Saturday, September 18, 2021

Channingography, part 2: Jump Streets

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  I do faintly remember seeing a trailer for 22 Jump Street in cinema. My wife and I instantly knew that it was silly, stupid trash that we ...
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Saturday, September 4, 2021

Book report: Game of Thrones

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Like most of you (I gather), I reread "A Song of Ice and Fire" about once per year, or near enough as makes no matter. For this re...
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Friday, August 20, 2021

Channingography, part 1: Magic Mike

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This is the beginning of a series in which I watch movies with Channing Tatum. This guy hasn't been on my radar in like forever. I'v...
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Friday, August 6, 2021

The problem with telling "Alien" stories

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Fox has announced that they're going to produce a TV series set in the "Alien" universe done by the creator of Fargo. Esteemed...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Revenge is no tasty dish

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Warning: Spoilers for "Promising Young Woman" incoming.  Revenge stories are a classic in movies. Usually they involve some wronge...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Kevinography, part 16: McFarland, USA (2015)

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This is part 16 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unw...
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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Kevinography, part 15 - No way out (1987)

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This is part 15 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unw...
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Friday, May 21, 2021

Kevinography, part 14 - Let him go (2020)

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This is part 14 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unw...
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Sunday, May 9, 2021

In the maw of catastrophe - a review of Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry of the Future"

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I have a chequered history with Kim Stanley Robinson. I tried to read the Martian trilogy and finished "Red Mars", but then I gave...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Kevinography, part 12: Bull Durham (1988)

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This is part 12 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unw...
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Saturday, March 6, 2021

Kevinography, part 11: "The Untouchables" (1987)

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This is part 11 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unw...
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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Kevinography, part 10: Thirteen Days (2000)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Monday, February 8, 2021

Kevinography, part 9: Testament (1983)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Friday, February 5, 2021

Kevinography, part 13 - The Highwaymen (2019)

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This is part 13 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unw...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Kevinography, part 8: Field of Dreams (1989)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Friday, January 8, 2021

Kevinography, part 7: The Bodyguard (1992)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Sunday, December 20, 2020

Kevinography, part 6: The Postman (1997)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Thursday, December 10, 2020

Kevinography, part 5: Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (1991)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Kevinography, part 4: "Waterworld" (1995)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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Monday, November 9, 2020

Kevinography, part 3: "Dances with Wolves" (1990)

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This post comes out of a series of writing I do on ASOIAF meta and other topics of popular culture over at the  Patreon of the Boiled Leathe...
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