Too Many Servings of John

Musings and reviews from a weird mind

John Skrip

  • Ruddtrospective #36: Three Murders, One Building, And Roughly Twelve Celebrity Guest Stars

    Surprise! I was going to cover The Cider House Rules, and I will soon, but life found a way to let me talk about this show I love again! So enjoy this bonus Ruddtrospective.Spoilers for the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building, which has just wrapped up. At this point the show has Read more

  • John’s Mini Review of Venom’s Last Dance

    Full spoilers for this. I don’t have much to say and I don’t want to talk about this movie. It feels grossly put together and cynical and rushed and low effort so that’s what this review will be. None of the posters, none of the red spoiler text, the breaking down characters, none of it. Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 7

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • Return Of The Bear – A Friendship Tale

    A Special Birthday Post! It’s my Birthday! Hello! I turn 22 today but I don’t have anything special to say about myself, so instead I’m going to talk about my first best friend, a friend I thought was long dead. Was he? I mean, you can read the post to find out. Or the title. Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #35: An Unhappy and Boring Halloween

    Full spoilers for the sixth movie in a franchise that’s now 11 or 13 movies old, depending if you count Rob Zombie. I’ve only seen Halloween VI, and as far as I can tell this story is fully inconsequential to the overall narrative, as are the vast majority of them in general. Halloween VI: The Read more

  • John’s Review of Depressing Clown 2: Joker Goes To Court

    I don’t know if people care anymore about spoilers for this film, but no spoilers and then spoilers I guess, it’s movie time everybody. Joker: Folie à Deux stars Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener, Harry Lawtey, Brendan Gleeson, and Steve Coogan. It was written by Scott Silver and Todd Phillips and directed Read more

  • Let’s Talk About Megalopolis

    Full spoilers for the most insane movie that has ever been made ever. I know nobody is watching this because people have good sense. This is not the kind of thing I talk about. I am reviewing this simply because I have so much to say and I have to talk about it. I mean… Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 6

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #34: Sailing The Seas Of Low Budget Indie Films Part Two

    Full spoilers for more obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into Diggers, The Locusts, The Size of Watermelons and 200 Cigarettes! Diggers(2006) stars Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Ron Eldard, Josh Hamilton, Sarah Paulson, Lauren Ambrose, and Jack O’Connell. It was written Read more

  • Top 10 Nicknames

    It’s Top 10 list time, dawgs! (Air horn noises) I’m changing my brand. I’m gonna write these like I’m a YouTuber from 2014. Anyway, there’s still so many things to rank! So many possibilities to consider! This time? We’re talking about a topic that totally isn’t vague and esoteric: The best nickname! When I was Read more

  • John VS Administration

    Very recently, construction began to plague my campus as I went to work every day. It frustrated me for one reason: It derailed my bus route and minorly inconvenienced me. And when it worsened and the bus routes suddenly had to do pick up and drop off on the other side of campus, I was Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 5

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • John’s Top 10 Favorite Comic Books

    It’s time for another Top 10 list! And another break from ranking the important things, like ways to cook an egg or kinds of facial hair. I’ve been planning this one for a while now, and my good friend Owen MacDonald insisted I post it sooner than later, so here goes. For the bigger runs Read more

  • John’s Concert Report – Vampire Weekend!

    As you may be aware, this is my second Concert Report post, the first one was of course back in June when I saw They Might Be Giants at First Ave. I don’t know if I’ll do another Concert Report any time soon, but I saw two this summer, and I get to do these. Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #33: Sailing The Seas Of Low Budget Indie Films

    Full spoilers for some obscure movies you’ve never heard of starring some people that may or may not surprise you. Let’s delve into The Château, The Shape of Things, and Two Days. Also, a trigger warning of sorts: These movies are sad and weird and about depressing topics. The Château(2001) stars Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Read more

  • John’s Kids Book Ideas

    In my storied career as an amateur blogger, I’ve pitched many wonderful ideas to my adoring audience, many films and a couple of TV shows that have failed to reach the producers and studio executives that could give them the adaptations they deserve. And I’ve finally realized the issue is I’m shooting too big. At Read more

  • John’s Review of Deadpool V Wolverine: Dawn of Jackman

    I haven’t done one of these in a while, there’s only been one superhero movie out this year and nobody saw it, so I’ll clearly mark when I start talking spoilers. No matter where you stand with superhero movies, this has been highly anticipated for decades now and we’ve finally arrived. Let’s do it, eh? Read more

  • Top 10 Ways To Entertain Yourself At The Gym

    Hey, everybody! It’s time again for me to rank and rate the most monotonous and mundane things in this world! I’m the only one on Earth who wants to make it clear where things really stand. What’s the most fun way to spend time at the gym? How many ways can you do it while Read more

  • ReXamining the X-Men Movies Before D&W

    As I’ve made it clear many times already, I am very psyched for the movie coming out next week. My inner child, the desperate fanboy, is so excited to see this movie and the newest trailers have only stoked the flames of said excitement. I’m aware people are frustrated the trailers are revealing so many Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 4

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • Dead Man’s Float – A Swimming Tale

    My week was long and weird, and my weekend was also. I was recovering from a surprise sickness and on Friday I’d spent two hours getting my beard trimmed before having dinner and drinks with some old friends from school. It is very much a surreal, out of body experience, reconnecting with people you’ve known Read more

  • Waiting For a Trim

    My version of purgatory, I have now realized, is waiting in line at Great Clips to get my beard trimmed I show up at 5:20, after an 8 hour work day I have groceries to get, errands to run, a Friday to enjoy I am 7th on the queue and the third person on the Read more

  • The Ongoing Race

    I’m at the starting line Waiting to begin another cross country relay I don’t want to be here, and my coaches couldn’t be more aware I’ve been a ridiculous nuisance for months now Not that it matters anymore, of course, it’s far too late A bald man waves a flag and the race begins Or Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #32: TV Movies and Plays, Oh My!

    Full spoilers if you still haven’t gotten around to watching Paul Rudd’s TV version of The Great Gatsby or the filmed versions of two of his theatrical productions, Twelfth Night, or What You Will or Bash: Latter-Day Plays. The Great Gatsby(2000) stars Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Heather Goldenhersh, Matt Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 3

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • John’s Summery Business Ideas

    Hello, loyal reader! It’s me, John! If you’re reading this, surely you get the idea of the kind of person I am at this point. I love to write and talk about movies, but I’m also easily stressed and struggle with consistency when it comes to posting regularly or writing for myself regularly. And I’d Read more

  • John’s Concert Report – They Might Be Giants!

    This is different from the usual blog posts I write in that I’ve never talked about going to concerts before but I went to one on Saturday and it was really fun and I want to talk about it. I’m seeing two of my favorite bands in concert this summer, so in July when I Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #31: Romeo + Juliet + Paul

    Full spoilers for Romeo + Juliet. In fact, full spoilers for the story of Romeo and Juliet in general right here and now. They’re both stupid and they both die. What, you’re upset? You’ve had 430 years to read the damn thing or watch any of the versions. I’m disappointed in you. Romeo + Juliet(1996) Read more

  • John’s Top 10 Favorite Movies

    This is my third Top 10 list ranking various things, and there are more to come, but I thought I’d shake up the format a little. As some of you may know, I started writing Top 10 lists because ranking is the big thing on the internet right now and I feel there are things Read more

  • The Flying Nun, Revisited: Volume 2

    Previously on The Flying Nun, Revisited…“The Flying Nun is a hip sixties woman named Sister Bertrille from New York and she just began working at a convent in exceedingly windy San Juan, Puerto Rico. She weighs ninety pounds and her cornette is shaped in such a way that makes it aerodynamic when countered with a Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #30: The Fascinating World Of The Octopus

    Full Spoilers for Secrets of the Octopus, the three-part documentary series streaming on Disney+. I’m not going to avoid spoiling a documentary, am I? Secrets of the Octopus(2024) is narrated by the smooth, calming voice of Paul Stephen Rudd, and stars octopus expert Dr. Alex Schnell. It was produced by famous ocean lover James Cameron. Read more

  • Blunt Force Trauma – A John J Skrip Short Story

    A year ago now I wrote three short stories for a short story class, and I released the first two, Substitute Fish and Don’t Kill The Rooster last year when I couldn’t think of anything to write. I dragged my feet on this one because I really liked it but wanted to edit it and Read more

  • 100 Servings of John – An Anniversary Post and Catch-Up!

    It took me a while to get here, but this is officially my 100th blog post! It’s been almost three years now and I’ve come a long way and thrown a lot of nonsense out in my movie reviews, pitches, and miscellaneous musings. I just wanted to use this post as an opportunity to catch Read more

  • Top 10 Modes of Transportation

    Welcome, one and all, to the second installment of my now reoccurring ranking column. There are so many things in this world to rank, and so little people willing to do it. Well here I am. As I said last time, I’ll eventually pivot slightly and use these to rank movies and comics I’d recommend, Read more

  • Ruddtrospective #29: We’re The Beatles, The Four Beatles

    Full spoilers for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, a movie that came out almost two decades ago. If you haven’t seen this movie, you’re probably not a fan of the incredibly niche rock biopic parody genre and don’t mind. Though I’ll give some more examples of that genre throughout. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Read more