Welcome to 2017! The past year was rough in many ways, but the turn of the calendar always brings hope for a better twelve months to come. Before we get too excited (or anxious) about what awaits us in 2017, here’s the final monthly viewing recap for 2016: December in film! New-to-me viewings: 14 Re-watches: 8 TOTAL FOR DECEMBER: 22 TOTAL FOR 2016: 296 The … Continue reading December 2016 in Film
Two of my post-1970 watches from November will be getting full reviews: Allied (2016), reviewed for my series on period films, and Lady Snowblood (1973), for the new “FilmStruck Friday” feature. A third, Arrival (2016), won’t be reviewed because I don’t have much to say that hasn’t already been said! Anyway, here are miniature reviews of the rest of the modern movies I watched in … Continue reading Films in 2016: Modern Movies in November
December has arrived, which means it’s finally social acceptable to start watching Christmas movies and listening to holiday music! (I actually started just after Halloween. I skip Thanksgiving and jump right into the twinkle lights, wreaths, and garland. Don’t judge me!) Before we become overwhelmed with holiday spirit, let’s take a look back at what I watched in November. New-to-me viewings: 23 Re-watches: 10 TOTAL … Continue reading November 2016 in Film
Happy November! Halloween has passed us and we’re headed full speed into the holiday season. I’ve not yet started putting my Christmas playlist on loop, but the time is nearing! Before we get to that, let’s take a look at what I watched in October. New-to-me viewings: 16 Re-watches: 5 TOTAL FOR OCTOBER: 21 TOTAL FOR 2016 (so far): 241 The new-to-me list: Hello, My Name is Doris (2016) … Continue reading October 2016 in Film
I managed to catch a handful of post-1970 films in September — most of them quite enjoyable, but there’s always at least one dud, isn’t there? Here are brief reviews of the five films! The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) – This has to be one of the craziest movies I’ve ever watched. Bears on bikes, brothers in love with their sisters, stuffed dead dogs, foiled … Continue reading Films in 2016: Modern Movies in September
October has arrived! This is always a fun month for movies, and for the fifth year in a row, TMP will be getting spooky with Horror Half-Week — four days of horror/”monster” movie reviews, leading up to Halloween. But before we get to that (or the many other reviews I have lined up for the month), let’s take a look at what I watched in September, … Continue reading September 2016 in Film
Now that we’ve passed the half-way mark of the year, I thought I’d take a look back at what I’ve watched so far, sharing my favorite discoveries and biggest disappointments from all of the films I’ve screened. From January through June I watched a total of 128 films, most of which were completely new to me. Some of them were great, and inevitably, some of … Continue reading Half-year check-in! Film discoveries + disappointments, January – June 2016
New-to-me viewings: 14 Re-watches: 4 TOTAL FOR MAY: 18 TOTAL FOR 2016, SO FAR: 110 The new-to-me list: The Major and the Minor (1942) Walk the Dark Street (1956) Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) Made in Paris (1966) A Foreign Affair (1948) Music in My Heart (1940) We Were Strangers (1949) Angels Over Broadway (1940) Slightly Dangerous (1943) Another Face (1935) No Time for Comedy (1940) … Continue reading May 2016 in Film
Today is April Fools’ Day, and many blogs will be publishing “prank” posts, but I’ve decided to go the no-jokes way this year and kick off the new month with the usual wrap-up of what I’ve watched in the past 31 days. March was kind of a low viewing month for me (or, lower than usual) but I still managed to get in some really … Continue reading March 2016 in Film
In viewing films from beyond the classic era, January was a month mostly dedicated to catching up on popular 2015 releases and award nominees. I also watched a couple of odd titles from Netflix. Here are tiny reviews of all of January’s modern movies. The Big Short (2015) – I had heard little about this film until award season came around and it started racking … Continue reading Films in 2016: Modern movies in January
