Z: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Platform: Prime Video
Late
All right, let’s finish this. My last film in my far-too-late FebNEWary is Z: Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, a documentary about an early cable channel that pioneered the showing of smaller, more obscure films on television. The history of the channel is told through people associated with the channel itself, as well as filmmakers and actors whose work got far more attention than they would…
Y: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze (2024)
Platform: Netflix
Late
Hell with it, I’m counting this. I’m already into March, so the rules for FebNEWary don’t really apply anymore. Letterboxd calls this a movie, so I will too. Anyway, I was looking for something lighthearted to watch this afternoon and this fit the bill nicely. Bargatze is a “safe” comedian. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, I mean that I know he’s not going to…
NO SPOILERS: This isn't exactly your father's Spider-Man. He's still funny, and he's still smart. He's agile and energetic, and Tom Holland is clearly having fun in the role. But this is part of the MCU, so his motivations have been tweaked accordingly. Unlike Spider-Man in the previous movies or the earlier days of the comics, this is a kid who grew up in a world where Iron Man and the Avengers exist, and his attitudes reflect that. But he…
Remember those Diet Coke ads where they used special effects to bring back a dead celebrity? This is the shitty Halloween special version of that.
