What are you watching 2026?

[catherine]

Looks like I'll have to put Project Hail Mary on my list.

[Tybee]

It's getting a lot of buzz (as in my son went to see it--he is my source for good new movies). I should check out the book.

[hana]

Tybee, I suggest listening to the audiobook. Sound and how it's used plays a large role in the plot.

Saw Project Hail Mary last night, it was a great movie to see on a big screen. The music was really loud, but I think that was a theater issue and not a film issue.

Onlu gripe is they cut out some of the science stuff in the movie, the book goes into more detail about the Petrova line with Grace's students and the task force. The movie is over 2.5 hours and something had to be cut.

[iris lilies]

The past two days I’ve been watching videos about Van conversions. People live in vans, not regular big RVs, and their imaginative outfitting of these vans is fascinating.

I will confess that I actually pay for an ad free subscription to YouTube so that’s how I can stand to watch all this stuff. I love YouTube.

I also have a new favorite Jewish influencer. I love my young Jewish influencers and podcasters. This guy is making great AI videos satirizing antisemitism and radical Islam, very funny.

[Rogar]

Thoreau on evil and politically biased PBS. Simplify simplify.

[rosarugosa]

Saw Project Hail Mary today. I had not read the book. Maybe I should have. Some of the dialog was tough for me to follow. Might've been the sound. Movies are really loud!

All in all, I thought it was a cross between Silent Running and ET. Ryan Gosling is charming though and did a good job.

Well the book was better as always. I had seen and enjoyed The Martian by Weir, and I enjoyed the book Project Hail Mary enough that I've added The Martian to my TBR list, even though I've see the movie.

To Hana's point, I don't think the movie covered the science nearly as well as the book.

[rosarugosa]

Finally saw Sinners last night and really enjoyed it! The visuals were pretty stunning, the music was excellent and the acting was great, and we were watching it on my little laptop! Plus there were some truly terrifying moments and vampires and quite a bit of gore! What more could one ask for?

[hana]

Recent dramas

My Lovely Liar, a young worman was born being able to hear when people are telling lies. She becomes a human lie detector and people hire her to listen to conversations to see if the other person is lying. She can only tell if it's a lie or the truth, not the reason behind it. When a new neighbor moves in she realizes he always tells her the truth, even thought several rumors of a scandal follow him.

Boyfriend on Demand
A webtoon producer is asked to review the beta version of a virtual game where the user goes on virtual dates with 900 different boyfriends for 500,000 Won ($330 USD), some of the boyfriends include characters from intellectual properties. Her first date is with the main character in the webtoon she produces. She becomes more into virtual dating. This is Jisoo's of BLACK PINK's debut as a lead, and she should not quit her day job.