Dylan Staley

I'm a big fan of movies that are in and of themselves events.

Even though I went to high school in the town where this was filmed, I had never actually seen Steel Magnolias.

A friend of mine in Australia got to see this well before the United State theatrical release, and messaged me "THAT WAS AMAZING" after seeing this.

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I never got to see La La Land when it was originally in theaters, so when they announced a limited run for the tenth anniversary in Dolby Cinema I jumped at the opportunity.

Despite the big summer blockbuster feel, this movie was only available in premium formats at one theater in the Twin Cities area, and only one showing, so I had to betray my favorite theater (AMC Southdale 16) and watch this at AMC Rosedale 14.

This was a spur-of-the-moment pick up for me given that I had never seen it before, and man am I glad I didn't look anything up.

How funny would it have been if I met my future husband at the singles-only screening of the movie about the one night a year it's legal for single people to have sex?

I had never listened to Hadestown, so having the chance to listen for the first time via a pro-shot was a chance I didn't want to pass up.

This was my second time seeing The Odyssey in theaters, this time in 70mm film (the first being in Dolby Cinema).

One year ago, I moved across the country for the second time in my life.

The first time I saw The Odyssey, I saw it in Dolby Cinema primarily for the slightly expanced aspect ratio compared to other formats.

It's funny that in a film about a demonic spirit manefesting as the person you desire the most and trying to kill you that it was actually the lesser villian, with the primary one being homophobia.

I do need to admit that after watching this a second time I still did not understand the science behind what was happening, so I had to look everything up.

Even though I was literally going to see Project Hail Mary with a friend three days later, I did not want my initial viewing to be in anything other than IMAX, and damn was that the right decision.

Now this was a theatrical event!

I saw the first Wicked during my "vibe check" trip to Minneapolis before moving there, so it was so lovely to see the second one in the same theater where I saw the first, now as a resident of Minneapolis.

While I wasn't the biggest fan of the album itself, I do think this was such a cool way to allow people to experience the album front-to-back.

If I had a nickel for every time Josh O'Connor starred in a film about forbidden gay romance I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird it's happend twice.

When they scanned my ticket for this movie and handed me 3D glasses I was so disappointed.

This was the last film I saw in my primary theater in Tri-Cities, Washington.

I saw Wicked during an initial trip to Minneapolis that I refer to as my "vibe check" trip.

Next month is my seven-year anniversary of working from home.

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This post was originally shared with my team at HashiCorp on my last day.

I've worked hard to set up my desk with the devices I enjoy using.

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My first iPod was a silver iPod mini, given to me by my mom when I was around twelve years old.

Last month, Rakuten finally released a reasonably-sized Kobo with USB C, the Kobo Sage.

When I heard that the studio had sent theaters a new, updated cut of this film to fix some of the visual effects, I immediately bought a ticket to see if before my theater could get the revised copy.