Ode to Spot
Data’s poem to his feline companion, a ginger tabby called Spot, is one of the most hilarious moments on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Though his USS Enterprise colleagues are less than impressed with the recital, it is surely a masterpiece of android poetry. Eat your heart out, ChatGPT!
Top Ten Tuesday – Water, Water Everywhere
Water is this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl, so my list is all about lakes, rivers, oceans and other bodies of water.
Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo – Book Review
A random purchase at an op shop got me back into this Norwegian crime series starring Harry Hole, the grizzled, hard-drinking, rule book-shredding, classic rock-loving detective with uncanny instincts for solving the most puzzling and heinous crimes.
Barbie – Film Review
I finally watched Barbie and found it a bit of a hot pink mess… but an entertaining, fun and refreshingly weird mess for sure.
Oppenheimer – Film Review
Christopher Nolan’s brilliant, expansive film about the life, work and disturbing legacy of a complicated, haunted man was one of the most intense cinema experiences I’ve had in a while. It may not be completely free of Nolan’s worst traits, but it also feels like the mature, contemplative film he’s been building towards throughout his entire career.
Godland – Film Review
The vast, harsh landscape of Iceland is beautiful and terrifying in this extraordinary film about a 19th-century Danish priest tasked with establishing a new church in a remote corner of the country.
Burning – Film Review
“Slow and quiet thriller” may sound like a strange way to describe this haunting, cryptic Korean movie, but it feels apt. Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s short story, it’s built on ambiguity and unease, and is immensely rewarding in the end.
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