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Tonight’s movie: CLOUD ATLAS. This one has grown on me over time, and its metaphysical themes strike a chord with me. If nothing else, in what other movie does Tom Hanks play a cockney thug and Hugh Grant play a bloodthirsty cannibal?
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Tonight’s movie: CLOUD ATLAS. This one has grown on me over time, and its metaphysical themes strike a chord with me. If nothing else, in what other movie does Tom Hanks play a cockney thug and Hugh Grant play a bloodthirsty cannibal?
Tonight’s movie: NOMADLAND. Seemed like an appropriate choice given that my employment has involuntarily come to end today for the first time since 2010. I have some contract work lined up, but part of me still worries that I’ll be living in a van next year.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Tonight’s movie: NOMADLAND. Seemed like an appropriate choice given that my employment has involuntarily come to end today for the first time since 2010. I have some contract work lined up, but part of me still worries that I’ll be living in a van next year.
And that’s that. I’m generally not a fan of horror movies as a genre mainly because I hate jump scares, but this is more of a psychological thriller and a great one at that.
November 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
And that’s that. I’m generally not a fan of horror movies as a genre mainly because I hate jump scares, but this is more of a psychological thriller and a great one at that.
“Heeeere’s Johnny!”
We’re now a couple generations into people who have no clue about that pop culture reference.
We’re now a couple generations into people who have no clue about that pop culture reference.
November 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“Heeeere’s Johnny!”
We’re now a couple generations into people who have no clue about that pop culture reference.
We’re now a couple generations into people who have no clue about that pop culture reference.
My door hardware schedules be like
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My door hardware schedules be like
There’s another BLADE RUNNER connection here: Lloyd the bartender is played by Joe Turkel, who also played Dr. Eldon Tyrell in BLADE RUNNER.
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
There’s another BLADE RUNNER connection here: Lloyd the bartender is played by Joe Turkel, who also played Dr. Eldon Tyrell in BLADE RUNNER.
You’d go on a rampage too if you asked for a bourbon and “the best goddamn bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine” poured you a Jack Daniel’s.
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
You’d go on a rampage too if you asked for a bourbon and “the best goddamn bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine” poured you a Jack Daniel’s.
It’s impossible to construct a floor plan of the Overlook Hotel based on scenes from the movie; the layout makes no logical sense. This was intentional by Kubrick, to add to the movie’s sense of disorientation and looming dread.
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It’s impossible to construct a floor plan of the Overlook Hotel based on scenes from the movie; the layout makes no logical sense. This was intentional by Kubrick, to add to the movie’s sense of disorientation and looming dread.
The exterior of the fictional Overlook Hotel is, of course, the Timberline Lodge on Oregon’s Mount Hood. (Kubrick had a full-scale mockup built in the UK because he hated flying.)
The interior was based on the lobby of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.
The interior was based on the lobby of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The exterior of the fictional Overlook Hotel is, of course, the Timberline Lodge on Oregon’s Mount Hood. (Kubrick had a full-scale mockup built in the UK because he hated flying.)
The interior was based on the lobby of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.
The interior was based on the lobby of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park.
(B-roll footage of the opening scenes was used for the ending in the theatrical release of BLADE RUNNER at the behest of the studio executives who insisted on a happy ending, which was scrapped in subsequent releases.)
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
(B-roll footage of the opening scenes was used for the ending in the theatrical release of BLADE RUNNER at the behest of the studio executives who insisted on a happy ending, which was scrapped in subsequent releases.)
The movie has its fingerprints on several geographic locations. It’s set in Colorado, and Stephen King’s novel was inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.
The opening scenes are the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana….
The opening scenes are the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana….
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The movie has its fingerprints on several geographic locations. It’s set in Colorado, and Stephen King’s novel was inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.
The opening scenes are the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana….
The opening scenes are the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana….
Wendy’s cigarette ash should’ve gotten its own credit.
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Wendy’s cigarette ash should’ve gotten its own credit.
Tonight’s movie: THE SHINING. This has become sort of a Halloween tradition.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Tonight’s movie: THE SHINING. This has become sort of a Halloween tradition.
Remembering Spong (2003-2015) and Louie (2012-2025) on National Cat Day. The house is empty as fuck without them, and the grief is never far below the surface.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Remembering Spong (2003-2015) and Louie (2012-2025) on National Cat Day. The house is empty as fuck without them, and the grief is never far below the surface.
“The future of rail?” That locomotive design is 50 years old.
Meanwhile in California:
Meanwhile in California:
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“The future of rail?” That locomotive design is 50 years old.
Meanwhile in California:
Meanwhile in California:
Tonight’s movie: DEAD MAN, an offbeat acid western by Jim Jarmusch, starring Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, and… Iggy Pop. It’s a weird movie in all the best ways.
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Tonight’s movie: DEAD MAN, an offbeat acid western by Jim Jarmusch, starring Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, and… Iggy Pop. It’s a weird movie in all the best ways.
It’s been a week since Louie died and the house feels empty as fuck. But one of the neighborhood cats dropped by for a visit tonight and made it a little less empty.
October 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It’s been a week since Louie died and the house feels empty as fuck. But one of the neighborhood cats dropped by for a visit tonight and made it a little less empty.
Stephen Root’s character managed to get promoted to the C suite between 1999 and 2007. He must have found his way into the drug trade while sitting on that beach.
October 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Stephen Root’s character managed to get promoted to the C suite between 1999 and 2007. He must have found his way into the drug trade while sitting on that beach.
Tonight’s movie: OFFICE SPACE, another 1990s time capsule that I probably haven’t seen since the 90s. Now it feels like a period film. Imagine a tech company where all the dudes on staff are wearing button-down shirts and ties.
October 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Tonight’s movie: OFFICE SPACE, another 1990s time capsule that I probably haven’t seen since the 90s. Now it feels like a period film. Imagine a tech company where all the dudes on staff are wearing button-down shirts and ties.
Be at peace, Louie, and give my love to Spong if you can. Hopefully I'll see both of you again a bit further down the road.
October 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Be at peace, Louie, and give my love to Spong if you can. Hopefully I'll see both of you again a bit further down the road.
Louie, by contrast, was a complete whore. Always talkative, instantly best friends with anybody who walked through the front door, and often making his presence known in Zoom meetings at the most inconvenient times.
October 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Louie, by contrast, was a complete whore. Always talkative, instantly best friends with anybody who walked through the front door, and often making his presence known in Zoom meetings at the most inconvenient times.
Spong's personality was exactly like my own: quiet, reserved, even a bit guarded around strangers, but he was full of love and affection once he warmed up to you.
October 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Spong's personality was exactly like my own: quiet, reserved, even a bit guarded around strangers, but he was full of love and affection once he warmed up to you.
Today was that day for Louie. He died peacefully in my arms this morning after an illness that was most likely some form of cancer. I know his suffering is over and he's at peace now, but I'm still shattered. I went through this ten years ago with Spong, and it doesn't get any easier.
October 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Today was that day for Louie. He died peacefully in my arms this morning after an illness that was most likely some form of cancer. I know his suffering is over and he's at peace now, but I'm still shattered. I went through this ten years ago with Spong, and it doesn't get any easier.