weekly digest: turns out I was not back :-(
the very little that happened at Flick Filosopher from Monday, Apr 24, to Sunday, Apr 30
One of the things about being a freelancer and your own boss is that it’s tough to take days off, especially when it feels like if you just hustle a bit harder, massive success will finally come your way. But I’m trying to be a little better about that — especially now, with my mood so low — which is why I didn’t make myself too crazy getting this Weekly Digest out yesterday. (I usually send them on Mondays. I would love to be able to get my act together enough to send them on Sundays. But that would be working on Sundays when I’d rather not be. *sigh*) Because yesterday was a holiday in the UK, where I live.
Sounds good, right? Except I did work yesterday, including writing a review that I’ll post in the next day or two. I just didn’t work as much as I might have.
The struggle is real…
—MaryAnn
new at flick filosopher, Apr 24–30
daily stream: a marginalized rapper goes home and goes big
2020’s Mogul Mowgli is on HBO Max in the US, BBC iPlayer in the UK. [read more]
daily stream: undercover, without a clue
2012’s 21 Jump Street leaves US Netflix very soon; on MGM in the UK. [read more]
daily stream: meet the most extreme tourists on Earth [pictured]
2020’s Stalking Chernobyl is streaming free worldwide on YouTube. [read more]
loaded question (revisited): what cool stuff are you watching / reading / listening to / playing/ enjoying right now?
TV or movies, games, comic books or novels, magazines, web sites, music, whatever. If you’re loving it right now and want to evangelize about it, this is the place! [reply at Flick Filosopher | reply at Substack | reply at Patreon]
behind the scenes: I’ve never been so low
tl;dr: Everything at the moment is just so difficult, and requires so much effort, mental and physical. I’m so exhausted. My mood just decays a little more each day. [read more]
plus one straggler from the desolate week before:
loaded question: what’s the best-ever pop-culture product placement?
I’m going with FedEx in 2000’s Cast Away, which works on multiple levels. [reply at Flick Filosopher | reply at Substack | reply at Patreon]
what I’m watching and bingeing
The Mandalorian [Disney+ globally]: finished Season 3; bit rushed and hence rather anticlimactic in the end, wasn’t it?
Old Enough! [Netflix globally]: still have not gotten back to this, I’m a terrible person
Picard [Paramount+ US (via Prime)/Prime UK]: finished Season 3; so much nostalgia!
The Power [Prime US/Prime UK/and globally]: really starting to pick up now; interesting to watch boys and men getting scared of the opposite sex in the same way that girls and women have been since forever
Beef [Netflix globally]: finished! intriguing exploration of loneliness and disconnection, with great performances by Yeun and Wong, but not gonna lie, the experience has been tarnished by the offscreen issues…
coming up at Flick Filosopher…
rom-com What’s Love Got to Do with It?
action comedy Polite Society
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
costume drama Chevalier
French dramedy Other People’s Children
John Wick: Chapter 4
Owen Wilson in dramedy Paint
newly minted Oscar Best Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once
British indie rom-com Rye Lane
action comedy Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
hippies turn religious freaks in historical drama Jesus Revolution
Cocaine Bear, which will surely be the film of 2023
animated flicks Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Amazing Maurice
as many Oscar nominees as I can get to (including the shorts)
#MeToo dramas She Said and Women Talking
indie horror Skinamarink
And more!
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