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I can confirm Late Night with the Devil (2023) really captures the vibe of 1970s horror, and TV. I grew up in the 1970s, regularly watching a lot of what is now classic TV shows, and all the classic horror movies. The Exorcist (1973) was phenomenal. I was in high school when my buddies and I went to see Halloween (1978) when it first came out, and everyone was freaked out by it! Everyone was talking about how The Amityville Horror (1979) was real!

I can imagine, if we had seen Late Night with the Devil at that time, we would've been freaked out by it and thought it was a classic, like Scanners (1981) or something. Even now, as of 2024 (I'm 60 years old) I still had some pretty horrified reactions to certain scenes in this one. I know enough by now to know it's not real, but it's still a lot of fun to have the (bleep) scared out of you every once in a while.

As for the AI images apparently in this movie, I would not have known about them if I hadn't read about it elsewhere. Some people are being convinced to get an outrage rush about this, and boycott something. I've been a professional software engineer for 36 years, and increasingly AI is being used by programmers to generate code. What are you going to do, boycott all software with AI generated code? Do you want to get the thrill of an outrage from that too?

I'm writing this review on 2/16/2024. Alexei Navalny is reported to have died today while imprisoned by the Russian authorities in Siberia. President Biden alleged in a press conference that Putin is responsible for the death of Navalny.

Having seen this fascinating, eye-opening documentary last year (2023) I have no doubt what Biden alleged is true. This is an amazing and terrifying depiction of an assassination attempt on Navalny in 2020, followed by his own investigation in to who carried it out, exposing them for who they are, and ultimately exposing the actual nature of the corrupt Putin regime. This erased any remaining doubts I may have had about what Russia is capable of.

This is one of the all time great documentaries. If you want to understand what is behind a lot of what is wrong with our world today, and how Russia and Putin are behind so much of it, you should take a look at this.

I just got done watching all episodes of The Mick on Hulu (as of 2024). I'd be willing to keep watching if Hulu or Netflix or somebody would please just produce more episodes! I'm a big fan of Kaitlin Olson. This is one of the funniest comedies I've watched in the last 5 years (and I've been watching A LOT, having been shut in due to the pandemic). The whole main cast is really talented and funny. I really enjoy the comedy and singing skills of Carla Jimenez. I'm trying to think of what my favorite episode is. I don't have a favorite episode. I like all of 'em! And I like the whole cast! C'mon, somebody bring it back, I want to find out what happens next!