James Wood
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New feature! A quick history of James Bond videogame songs turned into a quiet rumination on the folly of chasing fan expectations, the importance of music in pop culture works, and a passive-aggressive pass at 007 First Light's need to be liked.
Rainbow capitalism was bad but I’d still prefer performative gay shit this month over whatever is happening here
The opening ten minutes of Disney Pixar’s Cars 2 has a better grasp on the formal qualities of a spy adventure than 007 First Light #LastFourWatched
First book in a series of trilogies that make up a sprawling fantasy world, huge on interiority and examinations of gender and power, compelling remixes of genre staples, and some of the sharpest prose you can find in the space.
Cary disclosing Ron to high society had more tension than the entirety of Steve’s latest #LastFourWatched
Still thinking about when Jeff Probst gave Cirie a Dark Souls III collector's edition trophy to celebrate her time on Survivor 50
Disclosure Day was a bit of a clunker but Emily Blunt is the most anyone has been on one in a film this year (hugely complimentary)
Anytime I start getting antsy about the lack of Duskblood details they wheel out the fucking rat-crow and I’m at ease again.