interesting shows I’ve watched in a long time*. The show is essentially a long, slow rumination on the nature of faith. The characters […]
Live Music Is Still the Greatest of All Time, Even in 2021
There is something special about live music. It’s hard to put your finger on, but there’s really nothing quite like it.
The 5 Different 9/11s Part 3: Marvin Gaye, 24, The Arts, and Pop Culture
Don’t want to be an American Idiot? In Part 2, we talked about America’s domestic and foreign response to the 9/11 attacks as well as the waxing and waning of […]
Tribes of Europa Is Uttterly Predictable. I Love It.
I’m not a connoisseur of science-fiction and fantasy; I’m a glutton. Connoisseurs consume only the finest examples of a product. Gluttons will take whatever and as much as they can […]
Want More Squid Game? These 10 Shows and Movies Can Scratch that Deadly Itch
Want more Squid Game? Here’s 10 ways to get your fix till season 2.