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https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/1250303559/permafrost · 16 Jul 2024
A brief novella from an author who is often anything but. It's a gripping read from beginning to end and manages to make complex plot devices work remarkably well in such a short span. If you enjoy Reynolds' other work, this one is essential — if you don...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2024 · 14 Jul 2024
A fun entry into a franchise that's been enjoyable for the duration of the ride. Don't expect anything grandiose but it's an excellent addition and engaging the whole way through.
https://www.coryd.dev/reading/books/0-575-07438-8/pushing-ice · 7 Jul 2024
This is — I believe — the first standalone book I’ve read from Alastair Reynolds and I’m left wishing there was more to it. The crew of the Rockhopper is richly developed and imagined, set firmly in the near future before chasing Janus across time ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/sorry-to-bother-you-2018 · 1 Jul 2024
A bizarre, hilarious and brilliantly rendered attack on capitalism, the dehumanization of workers and gentrification. LaKeith Stanfield is brilliant (as always) and Tessa Thompson is a force. Words can't do it justice but repeat viewings can. Equisapiens l...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-2024 · 29 Jun 2024
Sprawling, epic and — at times — deeply touching. George Miller leaves me wanting ever more entries in the Mad Max saga. It’s not quite as good as Fury Road , but it’s the more dynamic and deeply felt of the two. Anya Taylor-Joy renders Furiosa to ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-2024 · 25 Jun 2024
Monsters! Explosions! KONG! GODZILLA! It was fun and Mini Kong was pretty adorable. Solid cast and performances, some heartfelt cheese and an overt car product placement (can't recall the brand now though).
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/the-invasion-2007 · 18 Jun 2024
If movies could be summed up by associating them with a color this one would be a dull gray. The whole thing is drab. The performances are flat, the plot is tiresome and as much as you'd hope that an otherwise talented cast could buoy this thing, it just s...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/mad-max-beyond-thunderdome-1985 · 6 Jun 2024
This one far, far exceeded my expectations and caps off the early phase of a franchise that — improbably — got better as it went on. The world George Miller brings to life in this is what I'd been hoping to see in the first Mad Max film and saw partly ...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/mad-max-2-1981 · 2 Jun 2024
This is closer to what I expected out of the first Mad Max movie . It's decidedly post-apocalyptic in the way I expected the first entry in the franchise to be. It sees Max scavenging for supplies in an apocalyptic wasteland, reluctantly striking a deal wi...
https://www.coryd.dev/watching/movies/mad-max-1979 · 2 Jun 2024
Announcing that this is set in the "near future" via a brief interstitial was an abrupt way to start things. That said, it wastes no time jumping into an action packed chase scene, before settling into a more relaxed pacing. None of this feels particularly...