iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 04/08/2026

Five new movies aire added to the 7 Like Club since my last update!

A list of movies, grouped in rows of four.

Row One: GoldenEye, The Odyssey (2026), In the Blink of an Eye, The Truman Show

Row Two: Terminator 2, The Mosquito Coast, WALL-E, I Love Boosters

Row Three: Gallipoli, Jennifer’s Body, It Was Just an Accident, In Bruges

Row Four: Misery, Barry Lyndon, One Battle After Another, The Master

Row Five: Materialists, Morvern Callar, Look Who’s Talking Too, Going in Style

Row Six: Speed Racer, Rollerball 2000

020

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 01/07/2026

Here are the 17 movies currently in my "Seven Like Club" over on Letterboxd. letterboxd.com/amazingamywr...

A list of 17 movie posters arranged in four rows on a dark background. Row 1: The Mosquito Coast, WALL-E, I Love Boosters, Gallipoli, Jennifer's Body. Row 2: It Was Just an Accident, In Bruges, Misery, Barry Lyndon, One Battle After Another. Row 3: The Master, Materialists, Morvern Callar, Look Who's Talking Too, Going in Style. Row 4: Speed Racer, Rollerball.

120

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 18/06/2026

Honestly, I could write a whole piece about this painting in Jacob Wheeler's office in S2 of Halt and Catch Fire. It's not happening, because this series is already gonna be too damn long as it is. New piece on S2:E7-8 will be up at 2:00 PM. amywrensayswhat.com

Joe MacMillan and Sara Wheeler sit on a couch under a painting show two large black blobs on one side of a thick black line from a single black blob. Sitting on a chair perpendicular from them is Jacob Wheeler.

001

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 03/06/2026

Oh, hey, I created a writing app! It's called Carrel, and I'm really proud of it. I use it to manage and write everything, including my Halt and Catch Fire pieces and Sunday at the Matinee! It's now in Private Beta, so if you want to check it out request an account today. carrel.studio

The Carrel dashboard: a box to capture an idea, the next issue to write, counts of total / in-progress / published projects, and the upcoming schedule.

The Today view: words written today against a daily goal, what's due today, and the stack of in-progress pieces ready to write. The view is show in dark mode, which can be set by the user.

0104

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 10/04/2026

There’s a lot you could say about these four movies, but you can’t say they aren’t varied.

120

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 10/04/2026

After having put together full cast lists, I found a triple crown winner? It's actress Spencer Kayden, who was apparently a background actor in movies for all three directors early in the 2000s.

A screenshot of my website's Directors Connections page. The header is a dark red with white text and it reads:

Director Connections

Below that are two white panels on an off white background. The first includes a description that reads:

Pick two or more directors to find every actor who appeared in at least one film by each of them.

Below that are three rows with drop-down boxes that have these values

Director 1: Paul Thomas Anderson
Director 2: The Coen Brothers
Director 3: Wes Anderson

Below that is a button to add a director, and a blue button with white text saying "Find Connection"

The second panel shows the results.

The text reads:

(in bold) Actors in films by Paul Thomas Anderson & The Coen Brothers & Wes Anderson (end bold)
1 actor appeared in at least one film by each director.

Then below this is a table. The headers and rows are
Actor | Paul Thomas Anderson | The Coen Brothers | Wes Anderson

Spencer Kayden | Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, The Master | The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country For Old Men, Burn After Reading | The Royal Tenenbaums

052

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 05/04/2026

Almost a hundred years of cinematic offices, similar yet oppressive in their own special ways. The Crowd (1928) The Apartment (1960) Office Space (1999) Andor (2022)

A shot of a seemingly endless set of workers at desks arranged in rows on a giant office floor. The shot is in black and white.

A straight ahead shot of an office floor with workers at desks in neat rows going back for an impossibly long distance. Above them are fluorescent lights going back in neat rows for just as long. The shot is in black and white.

A shot of a modern cubicle farm stretching back to the opposite wall in a similar fashion to The Apartment. This is in color, but it might as well be black and white from how devoid of meaningful color it has. It's as if this shot intentionally robs it of the elegant contrast of black and white.

A shot of workers in identical cubicles. This is different from the other images, in that the the rows and columns are organized into squares, with elevated walkways in between them. It is in color, but those colors are gray and white. It tells you this is an authoritarian society without having to know any other details.

4357

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 19/03/2026

This is my Triple Crown, my 400 Batting Average, my very own white whale. Some actors have 2 of the 3. None have all three. Will someone eventually claim this title? Time will only tell.

A screenshot of a web application. The first section reads:

Pick directors to see every actor who has appeared in at least one film by each of the selected directors.

Director 1 (Dropdown Menu) Wes Anderson
Director 2 (Dropdown Menu) The Coen Brothers
Director 3 (Dropdown Menu) Paul Thomas Anderson

The Section section reads:

(In bold) Actors in films by Wes Anderson, The Coen Brothers & Paul Thomas Anderson (End Bold)

No actors found for the selected director(s).

291

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 17/03/2026

Andor is a great show that created a bunch of excellent new characters and and made several existing characters so much better. But there’s only one character that made me sob.

A woman with brown hair tied back in a bun looks out a window during a hazy day. She is wearing yellow surgical scrubs over a gray top. She has a very serious look on her face. Outside across the way from the building she is in sits a large skyscraper.

220

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 14/03/2026

For everyone up and about reading this: Once i’m done with Andor, I’ll probably take a break for a couple weeks. And then I’m going to go through and write about one of my favorite shows of all time.

A young woman with dark blonde hair sits at a messy desk. Oh the desk is an early 80s personal computer. She is wearing a t-shirt with a busy design on it and blue jeans. She’s also wearing large headphones over her ears.

000

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 31/01/2026

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Field Marshal Zhukov is standing with Lavrenti Beria and Nikita Krushchev at Josef Stalin’s state funeral in The Death of Stalin. The caption reads “I mean, I’m smiling—but I am really fucking furious!”

030

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 28/01/2026

Something's going live on my newsletter tomorrow and I am looking forward to you all reading it:

A closeup of the droid B2EMO from the TV show Andor

000

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 08/12/2025

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Marge Gunderson saying “Oh yeah” while talking to Mike Yanagita at Lunch in the Radisson in Fargo

030

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 27/09/2025

The Kingdom of Naples sends its regards, Don Aguirre!

A sunburnt Paul Giamatti in a white pinstripe suit and wide-brimmed hat holds a parakeet in Jungle Cruise

Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski) stands in the middle of a river holding a tiny monkey in his left hand in Aguirre, the Wrath of God

130

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 24/09/2025

Tonight’s movie: Le Samouraï (1967) Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

Close shot of a youngish white man in a white collared shirt and black tie. He’s wearing a beige trench coat over his clothes. On his head is a gray hat with a wide black band. His face does not face much of an expression on it.

094

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 17/08/2025

The area inside the red line is the area that would be part of this analysis. I thought about including the new Spaceship Earth lounge and the “Moana inspired” walkthrough attraction about the water cycle, but that feels like cheating.

A map of the center of World Celebration at EPCOT with the Communicore Plaza area encircled by a red line.

063

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 17/08/2025

My Favorite Four over on letterboxd this month. You’ll have to guess what the theme is! 📽️

163

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 14/08/2025

When promoting these matchups I try to stay impartial despite having preferences in almost all of them. This one, however, I'm not going to stay silent. The PeopleMover is the best, and should win all the victories!

011

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 21/07/2025

Anya’s deleted scene from Yi Yi (2000)

031

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 11/07/2025

Used part of this clip in my new video. I can’t recall riding a ride at Disney World where the audio cuts out but it still keeps going.

020

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 07/07/2025

Honestly, I thought Walt Disney World was going to be bigger than this!

162

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 06/07/2025

100 Films of 1975 #17 Nashville Directed by Robert Altman 📽️

Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley) and her band perform on the stage at Opryland USA in a scene from Nashville

031

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 01/07/2025

I asked Anya about this video, and she said that despite her best efforts, it was clear that her vision for the project never was fully realized. Nevertheless she is happy with the dialougue we had and is happy to continue working towards a common goal.

Anya the cat sits in a window in the gloaming above a lamp, which gives dramatic lighting over her face

021

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 29/06/2025

Arguably the best ride at Walt Disney World, imo.

161

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 26/06/2025

Every time I see this poster for Barry Lyndon on Letterboxd I think its an advertisement for an MLB All-Star Game at some point in the last 50 years. Something about it says 'baseball' to me even though it has nothing actually related to baseball on it.

A poster for the 1975 film Barry Lyndon from Letterboxd. In the center of the poster is the title, with 'Barry' on one line and Lyndon on the next. It's center aligned. Below the title is an 18th century dueling pistol crossed with a red rose. Above the title is an Ace of Spades card. All fo this is on a black background with a black border surrounding it.

250

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 24/06/2025

No less an authority than @coralinewren.bsky.social said this was the funniest thing I've ever written, so have fun!

A screenshot of a review from my Letterboxd for The Lighthouse. It reads:

"The funniest movie of 2019!!! It's true, we smell terrible" -
Two Onions Fucking a Farmyard Shithouse Monthly
(Five Star Review)

040

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 24/06/2025

Lol, this almost certainly won’t be the actual top 20 when i’m done in September, a lot of heavy hitters not on the board yet but here’s my top 20 of the 21st century at the moment for you sickos

A Letterboxd list of my top 20 movies of the 21st century so far in my ongoing project

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Fellowship of the Ring
5. The Two Towers
6. Return of the King
7. The Fablemans
8. Children of Men
9. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
10. The Social Network
11. The Wolf of Wall Street
12. Interstellar
13. Muholland Drive
14. Babylon
15. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17. Ratatouille
18. Before Sunset
19. Mad Max Fury Road
20. Paterson

110

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 24/06/2025

100 Films of 1975 #16: Barry Lyndon Directed by: Stanley Kubrick 📽️

Barry Lyndon (Ryan O’Neal) and his wife Lady Lyndon (Marisa Berenson) have a very uncomfortable ride in a carriage in Barry Lyndon

172

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 09/05/2025

100 Films of 1975 #15: Death Race 2000 Directed By: Paul Bartel 📽️

020

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 02/05/2025

Films of 1975 #14: White Line Fever Directed by Jonathan Kaplan 📽️

Carrol Jo “CJ” Hummer (Jan-Michael Vincent) stands in front of a semi called the Blue Mule holding a gun that he is using with a purpose in White Line Fever

030

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 19/04/2025

post a gif of who you wanted to be as a little kid ✨

Janine Melnitz (Annie Potts) from Ghostbusters in red glasses looking towards someone and smiling with her mouth while telling that person (probably Peter Venkman idk) to go fuck himself

010

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 18/04/2025

My Last Four on Letterboxd

List of Last Four Movies I watched on Letterboxd titled 'Recent Activity'. The movies are:

The Lost World Jurassic Park (1997) - Rewatch and Liked
The Stepford Wives (1975) - Rewatched and Liked
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight (1995) - Liked
Jurassic Park (1993) - Rewatched Five Stars and Liked

120

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 18/04/2025

Me, reestablishing communications at site B

A shot from the 1998 FPS shooter Jurassic Park: Trespasser. Anne looks down at the dinosaur she just killed. We see her cleavage and the heart tattoo that served as her health meter.

010

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 17/04/2025

1975 Movie #13: The Stepford Wives Directed by: Bryan Forbes 📽️

Joanna Eberhart (Katharine Ross) sees something she doesn’t like in a scene from The Stepford Wives

050

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 13/04/2025

Mickey…buddy…are you okay?

A screenshot from taken from a session of Dreamlight Valley a while ago. Mickey Mouse is standing by a well in the expansion island themed to Atlantis. He’s a mixture of his standard design and his Steamboat Willy design. It’s all fucked up looking. And though the game is notorious for bugs, this was intentional, as it’s part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit introduction. Talking to fucked up Mickey is my character, who is dressed in her film noir girl detective best and is also a monster with amazing rainbow hair.

140

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 30/03/2025

1975 Film #12: Farewell, My Lovely Directed by: Dick Richards 📽️

Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) looks out a window in Farewell, My Lovely

020

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 28/03/2025

1975 Film #11: Give ‘em Hell, Harry! Directed by: Steve Binder

President Harry S. Truman (James Whitmore) sits at his desk in the Oval office in a scene from Give ‘em Hell, Harry!

120

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 19/03/2025

1975 Film #10: Hester Street Directed By: Joan Micklin Silver 📽️

Gitl (Carol Kane) kneels on the floor in a bedroom next to a bed. The film is in black and white in a scene from Hester Street

042

Amy Wren @amywrensayswhat.com · 04/03/2025

Looking a for great book to read? Do I have the book for you! I just finished my friend @emilystjams.bsky.social debut novel Woodworking and it’s the best. It’s a nice easy read, but the characters are so well drawn and it packs an emotional punch. Try it, you’ll like it!