Digger

broderic on November 13, 2026

Digger‘s reputation preceded it. For the few weeks before I was able to watch it, the reviews were quite mixed. I follow Guillermo del Toro on Twitter, and he spammed tons of exhilarating user reviews giving “two thumbs up” and “five stars — better than Cats” endorsements. I watch a ton of YouTube and the anti-woke crowd spamming their reviews calling it the worst.

Which set of reviewers did I believe? None. I had to watch it for myself to come to a judgement.

Personally, I liked it. I didn’t jibe with the director’s style, but I liked it. It’s main theme is how we have let the rich do this to us. What “this?” The destruction of the only planet that we live on. It wasn’t just the rich devouring everything, but you and I happily acquiescing to the destruction we did. We are our own worst enemies, and we’re bringing the apocalypse upon ourselves.

The director, Inarritu, directed Birdman, which is similar to Digger. It had that feel with its “staged” scenes. I was repelled for this staging, but the story and performances made up for it. It’ll most likely be the only film on my “best of list.”

4 of 5 stars.

The Sinking of the SS United States

broderic on November 12, 2026

They turned her into a reef.

After waiting all day for her to sink, she finally sunk. These are her last moments. There’s that shot of her name plate, just before her bow goes under, that has to be a metaphor for the way her namesake’s country is on its last legs. The United States itself is sinking and will be only be interesting to men in masks.

Anyhow, she sunk in 100 feet of water on November 11, 2026.

Idle Dreams

broderic on November 1, 2026

The other night I had dreamt of Nishino Nanase. She was draped on my shoulder with her arms intertwined with mine and her chin on my shoulder. Totally fell in love with her again. Anyhow, the crux of the dream was me confessing to her even saying I liked her husband.

That’s about as much as I can remember a few days since the dream, and now, I’ve been searching for Nanase again…

Happy Halloween 2026

broderic on October 31, 2026

Last night took a ghost tour at Gettysburg College. It’s the most haunted college in America, built on top of the dead from the battle. Every dorm has its own share of apparitions.

Not really. But they did have to disinter bodies from the grounds.

R.I.P. Sir Patrick Stewart

broderic on October 30, 2026

Captain Picard has died.

It was yesterday afternoon that we had learned that Sir Patrick Stewart had died on Wednesday. This news saddens me.

He will forever be the Federation’s Captain Picard — my captain from The Next Generation which I grew up watching. Yet, he’s so much more. Gurney Halick in David Lynch’s Dune, the doctor in Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce, and of course, Professor X in the X-Men movies. These are all roles I loved him in.

Rest in peace, dear sir.

World War III

broderic on October 18, 2026

Gonna post this as we’re on the verge of World War III erupting. Go see Nostrodamus’s prediction. Dumb Donald has lit the fuse. The world is going to burn.

Stay safe everyone.

“Ass, comma, sounds like this job is a pain in the.”

broderic on September 21, 2026

Hope

Hope’s final fifteen minutes confused me. I thought it was just a straight up sci-fi thriller, action film, but it turned out to be the opening chapter of a series of movies. A trilogy? Two movies? Who knows? I went in thinking it was a self-contained universe, but left with a large universe to reckon with.

The last half even had no explanation of who was who or what was what. We just know that the aliens didn’t want to see some dude explode. Who that alien dude was only the writer knows. We’ll find out in part 2.

I think everyone going in wasn’t expecting it to be continued. It made people hate it for that.

3 of 5 stars.

“Taxi cabs. That would be under ‘Yellow, comma, things that are.'”

broderic on September 21, 2026

Coyote vs. Acme

Coyote vs. Acme was withheld from theaters a few years back because Warner Bros., the distributor, thought to save money by not releasing it. No film in theater and no money spent for anything. They took a tax write off. But the movie was already finished and a lot of people complained. So here we are in 2026 it finally got released. Was it worth it?

No.

The movie was terrible with a very D-list cast. Not that anyone was bad, but no one but the Road Runner, the Coyote, and Will Forte are well known. Not that the rest were bad just that I never heard of them at all. I hope though they get some work from this.

The movie just didn’t have enough comedy to make me laugh.

2 of 5 stars.