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Yes, And #8: The Michael Pena Theory of Everything

Yes, And #8: The Michael Pena Theory of Everything

as well as SIX weekly recommendations...

Feb 22, 2023
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This week’s edition includes six curated recommendations PLUS my no-spoilers review on Ant-Man 3 and The Michael Peña Theory of Everything.

ESSAY EXCERPT!


  • This movie’s plot relies on Michelle Pfeiffer’s character spending THIRTY YEARS in the quantum realm and, during the interlude between Ant-Man 2 and 3, NEVER SPEAKING A DAMN WORD ABOUT IT TO ANYONE. Not even a historical regulation hottie like Pfeiffer could pull off something like this!

    • Let me repeat myself: a lot of the dialogue between Fifedog, Mikey Douglas, and Freckles from LOST is about no one knowing anything about the previous THIRTY YEARS of Madame Quantum Fife’s life.

    • It would be like if in Cast Away, Tom Hanks was rescued and THEN DIDN’T SPEAK ABOUT HIS TIME AS A CAST AWAY. But also times six because he was on that island for 5 years. PFEIFFER WAS THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

    • In a movie about the multiverse, quantum realm, and language barriers being bridged by drinking goo, THIS IS THE MOST UNREALISTIC ASPECT.


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