Category: Movies
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The Substance
Today I watched the movie The Substance. It was a pretty good SciFi horror movie, I enjoyed it! It was very strange, lots of nudity, lots of grotesque imagery that was hard to look at, lots of blood, and a little humor. 5 bags of popcorn.
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The Contestant
Today we watched the documentary, The Contestant. I think we all really enjoyed it. The movie takes place in late 1990s Japan. There was a very “Truman”-like TV show on Japan at the time called A Life in Prizes. The movie was about a young Japanese comedian, named Nasubi. Which is apparently the name for…
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Ren Faire
Today we’re watching Ren Faire, an HBO documentary about behind the scenes of a Texas medieval festival. So far, the first episode was very unexpected…and in a good way. There is an elderly eccentric retiring “King”, who, not only names his junk, but says it controls him and he listens. He wants to die with…
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Searching for Sugarman
Today we watched the 2012 documentary, Searching for Sugarman. I saw it years ago, around when it was first released. My wife suggested we watch it as a family, since my son hadn’t seen it. My son really enjoyed it! Because the documentary was so well made, and captured a fascinating person’s situation, he said,…
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Zone of Interest
Today I’m watching Zone of Interest, a movie nominated for a bunch of Oscars, including sound design. It’s an interesting, but tough, subject for a movie. Looking forward to it. Edit: Very good movie. I see why it won Best Sound at the Oscars. The sound design was basically the main character. I don’t think…
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Poor Things
Today I’m watching the movie Poor Things. I don’t keep up with many new movie releases, but saw this nominated at the Oscars and was recommended it by a coworker. Edit: It was a crazy movie, but awesome! So good.
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Behringer Edge & Oscars
Tonight are the Oscars (Academy Awards). Looking forward to watching a little and see what movies win and get some recommendations for movies I haven’t seen yet. Also, I ordered a Behringer Edge semi modular percussion synthesizer! I’ve been wanting it for a while and price just dropped. It’s on backorder, but should arrive in…