2026.01.04
Movies at the Cinema (7 (+4))
Emilia Pérez, The Fall, Disney Animated Shorts, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jaws, Hamilton, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Heh. Most of these weren't regular releases; one was my birthday movie, one was a Disney thing, 2 were retro-rereleases, one was a taped stage thing, one was a Netflix prerelese...
Movies on Video or Streaming (53 (-8))
Conclave, Shaun of the Dead, Heretic, The Substance, White Men Can't Jump, A Real Pain, Anora, The Apprentice, Better Than Sex, Memories of Murder, Chicago, 50 Shades of Grey, The Brutalist, American Pie, Drumline, Challengers, Adolescence, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The Sting, Y tu mama tambien, Adaptation, The Phantom Menace, Mickey 17, A Minecraft Movie, Revenge of the Sith, Bird, A Fish Called Wanda, Sinners, Enola Holmes, Better Than Chocolate, Chasing Amy, Godfather, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Thelma, Friendship, Superman (2025), Marvin's Room, What We Do In The Shadows, The Way We Were, Barefoot in the Park, Indecent Proposal, Out of Africa, Terms of Endearment, Snatch, A Christmas Story, 8-Bit Christmas, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Krumpus, Violent Night, Best in Show, One Battle After Another
Heretic and its mix of religious sophomore bullsessioning along with some horror was definitely my jam (at least the religious-y stuff), Better Than Sex is an old favorite, a sweet hearted movie about a one-weekend-stand, Mickey 17 is a fun thought experiment scifi blast, Sinners was a fantastic vampire/black culture movie.
TV Show Seasons (7 (-13))
What We Do In The Shadows Season 6, Last of Us Season 2, Colin from Accounts Season 1, Colin from Accounts Season 2, Pulling Season 1, Plurbius, Stranger Things Season 5
Thanks to Sophie for hooking us up with "Colin from Accounts", a brilliant Australian comedy - more and more I'm noticing some shows have bad writing, and are carried by the actors. This show has good writing.
Books (16 (-14))
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Great Delusion, Inner Excellence, Searching for Caleb, Nexus, Pachinko, In Favour of the Sensitive Man, Hamilton: The Revolution, Boys and Girls Together, Will There Ever Be Another You, 1776, Serenity at 70, Gaiety at 80, How to Be an Epicurean, A Whole New Mind, A New Guide to Rational Living, The Sensuous Dirty Old Man
Boy, a down year for reading!
"Hamilton: The Revolution" was a the libretto plus footnotes for the musical; amazing to see some of the craft behind the art.
Comic / Graphic Novel (3)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Atomic Empire, Spent
Live Concert (16)
Cindy Scott + Friends, Ain't No Mo, Meklit, YAMATO drummers, the Odysey, Rebirth Brass Band, A Man of No Importance, Parade, Trae Crowder, Crowns, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, The Prom, Improv Asylum, Blue Man Group, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Fun Home
Historically I've been hit or miss about recording concerts/live shows, but I've been seeing many more with Lynette (I'm sure I missed some). Anyway, I love YAMATO drummers, and the ART had a really cool version of the Odyssey (Also Lynette adds: For performances Passim, Tanglewood, Sturbridge magic show, and I'd argue for the Haunted House)
oldie but a goodie
