“Gun Crazy”
June 22, 2026
I expected “Gun Crazy” to be more dangerous than it is, which is maybe a strange thing to say about a movie built on of guns, sex, robbery, and a general sense of doom.
A dark YA/crossover thriller about foster kids, hidden gifts, found family, and the program that has been watching them for years.
Film reviews start on Letterboxd, but I drop them here in case the service burns down.
I expected “Gun Crazy” to be more dangerous than it is, which is maybe a strange thing to say about a movie built on of guns, sex, robbery, and a general sense of doom.
Spielberg has been saying for years that he wanted to make a film about aliens being real and the cover-up being real and the disclosure being real, and I was prepared to spend two hours in a comfortable seat being a dick about it.
I came to “Shadow” with one read already in my head. This was the apology film.
We used to call this stuff a blog. Now, I guess we’re fancy, but won’t do a Substack.
This is the story of how Lattice came be, the long-ago start to what will hopefully become a stop on a long journey ahead.
Four years ago today, on December 29, 2021, we lost Lloyd Wright. We never published an obituary at the time—grief has its own timeline. But today feels right to share his story, not just the milestones of his career, but the curiosity, wit, and dedication that defined how he moved through the world. He believed in the power of a good story. This is his.
Imagine a post-apocalyptic England, a well-mannered wasteland, where the apocalypse has occurred with tea service. Welcome to Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Service Model, a robot comedy of manners that reads like Wodehouse reprogrammed by Asimov after bingeing Black Mirror.