February

Books

Pilgrim Machines

Philosophical take on exploration and galactic civilization. Felt like a more upbeat and optimistic Three Body.

Orbital

A little too florid for my tastes—read more like poetry about space than a space novel.

The Last

The best post-apocalyptic fiction I’ve read in a long time. Somehow both realistic and hopeful.

Movies

The Monkey

I only have love for the monkey.

Flight Risk

Good dumb fun. I went in with low expectations and had a nice time. Wahlberg just a goober in this.

Inheritance

Neil Burger make a good movie challenge. Soderbergh can make an iPhone movie because he understands framing and the way a lens tells a story. This was just a hard-to-follow mess. I was excited initially because I love Rhys Ifans and his work with Olen Steinhauer on Berlin Station but woof.

Kill List

Fun ideas but the mix was rough and the dialogue was super quiet. There is a lot of promise and cool weird shit but I’m mostly glad the director got more money later to make better stuff.

High Rise

Read the book last month, and even though I think I watched at least part of this year ago, it’s much more fun post-read.

One of Them Days

Laughed so hard. Fun.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Still great. A message of the bad guy dying by hubris

September 5th

Haunting but I don’t think the pacing worked well—it’s hard to tell a story based on real events while still trying to give the broadcast of said story an interesting setting.

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

This still felt like it needed an editor, but it was more effecting than when I saw it in theaters.