Joe Castagna
Vol. I · No. 25joecastagna.comFri, Sep 25, 2026

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molly madfis on Instagram: "fall movies to watch — a lot of these are obvious picks but i tried to include some that are more under the radar! because seriously what’s a better thanksgiving movie than son-in-law? the perfect autumn movie watchlist : 🍁 mermaids 🍁 one of my all time faves and so small town new englandy! 🍁 fantastic mr. fox 🍁 the only movie on the list my kids love (duh) 🍁 indian summer 🍁 i loved this movie as a little kid 😆 our kid movie options were limited back in cable days but it’s so good! and sam raimi is in it!? 🍁 mystic pizza 🍁 honestly it’s a little boring but i also love it? because connecticut duh! 🍁 st. elmo’s fire 🍁 another one i loved as a little kid lol, peak brat pack! 🍁 wonder boys 🍁 i loved the book first but the movie too, idk why this wasn’t more popular!! 🍁 baby boom 🍁 literally the reason i moved to new england lol. there’s nothing more inspiring than her heading to vermont and starting over!! and she drives my dream car 🍁 when harry met sally 🍁 duh. but one of my top five faves of all time. 🍁 dan in real life 🍁 another one that i find a little boring and dane cook bothers me so much always, yet the new england setting and the steve keeps me there 🍁 you’ve got mail 🍁 obv. so so so superior to sleepless in seattle in terms of fun watch vibes 🍁 rushmore 🍁 it holds up! hilarious and beautiful too. 🍁 son-in-law 🍁 if you don’t like a pauly shore movie can we even be friends? i also reference this movie often in my new outdoorsy life and sing thank god i’m a country boyyyyy 😆 crawl forever which movies did i forget??"Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)Virtuosity (1995)Pingu on Instagram: "it’s part of the package 😇#pingu #nootnoot #nostalgia"Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting outThe Rewatchables on Instagram: "‘Speed’ and the apex era of action movies #movies #rewatchables #speed #actionmovies #fyp"MesmeriseThis new Claude Opus 5.5 is quite good, I’ve been re-building the backend of this site and it’s making much better decisions with far less errors.EditionTest for dispatch
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