Apologies to those of you that look forward to this column each weekend, I took a mini-vacation last weekend somewhere that didn’t have Internet. Yeah, three days in the woods, no Internet other than the one time last Saturday we rolled into a nearby town and I checked my email and posted one story… it was wonderful. Back to work this weekend though and it was actually a light week.
In theaters all I saw was this weekend’s disastrous Poltergeist remake (not good, not terrible, definitely no need for you to watch it unless you’re eager to do so) and Criterion’s latest release of Night and the City on Blu-ray, which I hope to have a review this week, but there’s a healthy number of features including a British version of the film and a commentary, both of which are going to take me some time to get to.
Yesterday, however, I did also watch a bunch of “Mr. Robot” episodes, accidentally skipping episode six and watching episode seven out of order. I must admit, however, I’m watching this show more as a casual viewer rather than someone that has any intent of writing intelligently about it. So don’t expect any grand essays or deep dives. It’s sort of nice to just sit back and watch something and not have to dig into every nook and cranny. Speaking of which, “True Detective” season finale is tonight… you watching?
