Tokyo Vice<\/em><\/a> My favorite part about the show was Ansel Elgort, the actor who plays main character Jake Adelstein. The real Adelstein is from Missouri and attended Mizzou. Elgort<\/a> has a slight resemblance to, and sounds a little like, Charlie Tahan<\/a>, who played Wyatt Langmore on Ozark<\/em>. Wyatt, of course, was trying to get his shit together so he could go to Mizzou at one point. I liked to imagine that the shows were flipped chronologically and Tokyo Vice<\/em> was an Ozark<\/em> spin off that showed where life took Wyatt if (spoiler alert) he hadn\u2019t gotten killed by Javi Elizondro.<\/p>\n B<\/p>\n Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain<\/a><\/em> A-<\/p>\n Top Gun<\/em><\/a> A<\/p>\n Barry<\/em>, season three<\/a> Barry<\/em> spent the first two seasons balancing laugh-out-loud humor with often intense violence, and that balance always made the show work.<\/p>\n Season three lost some of that humor as the show veered into much darker territory. At times I wondered where it was headed. But it all came together amazingly in the final two episodes. The season finale is one of the most intense, disturbing, yet fulfilling half hours of TV I can recall. It was brutal to watch but, afterwards, I couldn\u2019t help but admire how the season arrived at its ending and how many absolute powerhouse acting performances it took to get there. I don\u2019t know where the show goes from here, but I will certainly watch as Bill Hader and his compatriots have yet to disappoint.<\/p>\n A<\/p>\n No Time To Die<\/a><\/em> A<\/p>\n Inside Demolished Ukrainian City<\/a> Adventures of A+K<\/a> The Last Ski Maker in Scotland<\/a> Homewrecker<\/a> Solo Camping in the Rain<\/a> NLU Film Room: Soly 2022 U.S. Open Local Qualifying<\/a> I watched an NBA game from every decade<\/a>
\nI heard mixed things about this, but when I realized Michael Mann was involved, I decided to give it a try. It\u2019s classic Mann: visually stunning with some high highs and low lows.<\/p>\n
\nThis was exactly what I expected it to be. The first hour or so is a wonderful recounting of an amazing life lived by one of the coolest people ever. Then the last hour should totally fuck you up if you admired Bourdain and his work, and\/or have had someone you were close to commit suicide.<\/p>\n
\nIf I was going to see the new Top Gun<\/em> flick, I figured I better watch the original again. Even if I watched it approximately 8000 times between the summer of 1986 and the fall of 1987. Just good, clean, cheesy, 1980s fun.<\/p>\n
\nI believe I\u2019m obligated to say, HOLY SHIT!!!!<\/p>\n
\nFirst home viewing. Still good, although L\u00e9a Seydoux\u2019s performance struck me as not great this time.<\/p>\n
\nShorts, Etc<\/h3>\n
\nInside Underground Bunker During Bombing in Ukraine War<\/a>
\nInside East Ukraine War Zone<\/a>
\nMore of Indigo Traveller\u2019s trek through Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\nMy (sometimes) favorite Millennials continue their trek to Alaska. They\u2019re into Canada now, so making progress.<\/p>\n
\nA beautiful little film about an amazing craftsman.<\/p>\n
\nBeau Miles\u2019 videos are usually filled with humor (or \u201chumour\u201d to him). This one has some bits of that, but it\u2019s far more about his obsessions, what causes them, and what he hopes to accomplish through them. We need more people like him in the world who view a moment of destruction as an opportunity to repurpose rather than toss aside materials that still have functional value.
\nSearching the bush for my cameraman\u2019s wallet<\/a>
\nAnd then here is some of his normal bullshit. I\u2019m going to start using the term \u201crice bubbles.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMy outdoor video viewings have led me to this: a combination camping and ASMR video. I watched this after 11:00 one night and it nearly put me to sleep. Which was kind of cool.<\/p>\n
\nTake a really good \u201cregular\u201d golfer and put him in a US Open local qualifier with a film crew following him and fun ensues.<\/p>\n
\nThis was dope.<\/p>\n