Pontius Pilate: It's one thing to want to change the way people live; but, you want to change how they think, how they feel.
Jesus: All I'm saying is that change will happen with love, not with killing.
Pontius Pilate: Either way, it's dangerous. It's against Rome. It's against the way the world is. And killing or loving, it's all the same. It simply doesn't matter how you want to change things. We don't want them changed.
I have not…
I’m drunk.
At least, that is what I wrote the last time I watched The Tree of Life. Looking at the date of that entry on Letterboxd, October 14th, 2016, I know it was exactly five days before my last (and worst) night of drinking – and believe me when I say I had many, many horrendous nights of drinking back while I was still at it, so for that one to be the worst, you *know* it must have…
The yassification of John Wick, in which the ballshot becomes the new headshot.
Years ago, my best friend, as a joke, got me a pair of Ana De Armas boxer briefs because of my adoration for her after seeing Blade Runner 2049. It is a pattern alternating between her visage and red hearts. They’re a little too tight, so I typically don’t wear them (not to mention how difficult such a pair of unmentionables would be to explain). Tonight, however,…
Yes, I know I'm late to the party on this one, but I suppose it's better late than never, right?
A lot has been made of the whole vampire schtick in Sinners. I've heard some people say it's messy; I've heard some people say it's brilliant. I can understand both takes, but I'd like to submit a reading that, if it has been considered, I haven't seen elsewhere yet.
Going into this film, I knew there was a vampire angle.…
I back when this girl and I were still together, she once asked me when I fell in love with her. I told her it was like a house you every day on the way to work. One day, you notice a for sale sign on an empty lot. Another day you drive by and you notice they've laid the foundations. Another day, the walls are up, and another day there's a roof, a garage, and finally a…
Fact: Cowboy Bebop is the greatest show to have ever aired on television, animated or otherwise.
Fact: this movie is two hours of Cowboy Bebop.
Fact: this movie is two hours of the greatest show to have ever aired on television, animated or otherwise.
Fact: this was bloody fucking awesome and it makes me miss this beautiful show even more than I already did.
See you, space cowboy.
