The Audient
Saturday, May 9, 2026

A significant release year miss

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When I started watching the movie F on Thursday night, the "latest" from 47 Meters Down director Johannes Roberts, I thought it ...
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Friday, May 8, 2026

Watching old Netflix films

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What exactly is an old Netflix film? It's a Netflix original that you somehow missed at the time it was released, but you end up watchi...
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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Do I need to see a 3D Billie Eilish concert?

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When I went to see Project Hail Mary  in IMAX a few months ago, there was a trailer for the new James Cameron-directed Billie Eilish concert...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

No need for 20 points of differentiation

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I was listening to my fantasy baseball podcast this morning – and apologies for making this my second straight post with a baseball tie-in, ...
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Monday, May 4, 2026

Baseball and Star Wars

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Today is May the 4th. No I will not say "May the 4th be with you." (Dammit. I just did.) I wasn't reminded of the "holida...
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Friday, May 1, 2026

Zukerman and Novak go back-to-back

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I see a lot more Ashley Zukerman movies than most people because I live in Australia, and because Ashley Zukerman is Australian. But America...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Movies that have our favorite movies in them

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I watched a lovely little indie film shot in Sri Lanka last night, called Ben and Suzanne, a Reunion in 4 Parts .  Why this movie? It showed...
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Monday, April 27, 2026

When critics are the filmmakers' co-conspirators

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Reviewing films while not revealing spoilers, but while still discussing what fundamentally makes a film good (or not so good), is one of th...
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Sunday, April 26, 2026

Language vs. content vs. absorption

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I've been hearing about the video game Exit 8 for a while. Are you supposed to italicize video game titles? My wife and my younger son ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Jim Carrey existed ten years before I thought he did

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Jim Carrey didn't come into existence with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994. Of course he didn't. Everyone knows he was Fire Mars...
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Friday, April 24, 2026

You can't judge a movie by its title

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You're probably thinking this post is going to be about good movies with bad titles.  It's actually a lot dorkier than that. Get com...
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

The default four-star documentary

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I've fallen into a pattern with documentaries, which is that if they are competently made with even a hint of outside-the-box thinking, ...
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Full-time IT guy, part-time film critic. And yes, I do realize that adds up to one-and-a-half "times."
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