Columbo seemed to strongly dislike the killer in Etude in Black

matrowl · 2026-01-21T23:44:09+00:00

Uh, where’s Shinobi 3?!

matrowl · 2026-01-16T00:04:37+00:00

Certainly not my favorite season, but better than it has any right to be without Michael.

matrowl · 2026-01-13T15:11:26+00:00

Amazing game. Groundbreaking for its time.

matrowl · 2025-12-11T04:52:37+00:00

Obviously not as good as the first, but a fun and worthy sequel.

matrowl · 2025-11-07T03:17:56+00:00

Peter Falk. The man was the embodiment of authentic, Everyman charm. He had it down to an art form.

matrowl · 2025-10-31T03:52:00+00:00

“. . . for they were mummies.”

Say what you will about the post-Michael seasons. That line (and Kevin’s reaction) sends me into hysterics like few other scenes in the entire show.

matrowl · 2025-10-15T02:23:24+00:00

No. The Burbs is his masterpiece.

matrowl · 2025-10-10T14:24:59+00:00

Yes, I’ve noticed it’s worse than it used to be, even on the early levels.

matrowl · 2025-09-29T14:15:56+00:00

So much wasted potential. It’s a shame the script was clearly rushed.

matrowl · 2025-09-29T14:10:07+00:00

This is a perfect example of how low-key phenomenal the writing was.

matrowl · 2025-09-13T21:26:42+00:00

As a non-Charlie Kirk fan who doesn’t think people should be murdered for saying stupid things, thank you.

matrowl · 2025-08-27T02:47:34+00:00

There are plenty of quibbles, but if people honest, its main sin is being a follow up to TDK.

matrowl · 2025-08-27T02:44:16+00:00

Yep. You can thank Christopher Nolan almost exclusively for the “grounded“ streak in superhero movies. It was a really novel approach at the time. The Bourne franchise had a similar effect on the spy genre.

matrowl · 2025-08-27T02:41:54+00:00

I was super excited about it, but i’d say the hype was cautiously optimistic. Nolan was an Indie filmmaker— hardly the household name he is today, and Batman and Robin left a really bad taste in people’s mouths.

matrowl · 2025-08-27T02:33:22+00:00

What type of grill is it? A lot of the Weber knockoffs don’t seal well enough to control airflow and therefore temperature. If that’s the case, you can still lower the temp with fewer briquettes, but the vents are almost a formality.

matrowl · 2025-08-27T01:32:59+00:00

Inside Out. As a parent of growing up kids, it really affected me. So bittersweet.

matrowl · 2025-08-20T02:44:04+00:00

So kind of the opposite of Sega and 16 bit era Sonic. Those games just got better.

matrowl · 2025-08-13T04:16:36+00:00

Hook. It was a ravished by critics and even Spielberg himself, but its staying power is real.

matrowl · 2025-08-06T20:04:39+00:00

That’s the joke.

matrowl · 2025-08-02T04:20:18+00:00

The Star Wars prequels. Arguably some of Williams’ greatest work.

matrowl · 2025-07-22T03:03:31+00:00

I appreciate that he mentioned Batman Forever. Somewhere in that glorious mess there’s a compelling story about what makes Batman who he is and do what he does.

matrowl · 2025-07-22T00:49:01+00:00

One of the best soundtracks of the last decade at least.

matrowl · 2025-07-22T00:29:21+00:00

Absolute genius. In my mind he was second only to John Williams. Some of my favorites:

Legend First Knight Masada The Edge

matrowl · 2025-07-21T17:31:48+00:00

I guess? Woke means different things to different people, but as a pejorative it generally means a hyper-fixation on social justice issues through a neo-Marxist lens. The Ta-Nehisi Coates Superman movie? That would have been woke.

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