I apparently need to re-read The Three-Body Problem because this trailer for the upcoming Netflix show looks great but I have ZERO recollection of reading any book like what was in the trailer.
Pale Waves at House of Blues coming to House of Blues
Pale Waves at House of Blues tickets acquired. Two tickets for me and my daughter. we’ll see what her opinion/reviews of a $70 general admission show are compared to the $$$$ Taylor Swift arena show her mom took her to.
Now I need to listen to some music from the headliner Pvris, who I’ve never heard of before yesterday. All bands with Vs replacing vowels are gvvd though right?
Favorite games of 2023
My favorite games of 2023 includes Zelda: TotK and… Fortnite? Well the Lego survival mode at least. Yeah, that surprised me too.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again – ★★★
Why do the real actual humans they found to play the young versions of Sophie’s dads all look like bad de-aging CGI? Is it the wigs?
I mostly disliked young Meryl Streep and her friends as much as I disliked old Meryl Streep and her friends.
Andy Garcia appears to be playing his same character from Ocean’s 11 and looms over the whole movie like there is a villain turn coming any moment.
Yet, it was fun. I legit lol’d at the Titanic gag.
Rating: 3.0 stars
🍿 Crossposted on Letterboxd
💿 Watch Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again on Netflix
Light from Uncommon Stars – ★★★★
Consistently surprisingly weird (in great ways) with some extremely well fleshed out, endearing characters that I was rooting for all the way until the end. I thought the author Ryka Aoki had lost me there for a minute near the end but there’s a couple final twists that really wrap up this combo of science fiction, fantasy, classical music, and donuts with a completely satisfying ending.
Rating: 4 stars
📚 Crossposted on Goodreads
📕 Buy Light from Uncommon Stars on Bookshop
The Big Shave
This film does a good job representing how I felt every time I shaved and also why I have had some variation of a beard since Covid started.
Truly hard to watch. 😬 I kept having to hit the 10 second skip button or turn away. Which I guess means this Scorsese kid might be pretty good at what he was trying to do?
Rating: 🤷🏻♂️
🍿 Crossposted on Letterboxd
💿 Watch The Big Shave on Max
Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built – ★★★★★
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
by Becky Chambers
What a delightful, thoughtful, and introspective story about purpose and self worth. And robots.
Rating: 5 stars
Favorite movies and books of 2023
Posted over on the main site, my ten favorite movies of 2023 as well as the favorite books I read last year.
Asteroid City – ★★★
It was fine I guess. I just don’t jive with Wes Anderson no matter which movie and how many times I try.
Rating: 3.0 stars
🍿 Crossposted on Letterboxd
💿 Watch Asteroid City on Amazon Prime
The Mountain in the Sea – ★★★★★
A little unsatisfied with the main mysteries wrapped up and some details left unexplored, but overall really enjoyed this quite a bit. Thought the main character was great as well as the various AIs, and in particular really found the idea of the point-fives conceptually intriguing.
Rating: 5 stars
📚 Crossposted on Goodreads
📕 Buy The Mountain in the Sea on Bookshop