The 21-Word Review: Ambulance (Delta In-flight)

Feels like someone fed a lot of action movie tropes into a video version of DALL-E and this was spewed out.

The 21-Word Review: Venom Let There Be Carnage (Delta In Flight)

After two years without an international flight - and with multiple streaming services at home - I've seen just about everything Delta offers.

The 21-Word Review: Morbius (Netflix)

Streaming service quality is measured in Matt Smith roles. PBS (The Crown, Doctor Who) > HBO (GoT) > Netflix (this trash).

The 21-Word Review: Thor Love and Thunder (Disney+)

With an OP superhero like Thor, a little silliness is needed to humanize the protagonist. A little. Not this much, though.

The 21-Word Review: Elvis (HBO Max)

As a long time Baz Luhrmann fan, I had high expectations. They were exceeded. Lovely and wondrous and sad and heartbreaking.

The 21-Word Review: Uncharted (Netflix)

Started watching after my second shingles shot, so napped and woke up to helicopters with pirate ships ... or something similarly ludicrous.

The 21-Word Review: Bill and Ted Face the Music (Amazon)

A lot like the original. I think. I really don't remember a whole lot but I think it was like this.

The 21-Word Review: Prey (Hulu)

Nothing matches the original, but for a version that comes free with your cell phone bill, this was very, very good.

The 21-Word Review: Day Shift (Netflix)

The Golden Age of television is officially over. We are now officially in the too much content, too little quality age.

The 21-Word Review: Flipped by Greg Bluestein

The best part of the launch event was watching all of the people in the audience flip to the index first.

The 21-Word Review: NOPE

Is it like anything else out there? Does it feel like other Jordan Peele movies? Is it to be missed? Nope.

The 21-Word Review: Without Remorse (Amazon)

In my youth I read almost all of Tom Clancy's novels. I don't believe I ever read one with this plot.

The 21-Word Review: The Gray Man (Netflix)

A more brutal and chaotic 007, not coincidentally named 6. Ignore the snarky review and just enjoy the fabulous multinational mayhem.

The 21-Word Review: Sing 2 (Netflix)

Because sometimes you really just need to hear a classic U2 song sung by a porcupine Scarlett and a lion Bono.

The 21-Word Review: The Bob's Burgers Movie (HBO Max)

I like the show, but couldn't imagine putting up with it for two hours. It's worth it for the music alone.

The 21-Word Review: Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney+)

It started very dark and interesting and then the dragon became Awkwafina and I remembered that this is a kid's movie.

Telecomm Nostalgia, 2022 Market Share Edition

I ran across this post from 2010 and realized that I haven't updated the diagram in over 10 years. Things can change a lot in 10 years. Even more in the 22 years since the original diagram was printed in Lightwave Magazine.

(Current market share numbers courtesy of Cignal AI.)

The 21-Word Review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Amazon)

It should be obvious by now that no one can play Nicholas Cage correctly except Nicholas Cage. And maybe Andy Samberg.

The 21-Word Review: The Last Duel (Amazon)

My wife refused to watch this one because she thought it would be too violent for her. She was correct.

The 21-Word Review: Saint Maud (Amazon)

I was promised a horror movie, not a sad and disturbing character study. Always read the reviews. Real ones, not mine.

The 21-Word Review: Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Disney+)

In an alternate universe I won my first Tony by 30, my first Oscar by 40, and retired to Marvel movies.

The 21-Word Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (HBO Max)

Really makes you long for the wonder and joy you experienced when watching - or reading - the originals for the first time.

The 21-Word Review: Top Gun: Maverick

The music starts during the opening credits and it's 1986 and you are a high school senior again with great hair.

The 21-Word Review: RRR (Netflix)

Come for the bromance, stay for the CGI tigers, over the top action sequences, wild dance scenes, and oddly literal lyrics.

The 21-Word Review: Old (HBO Max)

Shyamalan keeps swinging for the fences and even if some don't quite make it out of the park, that's still admirable.