Movies reviewed this week: The Young Girls of Rochefort, On the Waterfront, Gimme Shelter, and The Swimmer.

Movies reviewed this week: The Day of the Jackal and The Battle of Algiers.

I’m running a brief Lady Blackbird campaign for S. and some old Boston pals, and it’s going swimmingly. They’re all happy to help drive plot and I’m happy to throw in complications and the game sings pretty well under those conditions. I was curious to see how forgiving the mechanics were; it’s easy to make dice pool mechanics pretty brutal (hi, Blades in the Dark). In this case the huge dice pools and the ease of refreshing them means the characters feel pretty heroic. The players also seem to enjoy the part where you put together dice pools, so that’s all good. ...

Movies reviewed this week: Free Guy, To Die For, and Don’t Look Up.

Movies reviewed this week: Trouble in Mind.

Movies reviewed this week: Once Upon a Time in China II and Once Upon a Time in China III.

Movies reviewed this week: Red Notice and Once Upon a Time in China.

Movies reviewed this week: Eternals.

Movies reviewed this week: Sabrina and The Out-of-Towners.

Movies reviewed this week: [REC].