Tag: movies

  • Disclosure on Netflix is very good

    After seeing people in my feeds praising the documentary Disclosure last week, I watched half of it on Monday and finished it tonight. Powerful in so many ways, I really really recommend it.

    Agender is under the non-binary umbrella, which is under the trans umbrella, but as a person without dysphoria and not much motivation to put effort into my gender presentation (how do I actively present a blank wall?), I know that I have a tremendous amount of relative privilege in these communities. So I’m not going to pretend to fully understand the fears of violence from strangers, from “trans panic,” from hateful family.

    I’m just going to keep supporting my trans brothers, sisters, and non-binary siblings, and trying to make the world a better place for all of us.

    Also Disclosure is very good and you should watch it.

  • 7 Word Reviews: The Lovebirds

    Much laughter, much cute, you must watch.

  • My 2020 Hugo nominations are in

    I love nominating for the Hugos – it makes me feel like a part of the community, and gives me a chance to support the authors/storytellers whose work I love. The next month and change is going to be rather hectic (at least it looks that way on the calendar), so I put in my nominations this afternoon. Short Story was hard this year – my short list had more than 3x as many titles as voters are allowed to nominate in the category.

    Highlights/for your consideration:

    • Novel
      • A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine
      • Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
      • Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi, by F.C. Yee (also my Lodestar nom)
      • Edges, by Linda Nagata
    • Novella
      • Wireless, by Alex Acks
      • Glass Cannon, by Yoon Ha Lee
    • Novelette
      • While Dragons Claim The Sky, by Jen Brown
      • The Rat King of Spanish Harlem, by Nicky Drayden
    • Dramatic Presentation: Long Form
      • Watchmen (honestly I’ll be surprised/disappointed if this doesn’t walk away with the category)
      • The Mandalorian
      • The Expanse s4
      • Captain Marvel
      • Us
    • Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
      • Cibola Burn (The Expanse)
      • Chapter 8: Redemption (The Mandalorian)
      • This Extraordinary Being (Watchmen)
      • A God Walks Into A Bar (Watchmen)
      • See How They Fly (Watchmen)
    • Short Story
      • Embrace Diversity, by Malka Older (from Orphan Black: The Next Chapter)
      • The Foreign Mischief, by Malka Older (from Ninth Step Station)
      • The Devil Squid Apocalypse, by Alex Acks
      • The Visible Frontier, by Grace Seybold
      • Eater of Worlds, by Jamie Seybold

  • 7 Word Reviews: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

    Fuck “redeeming neo-Nazis with five minutes’ remorse.”

  • 7 Word Reviews: Knives Out

    So great! Watch de Armas and Stanfield

  • 7 Word Reviews: Always Be My Maybe

    So great, so funny, so very Keanu.

  • 7 Word Reviews: Mortal Engines

    More like “Final Fantasy: Bioshock Terminators” amiright?

  • 7 Word Reviews: Hellboy (2019)

    Should adaptations be visually faithful, or spiritually?