Since I have a Letterboxd account now I’m probably retiring the recap posts.
Movies:
Three Thousand Years of Longing: Too weird for my taste. C
Pinocchio (remake): A terrible Disney remake has none of the heart of the original. D-
Wendell and Wild and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Wonderfully animated stop motion movies. A-
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: The funniest movie of the year. A
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Not as good as the first one but it had a great tribute to Chadwick Boseman. B+
My Father’s Dragon and Strange World: Good animation but kind of the weakest work of their studios in a while. C+
Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery: A perfect sequel to a perfect film. A+
The Fabelmans: As a fan of Spielberg, I was kind of underwhelmed by this film. B-
Spirited and A Christmas Carol (Netflix): Pretty good adaptions of A Christmas Carol. B-
A Christmas Story Christmas: The true Christmas Story sequel. B-
Violent Night: A fun Die Hard style Christmas action film. B
Avatar the Way of Water: Same story beats from the first one. but with better visuals. B
Puss in Boots the Last Wish: Best Dreamworks movie since Kung Fu Panda 2. A
TV:
Rick and Morty season 6: This might be my favorite season.
Oddballs: Huge fan of TheOdd1sOut so I really had fun with this.
Inside Job and Dead-End season 2: Really good cartoons with great animation and great characters. Such a shame that they were cancelled.
The Owl House season 3: Such a great season premiere, will share more of my thoughts once season 3 is over.
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