Geoff George
@geoffdgeorge.com
Chicagoan, dev, writer and former micro/macro editor of little consequence, compulsive movie/TV watcher, ever-recovering night owl, and bookworm. Opinions are mine. He/him. (Also posts at @[email protected].)
In my day, we studied rocks sober!
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In my day, we studied rocks sober!
"Swiped" is barely a movie.
A review of Swiped (2025)
Less a portrait of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd than a chalk outline filled in with details from Wikipedia entries. I'm not sure it even has anything new to say about the problems inherent in mal...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"Swiped" is barely a movie.
I still don't understand why we needed an American version of this. Fincher sure knows how to shoot a movie, though.
A review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
A film I'd simply never bothered to watch for years and years, having seen the Swedish version already and figuring there couldn't be that much more to say in an American production. I feel like my su...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I still don't understand why we needed an American version of this. Fincher sure knows how to shoot a movie, though.
Wacky tacky? I'll keep workshopping it.
December 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Wacky tacky? I'll keep workshopping it.
And lastly a belated Rob Reiner rewatch, "The Sure Thing." RIP, man.
A review of The Sure Thing (1985)
You can't stream this right now, but there's a 1080p upload on YouTube that plays just fine on a home screen. I found a few separate uploads, actually. The people want to see The Sure Thing. Anyway, h...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
And lastly a belated Rob Reiner rewatch, "The Sure Thing." RIP, man.
I would say you can miss "Him."
A review of HIM (2025)
Booooooooring. Just kinda and grim and trudgy and not much fun at all (except occasionally for Marlon Wayans, who's at least trying to get weird with it). There's a potentially interesting idea in a f...
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December 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I would say you can miss "Him."
Watched three movies yesterday, starting with "The Secret Agent."
A review of The Secret Agent (2025)
A bit of a mess, and some elements are stronger than others, but the journey's still satisfying in all its twists and folds. Valuable as a lived-in picture of politically persecuted individuals driven...
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December 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Watched three movies yesterday, starting with "The Secret Agent."
Read this as being about the band and then went, "Oh, right."
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Read this as being about the band and then went, "Oh, right."
Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind" was a gem.
A review of The Mastermind (2025)
Deeply, deeply into this one. A portrait of an absolute fuck-up of a criminal named J. B. Mooney—a fuck-up all around, really. A guy who's never met a corner he wouldn't cut, and who's just barely thi...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind" was a gem.
Earlier this week I watched "Die My Love."
A review of Die My Love (2025)
I see I'm not the only one who noticed the thematic similarities between this and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. Two separate awards-season films, set in slanted realities, about the frustration, alienat...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Earlier this week I watched "Die My Love."
They scrapped the second-floor porch??? 😱😱😱😱
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
They scrapped the second-floor porch??? 😱😱😱😱
Also, personal feelings about letting the poor guy stay unbothered aside, I just don't think any good comes of trying to expand on Calvin & Hobbes in any way. Let it be the perfect thing that it is.
December 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Also, personal feelings about letting the poor guy stay unbothered aside, I just don't think any good comes of trying to expand on Calvin & Hobbes in any way. Let it be the perfect thing that it is.
It sucks that it's the way of things, but it is.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It sucks that it's the way of things, but it is.