Peaky Blinders Movie: The Immortal Man

“Once I got nearly everything. It wasn’t enough.”

As a reviewer, I try to avoid going easy on myself when I call a movie bad. Is it so bad that we can enjoy its terribleness? Is it just not doing what I wanted it to do? Is it failing to live up to previous iterations? Or is there truly something here that isn’t working? To duck that question, I’ll just repeat what I emailed Billie after I watched this: The Immortal Man is so bad that it’s weird. Let’s examine why.

A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 32)

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

The thirty-second Discworld book is also the second Tiffany Aching book. She’s a bit older now; eleven instead of nine, but she still has a lot to learn as an aspiring witch, so Miss Tick arranges for her be trained by another of their number outside of the chalk where Tiffany lives.

The Pitt: 5:00 P. M.

“Did you just curse?”
“It’s how I feel.”

Yeah. That’s how I feel, too. The Pitt never has shied away from politics, and it didn’t here, either.

Outlander: Abies Fraseri

"If honesty turns out to be a double-edged sword, well, I think the wounds tend to be worth it."

The opening scene showed us that Fanny Pocock is smart, observant, strong-willed, and stands up for herself. Who does that sound like?

Resident Alien: The Lonely Man

Asta: We are not getting married, okay? Because we were never a thing. We were just two people who sometimes had sex.
Joseph: I'm sorry, that means something where I come from.

Episode description: “Harry and Asta work together to try and get something.”

Mini Movie Reviews: Mother Russia

Today's theme is the land you really don't wanna invade during the winter months featuring films by Alexander Sokurov, David Lean, Franklin J. Schaffner, Igor Maslennikov, Michael Apted, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Vladimir Moty.

Nicholas Brendon Passes Away at 54

Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has passed away at the age of 54 from natural causes.

The Pitt: 4:00 P.M.

“Here’s her leg.”

Hey, it’s not every day that you get to just hold a woman’s severed leg.

Outlander: Prophecies

This had better not be foreshadowing.

Invincible: Atom Eve Special

“I’m wearing a mask. I’m using a fake name. I’m apparently a government-designed super weapon. I’ll be fine.”

In this special episode, we take a break from Invincible’s epic journey to explore the backstory of Atom Eve. Which I was pleased to see was just as well-done as any episode of the main series.

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 31)

“You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.”

For the thirty-first book of the Disc, we visit the ultra-conservative country of Borogravia and its incessant state of war with its neighbors for spurious reasons.

Fallout: The Wrangler

“Now I’ll admit, I am in an altered mental state, but I think we should just shoot these monsters in the face. And frankly, whatever we do, we need to do it quickly, ‘cause I am very much out of drugs.”

I’m not a big fan of the limited episode format that so many modern prestige TV shows have adopted over the last decade or so. With that in mind, I do appreciate that a show as expansive as this packs as much as it can into those eight episodes.