Spot Reviews 06/12/26
Jun 12 2026
Shrinking s3 (2026) [/] Maybe not as good as the previous two seasons mostly because it's kind of tiring that the main character, Jimmy (Jason Segel), keeps not wanting to get mentally better until maybe the last episode (which apparently ends the 3-season story arc and next season will be a new arc). Paul (Harrison Ford) still the best character though Gaby (Jessica Williams) has her moments whereas Jimmy does not.
Be With You (2018) [/] South Korean movie. The next rainy season after she died Im Soo-ah (Son Ye-jin) is found alive by her husband Jung Woo-jin (So Ji-sub) and son Ji-ho (Kim Ji-hwan) except she has no memory of the last 8 or so years so doesn't remember her marriage at all. As she gets used to being a wife and mom we get a bunch of flashbacks to how she and her husband met in high school and their start and stop relationship over the years. But eventually once the rainy season ends she has to leave and in her diary her husband finds a letter that ties up the movie. But still it's not that romantic nor poignant of a movie. Maybe the best part was the intro where she narrates a children's story with cutesy animation.
Words in Progress (2024) [/] Apple Arcade word game. A stack of Scrabble-like letter tiles which you can drag together to form word fragments. As you join two tiles another tile appears until you run out of tiles. Try to create the longest words possible which can be tricky if you're waiting for certain letters. Kind of a clever game.
The Complete Quantum and Woody Classic Omnibus (2014) [-] This collects the Acclaim Comics run of about 22 issues. Eric Henderson -- former military, scientist, and all-around boy scout sort of guy -- and his best frenemy childhood friend Woody Van Chelton -- slacker wanna-be musician -- end up each wearing one of a pair of Quantum Bands that won't come off and if they don't clang them together every 24 hours their bodies will destabilize into pure energy. On the positive side the Quantum Bands lets them emit force beams for one and blast beams for the other and the difference seldom brought up in the series. The series is The Odd Couple mixed with Superheroes. The humor is pretty bad and the 600+ pages of this omnibus was a chore to read. This series was re-imaged by Valiant Entertainment. It still tries to be humorous but more sophisticated -- less sophomoric and slapstick -- which I found better.
Be With You (2018) [/] South Korean movie. The next rainy season after she died Im Soo-ah (Son Ye-jin) is found alive by her husband Jung Woo-jin (So Ji-sub) and son Ji-ho (Kim Ji-hwan) except she has no memory of the last 8 or so years so doesn't remember her marriage at all. As she gets used to being a wife and mom we get a bunch of flashbacks to how she and her husband met in high school and their start and stop relationship over the years. But eventually once the rainy season ends she has to leave and in her diary her husband finds a letter that ties up the movie. But still it's not that romantic nor poignant of a movie. Maybe the best part was the intro where she narrates a children's story with cutesy animation.
Words in Progress (2024) [/] Apple Arcade word game. A stack of Scrabble-like letter tiles which you can drag together to form word fragments. As you join two tiles another tile appears until you run out of tiles. Try to create the longest words possible which can be tricky if you're waiting for certain letters. Kind of a clever game.
The Complete Quantum and Woody Classic Omnibus (2014) [-] This collects the Acclaim Comics run of about 22 issues. Eric Henderson -- former military, scientist, and all-around boy scout sort of guy -- and his best frenemy childhood friend Woody Van Chelton -- slacker wanna-be musician -- end up each wearing one of a pair of Quantum Bands that won't come off and if they don't clang them together every 24 hours their bodies will destabilize into pure energy. On the positive side the Quantum Bands lets them emit force beams for one and blast beams for the other and the difference seldom brought up in the series. The series is The Odd Couple mixed with Superheroes. The humor is pretty bad and the 600+ pages of this omnibus was a chore to read. This series was re-imaged by Valiant Entertainment. It still tries to be humorous but more sophisticated -- less sophomoric and slapstick -- which I found better.