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Movie watching is a skill like any other. You get better by actively practicing viewing skills. I’ll walk you through th...
08/23/2026

Movie watching is a skill like any other. You get better by actively practicing viewing skills. I’ll walk you through the process.

08/19/2026

The End of Oak Street actually has thematic depth! It’s not just all fun dinosaur violence but a critique of romanticism and false appearances. Dinosaurs are just the mechanism by which it tears those concepts apart.

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End of Oak Street analysis is now live on Film Colossus. A deep dive into the themes, meaning, and ending, as well as an...
08/16/2026

End of Oak Street analysis is now live on Film Colossus. A deep dive into the themes, meaning, and ending, as well as answers to common questions. Link in bio

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08/13/2026

Supergirl used AI for Lobo design. Part of the beauty of film is the effort it takes to make a movie. When everything becomes a shortcut, it starts to feel less and less worthwhile. Which is why all those generative AI “movies” are hollow exercises. Yes, artists are using their discernment and taste to work with AI, but…how long will that last before they start paying less and less qualified people to just say “looks good enough”

People are going to have all kinds of different answers. But, to me, there’s one clear imposter here.
08/13/2026

People are going to have all kinds of different answers. But, to me, there’s one clear imposter here.

The Lobster tells quite the story. If you’ve ever wondered about the themes and meaning, this slide show will help expla...
08/13/2026

The Lobster tells quite the story. If you’ve ever wondered about the themes and meaning, this slide show will help explain some things about Yorgos Lanthimos’s version of a 1984 story.

08/12/2026

Inde Navarrette from Obsession wants to appear at Halloween Horror Nights in character as Nikki. That would be really cool but she probably would get mobbed so hard. She’s already such a Scream Queen

Austin press screening for End of Oak Street. The theater is packed! End Of Oak Street FONS PR
08/12/2026

Austin press screening for End of Oak Street. The theater is packed!

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Thematic concerns in Nolan’s The Odyssey Characters in The Odyssey refer to and invoke Zeus’s Law dozens of times. Initi...
08/11/2026

Thematic concerns in Nolan’s The Odyssey Characters in The Odyssey refer to and invoke Zeus’s Law dozens of times. Initially, it seems like merely part of the plot. It isn’t until the film’s second half that it takes on deeper thematic significance. That happens when Odysseus attempts to explain to Penelope why he couldn’t come home. It was because he felt his Trojan Horse ploy broke Zeus’s Law. Not just in that moment but extending into the rest of the world, for years to come.

Once Odysseus reveals that concern, it puts earlier string of monster encounters into context. Initially, those scenes come off as nothing more than backstory. They’re what happened to Odysseus after Troy and explain how he ended up on Calypso’s island. But once you understand the film’s thematic concern about Zeus’s Law, each encounter transforms into a manifestation of Odysseus’s guilt. He worries his breaking of the law means good people will become inhospitable monsters, thus his world becomes full of inhospitable monsters.

08/11/2026

It’s little touches like this that make movies feel alive. I feel like Homecoming actually cared a bit more about the visual language than FFH and NWH, even though it was the same director.
Here, green equates to two things. First, Adrian has the confirmation he needs to know Peter Parker’s Spider-Man, so the green light is a visual signal to the audience.
Secondly, Adrian’s been leading a double life as a normal family man by day and the Vulture by night. The car ride starts with him as a father. But over the course of the conversation, you hear the villainy coming out. And once that green hits his face, he’s less concerned with being a dad and more concerned with being the Vulture and taking out his biggest annoyance

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