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Film Review: Until Dawn (2025)

Gary Dauberman is the worst screenwriter since Akiva Goldsman and I needed to vent my spleen about what a waste of life he is. Continue reading

A Bespoke Man Seeking Work in a Slopper World

My job hunt, nearing its first anniversary, continues. The digital STD of "AI" has wormed its way into my search, though, and that necessitates commentary. Continue reading

Film Analysis (I Guess?): Hot to Trot (1988)

In honour(?) of the anniversary of John Candy's death, I analyze Hot to Trot (1988), a movie that has no excuse for existing and probably wouldn't bother to offer one if it did. Continue reading

A Statement on “AI”

It s no secret that WordPress has betrayed all its users (mainly because we aren t users ; we are idiots who make product that WordPress exploits for profit ) by allowing Large Language Models to train on the content of all sites built using WordPress architecture. I briefly considered nuking this whole thing when that happened, but, obviously, Continue reading

Film Analysis: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

Because I feel guilty always yucking everyone's yums, I decided to examine a popular film I thought was genius: Deadpool Wolverine Continue reading

Film Analysis: ‘Salem’s Lot (2024)

The 2024 version of 'Salem's Lot is an astoundingly terrible film and I need to explain why everyone involved (except William Sadler, who is great in everything) should be ashamed. Continue reading

Same Broken Mind, New & Improved Flavour

Back after two years with more brain problems that may prove vaguely interesting to those in similar positions. Come and enjoy some organic, home-grown misery! Continue reading

Thoughts from a Broken Mind

If you re here for the cursing and the movie reviews/analyses, you can give this one a miss. I lost a job I loved very much yesterday and, very likely, a dear friend so I m in rather a tremendous amount of pain. At least I am between the periods of numbness due to my psyche s inability to actually Continue reading

Film Analysis: Trading Places (1983)

I love John Landis' 1983 film Trading Places, but it has some pretty glaring issues where race is concerned. Let's talk about them. Continue reading

Film Analysis: Psycho (1998)

Okay, so where have I been? Writing. A very dear friend hired me as a copywriter in the marketing department she runs, and that s been demanding a lot of my writing energy since January. I do have a LOT of ideas for posts, though, so I will continue to try to do better about posting Continue reading