I can’t help but see the praise for this coinciding with the critical reappraisal of many late 90’s early 00’s era schlock. Nu Metal has connected with Gen Z and I’m not sure anyone has really articulated what that means. The critical eye of today is finally seeing what the angsty plebeian of yesteryear saw all along.

The anxiety of 9/11 and the War in Terror stirred something culturally monolithic. A cloud of sadism that condensated into every facet of…

Labyrinthine conspiracy techno thriller that really hides its power level until it decides to go full tilt in delivering the action goods. Not that I didn’t enjoy all the Blade Runner detective stuff it sets up, but it holds back for a long time on embracing the sky-is-the-limit capabilities of animation. 

That’s a good thing btw, there’s so many fun concepts this sets up that all get a neat pay off and the rewarding chaos of the back half makes…

A very significant factor in my decision to transition was focusing on what I would feel like when I’m older. I would really sit and think of my aged body. I would peer at myself in the future and meditate on how it would feel to know that I never even attempted to transition. Well the answer to that feeling was obviously horrifying. So, I started HRT within a few doctors visits and the rest is history.

This is something…

A thoroughly evil and despicable film about one of history’s most irredeemable villains. Beyond expectedly being ugly, sloppy, boomer-bait garbage this really goes a few extra miles in its bafflingly apocryphal portrayal of the Gipper. 

The UC Berkeley Protest of ‘69 is here, and it was actually sick when Raegan sent the National Guard in to kill students. Iran Contra? Hell yea that’s here and he did what had to be done. The Red Scare? It’s here and despite what…