Nearly five months into the year, time for the annual checkpoint thread.
Nearly five months into the year, time for the annual checkpoint thread.
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
1. Challengers
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Hundreds of Beavers
5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
6. Evil Does Not Exist
7. Girls State
8. The Goldman Case
9. The Greatest Night in Pop
10. Midwives
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
1. Furiosa
2. Challengers
3. Hundreds of Beavers
4. Here
5. Dune 2
1. Challengers
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Dune: Part Two
4. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
5. Hundreds of Beavers
6. Problemista
7. Hit Man
8. Evil Does Not Exist
9. Girls State
10. Mars Express
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
1. Furiosa
2. The Taste of Things
3. Henry Sugar + 3
4. The Substance
5. Challengers
6. Hundreds of Beavers
7. Love Lies Bleeding
8. Here
9. Dune 2
I have a top 5, I've only seen 12 from this year lol
1. Cuckoo
2. Monkey Man
3. Kneecap
4. Maxxxine
5. Alien: Romulus
Only Monkey Man isn't a theater viewing
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1. Challengers
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Dune: Part Two
4. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
5. Hundreds of Beavers
6. The Substance
7. Rebel Ridge
8. The Beast
9. Problemista
10. Hit Man
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
1. Challengers
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Anora
4. Dune: Part Two
5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
6. Chime
7. Hundreds of Beavers
8. The Substance
9. Rebel Ridge
10. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
Going by US release dates:
- Anora (Sean Baker)
- La Bete and Coma (Bertrand Bonello)
- Between the Temples (Nathan Silver)
- Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice)
- Hit Man (Richard Linklater)
- Kidnapped (Marco Bellocchio)
- Music (Angela Schanelec)
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (CĂ©line Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Year-end snapshot Top 10, far from final:
1. Challengers
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. Anora
4. Dune: Part Two
5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
6. Chime
7. A Different Man
8. Hundreds of Beavers
9. The Substance
10. Rebel Ridge
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
My Top 5 Movies of 2024: https://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2024/12...s-of-2024.html
and
My Top 10 Movies of the '20s so far: https://cwiddop.blogspot.com/2025/01...0s-so-far.html
1. Anora
2. The People's Joker
3. The Taste of Things
4. Furiosa
5. Henry Sugar + 3
6. The Substance
7. Last Summer
8. Hundreds of Beavers
9. Conclave
10. Nosferatu
1. Nosferatu (theater)
2. Cuckoo (theater)
3. Flow (theater)
4. Monkey Man (Peacock)
5. Kneecap (theater)
6. MaXXXine (theater)
7. A Real Pain (theater)
8. Heretic (theater)
9. Alien: Romulus (theater)
10. A Complete Unknown (theater)
Out of 20, but hey I'll catch up eventually. Peacock has The Wild Robot and Conclave, and I will see about The Brutalist, Sonic 3 and if I should grab beers and watch Wicked. Nah....
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Everything dies, baby, that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies some day comes back
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
1. Challengers
2. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
3. The Count of Monte Cristo
4. Anora
5. Dune: Part Two
6. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
7. Chime
8. A Different Man
9. Flow
10. Close Your Eyes
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5