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[lostwhump]

Altered Carbon (2018-2020) || Out of the Past (1.01)

[lobbycards]

Street Fighter, German lobby card. German theatrical release 1995

[letterboxd-loggd]

The Big Short (2015) Adam McKay

June 6th 2025

[yumyumpod]

Watching The Expanse for the first time: The Weeping Somnambulist

[camyfilms]

THE BIG SHORT 2015

Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.

[ratleyland]

"For you; the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life... but for me, it was Tuesday!"

The classic movie is absolute cheese... but it has some of the best one-liners.

[dragao88]

Crying Freeman (1995)

[ciegeinc]

Series Review...The Recruit

(4/5) I was going to end this show with a rating with 3.5 or 3.8, but that ending made it officially an 4/5.  So superficially the show feels like an older show called, "Chuck" with a pinch of "Scandal" (DC work/agency connections and double crossing and a bunch of lying) and "How To Get Away with Murder" (Murder mystery, starting from the end with flashbacks and plot twist).  

I was initially going to land with a lower rating because of the main character. By the end of the season, the last couple of episodes, Owen (Noah Centineo) became extremely annoying.  He's naivete was comical and some what endearing at the beginning of the season but by the end it came off as just stupid.  After the first episode he was in a situation that he could have not returned.  Anyone else would have tighten up after that but he did not.  Working for the CIA not watching your back, internationally traveling and not considering time zones, going on dates and seating by the biggest window, calling and emailing people in none secure ways plus a lot more.

Another character flaw Owen had was his ability to manipulate.  Now in situations where he was an unsanctioned spy, it worked perfectly.  But with situations with his friends I hated watching him play the people who was closest to him, especially Hannah.  I give props to the actor (Centineo) though, because his whole energy changed when he started to use his words to snake his way out of a situation or manipulate someone's feelings.

This should grow into something really special...do yourself a favor and jump on the bandwagon now before it blow up. The comedy captures you, the suspense keeps you and the ending makes you want more. A fledgling CIA lawyer gets caught up in a dangerous game of international politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her relationship with the agency unless they clear her name (rottentomatoes.com).