Bob J. KoesterThe 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…3d ago3d ago
Bob J. KoesterA year with Sailnovo’s cheap-ish ebikeOn 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 27Jun 27
Bob J. KoesterFateful But Missable Villain Decisions in Casablanca, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Blade Runner 2049Williams 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 20Jun 20
Bob J. KoesterAMERICAN FICTION & THE REWRITE illustrate how to do clashing sensibilities well & badlyIf 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 7Feb 7
Bob J. KoesterMy Journey (so far) With Sailnovo’s Fairly Cheap EbikeI 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, 2023Jun 27, 2023
Bob J. KoesterPoker 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, 2023Mar 11, 2023
Bob J. KoesterA Comment On The State Of Things: Children Of Men, V For Vendetta, and M*A*S*H2006 was a rich year for lovers of British dystopia adapted by non-British filmmakers, with Children Of Men directed by Mexican Alfonso…Feb 8, 2023Feb 8, 2023
Bob J. Koester3 Things I First Noticed About It’s A Wonderful Life This Year“Come again?”Dec 28, 2022Dec 28, 2022
Bob J. KoesterThe 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, 2022Dec 20, 2022
Bob J. KoesterBroadchurch, and what happens when you keep writing after the story is overBroadchurch season one is great (more correctly “series one”, but I’ll be using American terminology because there’s no way I’d get UK…Aug 30, 2022Aug 30, 2022