Recommendations
A running ledger of recommendations including books, movies, music, video games, sustenance, and the rest. Annotated, opinionated, and updated when something earns more space, for better and for worse.
· 12 of 66 items · year 2025 · Reset
| Item | Type | Year | Rating | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Chan-wook | Movie | 2025 | ★★★★★ | A slow burn dark comedy with some whacky twists and turns. But it's from the Old Boy director so you know it ratchets up to some hellish and hilarious moments. |
| Yorgos Lanthimos | Movie | 2025 | ★★★★★ | Brilliant acting, dark humor, and one heck of an arc that I cannot recommend enough. |
| Sam Eng | Video Game | 2025 | ★★★★★ | Beautiful beats and top tier sound design with a trippy aesthetic wrapped around a skate story about a demon made of glass and pain. |
| Movie | 2025 | ★★★★★ | How self-interested can we be? Another set of terrifying tales from the twisted mind of Ari Aster that's excellent and unsettling and hopefully far from the truth. | |
| qntm | Book | 2025 | ★★★★★ | I believe SCP Foundation would be one of the forerunners to this book about clandestine organizations. |
| TJ Klune | Book | 2025 | ★★★★★ | What I anticipated: an intriguing concept, a dash of romance that I've recently dabbled with, and an enhanced sense of solidarity. And that's what I got! |
| Adi Shankar | TV Series | 2025 | ★★★★☆ | You need to be a bit of a cornball. And a badass. If you're that combination of person, you may enjoy the animated series whether you played the games or not. |
| Curry Barker | Movie | 2025 | ★★★★☆ | Funnier than I expected and an incredible directorial debut. |
| Charlie Brooker | Movie | 2025 | ★★★★★ | Faux-shoshin mockumentary. Perfectly executed delivery on asking life's greatest questions. |
| Andy Serkis | Movie | 2025 | ★★★★☆ | Andy Serkis's animated take on Orwell. B-tier but unfairly maligned — Serkis and the voice cast deliver despite the discourse. |
| Mike Makowsky | TV Series | 2025 | ★★★★★ | Garfield's improbable rise and his assassin's stranger arc. Macfadyen, Shannon, and Offerman at full tilt. |
| Goichi Suda | Video Game | 2025 | ★★★★★ | Another fever dream from Suda51 and Grasshopper with combat that suits simple sensibilities packaged in an ultraviolent revenge noir. |