and how it made me a fan again. — SPOILER ALERT: This piece discusses in detail the events of Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 & 2. If you do not want anything spoiled, please click off and come back after you’re caught up. “Stranger Things should have ended after one season.” That’s something I’ve been saying since Stranger Things…

Everything I watched these past two months each in 100 words or less! — Happy July everyone! Summer is finally in full swing and with it I always seem to watch a very wide variety of movies. Look at me, I actually got this put out punctually too. This bi-monthly diary entry isn’t overly lengthy thanks to a good portion of my watch…

A year after releasing his pandemic-inspired special, Bo has released outtakes from the production that missed the final cut. — Bo Burnham’s Netflix special Inside recently celebrated its one year anniversary. In celebration of its milestone, Burnham released an hour-long outtake video on his YouTube channel. I have been wanting to talk about this special for a while now. It had a profound impact on me, but I felt like…

A look at two recently-released multiverse movies that deliver completely different experiences. — A few Saturdays ago (completely by coincidence) I saw a double feature starting with Sam Raimi’s Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and capping it off a few hours later with The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once. …

Reviewing everything I watched in the last 2 months in 100 words or less! — March 2022 came and went. And then April came. Needless to say I was very busy in April, so I didn’t have a lot of time to watch movies this month. …

Domee Shi’s coming-of-age story is filled with many firsts for the studio, while bringing a familiar feeling to Pixar fans — For years, film productions have used Toronto to mimic the settings of other North-American cities like New York and Chicago. Only this time, it finally has a movie that proudly calls Toronto its home. Pixar’s newest entry Turning Red tells the story of Mei-Lin, a 13 year-old girl who begins…

Reviewing everything I’ve been watching at the start of 2022, each in 100 words or less. — I told myself that for 2022, I would start reviewing all the movies from my Letterboxd diary each month. Then I hit a bit of a wall. Thankfully, February produced a quota of watches that could deliver an adequately-sized set of reviews. I want to start this series to talk…

Adam McKay’s satire struggles in many areas where an HBO series succeeded at. — SPOILER ALERT: This discusses specific characters and plot details from the movie Don’t Look Up. Skip this if you care about avoiding spoilers. Fresh off the Oscar nominations, Adam McKay’s best-picture nominated film Don’t Look Up has had a polarizing reception thus far. As of this writing, it currently holds…

“When this baby hits 100 followers on Medium, you’re gonna see some serious shit.” — Doc Brown definitely said this in Back to the Future Hello fellow Medium users. …