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It's not any good. You'll be bored. There are like two good jump scares and one good kill.

I've spent about 5 months trying to force a friendship with a colleague. I'm not really sure why other than I figured out he's antisocial. I figured it'd be a challenge to get him to be my friend. Then I started being obsessive. Then I made up a story in my head where he features heavily. I want to stop. I want to stop talking to myself and making up stories in my head anyway but i really have no clue.

I'm 47. I feel like I only know the music that was popular from the radio in the 80's and I feel like I have gaps in knowledge. I've only just discovered Roxy Music and Ultravox in the past 5ish years.

I'm 47. I've done this since I was 4. There is a very kind man who I work with who I want to be friends with. I want to know the real him and not the made up version I made in my head because I want to learn how to relate to real people.

I recently got the AMC A-List Membership, and I used it to full capacity over the weekend.

Friday Night I saw Buddy. Buddy is the film I’ve been looking for since my son was three years old. It is what I’d describe as the exact opposite of preschool television. It feels like something the creator made when he was in the depths of parenting and forced to watch hours of mind numbing toddler shows. I remember when an online creator was warning parents against letting their kids have unsupervised youtube time because of the elsa pregnancy videos and peppa pig death videos. I went searching for Peppa Pig death videos because I thought that would be the funniest thing ever. I recommend Buddy for parents of small children who are just done with kids tv, and I recommend it for those who grew up watching Barney and Friends who need a dose of twisted nostalgia.

Saturday’s installment was The Dog Stars. The Dog Stars is an apocalyptic film without zombies or monsters. Most of humanity died of a flu-like plague. Like all apocalypse stories, some people are still good and hardworking, and others steal, rob, and kill for their resources. The story centers on Hig, played by Jacob Elordi and Bangley played by Josh Brolin. Hig still sees the good in people, and Bangley is more the shoot first, ask questions later kind of guy. Hig leaves the setup that he and Bangley have to follow a radio signal he heard in his airplane during a supply run. He thinks he can find a better life in Grand Junction. On his way, he meets Seema and her father. The movie is fairly slow, predictable, but the scenes in Grand Junction are worth the price of admission. I didn’t love it, but I liked it. I’ll put it on the list of Ridley Scott movies other people don’t really appreciate with House of Gucci.

The first half of Sunday’s double feature was Colony. Colony is a Korean zombie flick by the director of Train to Busan. Do I find it concerning that he’s only done zombie films so far? Honestly, only in so much as he could be a one trick pony. What he’s proven is that he can do that trick exceedingly well. Colony follows a group of people trapped in a mall/conference center after a bioterrorism attack turns everyone in the building into zombie like creatures that have a hivemind. The science behind the attack involves a bacteria that shares intelligence and can spread information between organisms. This film isn’t in the Train to Busan universe, but it shares a lot of characteristics. If this film is playing in your area, go see it. You won’t be disappointed.

It Ends rounded out the weekend. I get what they were going for, I really do. It’s seriously just kind of slow and repetitive. I understand that’s the point. I understand the underlying message of the destination not being the point, and that what’s more important is the journey and the friends you made along the way. It’s some sort of tortured metaphor for life and relationships. It almost works, but not really. Not for me. I didn’t hate it, but I really didn’t care for it either. It’s one of those pieces that’s a festival darling, a critical darling, but it really just isn’t for me.

What did you see this weekend? How did you feel about any of these films? Let me know in the comments. I’ll be back Wednesday with thoughts on this weeks new trailers.

Love, light, and sapphic vampire energy.

I have extreme boredom. I have no motivation. I just want to lie in bed. I'm burnt out and tired