Bugonia (2025) is basically if a conspiracy theorist version of John Q (2002) met Contact (1997) and They Live (1988).

I saw a digital version of this, one whole day ahead of release day. I still feel fancy, so let me have this, OK? Anyways, this movie might be the best movie that has released this year, for me at least. What can I say, Bugonia REALLY scratched a LOT of impregnable itches for me, satiated some of my mental…

Watching Michael B. Jordan pass himself a rolled cigarette is next step awesome to me. Like that scene looks really good and believable, and I honestly don't want to know how they did it, I mean obviously with computer aid, but just wow. All the scenes with them together are just really a testament to how good computer aided graphics have gotten in the film industry. I still much prefer practical effects, but in this case, practical effects really aren't…

Okello: [Hallucinating] "That is no ship. That is no forest."

[Arrow hits him]

Okello: "That is no arrow. We just imagine the arrows because we fear them."

Don Lope de Aguirre: "These arrows are real!"

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) is only my second Werner Herzog film watch, and let's just say that I found Grizzly Man (2005) to both have not aged well, but also be sort of just middling in general, so of course I held much…

"The target is going deeper and deeper."

"That's what she said" - Michael Scott

This is surprisingly my first Ishirō Honda film watch of this year, though I've seen 20 of his films so far, making Atragon (1963) my 21st. I just simply needed more kaiju films on my list of 2026 movie watches, and Ishirō Honda is just the man to provide that for me.

Atragon is the introductory movie for the kaiju Manda, an extremely long sea dragon…

1. Sensei Sergio St. Carlos:

"I've got a little Latino Harriet Tubman situation going on at my place. All legit. From the heart. No cash."

2. Greeting Code Voice:

"I need the greeting code, Bob."

Bob:

"Uhh, fuck. Well, I don't remember the fucking greeting code because I got a little bit high."

That second quote is quite literally the story of my life, by the way.

Why not make my 4th Paul Thomas Anderson movie experience be his most…

2:17.......Oh great rifle in the sky, hear my cry!

Am I the only one that found the kids running scene in the beginning way too long? I can't be the only one. Also, I used to have the toy string spin thing that they show in the commercial on the television. That or I had something very similar, and it was pretty cool, at least for a small bit of time. Anyways, it was a joy seeing Josh Brolin, he…