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Cinema Saturday, 5/17/25

Cuckoo Year: 2024Runtime: 1h 42mRated: R Writer: Tilman SingerDirector: Tilman SingerStars: Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Mila Lieu, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey Gretchen moves to a resort in the Swiss Alps with her father, step-mother, and half-sister. In a better twist than any episode of The White Lotus, the resort harbors a strange secret. I chose Cuckoo as […]

Reading Notes, 5/14/25

Books The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt I don’t have kids, but I’ve often been glad I didn’t grow up in the age of smartphones. As a mostly put-together adult who doesn’t use her phone for much other than as a phone, […]

Monday Miscellanea, 5/12/25

What Happened Last Week? Weather The weather last week was wild . . . for the Phoenix metro. High temperatures last Sunday through Wednesday were unseasonably low. Monday and Tuesday were cloudy and in the 70s. We even got a brief period of rain Wednesday morning! I stopped myself several times to appreciate this: July, […]

Cinema Saturday, 5/10/25

Ip Man Year: 2008Runtime: 1h 46mRated: R Writers: Edmond Wong, Chan Tai-leeDirector: Wilson YipStars: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Lynn Hung, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Based (somewhat) on the early years of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. From Cult of Personality, prompt: Sammo Hung, who served as action director on the film. As a biopic, Ip Man has […]

Reading Notes, 5/7/25

Short Stories Deal Me In, wk 17: 9♦️“The Giants of the Violet Sea” by Eugenia Triantafyllou Themis returns home after the suspicious death of her brother, a man who could swim with the venedolphins. The massive sea-bound brutes secrete a poison that can kill threats, but is also has cultural significance to the people who […]

Monday Miscellanea, 5/5/25

What Happened Last Week? VOTS Ultimate had a “town hall” meeting Monday night to discuss this and that with the community. Over the last five years or so, since the pandemic especially, participation in leagues has declined. On the other hand, the Phoenix metro has a pretty robust pickup scene, quite a few organized club […]

Cinema Saturday, 5/3/25

Door Year: 1988Runtime: 1h 35mRated: n/a Writers: Banmei TakahashiDirector: Banmei Takahashi, Ataru OikawaStars: Keiko Takahashi, Daijirô Tsutsumi, Takuto Yonezu Stay-at-home mother Keiko is terrorized after she injures a pushy door-to-door solicitor. Watched for one of the HorrorX52 “non-english language horror” prompts. I believe Door came up on a list of underrated slow-burn horror, or something […]

Reading Notes, 4/30/25

Short Stories “The First Mrs. Edward Rochester Would Like a Word” by Laura BlackwellA clever take on Jane Eyre from the POV of the first Mrs. Rochester, and a call to all wronged women, fictional and real. “Mimesis” by Alexandra Wingo Women started turning into paintings in February. That’s a heck of a first line. […]

Monday Miscellanea, 4/28/25

What Happened Last Week? Miscellaneous I’m changing up my blog format again, it seems. Or rather, reverting back to the previous format. Mainly, while I liked calling my posts “nonsense,” I didn’t want to imply that the subjects I was posting about (mainly short stories I’d read) were nonsense. Last week’s “escape” game was Stardew […]

Halfway to Halloween Marathon, Movies 16–18

In the Mouth of Madness Year: 1994Runtime: 1h 35mRated: R Writer: Michael De LucaDirector: John CarpenterStars: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston Insurance investigator John Trent is hired to find best-selling horror author Sutter Cane, who has gone missing. Cane’s latest books have been inspiring violent reactions from his fans. I’m taking a […]