Friday, January 17, 2020

WEATHERING WITH YOU - The Kids Are Alright

. . . Ok, so sometimes - just sometimes, mind you - I like anime.

Other times, I freakin' love it.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The Yearly Countdown: Fantastic Films of 2019

Tired reference to how the previous year was garbage, at least on a macro level, much like recent years before. Familiarly sarcastic observation that the coming year likely won't prove that much better, tinged with hope that we can make some kind of substantive change this time around. Obvious segue into how trying times leads us to take solace in the potent art of our times, which - in this case - includes a lot of movies.

Half-deprecating and half-heartfelt praise of the number of very good-to-great movies that released last year in spite of the festering problems of late capitalism on the film industry. Disclaimer that I've not seen all the movies I "ought to have" because of lack of time (sorry, The Farewell) or uncooperative release rollouts (see you in a couple weeks, 1917), but I don't feel like waiting until mid-spring to take stock.

All caught up? Cool. Let's talk about the movies of 2019 that kicked serious booty. Because there really were a lot of them.