My February 2025 Media Diet

I’m doing a pretty good job of keeping myself distracted from… well, everything, I guess. But it’s hard when the state of the world manages to seep into every conversation, social media feed, and news post. I injured my left foot this month doing something fairly routine (and appropriately embarrassing) and I’m slowly recovering from that. It’s given me a lot of time to sit on the couch and watch some mediocre stuff!

Here’s the extremely mediocre list of things I watched and played last month:

🍿 Kill. I quite enjoyed this John Wick-style Bollywood action thriller. If you like beat-em-ups, check this out.

🍿 Presence. Saw this in theaters and was a tad let down. I wanted this to be a bit spooky and it just wasn’t. I did enjoy the first-person perspective and the small ending twist.

🍿 Wolf Man. Complete garbage and was so dark I almost could not make out what was happening on my TV.

🍿 The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep. The Little Mermaid with a lot more bloodshed. I didn’t hate this. A decent enough afternoon watch.

🍿 Venom: The Last Dance. I’m not sure why I watched all three of these movies. They’re not good.

🍿 Paddington and Paddington 2. We rewatched these in preparation for the third film. Paddington 2 is an absolute gem of a movie and I’m sure we’ll watch it again at some point. (👍)

🍿 Paddington In Peru. A fitting third installment, even if it doesn’t quite live up to the first two. The recasting of Sally Hawkins was a big miss though.

📺 Severance. I enjoy this show despite it revealing almost nothing about the larger mystery each episode. I think I like the vibes more than I like the actual story.

📺 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Love, love, love this anime. I am waiting with bated breath for the next season. The concept is great and Frieren and co.’s deadpan delivery of nearly every line is exactly my cup of tea. Best thing I watched all month. (👍)

📺 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Surprised by how much I liked this. The story was more adult than I expected and the twists on the typical Spider-Man formula have been interesting.

📖 Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. This took me exactly forever to finish, despite enjoying every page of it. Looking forward to the rest of the installments. However, I think I’ll take a bit of a break before diving into the next one. (👍)

📺 The White Lotus (Season 3). The first episode didn’t do it for me, but the second pulled me back in. Let’s see where this goes. I do enjoy an anthology-style show so even if this season doesn’t hit, I’ll be back for more.

📺 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I tried watching this show a few times but the first few episodes never took. I dived in for maybe the third time and I’m glad I did. The story paid off and the character development was perfectly paced. (👍)

📺 Invincible. I wish they dropped this show all at once instead of over a few weeks. It’s entertaining for sure but a bit of a drag across the month and a half it releases in.

📺 Reacher. He’s back and kicking even more ass than ever before. This show is fun even if it feels like it’s made for network television with added swear words.

🕹️ Spider-Man: Remastered. After beating Metaphor: Refantazio I needed something faster-paced and more action-oriented. I’m playing this via streaming on Boosteroid and have been impressed by the performance. It’s even got me thinking about building my own gaming PC, and I never thought I’d say that.