i watched the gay bdsm biker movie so you don't have to (and other film reviews)

Just in time for pride month, wow. [canned studio laughter] I'll admit, this one took longer to write because it's longer than my usual film reviews. In the past, even before this blog, I'd just do short reviews. I've had this sitting in my drafts because it became more than just reviews and sort of thoughts, sort of analyses. The initial draft was more joke-y and feral but I started fleshing the review out and pruning sentences and, gah. Writer's block or writer's fatigue. I shelved the draft, but I'm back. And hey, it makes sense to have any thoughts weave into a film's impression onto me. As always, spoilers ahead. one battle after another (2025), dir. paul thomas anderson ★ ★ ★ ★ I've never seen a man so attractive that I'd think, "they're so hot i'm going to throw up." I typically have this reaction exclusively with women, I'd say, and Teyana Taylor is one of them. But that's not what my review is about, even though I was looking respectfully through the first 10 minutes of the…