A fast start slowed by baseball playoffs and the beginning of the NBA season.<\/p>\n
Halloween Wars<\/a><\/em> Incomplete, B+<\/p>\n Barry<\/a><\/em> Bill Hader plays a hitman who stumbles into an acting class while chasing a target. He becomes enamored with the class and joins it, all while trying to leave his previous life behind him. I assumed it was about the hilarious issues of navigating this change. There was plenty of that, for sure. I did not know it would be soooooo dark and his efforts to leave would be, largely, fruitless. Not knowing that was coming made the payoff even better. Some GREAT supporting characters, especially Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank.<\/p>\n A<\/p>\n The American<\/a><\/em> It was just sooooo slow and soooooo lacking in dialogue and real action that it was tough to sit through. Clooney does a great job with a character that is very different from any other he has played in his career. But when we watch Clooney, we want the Clooney Charisma, which is no where to be found.<\/p>\n B-<\/p>\n Casino Royale<\/a><\/em> A, B-<\/p>\n Sicario<\/a><\/em> I think Sicario<\/em> did as good a job as any of those other works I\u2019ve digested at getting into the meat of that quandary. It\u2019s really cool that Benicio Del Toro has gone off the reservation to make a significant hit on a Mexican cartel. But he\u2019s also done it in a super illegal manner, one that Emily Blunt\u2019s character is not willing to give her approval to. Sicario<\/em> doesn\u2019t provide an answer to the debate. I think it\u2019s much easier to have a concrete opinion about a scenario in a movie setting than in real life.<\/p>\n A-<\/p>\n Stable Rollers<\/a> A<\/p>\n Ocean Depth Comparison<\/a> A<\/p>\n Signing 1,812 books after sleeping in a ditch<\/a> A<\/p>\n Flat Earth FC<\/a> B+<\/p>\n How the 3-point line is breaking basketball<\/a> B+<\/p>\n Devil\u2019s Teeth<\/a> B-<\/p>\n Daniel Craig Answers Questions About James Bond 007<\/a> Thank you, Daniel Craig, for your service.<\/p>\n A-, A-, A-<\/p>\n How Radiohead Wrote the Perfect Bond Theme<\/a> B<\/p>\n
\nHalloween Baking Championship<\/a><\/em>
\nIt\u2019s holiday baking season, bitches!!!! L and I only made it through a couple episodes of Halloween Wars<\/em>, so it gets an incomplete. But S and I wrapped up HBC<\/em> on Halloween night. Renee was a shocking winner. Adina had been the best baker the entire competition, Guillermo came on strong late, and I was sure they were ahead of Renee in the final bake. I thought this year\u2019s crop of bakers was lacking in charisma, which detracted from the season.<\/p>\n
\nHoly shit! I\u2019ve heard about this show for years and thought I knew what I was getting into. Boy was I surprised!<\/p>\n
\nI remember this getting a lot of mediocre reviews when it came out. One of those best recent espionage movies lists I found over the summer suggested it was worth a re-evaluation.<\/p>\n
\nSpectre<\/a><\/em>
\nMy pre-No Time to Die<\/em> studying.<\/p>\n
\nI\u2019ve lost track of how many movies and shows I\u2019ve watched and books I\u2019ve read about the war on drugs in general and the Latin American drugs trade in particular. Many of them grapple with the morality of law enforcement\u2019s efforts as they battle drug producers and traffickers. And they almost always show how law enforcement face a difficult battle given the restrictions they operate under. As tempting as it is to let them loose without limits, as a society we face the question of how we prevent that lack of oversight from spilling into other aspects of law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\nShorts<\/h3>\n
\nScience! When I watch stuff like this I always wonder about the trial-and-error that went into discovering these issues when, for example, the first trains were built. I assume a few trains were lost in testing before the shape of the wheels was perfected.<\/p>\n
\nDope. I always though the Caribbean Sea was fairly shallow, so I learned something.<\/p>\n
\nBeau Miles can make anything interesting and unique.<\/p>\n
\nThis was a funny little piece, until I learned the club transitioned to being anti-mask and anti-vaccine after Covid hit. Probably not a surprise a new owner has stepped in and rebranded.<\/p>\n
\nThis title of this piece is a little judgmental; just because the game has changed drastically doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s broken. And I hate to sound like an old man and reflexively decide that, because the game is different now than 20 years ago, that means something it wrong with it. But this is an informative primer for those of you who may not follow basketball and wonder what all the fuss about the three-point shot is.<\/p>\n
\nA short about Ron Elliott, who dove for sea urchins around the Farallon Islands off San Francisco, an area notorious for being populated by Great White Sharks. A little too moody and lacking in sharks for me.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cDon\u2019t be s***!\u201d Daniel Craig\u2019s advice for the next James Bond<\/a>
\nDaniel Craig & Lashana Lynch Answer the Web\u2019s Most Searched Questions<\/a><\/p>\n
\nToo much music theory for me. Can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve never heard this song before.<\/p>\n