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The Nice Guys (2016)
A sharp, funny detective story that balances chaos, violence, and character better than it has any right to.
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1990 (1990)
A fragile, volatile listen that never really lets you settle in — sometimes deeply emotional, sometimes just out of reach.
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Fantastic Four #7 (Dec 1962)
Marvel has the superheroes. It can’t quit the anthology.
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The Twilight Zone “Time Enough at Last” (1959)
Burgess Meredith shines in one of the most iconic and cruelly ironic Twilight Zone stories.
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Blue Sky Mining (1990)
At the height of their powers where melody, politics, and conviction are perfectly aligned.
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Journey Into Mystery #84 (Nov 1962)
Marvel has a god. It doesn’t have the stories yet.
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Head In The Clouds (2026)
Melting Palms deliver a dreamy shoegaze EP where fuzzy guitars and buried pop melodies create a surprisingly hopeful haze.
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House of Love (1990)
Big hooks, dreamy guitars, and a vocal style that gives everything character.
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The Incredible Hulk #3 (September 1962)
Marvel doesn’t know if it created a superhero or a monster yet.
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Melt the Honey (2024)
A warm, fuzzy indie rock album that focuses on mood and atmosphere as much as melody.
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Paradise Season 2 – Final Thoughts
Season 2 pushes Paradise into stranger territory, and while I’m not fully convinced it all works, it stays compelling enough — and tense enough — that I’m still on board.
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Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990)
An album that doesn’t meet you halfway — you kind of have to go with it.
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Fantastic Four #6 (Sept 1962)
Marvel realizes it has a franchise.
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Bloodline (2026)
An album that pulls you in with its beauty, then makes you sit with something much heavier.
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The Weird #4 – When Power Isn’t Enough
Issue #4 of The Weird explores what happens when power fails — and how, in the end, what remains isn’t just strength, but something far more human.
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The Twilight Zone “The Lonely” (1959)
A haunting early Twilight Zone story about isolation and the desperate need for companionship.
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The Cool Cloud of Okayness (2024)
An atmospheric album that rewards patience and invites you to sink into its quiet, dreamy world.
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Tales to Astonish #35 (Sept 1962)
Marvel introduces a hero whose powers come in a bottle.
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Daredevil: Born Again Season 2— First Look
The first episode of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 feels like the show may have finally figured it out — where the superhero side and the gritty crime drama actually work together instead of pulling in different directions.
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American Road in New Jersey (2026)
A hazy, genre-blurring record that keeps changing shape, but always circles back to melody.
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The Incredible Hulk #2 (September 1962)
The Hulk turns green, grabs a gun, and fights every sci-fi trope you can think of.
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
A biopic that focuses on the physical cost of MMA fighting with a performance from Dwayne Johnson that lives up to the hype.
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Carved in Sand (1990)
Moody and theatrical, sometimes a little heavy, but at its best when the melodies cut through the atmosphere.
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The Weird #3 – Power and Isolation
Issue #3 of The Weird explores the relationship between power and isolation — and how some choices don’t bring you closer to others, but leave you with something you have to carry alone.
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No Love Lost to Kindness (2026)
A lush indie pop record with bright, jangly guitars, dreamy textures, and bittersweet vocals that make it easy to get pulled in.
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Twilight Zone “Escape Clause” (1959)
A hypochondriac makes a deal that he comes to regret.
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Journey Into Mystery #83 (Aug 1962)
Marvel discovers that having power can be fun.
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A Simple Plan (1998)
A snowy crime story where every bad decision leads to dangerous consequences.
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Stay Sick! (1990)
1950s Horror B- movie vibes and sleaze done to a catchy punk beat with twangy riffs.
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Paradise Season 2 – First Look
After the events of season one, Paradise expands beyond the bunker and into a wider, more uncertain world, following both familiar characters and new survivors trying to navigate what’s left behind.
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Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug 1962)
Spider-Man debuts and Marvel decrees that great power comes with responsibility.
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The Baltimorons (2025)
A charming Christmas Eve story about how meeting the right person at the right moment can change how you see yourself.
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Sadness Sets Me Free (2024)
A strange trip through unique musical styles with songs about sadness and perseverance that really stuck with me.
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The Weird #2 – Freedom and Hubris
Issue #2 of The Weird explores the relationship between power, freedom, and the arrogance that can grow from both.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Strong performances power this messy meditation on grief and justice, but the film’s provocations ultimately feel like a misfire.
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The Twilight Zone “Walking Distance” (1959)
A man visits his childhood hometown and learns that he can’t live in the past.
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30 Minutes to Get Back: Episode 5
The Beatles confront political authority, the music business, and themselves.
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Weed Forestin’ (1990)
Lo-fi album that refuses to be easy as melody and fuzz fight for control.
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Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962)
The moment Marvel realizes that the bad guys matter too.
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The Joy of Sects (2024)
A fun, campy, subversive blend of punk and rock that would make characters in a John Waters film proud.
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Rooster – First Look
A character-driven comedy about people who clearly aren’t okay yet, and may not be ready to confront why.
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The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)
A monster born of the atomic age — and Marvel’s first real collision with the Cold War.
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Zerwee III (2026)
Sounds like a love letter to late 90s power-pop alt-rock.
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The Weird #1 – Power and Fear
Issue #1 of The Weird explores the relationship between power and fear.
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Sorry Baby (2025)
A thoughtful, quiet, effective film that explores how the weight of trauma can creep in and out as someone tries to continue living their life.
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Out of the Furnace (2013)
A slow burn story about revenge that cares more about consequences than catharsis.
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The Twilight Zone “The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine” (1959)
A former movie star unable to live with her present escapes to the past.
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Fantastic Four #4 (May 1962)
The Fantastic Four stops feeling like an anthology and starts to act like an ongoing series.
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30 Minutes to Get Back: Episode 4
The Beatles are very good at being The Beatles. They’re just not very good at being Beatles Inc.
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Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
A retro rock revival in 1990 that sounds timeless.
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