I don’t usually go out and watch biographies of musicians, because they tend to be so formulaic. In this case, I didn’t know its a real rap group, so I guess that kind of saved this for me. The movie actually makes fun of formulaic movies straight from the start. It begins with archive footage from the Troubles, including burning cars and unruly mobs (although I don’t want to disbarrage the people fighting for their freedom), but the narrator just stops that and tells us that every Irish movie that references the Troubles in any way always starts like this, but their story doesn’t.
My Top 10 Favorite Movies Directed by Famous Actors
After seeing a couple great movies directed by people better known as actors, I started to think about this. How often does it really happen? There’s plenty of actors who have tried their hand at directing, such as Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp and Bill Paxton, to mixed results, but one would think there are benefits to coming up through the acting pipeline.
A Very Subjective Ranking of Australian Horror Films
Igor Is the Best Thing About Anora
There’s a piece of trivia on IMDb I find perplexing.
Said to be following wealthy people, a first for director Sean Baker.
My Top 10 Offbeat Spooky Season Movies
Note that the key here is “spooky” season. There’s a playful side to this. It’s not all blood and gore or psychological torment. It’s about having fun with the possibility of those. So, no Halloween here.
Ideas for Using Generative Artificial Intelligence for Your RPG
First, it’s fine not to use them. I mean, I’ve done pretty well for decades without one, so how much is it going to help if I start using them now? Not much. Images would be helpful, because I can’t really draw, but I’ve always been very disappointed with the results from image generators. Video generators are worse.
The prompts used to make this video were:
- Two geeks playing Magic the Gathering
- Player on the right goes to the attack step.
- A judge comes over and stops the game.
- The judge adds counters to a card.
- The player on the left disputes the judge’s decision and wants the head judge.
So, below I’m going to be talking about where they can actually be helpful.
My Top 10 Favorite 80s Movies
Specifically movies made in the 80s, not movies about the 80s.
Has Streaming Changed Albums?
I was thinking, the incentives of making an album have changed, so does that mean that albums have changed as well?
The Beautiful Inconsistencies of Pitchfork’s Best Albums of 2020s So Far
If you’re interested in the list, you can find it here.
Lack of Flow States in Current Magic
The great thing about games is that you can reach flow state. What is that exactly? Well, hard to say what it is exactly, but in general it is a positive feeling of being energized while being fully immersed in some activity.