Living alone, I often have something—music, the news, a podcast, sometimes even an audiobook—running in the background as I putz around doing chores, making dinner, or whatever it is I'm up to at the moment. I enjoy a bit of quiet alone time now and then, but more often than not, I prefer to have ...
Archives for July 2018
Review: En el Séptimo Día
This is a crosspost, also shared at Third Coast Review. En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day) is set in the summer of 2016, and in a way, this timing—recent as it may be—is a small grace as we spend a week with José (Fernando Cardona) and the guys he plays soccer with every Sunday ...
Review: Eighth Grade
This is a crosspost, also shared at Third Coast Review. When I was in eighth grade (many moons ago), the internet barely existed, let alone social media. The idea of everyone having their own handheld computer that connected them to each other and the world sounded like something out of an ...
So Far, So Good: Best Films of 2018
The year is just over half gone, and while I try not to focus on how quickly another twelve months are zipping by, I decided to take stock of the films I've seen to date in 2018. At the time of writing, it's at a solid 90 films, which puts me—believe it or not—about twenty films behind where I was ...
Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
This is a crosspost, also shared at Third Coast Review. Let's get this out of the way up front: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, like its predecessor (and smash hit, currently sitting at $144M worldwide gross), is silly from start to finish. It is goofy and predictable and kitschy and ...