Watched 22 Jun 2026

A few years before Natural Born Killers became the poster child for mass murder media infamy, this forgotten indie explored the topic through a shadowy, painfully isolated lens. Its satire is aimed directly at the psyche instead of the societal, with unreliable narrator, splintered timeline, and a wire walk between absurd humor and off-putting horror. Lynchian-weird in the best ways, its ramp-up is best viewed without a synopsis. Hardly revelatory in its message, but inspired in how it tells it.

Watched 17 Jun 2026

I was told to go into this completely blind, but I think at least some familiarity with the Canadian TV series would be helpful in retrospect. Still, surprises and laughs soar high. Void the snark of the Baron Cohen school of scripted/real world hybrid comedy, this gets its edge from the audacity of its stunts, which are always sure to punch up and at the system rather than individuals. It's more silly parody than biting satire, so it keeps its heart full amidst the chaos. Sweet & one-of-a-kind.

Watched 16 Jun 2026

A one-of-a-kind hand-painted film released before generative AI could kill it, this masterpiece of animation is only hindered by its narrative. While novel in how it incorporates Van Gogh's scenes into settings and characters, it jumps through hoops that makes the getting-there fairly convoluted with detours & irrelevant details. As an international experiment from first-timers, though, it's a big success -- one I'll be referencing for the rest of my life. I hope to see it in a theater one day.

Watched 11 Jun 2026

It's fine. I like the set design, the sound design (I liked that light bulb hum), and the acting is solid. It has some genuinely unnerving moments and inspired choices, but it ends up a bit of a nothing burger for the dramatic dominoes it lines up. It gets tedious at times, too, which would be ok if it hadn't hit the ground running. Adaptation-wise, for liminal entrapment from undercooked properties, I much prefer Exit 8, and for doppelganger horror, there's far more to glean from Annihilation.

Watched 11 Jun 2026

I didn't expect to love this show as much as I do. It's genuinely a great animated series that just gets a little bogged down in mysterious lore and tying up loose ends. The character development, animation quality, and thematic maturity are leagues beyond what I tend to get from crowdfunded indie projects like this, and its wacky humor speaks to me. I do hope this doesn't make me part of its feral fandom. I just like fresh voices in animation & this gives Hollywood a real run for its money.