The things Aaron likes…
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Creature Commandos
Reactions: Amused, Deja vu // Review: I liked Creature Commandos. It’s acerbic and clever. There are several laugh-out-loud moments. Every line out of GI Robot’s mouth is perfection. There’s a lot to enjoy in this animated show. However. This just feels like James Gunn doing more James Gunn. It’s very one-trick-pony. Honestly the witty banter…
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Parable of the Talents
Reactions: Horrified, Hopeful // Review: This book is a sequel to Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sowers. And let me be very clear, despite the beautifully elegant and simple narrative style, each of these books is emotionally devastating to read. Butler wrote them in 1993 and 1998 – during the Clinton years. And yet, she…
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My Policeman
Reactions: Cute, Gay, Sad // Review: If you’re looking for a British version of Fellow Travelers, then this is the movie for you. The production quality isn’t quite at the same level as F.T. but it’s still a well-produced movie.
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All of Us Strangers
Reactions: Poignant, Heartbreaking, Surreal // Review: This movie is stunning. It’s one of the slowest-paced movies I’ve seen in a long while. And as such, I almost gave up on it in the first ten minutes. But I’m so glad I stuck with it, even though I knew nothing about it and had no idea…
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Somebody Somewhere
Reactions: I laughed. I cried. Heartfelt happiness. // Review: I’m shocked that it took me this long to finally watch Somebody Somewhere because this show is exactly the type of show I love. I am not being hyperbolic when I say that this is one of the best shows I’ve seen in ages. It’s so…
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It Ends with Us
Reactions: Triggering, Powerful, Gut-wrenching. // Review: I did NOT know what I was getting myself into when I pressed play on It Ends With Us. I honestly believed it was another cute romcom. And then the first “incident” happens. At first I thought, ok, it was an accident. Then the second one occurred and I…
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Dune: Prophecy
Reactions: Intrigue, Eyes-glued, Fucking wow. // Review: I wasn’t so sure about this new Dune series after the first two episodes. Then it hit its stride and, as I said above, just fucking wow. In a world of sequels and remakes, this feels different. While there have been three movie versions of the book Dune…
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Midnight’s Children
Reactions: Fantastical, Epic, Literary Genius. // Review: This book is not for the easily distracted. In the introduction, Rushdie himself says he set out to write a novel that blends the epic nature of greats like Anna Karenina and Pride and Prejudice with the magical realism of One Hundred Years of Solitude. And he sure…
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Juror #2
Reactions: Meh. // Review: This blog won’t all be things I like, but I will always try to at least comment on aspects of something I enjoyed. In this case, the acting is quite good and Nicholas Hoult shines. I’ll watch anything with him in it! Ok, that’s the good stuff. On with the “meh.”…
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Mystery of Aaravos
Reactions: Fun, Magical, Dark. // Review: Don’t let the somewhat juvenile animation style fool you: This show is dark and complex. You get: assassin elves, star-touch elves warring with arch-dragons, fire elves and their lesbian queen who marries a human, gay husband moonshadow elves who surrogate-raise one of the protagonists, dark magic, prophesying skywing elves…
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Tales from the Loop
Reactions: Haunting, Beautiful, Emotional. // Review: I really enjoyed this 2020 series from Amazon. It’s a sci-fi series that’s set in a not-too-distant future with a 70s retro vibe. Each episode is self-contained, but they all revolve around a cast of characters living in a seemingly-Midwest town in which there’s an underground laboratory called The…
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