Monday, July 14, 2025

Even now, when time has dulled the impression and made me half question my own experience and horrible doubts, there are things in that letter of Akeley’s which I would not quote


THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS

2011
Directed Sean Branney
Written by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney (based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft)

plus "The Call of Cthulhu" (2005), written and directed by same

Spoilers: moderate

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

00 Week: The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning


CASINO ROYALE

1967
Directed by John Huston, Ken Hughes, Val Guest, Joe McGrath, and Robert Parrish
Written by Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers, Ben Hecht, Joseph Heller, Terry Southern, Billy Wilder, and Woody Allen ("based on" the novel by Ian Fleming)

Spoilers: high, I guess, but also largely meaningless

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Do better


CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD

2025
Directed by Julius Onah
Written by Rob Edwards, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, Peter Glanz, and Julius Onah

Spoilers: moderate

Friday, June 20, 2025