Stuff i watched recently, May ’26

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) Absolute queer cinema. An injection of life in the arm. Possibly the only thing that would make me want to actually go to Australia. (9/10) To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) Unfortunately this loses steam once it stops being a road movie and starts being a True Stories-esque small-wacky-town comedy — which is, uh, most of it. That said, it’s kind of crazy how well John Leguizamo passes. (5½/10) Upgrade (2018) I love the depiction of a human/AI “centaur” in this — it’s so rare you see one in media, and the way it’s presented, almost like the dæmon of a bicameral mind telling you what to do, is brilliant. Good enough action, too, to make up for a lacklustre performance from the lead antagonist. (8/10) Princess Mononoke (1997) Holy shit they made the ChatGPT meme into a movie? (10/10) No Country for Old Men (2007) There is very little i can say about this movie that has not already been expressed much better…