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https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/9781250897701/the-sing-sing-files · 4 Feb 2025
It goes without saying that the US’ carceral system isn’t just deeply flawed, it’s entirely broken. From private prisons looking to fill beds and doing nothing to reduce recidivism, to law enforcement and prosecutorial unwillingness to admit mistakes...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/den-of-thieves-2-pantera-2025 · 3 Feb 2025
Not a good movie, but a fun movie. Gerard Butler's got that dirtbag swagger down as Big Nick, O'Shea is excellent (again) and the scenery is beautiful . Not as serious or as gripping as Heat but fun as hell all the same. Butler screaming "fuck NATO!" while...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-thicket-2024 · 20 Jan 2025
Between Levon's turns in this film and Blink Twice , Maya's in Stranger Things and Ethan's litany of accomplishments I'm starting to blindly associate the last name Hawke with movies worth watching. That he's surrounded by a brilliant cast including Peter ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/shot-caller-2017 · 15 Jan 2025
A gruesome character study focused on Jacob (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who has an idyllic life before fucking up royally (RIP Schmidt ) and forcefully pushing away his family in an effort to get them to move on and — ultimately — protect them. The America...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/1992-2022 · 14 Jan 2025
I like heist movies and this was a perfectly decent heist movie. Tyrese is a strong, reliable lead, Scott Eastwood is a welcome sight (unlike his father — shoo, shoo go away). Ray Liotta delivers a classic Liotta bad guy performance (he was good at that ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-running-man-1987 · 8 Dec 2024
I love this exact brand of 80s/early 90s sci-fi cheese. We’re 7 years past 2017 but it feels like we’re hurtling towards a similarly stupid post-apocalyptic society. There’s spandex, dorky one-liners and plenty of violence dished out by Arnold. Fanta...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/end-of-watch-2012 · 13 Nov 2024
I turned this on and I hated — HATED — the way it was shot. Then I got over it. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are fabulous in what amounts to a relentlessly watchable buddy cop movie shot documentary style. Abrasive, gripping, stressful — far exc...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/shoot-em-up-2007 · 10 Nov 2024
Dull, violent and devoid of a discernible plot or engaging performances. It’s vaguely entertaining and not totally unwatchable but it’s basically all over the top violence, gore and juvenile humor.
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-frozen-ground-2013 · 6 Nov 2024
One of my coping methods/self-care strategies is throwing on movies or TV (AirPods in) and exercising before everyone else wakes up. This is today's movie. An effective true crime thriller that — sadly — is rooted in themes that are far too common in t...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-last-stop-in-yuma-county-2024 · 28 Sep 2024
This feels like it could be a Coen brothers movie (where's Frances McDormand?). Tense and (at times) subdued, with an excellent cast (none of whom I recognized outside of Jon Proudstar). Doesn't overstay it's welcome either at a brisk 90-minute run time. I...