Looking at this new trailer for THE ODYSSEY and all I think is that I should rewatch NOAH.

GOOD FORTUNE is Prime. So you know where to avoid it.

In case you didn't know, this is a vintage camera.

I don't want the JACKASS franchise to wrap. I want it to go on for as long as it takes for Johnny Knoxville not to have to use old man makeup to do his bad grandpa stunts. Which is probably closer to happening than you imagine.

Last night I was chatting with Claude to figure out a bit more about a company and role I have applied for and somehow ended up talking about totally different things. Towards the end, Claude started prompting me. Like, "How's the book you're outlining coming along?"

The best life outcome I can imagine right now is being able to delete my LinkedIn account forever with zero consequence.

Here's a text that originated as a review-adjacent piece on NO OTHER CHOICE and ended up being a confessional piece of self-therapy. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/03/18/e...

I cannot fathom that PROJECT HAIL MARY, both the movie and the book, didn't once jump on an opportunity for a line when they try to convince the main character to join the mission by saying "You have to. With you it will be Hail Mary full of Grace."

Here's my take on THE GOOD BOY, a movie that could be dubbed as A CLOCKWORK ORANGE directed with Michael Haneke's austere sensibilities. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/03/19/t...

Here's a brand new Youtube rant I recorded today where I try to make sense of Pixar's unusual release and marketing strategy behind HOPPERS. youtu.be/fPANLMfgpPo

Here's my take on ONE LAST DEAL, a single-location thriller that gives Danny Dyer a chance of a lifetime to spread his wings and somehow also becomes a victim of its own drive towards convenience. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/03/20/o...

Here's my take on PROJECT HAIL MARY, a movie that tries to do what it can to extract a spectacle out of Andy Weir's problem-solving polymath competence fantasy and almost succeeds. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/03/21/p...

Here's my take on UNREMARKABLE, a hilarious mockumentary hiding a supple life-affirming core. It might be one of the best indie movies you don't know about! Currently on Prime! Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/03/23/u...

I think the term "manosphere" ought to be retired. There are no men in that sphere. Only boys. Children. Some manchildren. So "boyosphere" it is.

Here's my brand new YouTube rant where I go into the weeds of why PROJECT HAIL MARY is a movie that cannot be fixed. youtu.be/0G2FcmISoh0

HOPPERS is AVATAR I can get behind.

Here's my take on DOLLY, a gritty and tight homage to a Tobe Hooper classic that overwhelms with its authenticity and innate creepiness. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/03/08/d...

Always nice to start a week with a rejection email.

In case you missed it, here's my recent essay on how John Carpenter's THEY LIVE is in conversation with BUGONIA! Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/02/17/b...

Wars not make one great, Donnie.

Check out my recent piece on DIE MY LOVE and how I expected more of an effort from it. flaszonfilm.com/2026/02/25/t...

By choosing NOT to watch THE DEAD ZONE TV show you are choosing not to learn what it feels like to watch a character deliver a monologue at a tornado.

Here is an essay on how ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and ESCAPE FROM LA remain relevant to this day. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/02/21/p... #JohnCarpenter #kurtrussell #escapefromnewyork #escapefromla

Getting old is finding YT videos with people reacting to misic from the early 2000s as though they were uncovering government secrets.

I've been thinking about this little aspect of THE HOUSEMAID for a while now. Have a read. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/02/15/t... #TheHousemaid

Here's an essay on how THEY LIVE and BUGONIA illustrate that it took us just under 40 years to abandon all hope. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/02/17/b... #theylive #JohnCarpenter #Bugonia #YorgosLanthimos

Here's my take on GOAT, a family-friendly and perfectly predictable underdog sports movie developed to resonate specifically with gen-alpha kids. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/02/18/g... #GOAT #GOATMovie #sonyanimation

You haven't lived until you tried watching all six seasons of THE DEAD ZONE.

I kinda love cinema in January and February. You call it a dumping ground, I call it a genre banquet.

Is it odd that I feel happy to have seen a movie that I absolutely detested? Because this will be the easiest 1000 words of pouring vitriol on this turd. Yes, I'm this petty. And the movie is MERCY.

Seeing how few people turn up to see MERCY adds to the vast body of evidence that today's stars are nothing without IP to hide behind.

Here are some thoughts about some of the most culturally significant movies of this year. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/14/a... #AvatarMovie #AvatarFireAndAsh #sinners #Sinners2025 #kpopdemonhunters #kpop

Here's a little piece on those Oscar nominations that dropped earlier today. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/22/t... #academyawards #Oscars #Oscars2026

Here's my take on GIANT, a movie that wants to apply archetypal boxing movie templates to a story that required a completely different approach. Full review here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/20/g... #giant #giantmovie

Here's a little piece of observational writing about weird social effects stemming from having too much to watch. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/19/p... #streaming #Netflix #DisneyPlus #relationship

Here's my take on THE RIP, a great comfort food for dads that honestly could have been released theatrically, especially in January. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/24/t... #TheRip #benaffleck #MattDamon #JoeCarnahan #Netflix

Here are some words on those comments Matt Damon and Ben Affleck made on that podcast a few days back and why it's not a big deal at all. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/25/m... #Netflix #MattDamon #benaffleck #joerogan

Go and read this. I tried.

Check out my recent piece celebrating HIGHLANDER ON its 40th birthday! flaszonfilm.com/2026/01/27/h...

SAIPAN is a weird one. Kinda refreshing but also feels like a movie made to tell a story not worth telling.

Because STRANGER THINGS has come and claimed this space already, we will likely never see a legacy sequel to THE GOONIES where they all are grown up and scarred by life, titled THE GOONS.

I found out recently that DC Compact Comics existed so I bought one. The smell of a brand-new comic book took me back 30 years. I'm liable to buying them all right now. This is something that digital subscription platforms will never recreate.

Here's my take on AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, a feature-length in-game cinematic made for a video game that doesn't exist. Full article here: flaszonfilm.com/2025/12/20/a... #AvatarFireAndAsh #AvatarMovie #avatar #JamesCameron

"We don't use generative AI" says the man whose movie already looks as though it was fake.

James Cameron is the type of guy who would insist that motion smoothing on his TV makes everything look better.

Cigarettes used to be popular. Doesn't mean they were good for anyone. What's your point, Jim?

I played Tomoyasu Hotei's BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY to my 12yo daughter and she was floored. There is hope.

Is it crazy to think that this whole Venezuela tension is an engineered distraction to refocus the media attention away from the Epstein files? I feel like tin foil hat conspiracist for connecting these dots for real.

What I want now is a KILL BILL spoof where the Bride tracks down Bill to make him pay the hospital expenses for an extensive brain surgery amd 4 years of coma. It's called BILL BILL.

I don't know if the fact that Richard Linklater is working on a movie due to release in 2040 is a sign of faith in his own longevity or the longevity of civilization.