Life & Times
Forty Years of Clue’s Cold War Critique
December 10, 2025
Released on December 13, 1985, Clue is celebrating its fortieth birthday this year. The film was released as a comedy/thriller based on the board game of the same name. It has the same premise as the board game, a who-done-it murder mystery where the recognizable color-coded characters rush to try and find an answer before the police arrive.
Although this film might be thought of as a cult classic forty years after its release, at the time it was not widely well received, grossing 15 million dollars from a budget of 15 million. There are three separate endings to the film; when it was playing in theaters, it was random which ending the audience would receive.
This Is Letterboxd Propaganda
December 10, 2025
Letterboxd is a site or an app, whichever you prefer, in which you can keep a movie diary, similar to a goodreads account. You can keep track of what you watched and when, choose to review and rate movies, keep a watchlist and more. If you’ve ever watched a movie then you should consider signing up.
In all seriousness, if you watch movies with some regularity, enjoy thinking about movies or talking about them with people, then Letterboxd is a service you may appreciate using. People interact with the site in a variety of ways from giving in-depth reviews and calculated ratings, commenting on what other people post, with a dedication to log every film they watch to barely updating what they’ve watched, instead choosing to keep up with friends, or only giving reviews, only telling jokes, and so on.
