This is one of those movies I call a "fun ride". It isn't particularly good or revolutionary or extremely well-written, & it has nothing valuable to say. But damn does it kinda feel good to watch the lead woman kick some Xeno-asses in CGI goo.

It has a sniff of right wing bullshit to it, but if you get passed that & just let the hunky army dude be a badass, it's actually got some good story & good acting. Note if you like the peen: he do be serving eye candy in boxer briefs repeatedly, so that's a boon.

In 2025, Vanilla Sky just doesn't hold up. The women in the story are such flat objects, it's hard to watch it without eye roll after eye roll. The whole thing seems to think it's clever & it very much isn't. It resorts to very lazily explaining absolutely everything in great detail right at the end all deus ex machina-like. It seems like Vanilla Sky is a little time capsule filled with everything bad from the 90's. Blech. & also fuck Tom Cruise.

Tetris is an icon, a meditation, an art, a science, a state of mind... for several years preceding the release of Tetris Effect, it was a brand tarnished & abused by shovelware cash grab releases from EA. But Tetsuya Mizuguchi brought us something with the spiritual reverence that it deserved. Truly a mind altering experience. There is no other possible way to play Tetris anymore. 20,0572 out of 5 stars. No notes.