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Favorite underrated movies

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I’ve been doing a little series over on TikTok and IG about my favorite underrated movies and thought I should collect a few of the videos here.

First up is Logan Lucky, which is an underrated gem. This Steven Soderbergh movie features Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, and Daniel Craig as well as appearances from several other fantastic stars. It’s really funny and I can’t believe didn’t see it when it came out.

Next, we have my favorite Mel Brooks movie, High Anxiety. This is probably my most quoted movie of all time—I say “What a dramatic airport!” at least three times a week—and it deserves to be held in the same regard as Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

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We all love Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, but High Anxiety is my favorite Mel Brooks movie #melbrooks #melbrooksmovies #highanxiety #underratedmovies #movietok #filmtok

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I also had to include one of my favorite movies, Attack the Block. This is John Boyega‘s first movie and I was lucky enough to interview him and director Joe Cornish at Comic-Con back in 2011 when this movie first came out.

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Attack the Block is one of my favorite #underratedmovies ever 🎬 #johnboyega #joecornish #edgarwright #underratedmovie #scifimovie #movietok #movietiktok #movierecommendation #moviesyoushouldwatch

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I also wanted to include an early Peter Jackson movie that has a small cult following but deserves to be much more popular. The Frighteners stars Michael J. Fox and features Jackson’s excellent creepy, spooky visual style.

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Why doesn’t anybody remmeber #thefrighteners the 1996 #peterjackson movie with #michaeljfox 👻 #underratedmovies #forgottenmovies #movietok #moviesyouforgotabout #filmtok

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If you have an underrated movie recommendation, hit me up on Instagram, TikTok, Letterboxd, or BlueSky to tell me your faves.

A few quick movie recommendations

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I’ve been posting short movie recommendations over on Instagram and TikTok and you should check them out if you’re looking for something good to watch.

First up, we have Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead

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This movie has themes of friendship, work-life balace, and a zombie shark with legs. What more could you want? 🧟‍♂️🦈🦵 #zom100 #zom100netflix #zombieshark

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Next is Broker, which was one of my favorite movies of 2022

Then we have Netflix’s painfully generic Heart of Stone

Then I checked out the Jennifer Lawrence comedy No Hard Feelings

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Comedies for grownups are rare these days, but this was a pretty good one. #nohardfeelingsmovie #nohardfeelingsfilm #jenniferlawrence #andrewbarthfeldman #movietok #filmtok

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And finally, I had the chance to see one of my all-time faves, Cannibal! The Musical, on the big screen for the first time and I had to make a little video about that too

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First time seeing one of my favorites in a theater #cannibalthemusical #treyparker #mattstone #southparkcreators #movietok #filmtok

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You can also find all these videos over on the Trashwire youtube channel in the quick reviews playlist.

I reviewed ‘Across the Spider-Verse’

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I am in love with the animation in this movie! Every single frame is so beautiful. Spider-Punk and Spider-Man India were my favorite characters and I would watch a spinoff that was just those two. But aside from the stunning visuals, I did have a few issues with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, though.

Here are my brief thoughts about the movie.

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Almost perfect 🕸️ #acrossthespiderverse #spiderverse #spidermanacrossthespiderverse

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And for my full review, head on over to Trashwire.

Visually Spectacular ‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Hindered By Extended Runtime

Introducing the Sketchy Brush Pack

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If you’ve followed me on Instagram for any period of time, you know that I really don’t like sketching.

I like diving headfirst into a project and letting the undo button be my sketch. But recently, I’ve been trying to train myself to sketch out my ideas to re-think layouts, lettering styles and sometimes colors. One project whwere I actually attempted to sketch first was this Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure quote, and I was thrilled with the way it turned out.

Maybe there’s something to this sketching thing after all!

So, with that in mind, I started working on a pack of brushes that made sketching more fun. I wanted pencils, ball-point pens, and even the look of a dried-out brush marker—which was modeled after one of my very own frayed and drying brush markers. That turned into this pack of 5 lettering brushes and a bonus texture called the Sketchy Brush Pack. You can get it now on Etsy and Creative Market.

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Here is what comes in this brush bundle:

Side note: One of my favorite (and most time-consuming) pieces of all time was created entirely with the Pencil Pusher brush in this pack.

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Trying out new styles

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I love all kinds of lettering, from super elegant scripts to blocky letters. I’m slowly trying to learn new ways of creating letters so I can try out different styles. After watching a recent tutorial by the ultra-talented Lauren Hom on GoodType‘s Instagram, I got totally obsessed with her 3D style.

Here are just a few of the pieces I’ve made as I practiced.