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Political Relationship Problems In Dune 2 and Joker Deux

There’s a long tradition of “anxious wife” roles in movies, in which a loved one tries to talk the hero out of doing what we came to see…

Oct 10

Political Relationship Problems In Dune 2 and Joker Deux

Oct 10

The ending of 2024's Slingshot, according to 1997's Jackie Brown

[Warning: This article contains almost immediate, detailed spoilers for the movie Slingshot. I’m not sure if the Jackie Brown stuff…

Sep 2

The ending of 2024's Slingshot, according to 1997's Jackie Brown

Sep 2

A year with Sailnovo’s cheap-ish ebike

On June 27, 2023, I wrote a Medium article about my newly purchased Sailnovo eBike (all-in price then $500, now $430), with which I was…

Jun 27

A year with Sailnovo’s cheap-ish ebike

Jun 27

Fateful But Missable Villain Decisions in Casablanca, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Blade Runner 2049

Williams Shakespeare famously wrote that “Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault…is not in our stars but in ourselves.” His…

Jun 20

Fateful But Missable Villain Decisions in Casablanca, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Blade Runner 2049

Jun 20

AMERICAN FICTION & THE REWRITE illustrate how to do clashing sensibilities well & badly

If I were a writing or film teacher, I’d be sorely tempted to show my class 2024’s American Fiction and 2014’s The Rewrite as an…

Feb 7

AMERICAN FICTION & THE REWRITE illustrate how to do clashing sensibilities well & badly

Feb 7

My Journey (so far) With Sailnovo’s Fairly Cheap Ebike

I have recently joined the ebike revolution in a small way. It occurred to me that now that we have a garage it could be handy for my wife…

Jun 27, 2023

My Journey (so far) With Sailnovo’s Fairly Cheap Ebike

Jun 27, 2023

Poker Face episodes ranked!

Up front: this is a great show. None of the episodes are less than Very Good, which may make it the most consistently good show I’ve ever…

Mar 11, 2023

Poker Face episodes ranked!

Mar 11, 2023

A Comment On The State Of Things: Children Of Men, V For Vendetta, and MAS*H

2006 was a rich year for lovers of British dystopia adapted by non-British filmmakers, with Children Of Men directed by Mexican Alfonso…

Feb 8, 2023

A Comment On The State Of Things: Children Of Men, V For Vendetta, and M*A*S*H

Feb 8, 2023

3 Things I First Noticed About It’s A Wonderful Life This Year

“Come again?”

Dec 28, 2022

3 Things I First Noticed About It’s A Wonderful Life This Year

Dec 28, 2022

The Second Death: Rogue One, V For Vendetta, and Stand Up Guys

“They say we die twice: once when the breath leaves our body, and once when the last person we know says our name.”

Dec 20, 2022

The Second Death: Rogue One, V For Vendetta, and Stand Up Guys

Dec 20, 2022

Bob J. Koester

Bob J. Koester

Audio dramatist behind Companions and the Immunities podcast, author of Insistent Oracles & Legacy Door sci-fi novels, fan of many things.

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