The overdo updates continue. This time, several new Alphabet paintings.

All for sale, as is my custom.

I said WOW in a lot of different ways this year. Baffled… incredulous… stunned… distracted… awed… enchanted… pissed… you name it.

So. wow.

There's be more content coming today as I wind down the year.

I had a really emotional time watching Paprika earlier this year. Satoshi Kon, the film's genius director passed away in August, so watching this film shortly after was a bittersweet experience. It's wonderful movie, but knowing that we'd never again be treated to his visionary genius was crummy.

As for the film itself, I reviewed it a couple of years ago.

And here's the trailer:

I didn't like Shane very much.

Can that count as a review?

It's my site, so I'm saying "yes, those six words constitute a full fledged review."

On to the next one.

The Girl Who Played With Fire played better as a film than it did as a book. I had diminishing returns with the books, liking each progressively less. In the case of the films, this, the second, was at least as good as the first.
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