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The Lost Room (2006) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Lost Room
director: Christopher Leone / Paul Workman actor: Peter Krause / Julianna Margulies …
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to an alternate universe.
March 12, 2026 watched
Finished Ep. 3, "The Comb," tonight. For sure, this isn't the most well executed TV experience I've ever seen 😅

Still, the idea of the objects is intriguing, and I like that [most] of the objects I've seen or heard about so far have powers that seem random and unrelated to the objects' original purposes. None of that is why I'm taking the time to leave a comment about this show tonight.

I'm typing this now because I'm just so tickled with the character of Wally. His object, a bus ticket, sends anyone tapped with it to a road in the middle of Bumblefuck, New Mexico, just outside of Gallup. Wally knows exactly what the ticket does, but it appears that he goes about fucking with assholes and bullies by proclaiming that he's condemning them to Hell just before he banishes them to Bumblefuck. I confess the thought is hugely amusing to me, and I would absolutely misuse (?) the bus ticket in exactly the fashion Wally seems to be misusing (?) it 😂
March 3, 2026 Review Interesting idea, poor execution - A key that opens any door into a desert motel room stuck in the '60s. Everyday objects from the room gain weirdly specific powers when taken out of the room—a wristwatch that boils eggs, a bus ticket that instantly transports people to the middle of nowhere outside of Gallup, New Mexico. Cabals of collectors fighting secret wars over the objects. And over everything, a mystery: what happened in the lost room to give the objects their powers? The premise of The Lost Room is a brilliantly unique and creative idea that had so much potential. Unfortunately, the show's execution didn't live up to that potential. Too many details in the writing that don't stand up to scrutiny; acting that is only tolerable, at best; and a host of unanswered questions at the end all leave me feeling like this show could have been better had HBO or Apple TV thrown buckets of money at it in 2020 rather than what the SyFy Channel could manage in 2006. The idea just didn't get the resources it needed to really breathe. That's a shame, because I can't think of many stories as creative and intriguing as The Lost Room . Give me a cast of talented actors and some strong writers at the helm, and I'll be there for a reboot of this unpolished gem. Until then, I'm putting this one back under the rock where I found it.
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Spaceman
director: Johan Renck actor: Adam Sandler / Paul Dano …
other title: 太空孤航
Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.
Feb. 22, 2026 watched
Not my cup of tea 🍵

*Spaceman* isn't a **bad** movie, but when I sit down to watch a movie about an astronaut alone in space meeting a giant talking spider / alien, I kinda want the movie to be about that. This movie has those things, but it's not about them. Instead, this movie is about a lonely dude reflecting on his failing marriage. It's a long walk with a tense score to come around to "lonely dude realizes he'd rather be on Earth with his wife than several million miles away, alone (maybe?) and in space." The cast's performance was solid all around, but it's just not the movie I wanted it to be 🤷‍♂️
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The Platform (2019) TMDB WikiData IMDb
El hoyo
director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia actor: Ivan Massagué / Antonia San Juan …
other title: El hoyo
A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.
Feb. 6, 2026 watched
This dystopian body-horror flick is definitely not my usual cup of tea, and I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone, but it does a fantastic job of providing a visceral illustration of the failings of a vertical society (i.e., capitalism). Really, though, holy fuck 😳
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