Weekly Roundup

Reading/Watching/Playing May 16, 2022

• Filled in another movie gap this week. Inspired by the largely fun, slightly problematic Doctor Strange flick I dove into Sam Raimi’s back catalog after listening to The Big Picture’s deep dive and watched The Quick and The Dead on ‘Flix. What a movie! It took me way too long to watch this western with Russell Crowe, Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone, Leonardo Dicaprio, and a who’s who of That Guy’s in a gun fight tournament. I don’t know how I missed this one for so long, but I’m glad I did because I had a wonderful Friday night watching this insanely cool movie with…