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No Resolutions, Only Resolve

Today marks six months of unemployment. Half a year without steady income; half a year on unemployment that only just covers my rent in this insanely expensive city; half a year chasing old contacts and discovering most of them, like myself, no longer have jobs; half a year scraping together

We Stop This Or It Gets Worse

Today, I offer no pop culture updates or lists. I come to you with a plea.

Top 10 Movies of 2025

If I had a week, I still wouldn't have enough time to list all of the ways that 2025 was terrible. You know what wasn't bad, though? Movies.

Steve Rogers Will Return... But Should He?

Listen. My dog's name is (Steve) Rogers. Still, I have mixed feelings about Steve returning to the fray.

The Disney OpenAI Deal Is Worse Than You Think

Story updated to include WGA's official statement on the deal. You can read The Animation Guild's full statement on bsky. Today, Walt Disney Studios announced a deal with OpenAI to bring characters from across Disney's brands to Sora (OpenAI's video generation tool)

Media Consolidation, Tech 'Disruptors', and Winter Catch-Up, Oh My!

The week after Thanksgiving is always slightly unhinged as the last gasp of FYC events make the rounds ahead of awards season, and this one was no different. Every night of the week found itself packed with screenings and events. The screenings? Dismal! (More on that in a bit.) But

Tinselcolor: Holiday Soundtracks Live at CineVita is the Perfect Start to the Holiday Season

Have you ever heard of a Belgian speigeltent? I hadn't prior to heading to CineVita's Tinselcolor: Holiday Soundtracks Live show, and now it's the only way I want to watch live performances for the foreseeable future.

Thankful.

We're on the other side of Thanksgiving, the masses are punching each other over Black Friday deals, football's on the television (please don't talk to me about LaFleur's highway robbery and bullshit little wink, I've already crashed out twice), and

The Annual Catch-Up Meets Parasite(s)

It's that time of year when any member of a voting body scrambles to fit in everything we missed during the regular season. (Unless you're able to keep up with everything, at which point I'd like to know what it's like to be god's favorite child?)

It's All Happening (No Really, All At Once)

Evil men are dying, The Mummy is coming back with Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weisz, my newly installed security system is incessantly beeping and I am slowing losing myself to insanity... a lot is happening!

Hug Your Friends and Let Yourself Be Tired

Being tired doesn't mean that you're letting the bad guys win or that you're giving up. Just means that you're acknowledging that you need a rest. Rest and joy are, in fact, critical to resistance after all.

The NYCC Dispatch, or, The Art of Creative Fulfillment

At first, I attributed the post-NYCC ConDrop to the fact that it was a quick turn-around show for me. After some reflection, though, I realized it was less because I wasn't tired (because I assure you I was absolutely exhausted), but because I had felt more creatively fulfilled than I had in years.

Dancing in the Rain: Or Being Very Good At Being Poor

The fun thing about being unemployed (or I guess underemployed, since I'm freelancing where I can) is that there's always something to do and you literally never feel like you're doing enough.

Consumption, Peacemaking, and Collective Action, Oh My!

But hey, I tried, and I'm choosing to believe that's what matters for the time being. I've got that or panic, and for now I'm choosing the former.