Partially built lego book cover depicting a silhoutte of Sherlock Holmes
Sick day meant we got to finish our Lego Sherlock Holmes book nook
Partially built lego book cover depicting a silhoutte of Sherlock Holmes
Sick day meant we got to finish our Lego Sherlock Holmes book nook
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[Finished Reading America, AmΓ©rica by Greg Grandin]
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[Watched Marty Supreme, 2025 - β
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For such a massive ensemble cast, every single performance was very memorable.
I was initially thrown off by the needle drops more so because they felt out of time but they actually really work.
I bounced around with the [β¦]
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[Rewatched Muppets Most Wanted, 2014 - β
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O: "this movie is scary"
Haven't seen this in a while but randomly started singing a bunch of the songs to my kids the other day so we decided to watch it today. I will never understand why "Something So Right" did not [β¦]
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[Watched Train Dreams, 2025 - β
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A story of life and the people we meet and lose along the way. Devastating at times but it left me with a hopeful message.
"Beautiful, ainβt it? All of it. Every bit of it."
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[Finished Reading Master of Evil by Adam Christopher]
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[Finished Reading Face It by Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Alannah Currie, Gary Valentine]
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[Finished Reading Scatter, adapt, and remember by Annalee Newitz]
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[Finished Reading This Will Be Fun by E. B. Asher]
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[Finished Reading How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra]
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[Watched Winnie the Pooh, 2011 - β
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O: "I didn't like that Owl didn't know the words"
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[Watched La cocina, 2024 - β
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[Finished Reading Caliban's war by James S. A. Corey]
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[Finished Reading Star Wars - Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed]
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[Rewatched Back to the Future, 1985 - β
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It's been a rough few days but tonight my wife and I got to watch this in an empty theater for its 40th anniversary.
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[Watched Mandy, 2018 - β
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I was planning to do Nicvember where I would try to watch a Nicolas Cage movie every day of the month. That's not going to happen.
When I was thinking about Nicvember, I decided to start with something I hadn't seen before and because [β¦]
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[Listened to Everybody Scream by Florence + the Machine]
https://album.link/us/i/1833585853
My hand holding a zine with the words The Trail of Political Consciousness and the Rebel Alliance crest
I made a zine the other day so that I could have a physical copy of Nemik's Manifesto from the Star Wars TV show: Andor.
You can read it, print a copy, and share with others if you'd like.
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[Did Not Finish Madly, Deeply by Alan Rickman, Alan F. Taylor]
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[Watched Hotel Transylvania, 2012 - β
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Wasnt expecting much but was actually pleasantly surprised. There were a bunch of real funny and memorable moments.
Not sure if we'll watch the sequels but we might rewatch this really soon.
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[Finished Reading Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz]
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[Watched John Candy: I Like Me, 2025 - β
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[Finished Reading We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer]
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[Rewatched Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, 2008 - β
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After reading Kottke's post In Praise of Comfort Films I decided to revisit an old favorite.
I was lucky to watch this before it's release with the actors present for a Q&A afterwards. By lucky, I mean [β¦]
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[Watched All of You, 2025 - β
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The Fingernails plot doesn't really work here. It also doesn't really work without it otherwise we're just watching two people cheat.
The ending was good but I wish they would've added a little more to the Black Mirror subplot or [β¦]
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[Rewatched The Wild Robot, 2024 - β
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_This post is my entry for this month'sIndieWeb Movie Club hosted by Zachary Kai._
It has not been that long since I last watched this film but I still remember quite a bit of it. I'm biased because any parental themes in [β¦]
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[Finished Reading Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond]
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[Watched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024 - β
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I liked it but I'm not a fan of the human subplot. Are these people responsible for the events that lead to Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)?
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[Watched Asteroid City, 2023 - β
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It was fine? It had some great moments (the cactus dare, the song, the Margot Robbie scene), but I think I expected a little something more.
I may change my mind when I do my big Wes Anderson marathon at some point in the [β¦]
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[Watched Broadcast News, 1987 - β
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I liked the ending but then I found that there was an alternate ending and was amazed that a film could have two great endings to choose from that completely change the story.
The film did lose me a bit at the reveal of the [β¦]
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