#040 - Pig (2021)

November 21, 2024

Hello and welcome to my web log. Tonight I watched Pig (2021). If you ever wondered what it would be like if Diogenes lived in Portland, well then good news:...

#039 - The Rock (1996) pt. 1 - Driving Too Fast in San Francisco in Popular Film

October 22, 2024

Hello and welcome to my web log. A couple of weeks back, I watched the first fifty minutes of The Rock (1996). The Rock is one of the most important movies...

#038 - Birdy (1984)

August 21, 2024

Hello and welcome to my web log. This past weekend I saw Birdy (1984). Birdy is one of those movies about a weird little guy and his flying contraption which...

#037 - Longlegs (2024)

July 24, 2024

Hello and welcome to my web log. Last night I saw Longlegs (2024). Sometimes a poem is just a list of grievances. I have a sunburn across the front of my...

#036 - Moonstruck (1987)

July 14, 2024

Hello and welcome to my web log. Tonight I watched Moonstruck (1987). It is still Werewolf Month, now almost three months later. I’m still in ragged jorts...

#035 - Arcadian (2024)

April 21, 2024

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last week I walked over to the little arthouse theatre in the historic speakeasy district and watched Arcadian (2024)....

#034 - Raising Arizona (1987)

March 24, 2024

Hello and welcome to my weblog. This time around I watched Raising Arizona (1987). One of my favorite songs is “Commandante” by the Mountain Goats but...

#033 - The Trust (2016)

February 11, 2024

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last week I watched The Trust (2016). One of the main things about Elijah Wood is anguish. His is the face of a cartoon...

#032 - Dying of the Light (2014)

February 2, 2024

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched Dying of the Light (2014). Shortly before this film was released, Paul Schrader, the screenwriter slash...

#031 - Dream Scenario (2023)

December 2, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last night I watched Dream Scenario (2023). When one of the movies I watch for this project is very good, which I wish was...

#030 - Renfield (2023)

November 10, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched Renfield (2023). Renfield is about the relationship between a wizened monster with a failing real estate...

#029 - Snake Eyes (1998)

August 7, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. On Friday evening, some friends surprised me with a screening of Snake Eyes (1998). In the opening shot of the film, a news...

#028 - Sympathy for the Devil (2023)

August 4, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched Sympathy for the Devil (2023). Nic Cage, in a red sequined tuxedo jacket and matching dye job, plays Nic...

#027 - Amos & Andrew (1993)

July 30, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. A couple of weeks back I watched Amos & Andrew (1993). This movie is a slap-stick, zany buddy comedy about how racism in the...

#026 - The Green Fog (2017)

June 19, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Tonight I watched The Green Fog (2017). This afternoon some friends and I watched a couple of movies together and chatted...

#025 - Wild at Heart (1990)

June 8, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Over the weekend I watched Wild at Heart (1990). I like the idea of David Lynch films because I have fond memories of the...

#024 - Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

May 29, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. This afternoon I watched Gone in 60 Seconds (2000). There are three reasons, I think, why so many people my age have such an...

#023 - Kill Chain (2019)

May 26, 2023

Hello and welcome to my weblog. Last night I watched Kill Chain (2019). Cleverness is a trap; tattoo this backwards on my forehead and fill my home with...

#022 - knowing (2009)

April 9, 2023

hello and welcome to my weblog. this afternoon i watched knowing (2009). in the next couple of months, my ambition is to buy a little house. ideally...

#021 - the humanity bureau (2017)

March 11, 2023

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched the humanity bureau (2017) this movie opened strong with a preoccupation with people drinking their own...

#020 - uss indianapolis: men of courage (2016)

February 25, 2023

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched uss indianapolis: men of courage (2016) there was a scene with a bunch of shipwrecked sailors adrift in a...

#019 - grand isle (2019)

February 18, 2023

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched grand isle (2019). i have read one (1) william faulkner novel; it was a long time ago and part of a series...

#018 - primal (2019)

January 2, 2023

hello and welcome to my weblog. today i watched primal (2019) the critics’ consensus on rotten tomatoes notes that this movie is “chiefly of interest to...

#017 - city of angels (1998)

December 28, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched city of angels (1998) what if angels were real? what if they were everywhere? what if they just loitered...

#016 - season of the witch (2011)

December 27, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched season of the witch (2011) there’s something very funny to me about magic spells. it is wholly ridiculous....

#015 - running with the devil (2019)

December 17, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched running with the devil (2019) this movie opens on a man, naked except for the bag on his head, lying on the...

#014 - drive angry (2011)

December 4, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. last night i watched drive angry (2011). this movie feels like someone asked a middle school boy what they thought the...

#013 - jiu jitsu (2020)

November 27, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. last night i watched jiu jitsu (2020) currently, if i type “nicholas cage” into the search bar in netflix, i get twenty or so...

#012 - astro boy (2009)

November 10, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched astro boy (2009) the thing about nic cage is that he achieves the kind of maximalist performance we love by...

#011 - bringing out the dead (1999)

November 8, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched bringing out the dead (1999) there’s this running joke in the movie where every night nic cage’s character,...

#010 - willy's wonderland (2021)

October 28, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched lord of war (2005).

#009 - lord of war (2005)

July 22, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched lord of war (2005). in which nicholas cage mansplains the illegal arms trade for two hours

#008 - national treasure: book of secrets (2007)

June 18, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight some friends and i watched national treasure: book of secrets (2007) in this film, nic cage is a borderline wife guy...

#007 - next (2007)

May 31, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. this weekend i watched next (2007). in this movie, nicholas cage plays a dude named “cris”. to answer the questions you’re...

#006 - matchstick men (2003)

April 27, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched matchstick men (2003). the fourth character in this movie is the empty swimming pool is the frank sinatra...

#005 - kick-ass (2010)

April 13, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched kick-ass (2010). i spent most of the final showdown distracted by the art in the villain’s penthouse: the...

#004 - army of one (2016)

April 1, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched army of one (2016). what a piece of shit

#003 - 211 (2018)

March 28, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched 211 (2018) when they made the last man on earth (1964), they shot it in rome and they imported vincent...

#002 - between worlds (2018)

March 24, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched between worlds (2018) the whole time i just thought “well this is what the shining would be like if it were...

#001 - arsenal (2017)

March 23, 2022

hello and welcome to my weblog. tonight i watched arsenal (2017). the main thing about this movie is the textures: the paisley and the hawaiian shirts, the...