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Winter 2025 – Week 3 in Review

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Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. We’re still deep in the January doldrums at this point, but I’ve been keeping busy however I can, and it seems my tabletop associates are at last emerging from their hibernation and bellowing for treats. It’s significantly harder to set up DnD sessions now that we don’t share an apartment, but the spirit is willing even if the scheduling is weak. I’ve also been making good on my resolution to get back into traditional fiction this year, and have already written a short story that’d been bouncing around my head for months. Plus I’m still munching through the delightful Metaphor Refantazio, which is so good it’s actually becoming a bit of a problem in terms of getting to other projects. Nonetheless, my film viewings continue apace, and I’ve curated a fresh collection of reflections for you all to peruse at leisure. Let’s get to it!

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Spring 2024 – Week 3 in Review

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Hello folks, and welcome on back to Wrong Every Time. This week I come to you in a state of shame and disgrace, as I have to admit I mostly sorta liked an Uwe Boll movie. I know, one of the chief cinematic punching bags of the ‘00s actually entertained me – although truly, my increasing appreciation of his oeuvre can likely be ascribed as much to the ensuing degradation of Hollywood action movies as to the quality of Boll’s own films. The era of full greenscreen has essentially destroyed Hollywood’s capacity to create an action movie, and the streamers are if anything even worse – films like Jungle Cruise, Red Notice, and The Grey Man all testify to the death of the traditional action vehicle. Anyway, that aside, I’ve mostly been enjoying the fresh spring air while channeling my natural instincts into the anxiety attacks of my poor goblin cleric, which has been an altogether liberating experience. Let’s burn down the week’s features in the latest Week in Review!

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