• 2026-07-06—July Newsletter

    2026-07-06—July Newsletter

    Baby is taking his time to evacuate his current residence (at the time of writing this newsletter), so I have time to prepare a post or two in advance for July. Isn’t that lovely? Also, happy Fourth of July, everyone! I’m a little late, but I just want to take some time to mention how…

  • 2026-06-29—Zootopia 2 Sucks, But At Least It’s Kinda Funny

    2026-06-29—Zootopia 2 Sucks, But At Least It’s Kinda Funny

    Yeah, yeah, I’m really late to the party. Part of that is because this movie is yet another in a long line of Disney releases that, once out in the wild for more than a few minutes, totally disappeared. No conversation, no hype, no lasting impact, nothing. Not a good sign. Let’s start looking at…

  • 2026-06-22—Gameoverse

    2026-06-22—Gameoverse

    Aaaaaaand… We’re back with another Glitch production. Glitch’s newer, more mainstream work has been slightly positive for me—I loved The Amazing Digital Circus, as well as Knights of Guinevere, but I thought The Gaslight District was a pretty big flop. (If Murder Drones counts as “modern/mainstream” Glitch, then I wasn’t a fan of that, either.)…

  • 2026-06-15—The Sheep Detectives

    2026-06-15—The Sheep Detectives

    I first learned about The Sheep Detectives thanks to a YouTube ad. I enjoy sharing trailers of movies that look bizarre, for good or bad reasons, with my wife, and this ad seemed to fit the bill. I shared it with her; to my absolute surprise, she was enamored and immediately declared that we would…

  • 2026-06-08—Piranesi

    2026-06-08—Piranesi

    In getting ready to write this review, I did some quick research on Piranesi‘s author and discovered, to my astonishment, that, unless you count a compilation of short stories, Susanna Clarke has only two full-length novels to her name. Given that Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was both fantastic and her debut, and that, as…