The telos of this website, its abiding purpose, is a record of the things that I have read and watched. For the reasons undergirding this project see comments on cultural consumption.
7/3
— The Flash (2023), 20 minutes
Directed by Andy Muschietti from a screenplay by Christina Hodson; starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, and Michael Keaton.
— Code 8 (2019)
Directed by Jeff Chan, written by Chris Pare; starring Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell, Chris Pare, Sung Kang, Kari Matchett, Greg Bryk, and Aaron Abrams.
— Mary Queen of Scots, 20 pp.
— Very Short Introduction to Geology, 10 pp.
7/4
— Out of Sight (1998), 30 m
Directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard‘s 1996 novel of the same name; starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Nancy Allen, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks.
7/5
— Finished Out of Sight
— Ripley (2024), 1-2
Directed and written by Steven Zaillian, based on Patricia Highsmith‘s 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley; starring Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn.
— Mary, 20 pp.
7/6
— Rest is History, Assassination of Frank Ferdinand, 1-3
7/7
— Mary, Queen, 20 pp.
7/8
— Mary, Queen, 30 pp.
7/10
— Finished Mary, Queen of Scots
— Geology A VSI, 10 pp.
7/11
— The Grey (2011)
Directed by Joe Carnahan, and written by Carnahan and Ian MacKenzie Jeffers; starring Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, and James Badge Dale.
— Geology, A VSI, 15 pp.
7/13
— O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
Directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen; starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and Charles Durning.
— Luck (2022)
Directed by Peggy Holmes and Javier Abad, written by Kiel Murray; starring Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg, Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Flula Borg, Lil Rel Howery, Colin O’Donoghue, and John Ratzenberger.
— Gerald Griffin, “The Hand and the Word”
7/15
— Ripley, 3
7/16
— The Lego Movie (2014)
Directed and written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story they co-wrote with Dan and Kevin Hageman; starring Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson, and Morgan Freeman.
— Thomas Waters, “Guilty or Not Guilty?”
7/17
— The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Directed by Chris McKay, written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Jared Stern, and John Whittington; starring Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, and Ralph Fiennes.
7/19
— Scarlet Street (1945), last hour
Directed by Fritz Lang, written by Dudley Nichols; starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea.
— Casino Royale (2006)
Directed by Martin Campbell, written by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, and Paul Haggis; starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, and Jeffrey Wright.
— Finished Geology: VSI
7/20
— Deadwood (2004-06), 2.1-2