And So It Begins...

Hello from the other side of the shadows.

I’m still here.

In my 2022 round-up, I tentatively asked if movies were back.

Are movies “back”?

It just dawned on me that I began this blog in September 2007 (wow does time fly) and while I spend more of my movie time on my podcast, I thought it be fun to circle all the way back to my (refined) list of the best movies released in 2007.

I love highlighting intense films.

The two things I miss most about blogging regularly is, first and foremost, being able to engage with the wonderful readers in the comment section (hi!)

We made it through another year of pandemic cinema.

When I started podcasting in July 2020, I promised myself that I wouldn’t let this blog fall off.

Who could have guessed that when we sat down in the theater to watch The Invisible Man, or Bad Boys 3, or The Lodge, that it would be the last time we would set foot in a movie theater in 2020?

Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler is one of my favorite character studies of the last 15 years.

Well it’s about damn time I post my top 10 of the 2010 decade.

Well, it looks like I’m just another asshole who started a movie podcast.

The only issue with watching every movie that has won an Oscar for acting, Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay is that by the time I’m ready to actually write about the category, I’m burnt the hell out.

I’ve been taking a little blogging break because, hell, I don’t know, it seems weird to write about movies when so many American streets look like fucking war zones.

My Oscar binge continues, this time with thoughts on every Best Director Oscar.

I’m been making use of my COVID-19 quarantine the best way I know how, by watching a ton of movies and writing about them.

Montgomery Clift is my favorite performer to ever appear in film.

I know, I know.

Every year, I like to call attention to a handful of movies that are deemed “rotten” by Rotten Tomatoes.

For old timers and newcomers alike, 2019 was a banner year for film acting.

Because 2019 was a great year for film, it was undoubtedly a great year for performances as well.

For the past few years, it has been hard for me to come up with a handful of films worth listing as the year’s best.

So far in my lifetime, I can confidently say that there hasn’t been a movie year more impactful than 1999.

As of this writing, I am currently on my fourth viewing of The Irishman.