As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m kind of on a Mission: Impossible kick. (If you want to read about that journey and determine whether you should get into this franchise, read about some of the best M:I tropes.) One of the things that I like about this movies, besides it being really fun… Read More Pick the Mission: Impossible that fits your mood
The world is full of advice and a lot of that advice is pretty bad. It turns out that giving good advice is harder than it looks. I think this partially because if you reduce advice to a pretty generic level, it’s bound to be at least somewhat crappy. People are so different and employ… Read More Have some bad advice
For a reason I can’t quite explain to myself, I recently watched all six Mission: Impossible movies. I don’t have a long and storied history with these movies. I hadn’t even seen them all before. I don’t have strong feelings about Tom Cruise. Action isn’t particularly my genre. It’s just that one night I watched… Read More Turns out that the Mission: Impossible franchise is a rich text
I have grown more aware of my own foibles over the years and have even come to accept a few of my shortcomings (maybe, just barely). I am making definite strides in the right direction. But there’s some shit that I’ll just never learn.… Read More What I should know better by now
I love Independence Day. The movie, not the holiday. The holiday is fine, but fireworks freak out my dogs. The best part about July 4 is that it gives me an excuse to watch ID4 again. I’m not exactly sure where Independence Day falls in the cultural zeitgeist. It’s been my favorite movie since I… Read More Independence Day: 8 quotes to live by
I don’t know anyone who is feeling refreshed and excited and ready to rejoin the world right now. Pretty sure almost everyone is some kind of burnt out mess. Vaccinations helps, but have not provided the cure to our collective anxiety. Some people are planning to have a good time this summer, but I’ve also… Read More Forget hot girl summer. It’s time for hot cicada summer.
I have been a Shakespeare nerd for many years. Ever since middle school, in fact, when I decided one day for basically no reason that I was about the Bard. I toted around an edition of the complete works my dad had used in college and thought it made me deep or something. But then… Read More My favorite Shakespearean couples
In the past year, I’ve watched two space movies that showed up on Netflix–The Midnight Sky and Stowaway. At the end of Stowaway I noted that both movies are pretty quiet pensive little movies that leave you on a note of hope but also seem to be permeated with melancholy throughout. Is that a common… Read More Space is super terrifying…and maybe a little sad?
Is it really worth it to try to date any of the men in Jane Austen novels? The books are a delight, and I find some of the relationships to be wonderful. But Mr. Darcy as relationship material? I’m not so sure.… Read More Would I date Mr. Darcy?
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