LWatts (lwatts)

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is beautifully made. Too beautifully made to be streamed on Netflix, in your living room, on your crappy TV, with your crappy sound system. I had hoped to see this at the Paris Theatre in New York, the way God intended. Unfortunately, I had to settle for the aforementioned scenario.

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I’m with you, Nissan.

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In Rental Family, Brendan Fraser plays a struggling actor who books the one acting job AI can’t replace: playing an emotional support human. He can be your husband, your father, your wingman — all of the above if the price is right. And while Fraser’s sticker price has definitely gone up since his BIG (pun always intended) comeback in 2022’s The Whale, you can still feel his “struggling” in “struggling actor.” Fourteen years of Hollywood purgatory is one way to prepare for a role. Let’s call it involuntary method acting.

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Recommended read: Careless People. The author has been blocked by Meta NDA arbitration from promoting the book, so I’m doing my part. Also, Mark Zuckerberg is a son of a bitch and nobody should use his products.

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Paul Thomas Anderson only makes masterpieces — but only two have made money. ‘One Battle After Another’ is more accessible than most PTA films, but with a $140m budget, don’t expect it to break with tradition. Its tale of race and revolution, fueled by a top-tier ensemble, could almost draw mainstream crowds… if not for that 2h41m runtime. Still, it’s beautifully shot, jaw-dropping in 70mm IMAX, and full of grounded humor sharp enough to make your wittiest friend jealous. And as your wittiest friend, I can vouch for that. If you love cinema, go see this. Otherwise, watch Love Island or whatever dogshit makes your dopamine flow, you philistine.

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Serious question that I expect a healthy amount of unserious responses to (if any): is there a realistic way to minimize the crypto shit on this app? I’m not here for that; I’m here in spite of it. And also because Twitter is now a toxic cesspool. The crypto has always been annoying, but it was getting better when this app was attempting to expand to normies. Now it seems to have abandoned that aspiration and, instead, has quadrupled down on shitcoins. Hard pass on that noise. In the meantime, my main feed has become pretty much useless. Seeking actionable suggestions.

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