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NaPoWriMo 2022 Recap

01 Sunday May 2022

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Once again, National Poetry Writing Month has come to an end. Looking back at all the poems and films I covered in April, it’s amazing how every post feels like I wrote it just yesterday, yet here I am with 28 behind me, thankfully clearing much of my backlog of watched movies that I might not have ever gotten to review otherwise. True, I unfortunately missed a couple days, just like last year, but I’m still very pleased with how well I was able to keep up. (While I was finally free of school this year, I didn’t have any reviews pre-written before April started, which has helped me in the past, so it felt like the daily posts took up more time than usual.) And I had the special thrill of being featured on the NaPoWriMo website, which hasn’t happened since 2016!

I’m actually relieved to be on the other side of April and free to work on another writing project that’s been on semi-hold for the last month. Still, it’s always satisfying to stretch my poetic muscles alongside a slew of other poets here in cyberspace. Big thanks to the NaPoWriMo website for all the prompts and to everyone who wrote, read, liked, followed, and commented throughout the month! And here’s a recap of all the films/poems covered in NaPoWriMo 2022:

April 1 – Three Men and a Baby (1987) – Honorable Mention

April 2 – The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) – List Runner-Up

April 3 – Gattaca (1997) – List-Worthy

April 4 – Finch (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 5 – Free Guy (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 6 – Nightmare Alley (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 7 – Werewolves Within (2021) – List Runner-Up (probably my favorite poem of the month)

April 8 – Daredevil (2003) – Honorable Mention

April 9 – Don’t Look Up (2021) – Honorable Mention

April 10 – Love and Monsters (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 11 – Greyhound (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 12 – Archive (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 13 – Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – List-Worthy (favorite movie of the month)

April 14 – Mank (2020) – Honorable Mention

April 15 – missed

April 16 – Belle (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 17 – Father Stu (2022) – List-Worthy

April 18 – Drive My Car (2021) – List Runner-Up

April 19 – Host (2020) – Honorable Mention

April 20 – Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020) – Honorable Mention

April 21 – Her Blue Sky (2019) – List Runner-Up

April 22 – Palm Springs (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 23 – Mass (2021) – List Runner-Up (my featured poem and the post with the most likes this month)

April 24 – Those Who Wish Me Dead (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 25 – missed

April 26 – Stan and Ollie (2018) – List Runner-Up

April 27 – The Midnight Sky (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 28 – Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) – Honorable Mention

April 29 – The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) – List Runner-Up

April 30 – Enola Holmes (2020) – List Runner-Up (the poem I’m most proud of this month)

My 2022 Blindspot Picks

23 Sunday Jan 2022

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It’s time once again for year 6 of the Blindspot series! I don’t know who started this idea for movie blogs, but I’ve enjoyed the annual incentive to clear out a little more of my ever-growing to-watch list. And at least this year, without school and interviewing, I can hopefully return to the intention of watching one pick a month.

I always try to choose an eclectic mix of films I’ve been meaning to see, often long-delayed recommendations from family and fellow bloggers. This time around, I’ve included a cult musical, a sports classic, a horror comedy, a critically acclaimed dystopia, a few dramatic ensembles, a Chinese import, and a couple underseen comedies. I even bent the rules to include a trilogy of Indian classics as one pick. I can’t wait to see what these potential favorites have in store.

In alphabetical order, the Blindspot picks for 2022 are:

Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)

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Better Off Dead (1985)

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Chef (2014)

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Children of Men (2006)

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The Frighteners (1996)

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Grand Canyon (1991)

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Murder by Death (1976)

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National Velvet (1944)

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The Road Home (1999)

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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Short Term 12 (2013)

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Shutter Island (2010)

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2021 Blindspot Ranking

22 Saturday Jan 2022

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For my fifth year of the Blindspot series, I was relieved to wrap it up (barely) before the end of the year. You would think one movie a month wouldn’t be so hard to fit in, but college inevitably put me behind, only starting on these in April and having to play catch-up in the last few months. Now that that I’ve seen all these films for the first time, I can close out 2021’s Blindspots with my annual ranking before announcing the 2022 list tomorrow.

Like 2020, only one film ended up becoming an instant favorite and winning entry onto my Top 365 movie list. Even so, I still consider this an excellent selection of cinema, with even my bottom-ranked picks having their good points. I’m glad to have finally crossed these films off my to-watch list, especially so I can move on to the next batch.

12. Don’t Look Now (1973)

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Psychological horror about psychic dangers in Venice; very atmospheric but also strange and unsatisfying

11. Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Coppola’s Vietnam war classic is masterfully executed but also off-putting and anticlimactic.

10. Shin Godzilla (2016)

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Modern “realistic” Godzilla thriller where bureaucracy is just as much a problem as the monster; special effects are both good and not quite good enough.

9. The Village (2004)

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Atmospheric Shyamalan thriller with a twist that isn’t that hard to predict

8. Anthem of the Heart (2015)

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Anime school drama posing as fantasy with some poignant themes

7. Office Space (1999)

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Cult comedy that I can relate to now that I’ve worked in an office

6. The Apartment (1960)

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Oscar-winning classic with an unappealing premise that yields to a highly satisfying end

5. Total Recall (1990)

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Violent and bizarre, but thought-provoking action sci-fi is my jam nonetheless.

4. Sunshine on Leith (2013)

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Scottish musical highlighting The Proclaimers’ discography; sweet but mostly predictable romance drama

3. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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Unsung romantic classic with intriguing fantasy elements of the afterlife; like Soul but older and British

2. Coming to America (1988)

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Second-tier Eddie Murphy rom com that still reminds me why ’80s comedies are the best

1. My Left Foot (1989)

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First-rate acting for a first-rate biopic of Irish painter and author Christy Brown

THE LIST (2022 Update)

12 Wednesday Jan 2022

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A little later than I usually like, but here is my start-of-2022 update to THE LIST, my top 365 movie list that first got me started blogging eight years ago and has been revised every year since. Of course, there are technically more than 365 since I group most film series together, as well as a few other pairs of similar films that equate to a tie. Now added are the 15 films listed in my Blogiversary post that I watched for the first time last year and are listed in bold below. Nothing was able to crack the Top 100 this time around, but you’ll find both high and low rankers, including Blindspots and Oscar winners. As always, these are my personal and subjective favorites that can easily change with time, and I welcome both agreement and disagreement.

Not that I expect anyone to notice, but there was some shuffling of the order for several films already on the list. The biggest rise went to the MCU’s Spider-Man series, thanks to the boost of No Way Home bringing it from #213 to #113, and other risers include Treasure Planet, Doc Hollywood, and To Sir, with Love (RIP Sidney Poitier). In contrast, Rogue One and Cars lost some ground, but the biggest loss was suffered by Dunkirk, falling from #293 right off the list entirely. (Still a great film, just not one I’ve had much inclination to see again.) It’s almost become a joke that I always leave Psycho at #365 every year, so I just decided to raise it up a few spots since it’s clearly not going anywhere.

Finally, it always tears me up inside, but let’s give a special salute to those formerly List-Worthy entries that had to be cut to make room for new blood:  Cloak and Dagger, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Peanuts Movie, The Wind Rises, Captain Marvel, Minority Report, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Cowboy Bebop: The Movie,  A Bug’s Life, and Dunkirk. They will be missed, but they still count as favorites in my book.

The last few months have been a whirlwind, but I’m finally through with interviews and intense studying. With hopefully more time to relax, I should be able to seek out some great old and new films in the coming year and get back to compiling more lists as well. Thanks again to all readers, likers, followers, commenters, and lovers of film and/or poetry! I truly hope and pray 2022 will be a better year overall than the last two, but either way, we’ll always have movies.

1.  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)

2.  Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

3.  Forrest Gump (1994)

4.  It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

5.  The Sound of Music (1965)

6.  Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983)

7.  Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016)

8.  Titanic (1997)

9.  Toy Story Series  (1995, 1999, 2010, 2019)

10.  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

11.  The Princess Bride (1987)

12.  Beauty and the Beast (1991)

13.  Groundhog Day (1993)

14.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

15.  The Prince of Egypt (1998)

16.  You’ve Got Mail (1998)

17.  The Wizard of Oz (1939)

18.  The Avengers (2012), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Infinity War (2018), and Endgame (2019)

19.  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

20.  War Horse (2011)

21.  The Incredibles (2004) and The Incredibles 2 (2018)

22.  Cast Away (2000)

23.  Heart and Souls (1993)

24.  Pirates of the Caribbean (2003, 2006, 2007) and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

25.  Tarzan (1999)

26.  Les Miserables (2012)

27.  Ben-Hur (1959)

28.  Elizabethtown (2005)

29.  Star Trek (2009)

30.  The Chronicles of Narnia (2005, 2008, 2010)

31.  The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001)

32.  Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

33.  Oliver! (1968)

34.  Whisper of the Heart (1995)

35.  Spider-Man Trilogy (2002, 2004, 2007)

36.  The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)

37.  Doctor Zhivago (1965)

38.  Babe (1995)

39.  The Blues Brothers (1980)

40.  Jurassic Park (1993)

41.  84 Charing Cross Road (1987)

42.  National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

43.  Ratatouille (2007)

44.  The Fugitive (1993)

45.  True Grit (1969, 2010)

46.  Evita (1996)

47.  The Lion King (1994)

48.  Inception (2010)

49.  When Harry Met Sally… (1989)

50.  The Family Man (2000)

51.  Chariots of Fire (1981)

52.  Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

53.  Lilies of the Field (1963)

54.  Life of Pi (2012)

55.  Mary Poppins (1964)

56.  Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

57.  Glory (1989)

58.  Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

59.  The Sixth Sense (1999)

60.  Back to the Future Trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990)

61.  Aliens (1986)

62.  Life Is Beautiful (1997)

63.  Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

64.  The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

65.  Awakenings (1990)

66.  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

67.  Paulie (1998)

68.  Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

69.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

70.  Big (1988)

71.  Jumanji (1995)

72.  Somewhere in Time (1980)

73.  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

74.  A Christmas Story (1983)

75.  Speed (1994)

76.  Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

77. Little Women (1994, 2019)

78.  1776 (1972)

79.  High School Musical Trilogy (2006, 2007, 2008)

80.  Wit (2001)

81.  Serenity (2005)

82.  Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

83.  Gone with the Wind (1939)

84.  Aladdin (1992)

85.  The Greatest Showman (2017)

86.  Saints and Soldiers (2003)

87.  La La Land (2016)

88.  Fantasia (1940)

89.  Shadowlands (1993)

90.  Hook (1991)

91.  Young Frankenstein (1974)

92.  The Truman Show (1998)

93.  The Ten Commandments (1956)

94.  Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (1999, 2002, 2005)

95.  October Sky (1999)

96.  Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

97.  Holes (2003)

98.  The Martian (2015)

99. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

100.  About Time (2013)

101.  Mr. Church (2016)

102.  Taking Chance (2009)

103.  Signs (2002)

104.  The Blind Side (2009)

105.  Star Trek: Generations (1994)

106.  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

107.  The Santa Clause (1994)

108.  Starman (1984)

109.  My Fair Lady (1964)

110.  The Passion of the Christ (2004)

111.  Train to Busan (2016)

112. 1917 (2019)

113.  Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Far from Home (2019), and No Way Home (2021)

114.  On Golden Pond (1981)

115.  Brother Bear (2003)

116.  WALL-E (2008)

117.  The Green Mile (1999)

118.  Air Force One (1997)

119.  Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2013)

120.  Shrek 2 (2004)

121.  The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

122.  Star Trek into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016)

123.  Big Hero 6 (2014)

124.  To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

125.  The Matrix (1999)

126.  The Right Stuff (1983)

127.  Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

128.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

129.  Shuffle (2011)

130.  The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005)

131.  The Color Purple (1985)

132.  Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

133.  Ready Player One (2018)

134.  Shrek (2001)

135.  The King’s Speech (2010)

136.  X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

137.  Iron Man Trilogy (2008, 2010, 2013)

138.  The Hunger Games series (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

139.  Yentl (1983)

140.  Men in Black Trilogy (1997, 2002, 2012)

141.  Skyfall (2012)

142.  The Music Man (1962)

143.  Ghostbusters Trilogy (1984, 1989, 2021)

144.  Regarding Henry (1991)

145.  Alien (1979)

146.  The Polar Express (2004)

147.  Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

148.  Julie and Julia (2009)

149.  Airplane! (1980)

150.  Castle in the Sky (1986)

151.  Darkest Hour (2017)

152.  Tick, Tick… Boom! (2021)

153.  Secondhand Lions (2003)

154.  A Christmas Carol (any version)

155. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

156. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

157.  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

158. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

159.  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

160.  The Little Mermaid (1989)

161.  Die Hard trilogy (1988, 1990, 1995)

162. Soul (2020)

163.  Source Code (2011)

164.  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

165.  Planet of the Apes Trilogy (2011, 2014, 2017)

166.  Inside Out (2015)

167.  Extraordinary Measures (2010)

168.  Overboard (1987)

169.  Cinderella (1950) / Cinderella (2015)

170.  A League of Their Own (1992)

171.  The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)

172.  Tangled (2010)

173.  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

174.  Zootopia (2016)

175.  The Untouchables (1987)

176.  Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

177.  Treasure Planet (2002)

178.  Ella Enchanted (2004)

179.  Splash (1984)

180.  Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013)

181.  Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)

182.  How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

183.  Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Vol. 2 (2017)

184.  Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

185.  Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), Rogue Nation (2015), and Fallout (2018)

186.  Selma (2014)

187.  Doc Hollywood (1991)

188. Knives Out (2019)

189.  The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

190.  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

191.  Enchanted (2007)

192.  Up (2009)

193.  What’s Up, Doc? (1972)

194.  Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

195.  Wolf Children (2012)

196.  Jojo Rabbit (2019)

197.  Your Name (2016)

198.  Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)

199.  Pocahontas (1995)

200.  Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

201.  Rudy (1993)

202.  Mulan (1998)

203.  Hidden Figures (2016)

204.  As Good As It Gets (1997)

205.  King of Thorn (2010)

206.  In the Heights (2021)

207.  Les Miserables (1998)

208.  Spaceballs (1987)

209.  My Left Foot (1989)

210.  The Way (2010)

211.  Labyrinth of Lies (2014)

212.  The Prestige (2006)

213.  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

214.  Blinded by the Light (2019)

215.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

216.  Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

217.  Saving Private Ryan (1998) / The Longest Day (1962)

218.  To Sir, with Love (1967)

219.  Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019)

220.  The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005, 2008, 2012)

221. Harriet (2019)

222.  The Father (2020)

223.  United 93 (2006)

224.  Joyeux Noël (2005)

225.  Woman in Gold (2015)

226.  Twister (1996)

227.  Foul Play (1978)

228.  Coco (2017)

229.  Funny Girl (1968)

230.  Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), and Creed (2015)

231.  Hello, Dolly! (1969)

232. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

233. Weathering with You (2019)

234.  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

235.  April and the Extraordinary World (2015) / Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

236.  Déjà Vu (2006)

237.  Out of Africa (1985)

238.  Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

239.  The Hobbit Trilogy (2012, 2013, 2014)

240.  Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

241.  Hoosiers (1986)

242.  Gravity (2013)

243.  The Great Escape (1963)

244.  The Naked Gun (1988)

245.  Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)

246.  Philadelphia (1993)

247.  Raising Arizona (1987)

248. The Jerk (1979)

249.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

250.  Ghost (1990)

251.  Misery (1990)

252.  School of Rock (2003)

253. 42 (2013)

254.  Other Daniel Craig Bond films – Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021)

255.  Captain Phillips (2013)

256.  Vantage Point (2008)

257.  Peter Pan (1953)

258.  The Terminal (2004)

259.  Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980)

260.  Eddie the Eagle (2016)

261.  Soul Man (1986)

262.  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

263.  Jane Eyre (1970)

264.  Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)

265.  The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

266.  The Girl Who Leapt through Time (2006)

267.  Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Waterworld (1995)

268. Ride Your Wave (2019)

269.  Cloud Atlas (2012)

270.  Anastasia (1997)

271.  Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

272.  Something the Lord Made (2004)

273.  X-Men (2000) and X2: X-Men United (2003)

274.  Green Book (2018)

275.  Surrogates (2009)

276.  Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

277.  WarGames (1983)

278.  Hidden (2015) / A Quiet Place (2018) and Part II (2021)

279.  Cars (2006) and Cars 3 (2017)

280.  My Girl (1991)

281.  Chronesthesia (or Love and Time Travel) (2016)

282.  The Ultimate Gift (2006)

283.  The Way Back (2010)

284.  Memphis Belle (1990)

285.  Dances with Wolves (1990)

286.  The Terminator (1984)

287.  The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

288.  The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)

289.  Casablanca (1942)

290.  Rain Man (1988) and Dominick and Eugene (1988)

291.  One Cut of the Dead (2017)

292.  Pinocchio (1940)

293.  City Slickers (1991)

294.  The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

295.  Patema Inverted (2013)

296.  Forget Paris (1995)

297.  A Silent Voice (2016) / Hear Me (2009)

298.  Doctor Strange (2016)

299.  Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

300.  Murphy’s Romance (1985)

301.  Shenandoah (1965)

302.  The Red Violin (1999)

303.  Arrival (2016)

304.  A View to a Kill (1985)

305.  Wonder Woman (2017)

306.  Con Air (1997)

307.  Shazam! (2019)

308.  Annie (1999)

309.  The Elephant Man (1980)

310.  The River Wild (1994)

311.  A Beautiful Mind (2001)

312.  Finding Forrester (2000)

313.  Unbreakable (2000)

314. The Big Year (2011)

315.  Starter for 10 (2006)

316.  Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

317.  Dave (1993)

318.  The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

319.  Wayne’s World (1992)

320.  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

321.  The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

322.  Steel Magnolias (1989)

323.  Encanto (2021)

324. Mean Girls (2004)

325.  Searching (2018)

326.  The Nativity Story (2006)

327.  Dancer in the Dark (2000)

328.  Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

329.  Please Stand By (2018)

330.  Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

331.  Music and Lyrics (2007)

332.  Sister Act (1992)

333.  The Abyss (1989)

334.  The Breakfast Club (1985)

335.  Places in the Heart (1984)

336.  Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

337.  Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

338.  Klaus (2019)

339.  In Time (2011)

340.  Galaxy Quest (1999)

341.  Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

342.  Scrooged (1988)

343.  A Monster Calls (2016)

344.  Wuthering Heights (1970)

345.  News of the World (2020)

346.  Coma (1978)

347.  Trading Places (1983)

348.  Ordinary People (1980) and Rabbit Hole (2010)

349.  Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

350.  Remember the Titans (2000)

351.  Seven Samurai (1954) / The Magnificent Seven (1960/2016)

352.  Citizen Kane (1941)

353.  Psycho (1960)

354.  Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

355.  The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)

356.  Sneakers (1992)

357.  The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

358.  Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)

359.  Baby Boom (1987)

360.  Chicken Run (2000)

361.  Hercules (1997)

362.  Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

363.  The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)

364. The Last Days (or Los Ultimos Días) (2013)

365.  The Majestic (2001)

My 8th Blogiversary and 2021 List Additions

03 Monday Jan 2022

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Has it been another year already? Maybe it’s the ongoing pandemic, but it seems like 2021 has flown by in a flurry of studying, work, and the occasional movie. Unfortunately, my review output was the lowest it’s been in my 8 years of blogging (has it really been that long?!), but there was good reason. I know 2021 was a rough year for many, but it was a banner year for my family. Not only did I earn my Bachelor’s Degree, but I got the software job I’ve been working toward for over two years! Now that school is finally behind me, I hope to expand my movie-watching and posting and find more hidden gems.

This year still provided plenty of great films, so it’s time to celebrate my 8th blogiversary with my annual list of favorites. Take note that this isn’t my top films of 2021, though most are from 2021, since I’m always behind on new releases and have surely missed some good ones from award season (patience, please). Instead, these are my Top Twelve films, old and new, that I saw over the last year. There’s a total of 15 List-Worthy films this time around, better than last year’s 12, so I’ll be posting my updated Top 365 Movies list soon enough.

With the mental anguish that comes with removing films from my Top 365 list every year, I feel like I’m getting more and more nitpicky over what qualifies as List-Worthy. Indeed, there were quite a few films this year that might have qualified in prior years but didn’t quite make the cut this time. So I will preface this list with a mention for the quality List Runners-Up that deserve attention, including Make Way for Tomorrow, A Hidden Life, Resistance, Blade Runner 2049, The Lost Battalion, Coming to America, Sunshine on Leith, Raya and the Last Dragon, Notting Hill, Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar, Geronimo: An American Legend, Love and Monsters, Dune, The Matrix Resurrections, Hilda and the Mountain King, and Black Widow (which was supposed to be List-Worthy but has been demoted after more consideration). Plus, the filmed stage performance of Hamilton would probably top this whole list, but, as with documentaries, I can’t quite bring myself to count it as a “movie,” which I know is debatable. And just a quick shout-out to the movie-quality TV shows that also aren’t eligible but still awesome, such as Loki, Hawkeye, and Arcane.

I’m always curious to hear what other people’s favorites are, so feel free to share what you liked from the last year of movie-watching. Now, on to the Top Twelve!

12. One Cut of the Dead (2017)

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Practically the definition of a hidden gem, this carried-over Blindspot from last year lured me in with its 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, intrigued me with its 37-minute-long tracking shot, and finally won me over with the constantly inventive comedy of the second half. It may look like a low-budget Japanese zombie flick, but there are layers of meta entertainment under the surface.

11. No Time to Die (2021)

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I’ll admit I’m conflicted by this finale to Daniel Craig’s run as James Bond, but it is in line with the more dour tone of recent Bond flicks. Even if it doesn’t have much of a sense of fun, it adds unprecedented depth to Bond’s world-saving efforts and brings a fitting close to the interconnected storyline of the last five films.

10. A Quiet Place Part II (2021)

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The long-delayed sequel to John Krasinski’s breakout horror hit delivered even more of what made the first so good and injected it with a more original storyline. We have to wait longer to see if it gets the conclusion it deserves, but the Quiet Place films are a perfect example of horror tension done right.

9. Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

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My heart! The feels! This emotional conclusion to the Violet Evergarden anime series lays on the melodrama pretty thick at times, but it’s all still utterly poignant. With drop-dead gorgeous animation and a tear-jerking plot that can stand on its own, it’s everything I could have wanted in an ending.

8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

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Resurrecting classic film franchises has become old hat by now, but Afterlife proved to be that rare cash grab with heart. Transplanting the ghost action to small-town Oklahoma and injecting just the right amount of fan service (some critics disagreed), this final(?) Ghostbusters flick took a page from Stranger Things and made ghost-hunting the kid wish fulfillment it always has been.

7. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

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While Black Widow and Eternals have gone down in my estimation the more I think of them, Shang-Chi has only gone up. The welcome Asian representation, outstanding martial arts action, and likable protagonists combined into proof that Marvel can still nail an origin story.

6. The Father (2020)

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I honestly considered not including this film and keeping it a Runner-Up, simply because it’s a film that hurt to watch. Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar-winning performance as a man suffering from dementia is exceptional, as are the direction and casting that keep the audience guessing what is real, but it also brought back painful memories of my dad’s mental decline. Ultimately, though, I had to give the film its due as List-Worthy.

5. My Left Foot (1989)

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The only Blindspot from this year to earn a place on this list, My Left Foot is an exemplar of biographical films. It utilizes a bravura, Oscar-winning performance from Daniel Day-Lewis to elucidate the life of a troubled but admirable man, Irish painter Christy Brown, who was almost fully paralyzed by cerebral palsy. Equally praiseworthy is Brenda Fricker’s Oscar-winning role as Christy’s long-suffering mother.

4. In the Heights (2021)

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This film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical may have flopped at the box office, like most musicals this year sadly, but it certainly impressed me as a newcomer to his pre-Hamilton hit. What In the Heights lacked in famous star power, it made up for in Hispanic pride, slick choreography, and Jon Chu’s exhilarating direction.

3. Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021)

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Lin-Manuel Miranda returns once more, this time with his directorial debut of (surprise, surprise) another musical! Andrew Garfield is marvelous in Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical account of chasing his elusive Broadway dreams, tapping into the latent unease of all twenty- and thirtysomethings still waiting to make their mark on the world, me included.

2. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

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The best animated film of the year surprisingly didn’t come from Disney or Pixar but Sony, utilizing a similar vibrant animation aesthetic as Into the Spider-Verse. Despite a plot that seems well-worn, the rapid-fire jokes and feel-good family themes meld into a robot apocalypse road trip worth watching again and again.

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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It feels alternately obvious and prosaic to stick this Marvel juggernaut at #1, but I honestly can’t think of a better theater experience or a film that appealed to my inner movie geek more than this one. No Way Home not only wrapped up Tom Holland’s MCU trilogy (for now) with the highest stakes yet but provided closure to Spider-Man films of the past. It’s the best bit of fan service since Endgame, and luckily I’m a fan.

Along with the twelve above, these three films also managed to earn a place on THE LIST:

Encanto (2021)

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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

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News of the World (2020)

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And that wraps up another year of movie-watching. As always, below are my unofficial awards for the List-Worthy films.

Best opening scene:  In the Heights

Best final scene:  Tick, Tick…Boom!

Coolest scene:  The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Biggest emotional impact:  Violet Evergarden: The Movie

Oldest film:  My Left Foot (1989)

Most recent film:  Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Longest film:  No Time to Die (163 minutes)

Shortest film:  One Cut of the Dead (96 minutes)

Best soundtrack:  In the Heights or Encanto (Miranda gets it either way.)

Best score:  Violet Evergarden: The Movie

Best special effects:  Spider-Man: No Way Home

Most mind-bending: The Father

Most family-friendly:  Encanto

Most mature:  Judas and the Black Messiah

Scariest:  A Quiet Place Part II

Funniest:  The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best VC Pick:  Cocoon (also the only one this year)

Best male performance:  Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot

Best female performance:  Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot

Personal favorite poem written: Total Recall

Most represented year: 2021, with ten films

In the next day or two, I’ll post the latest version of THE LIST, my Top 365 movies list updated with the new additions above. And with an old year behind us and a new one ahead, I just want to take a moment to thank all readers, likers, commenters, and followers, particularly any who are still reading this post to the bottom. You are wonderful for even checking out my humble poetry and movie blog, and I wish the best for all of you in 2022.

Finally, here’s a little lookback at the strong cinematic year that was 2021.

My Top Twelve Songs of 2020

12 Tuesday Oct 2021

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It’s been a while since I posted any Top Twelve lists, but this one is particularly overdue. My lists of favorite movies of the year are usually long after the New Year, when most people post them, just because I typically take longer to watch all the worthwhile films of the year. But in the past, I have at least posted my top songs of the previous year in January, which was foiled in 2020/2021 due to a tight school schedule. Now that I am finally through with school, it’s time to revisit the great musical gifts that 2020 had to offer.

To be quite honest, I consider 2020 a rather weak year for movies but a fantastic one for music. It was hard to pare down the list to a Top Twelve, considering how many other favorites ended up in the Runners-Up. I always find it interesting how my tastes continue to diverge from what is mainstream and popular; only one of these songs ended up in the Billboard Top 10, and you can bet Cardi B and Billie Eilish are nowhere to be found.

As always, there are no doubt songs I’ve missed along the way that I hope to discover at some point. My 2019 list seemed watertight at the time, but it wasn’t until this year that I was introduced to The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” or Mika’s whole My Name Is Michael Holbrook album. Speaking of the latter, I sort of retroactively assess years by the artists I fall in love with, such as Florence and the Machine in 2016, Kygo in 2017, etc. And 2020 continued this trend, making me a huge fan of Mika, Sparks, and The Orion Experience, all of which have been around for years and deserve way more attention. (Sparks did get a documentary this year called The Sparks Brothers, which I hope to review at some point.)

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While most of these songs may not have been mainstream hits, I consider all of them modern classics at this point. Hopefully, you readers will agree, but if not, let me know what your favorite songs of 2020 were. It was a tough year for many reasons, but good music can make hard times more bearable and even fun. It takes more searching these days, but I’m always grateful that great tunes like these are still being created.

12. “Can I Believe You” – Fleet Foxes

Dropped on the autumnal equinox with little fanfare, literally the day after being announced, Shore is the latest album from Fleet Foxes, and while I wasn’t very familiar with their previous work, I was blown away with this dreamy folk tour de force. It was hard to pick a favorite among songs like “Quiet Air/Gioia,” “Young Man’s Game,” and “Jara,” but I settled on “Can I Believe You,” the kind of subdued jam that sends you to another plane when you close your eyes while listening.

11. “Lights Go Down” – I Dont Know How But They Found Me

Deriving their name from a Back to the Future quote and their lead singer from Panic! at the Disco, I Dont Know How But They Found Me made an exciting alt rock debut with their Razzmatazz album. Though “Leave Me Alone” and “New Invention” got more exposure, “Lights Go Down” is the clear standout for me. Those instantly memorable synth notes at the beginning give way to a similarly toe-tapping chorus and sax solo that are simply infectious.

10. “Kings & Queens” – Ava Max

Aside from the next song, this is the only other song on the list that I actually heard on the radio. Ava Max could be dismissed as a wannabe Lady Gaga, but I’ve enjoyed her work since “Sweet but Psycho” three years ago. The catchy beat and guitar solo of this anthem of female empowerment meld pop and rock in an effortlessly appealing single.

9. “Dynamite” – BTS

Yes, this is the monster hit that topped the Billboard Hot 100 and set multiple Guinness world records, and with good reason. Since I typically spurn rap, I wasn’t much of a fan of BTS before, and it’s perhaps a little ironic that their first English-language hit and the song that won me over was written by someone else. But who could resist this exuberant pop smash, making full use of the K-pop juggernaut’s energy and harmonies and somehow landing a spot on Rolling Stone’s updated list of the Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It’s a perfect summer hit.

8. “Need Each Other” – TWRP, featuring Planet Booty

I missed out on featuring TWRP’s “Starlight Brigade” on my list of 2018 songs (since I only discovered them in 2019), but I am glad to not repeat that oversight here. The costumed Canadian band once more killed it with their Over the Top album, and while “Black Swan” seemed like the obvious choice, I had to pick “Need Each Other,” a funk-fueled collab that extols the feelings of community and mutual love that were most needed during the pandemic’s worst days.

7. “Daniel, You’re Still a Child” – Declan McKenna

Not only do I love the inventive green-screen music video, but Declan McKenna’s “Daniel, You’re Still a Child” is an eminently sing-alongable jam that never gets old, even if I don’t fully understand the potentially dark meaning of the lyrics. I could have also gone with “The Key to Life on Earth” or “Beautiful Faces,” since the whole Zeroes album rocks, but “Daniel” is the real stand-out.

6. “A Good Song Never Dies” – Saint Motel

I don’t dislike Billie Eilish’s theme song for No Time to Die, but this song proves beyond a doubt that Saint Motel needs to do a James Bond theme. “A Good Song Never Dies” already sounds like one, and the horns and bassline have swaggering style to spare. It also makes them the only returning band from my 2019 list, further cementing them as one of my favorites and one of the most underrated groups out there. Special mention for “Preach.”

5. “My God” – The Killers, feat. Weyes Blood

Through most of the year, I was sure that “Caution,” the lead single from Imploding the Mirage, would be The Killers’ obvious entry on my list, but then I heard “My God.” This anthem of catharsis is The Killers at their best, and Weyes Blood’s pure voice during the bridge gives me chills every time. Special mention for “Lightning Fields” as well.

4. “All That” – Sparks

Last year was the year I discovered Sparks, the duo that have been making fantastic, quirk-filled music for over fifty years with nowhere near the acclaim they deserve. They’re still going strong with the album A Steady Drip, Drip Drip, with “All That” being the best. With its wistful, nostalgic lyrics and clapped beat, it sounds like both the culmination of a long career and a classic that’s been around for years. With Edgar Wright’s recent documentary about the Mael brothers, I’m glad Sparks is getting more attention. Special mention for “Self-Effacing” and “Left Out in the Cold.”

3. “My Rajneesh” – Sufjan Stevens

In 2020, I also gained a greater appreciation for the poetic delicacy of Sufjan Stevens. While the year saw a whole album from the auteur, with great songs like “Video Game,” “America,” and “Tell Me You Love Me,” the highlight somehow didn’t make it on the album. The B-side of “America” and running for 10 minutes, “My Rajneesh” is an endlessly inventive meditation on spirituality encapsulating his odd artistry. The extended fadeout is a bit anticlimactic, but the high points are glorious.

2. “Someday” – Kygo, with Zac Brown

And Kygo once more returns to the list, having scored #4 for the 2017 list and #3 for the 2018 list. (I guess he keeps going up.) While many artists held live remote concerts during the lockdowns, Kygo’s Golden Hour festival was a highlight of them all. With my dad’s passing still in my mind, “Someday”’s hopeful themes of missing someone just spoke to me, and the combination of country and tropical house is a perfectly catchy combination to boot. Special mention to “Lose Somebody” and “Broken Glass.”

1. “Before We Drift Away” – Nothing But Thieves

Honestly, I was really torn on which song would snag the top spot, since any of the top 5 could have won that honor. But when listening to all of them in sequence, the building momentum of this one became self-evident. Starting dreamy and peaceful, the mounting strings and drums erupting into the chorus take it to another level of sublime pop rock. “Before We Drift Away” wasn’t even a single, but I love it dearly, and it kills me that Nothing But Thieves is still largely unknown in the U.S. Special mention for “Moral Panic” and “Is Everybody Going Crazy?”

And that concludes yet another yearly song countdown. Better late than never, right? What did you think of my list? Let me know whether you agree with my musical tastes or think I’ve been locked down for too long, and be sure to share your own favorites from 2020 as well. It may have been a crappy year, but at least there was great music to help us all through. As always, below is my long list of runners-up, continuing the countdown in order (#13, #14, etc.), so hopefully you’ll find some new favorites among my list as well.

“Medicine Man” and the rest of the Lush Life album – The Orion Experience

“Thank You”, “Phoenix”, and “Symphony” – Sheppard

“The Gate” and “The Door” – Caroline Polachek

“Say Something” and “Magic” – Kylie Minogue

“Bummerland” – AJR

“Crocodile Tears”, feat. Jens Hult and “Nights Like That”, feat. Georgia Ku – BUNT.

“Lost in Yesterday” and “Why Won’t They Talk to Me?” – Tame Impala

“No Ordinary” – Labrinth

“Lost in Paradise” – ALI, feat. Aklo

“Night Crawling,” “Golden G String,” and “Plastic Hearts” – Miley Cyrus

“Daisies” and “Smile” – Katy Perry

“Stupid Love” – Lady Gaga

“Neptune” – Foals

“Love One Another” – Newsboys

“Forever Yours” – Kygo, Avicii, feat. Sandro Cavazza

Love Goes album and “The Lighthouse Keeper” – Sam Smith

“Physical,” “Break My Heart,” and “Levitating”, – Dua Lipa

“Think about Things” – Daði Freyr

“Changes” and “Modern Loneliness” – Lauv

“Bury Us” – The Naked and Famous

“In Your Eyes” – The Weeknd

“All Eyes on You”, “Forever Alone”, and “Godsent” – Smash Into Pieces

“La Vita Nuova” – Christine and the Queens, ft. Caroline Polachek

“Moonshine” and “Pluma” – Caravan Palace

“It’s All So Incredibly Loud” and “Heat Waves” – Glass Animals

“Zombie Prom” and “Oh My God” – Kaiser Chiefs

“Why Try” and “Nominated” – Ginger Root

“Papa” – Scott Helman

“Synthian” and “Gave Up on Us” – NINA

“Gold” and “Last Night on Earth” – Paloma Faith

“Le Coeur Holiday”, feat. Soprano, and “Belle D’Estate” – MIKA

“Box in My Head” and rest of The Symbol Remains album – Blue Oyster Cult

“In Your Eyes” – Robin Schulz, feat. Alida

“Husavik” – from the movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

“Everyone Changes” feat. Gabrielle Aplin, “Sometimes”, and “Wherever You Are” – Kodaline

“Head & Heart” – Joel Corry x MNEK

“And It Breaks My Heart” and “Who You Lovin” – LÉON

“Maybe I” – Seven Billion Dots

“Higher” – Bishop Briggs

“Chinatown” – Bleachers, ft. Bruce Springsteen

“Headphones”, “19,” and “Irony” – FAITH

“I’ll Get By” and “Born in California” – Avi Kaplan

“Comeback” – Carly Rae Jepson, ft. Bleachers

“Dancing in the Dark” – Frank Walker

“Rosenrot” – Faun

“All My Love” – Elderbrook

“Who I Am” and “Prover” – Milet

“Gravity” and “Acacia” – Bump of Chicken

“Heaven on My Mind” – Becky Hill & Sigala

“Blood Bonds” and “Paranoia” – Nathan Wagner

“Under the Sun” – Bakermat

“Sign” – Roosevelt

“Lucid” and “Paradisin’” – Rina Sawayama

“Losing My Mind”, “Roman Empire”, and “Can You Feel the Sun” – Missio

“Break Up Song” and “Happiness” – Little Mix

“幸せのシャナナ” – BRADIO

“Young and Restless” – SIAMES

“Many Roads” and “Need You,” feat. Madge – Chaos Chaos

“Light the Light” – RADWIMPS

“I Think There’s Something You Should Know” – The 1975

“Rescue Dog” – Train

“Sunburn”, “Animal”, “Can’t Wait”, and “Drunk” – The Living Tombstone

“Superlove” – Royal Republic

“I Don’t Know What We’re Talking About” – NSP

“The Movies” and “You Should Probably Just Hang Up” – Nightly

“Fools” – ufo ufo

“Keep Me Light” – Tall Heights

“Animal” and “Hate You” – Jim Yosef x RIELL

“Come Over” – Dagny

“Baby It’s You” and “Californian Soil” – London Grammar

“Riots” – Stuck in the Sound

“Someone Else’s Dream” – Absofacto

“Gimme a Minute” and “Stay Gold” – PVRIS

“Seventeen” – Deamn

“Scream Drive Faster” and “Best I Ever Had” – LAUREL

“Change” – Pale Waves

“Tell Me I’m Wrong” – Dwayne Ford, feat. Clara Sorace

“sustain++” – Mili

“homebody” and “hiccup” – Valley

“Wonder” and “Teach Me How To Love” – Shawn Mendes

“Cardigan” – Taylor Swift

“Off My Mind” – Hazel English

“I Saw Love” – Forest Blakk

“Pretty Please” – Jackson Wang and Galantis

“Let’s Love” – David Guetta & Sia

As with past music posts, I want to end my yearly music list with an overdue tribute to the many music artists we lost in 2020, including Neil Peart of Rush, Pop Smoke, David Roback of Mazzy Star, Barbara Martin of The Supremes, Kenny Rogers, Bill Withers, John Prine, Ryo Kawasaki, Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk, Brian Howe of Bad Company, Little Richard, Steve Priest of Sweet, Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters, Vera Lynn, Charlie Daniels, Ennio Morricone, Regis Philbin, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Malik B. of The Roots, Leon Fleisher, Trini Lopez, Frankie Banali of Quiet Riot, Ronald Bell of Kool & The Gang, Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals, Lee Kerslake and Ken Hensley of Uriah Heep, Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons, Helen Reddy, Johnny Nash, Eddie Van Halen, Tony Lewis of The Outfield, Alto Reed of Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, and Charley Pride. May they rest in peace, for they and their music will not be forgotten.

NaPoWriMo 2021 Recap

03 Monday May 2021

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It’s amazing how National Poetry Writing Month feels way too long when in the middle of it and way too short when it’s over. But I can’t deny the sense of accomplishment I feel on the other side, clearing out my backlog of films to review and writing a host of new poems. I felt like I had less time this year to devote to the writing, so I hope the quality didn’t suffer too much. I also find it interesting (and a total coincidence) that my favorite films reviewed were the two animated ones that bookended the month. Sadly, I did miss two days, but I’m surprised I was able to keep up as well as I did. For anyone else who missed a day, here’s a recap listing the films/poems for NaPoWriMo 2021:

April 1 – Soul (2020) – List-Worthy

April 2 – A Hidden Life (2019) – List Runner-Up

April 3 – Ocean Waves (1993) – Honorable Mention

April 4 – missed due to Easter

April 5 – The Vast of Night (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 6 – The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) – Honorable Mention

April 7 – Clemency (2019) – Honorable Mention

April 8 – At Eternity’s Gate (2018) – Honorable Mention

April 9 – Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 10 – A Song to Remember (1945) – List Runner-Up

April 11 – Fatal Attraction (1987) – List Runner-Up

April 12 – Cocoon (1985) – List Runner-Up (also a VC Pick)

April 13 – Outbreak (1995) – List Runner-Up

April 14 – Chappaquiddick (2017) – List Runner-Up

April 15 – Over the Moon (2020) – List Runner-Up

April 16 – The Big Year (2011) – List-Worthy

April 17 – Ad Astra (2019) – Honorable Mention

April 18 – Resistance (2020) – List Runner-Up (my personal favorite poem this month)

April 19 – Runaway Bride (1999) – List Runner-Up (tied for most likes)

April 20 – Don’t Let Go (2019) – List Runner-Up

April 21 – Platoon (1986) – List Runner-Up

April 22 – The Harvey Girls (1946) – Honorable Mention

April 23 – missed

April 24 – Mean Girls (2004) – List-Worthy

April 25 – Cloverfield (2008) – Honorable Mention

April 26 – Total Recall (1990) – List Runner-Up (also a Blindspot)

April 27 – News of the World (2020) – List-Worthy

April 28 – Yellow Rose (2019) – List Runner-Up

April 29 – Infinity Chamber (2017) – List Runner-Up

April 30 – The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) – List-Worthy (my favorite movie of the month and tied for most likes)

A huge thank-you to everyone who read, liked, followed, and commented throughout the month, as well as the NaPoWriMo website that provided so many great daily prompts! I would still write even if it were just for me, but it warms my heart that others out there in cyberspace enjoy it too. I still plan to continue posting, just at a more relaxed schedule. Now I’m looking forward to NaPoWriMo 2022, when I’ll finally be free of school! Until then….

My 2021 Blindspot Picks

31 Wednesday Mar 2021

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Why waste time? Hot off the heels of completing my 2020 Blindspots, it’s time to move on to a brand new list of twelve movies for 2021. Normally, I would have posted this at the beginning of the year and watched one a month, but I’m sure I can double up a few times before December, especially once I graduate.

As with past years, I attempted to select a varied collection of films I’ve been meaning to see, including a war classic, a Best Picture winner, an anime, a musical, a psychological horror, a sci-fi actioner, and a couple popular comedies. Here’s hoping that 2021’s Blindspot series will expose me to some new favorites!

And in alphabetical order, the movies are:

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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The Anthem of the Heart (2015)

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The Apartment (1960)

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Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Coming to America (1988)

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Don’t Look Now (1973)

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My Left Foot (1989)

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Office Space (1999)

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Shin Godzilla (2016)

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Sunshine on Leith (2013)

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Total Recall (1990)

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The Village (2004)

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2020 Blindspot Ranking

30 Tuesday Mar 2021

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Despite all of my guilt and apologies about being late with my 2020 Blindspots, I realized that I actually did manage to see them all in a year’s time. I didn’t review my first until last April, so I guess I did fulfill the challenge in a way.

Anyway, I do always enjoy these Blindspot series, which expose me to a bunch of films I’ve kept on the back burner for too long. As for 2020’s collection, I must admit I was a bit disappointed with at least half of them, in contrast to past years, and only my #1 actually managed to snag a List-Worthy rating. Nevertheless, I am glad to have finally seen them all, and I hope to do the same with other Blindspots as we get further into 2021.

Here then is my ranking of the Blindspots from the past year:

12. Short Cuts (1993)

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Expansive but meandering drama with loads of movie stars and little reason to care about any of them

11. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

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Bizarre pastiche of anachronistic pop songs and doomed love; some great musical moments surrounded by cringe

10. Primer (2004)

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Extremely twisty sci-fi narrative with fascinating time travel concepts but obtuse execution

9. Pom Poko (1994)

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Overlong Studio Ghibli dramedy with fun animal antics, environmental themes, and plentiful testicles

8. Annie Hall (1977)

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Neurotic Woody Allen rom com that won Best Picture; innovative parts that don’t quite make an appealing whole

7. Double Indemnity (1944)

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Classic film noir with a quintessential femme fatale, though aged by overly flowery dialogue

6. What a Way to Go! (1964)

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Silly dark comedy about an unintentionally deadly widow with great stars having fun in their roles

5. Fargo (1996)

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Celebrated but violent midwestern crime drama with mostly endearing idiosyncrasies

4. Heathers (1988)

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Pitch black comedy in a high school setting with Winona Ryder and Christian Slater nailing their angsty roles

3. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

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Deeply emotional and underrated classic about the relatable burdens of aging; depressing story heightened by great acting

2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2013)

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Free-wheeling Wes Anderson comedy of manners merged with a murder mystery; quirky in every sense of the word

1. One Cut of the Dead (2017)

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Brilliantly entertaining low-budget zombie comedy that defies expectations in the best way

THE LIST (2021 Update)

03 Sunday Jan 2021

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As promised, it’s time to post my latest update of THE LIST, my ultimate top 365 film countdown, which is technically more than 365 since I group sequels and similar films together. There aren’t any huge changes this time, with only thirteen films being added, two of which are being grouped with others. Yet we have both low and high rankers, with one even managing to crack the Top 100. And yes, Psycho still somehow remains firmly ensconced at #365.

The new films added are in bold below for easy identification, and there has been a little shuffling for the existing films on the List. I believe the greatest rise belongs to Eddie the Eagle gaining 27 places, while Bridge of Spies suffered the greatest loss, falling from #298 right off the list entirely. Imagine “Taps” playing as I give a special mention to the films I sadly had to remove to make room for the new blood: Serendipity, Time of Eve, Marriage Story,  Lion, The Brave Little Toaster, Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), Have a Little Faith, The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, The Others, and Bridge of Spies. These are all still great films in my book and can wear the label of former List-Worthiness proudly.

As we set out on another year of life and movies and Rhyme and Reason, I want to once again thank everyone who reads and follows this blog of mine and takes any interest in my poetry-movie mash-ups and impulsive list-making. After last year, I don’t know what 2021 has in store, but hopefully it will include lots of great movies to add to this list a year from now, plus easier times all around. May God bless us, every one!

1.  The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
2.  Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)
3.  Forrest Gump (1994)
4.  It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
5.  The Sound of Music (1965)
6.  Star Wars Trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983)
7.  Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016)
8.  Titanic (1997)
9.  Toy Story Series  (1995, 1999, 2010, 2019)
10.  Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
11.  The Princess Bride (1987)
12.  Beauty and the Beast (1991)
13.  Groundhog Day (1993)
14.  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
15.  The Prince of Egypt (1998)
16.  You’ve Got Mail (1998)
17.  The Wizard of Oz (1939)
18.  The Avengers (2012), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Infinity War (2018), and Endgame (2019)
19.  Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
20.  War Horse (2011)
21.  The Incredibles (2004) and The Incredibles 2 (2018)
22.  Cast Away (2000)
23.  Heart and Souls (1993)
24.  Pirates of the Caribbean (2003, 2006, 2007) and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
25.  Tarzan (1999)
26.  Les Miserables (2012)
27.  Ben-Hur (1959)
28.  Star Trek (2009)
29.  The Chronicles of Narnia (2005, 2008, 2010)
30.  The Family Man (2000)
31.  The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001)
32.  Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
33.  Oliver! (1968)
34.  Whisper of the Heart (1995)
35.  Spider-Man Trilogy (2002, 2004, 2007)
36.  The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
37.  Elizabethtown (2005)
38.  Doctor Zhivago (1965)
39.  Chariots of Fire (1981)
40.  Babe (1995)
41.  The Blues Brothers (1980)
42.  Jurassic Park (1993)
43.  84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
44.  National Treasure (2004) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
45.  Ratatouille (2007)
46.  The Fugitive (1993)
47.  True Grit (1969, 2010)
48.  Evita (1996)
49.  The Lion King (1994)
50.  Inception (2010)
51.  When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
52.  Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
53.  Lilies of the Field (1963)
54.  Life of Pi (2012)
55.  Mary Poppins (1964)
56.  Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
57.  Glory (1989)
58.  Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
59.  The Sixth Sense (1999)
60.  Back to the Future Trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990)
61.  Aliens (1986)
62.  Life Is Beautiful (1997)
63.  Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
64.  The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
65.  Awakenings (1990)
66.  Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
67.  Paulie (1998)
68.  Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
69.  The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
70.  Big (1988)
71.  Jumanji (1995)
72.  Somewhere in Time (1980)
73.  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
74.  A Christmas Story (1983)
75.  Speed (1994)
76.  Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
77. Little Women (1994, 2019)
78.  1776 (1972)
79.  High School Musical Trilogy (2006, 2007, 2008)
80.  Wit (2001)
81.  Serenity (2005)
82.  Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
83.  Gone with the Wind (1939)
84.  Aladdin (1992)
85.  The Greatest Showman (2017)
86.  Saints and Soldiers (2003)
87.  La La Land (2016)
88.  Fantasia (1940)
89.  Shadowlands (1993)
90.  Hook (1991)
91.  Young Frankenstein (1974)
92.  The Truman Show (1998)
93.  The Ten Commandments (1956)
94.  Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (1999, 2002, 2005)
95.  October Sky (1999)
96.  Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
97.  Holes (2003)
98.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
99.  The Martian (2015)
100. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
101.  About Time (2013)
102.  Mr. Church (2016)
103.  Taking Chance (2009)
104.  Star Trek into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016)
105.  Signs (2002)
106.  The Blind Side (2009)
107.  Star Trek: Generations (1994)
108.  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
109.  The Santa Clause (1994)
110.  Starman (1984)
111.  My Fair Lady (1964)
112.  The Passion of the Christ (2004)
113.  Train to Busan (2016)
114. 1917 (2019)
115.  On Golden Pond (1981)
116.  Brother Bear (2003)
117.  WALL-E (2008)
118.  The Green Mile (1999)
119.  Air Force One (1997)
120.  Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2013)
121.  Shrek 2 (2004)
122.  Big Hero 6 (2014)
123.  Iron Man Trilogy (2008, 2010, 2013)
124.  To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
125.  The Matrix (1999)
126.  Ghostbusters II (1989)
127.  The Right Stuff (1983)
128.  Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
129.  Shuffle (2011)
130.  The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005)
131.  The Color Purple (1985)
132.  Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
133.  Ready Player One (2018)
134.  Shrek (2001)
135.  The King’s Speech (2010)
136.  X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
137.  The Hunger Games series (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
138.  Yentl (1983)
139.  Men in Black Trilogy (1997, 2002, 2012)
140.  Skyfall (2012)
141.  The Music Man (1962)
142.  Ghostbusters (1984)
143.  Regarding Henry (1991)
144.  Alien (1979)
145.  The Polar Express (2004)
146.  Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
147.  Julie and Julia (2009)
148.  Airplane! (1980)
149.  Castle in the Sky (1986)
150.  Darkest Hour (2017)
151.  Secondhand Lions (2003)
152.  A Christmas Carol (any version)
153. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
154. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
155.  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
156. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
157.  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
158.  The Little Mermaid (1989)
159.  Die Hard trilogy (1988, 1990, 1995)
160. Soul (2020)
161.  Source Code (2011)
162.  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
163.  Planet of the Apes Trilogy (2011, 2014, 2017)
164.  Inside Out (2015)
165.  Extraordinary Measures (2010)
166.  Overboard (1987)
167.  Cinderella (1950) / Cinderella (2015)
168.  A League of Their Own (1992)
169.  The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
170.  Tangled (2010)
171.  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
172.  Zootopia (2016)
173.  The Untouchables (1987)
174.  Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
175.  Ella Enchanted (2004)
176.  Splash (1984)
177.  Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Monsters University (2013)
178.  Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011)
179.  The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
180.  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
181.  Enchanted (2007)
182.  Up (2009)
183.  What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
184.  Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
185.  Wolf Children (2012)
186.  Jojo Rabbit (2019)
187.  Your Name (2016)
188.  Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
189.  Pocahontas (1995)
190.  Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
191.  Rudy (1993)
192.  Mulan (1998)
193.  Hidden Figures (2016)
194.  How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
195.  Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Vol. 2 (2017)
196.  Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
197.  Treasure Planet (2002)
198.  Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
199.  Mission: Impossible III (2006), Ghost Protocol (2011), Rogue Nation (2015), and Fallout (2018)
200.  Selma (2014)
201. Knives Out (2019)
202.  As Good As It Gets (1997)
203.  King of Thorn (2010)
204.  Les Miserables (1998)
205.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
206.  Spaceballs (1987)
207.  The Way (2010)
208.  The Prestige (2006)
209.  United 93 (2006)
210.  Déjà Vu (2006)
211.  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
212.  Doc Hollywood (1991)
213.  Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Far from Home (2019)
214.  Blinded by the Light (2019)
215.  Foul Play (1978)
216.  Wreck-It Ralph (2012) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
217.  Saving Private Ryan (1998) / The Longest Day (1962)
218.  Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019)
219.  The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005, 2008, 2012)
220. Harriet (2019)
221.  Woman in Gold (2015)
222.  Twister (1996)
223.  Coco (2017)
224.  Funny Girl (1968)
225.  Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), and Creed (2015)
226.  Hello, Dolly! (1969)
227.  Joyeux Noël (2005)
228. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
229.  To Sir, with Love (1967)
230. Weathering with You (2019)
231.  April and the Extraordinary World (2015) / Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
232.  Out of Africa (1985)
233.  Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
234.  The Hobbit Trilogy (2012, 2013, 2014)
235.  Cars (2006) and Cars 3 (2017)
236.  Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
237.  Hoosiers (1986)
238.  Gravity (2013)
239.  The Great Escape (1963)
240.  The Naked Gun (1988)
241.  Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
242.  Philadelphia (1993)
243.  Raising Arizona (1987)
244. The Jerk (1979)
245.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
246.  Ghost (1990)
247.  Misery (1990)
248.  School of Rock (2003)
249. 42 (2013)
250.  Captain Phillips (2013)
251.  Something the Lord Made (2004)
252.  Vantage Point (2008)
253.  Peter Pan (1953)
254.  The Terminal (2004)
255.  Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980)
256.  Eddie the Eagle (2016)
257.  Soul Man (1986)
258.  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
259.  Jane Eyre (1970)
260.  Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011)
261.  The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
262.  The Girl Who Leapt through Time (2006)
263.  Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Waterworld (1995)
264.  Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008)
265. Ride Your Wave (2019)
266.  Cloud Atlas (2012)
267.  Anastasia (1997)
268.  X-Men (2000) and X2: X-Men United (2003)
269.  Green Book (2018)
270.  Surrogates (2009)
271.  Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
272.  WarGames (1983)
273.  My Girl (1991)
274.  Chronesthesia (or Love and Time Travel) (2016)
275.  The Ultimate Gift (2006)
276.  The Way Back (2010)
277.  Memphis Belle (1990)
278.  Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
279.  Dances with Wolves (1990)
280.  The Terminator (1984)
281.  The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
282.  The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
283.  Casablanca (1942)
284.  Rain Man (1988) and Dominick and Eugene (1988)
285.  Pinocchio (1940)
286.  City Slickers (1991)
287.  The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
288.  Patema Inverted (2013)
289.  Forget Paris (1995)
290.  A Silent Voice (2016) / Hear Me (2009)
291.  Doctor Strange (2016)
292.  Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
293.  Dunkirk (2017)
294.  Murphy’s Romance (1985)
295.  Shenandoah (1965)
296.  The Red Violin (1999)
297.  Arrival (2016)
298.  Hidden (2015) and A Quiet Place (2018)
299.  A View to a Kill (1985) along with most other Bond films I’ve seen, including Spectre (2015)
300.  Wonder Woman (2017)
301.  Con Air (1997)
302.  Shazam! (2019)
303.  Annie (1999)
304.  The Elephant Man (1980)
305.  The River Wild (1994)
306.  A Beautiful Mind (2001)
307.  Finding Forrester (2000)
308.  Unbreakable (2000)
309.  Starter for 10 (2006)
310.  Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
311.  The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
312.  Wayne’s World (1992)
313.  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
314.  The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
315.  Steel Magnolias (1989)
316. Mean Girls (2004)
317.  Searching (2018)
318.  The Nativity Story (2006)
319.  Dancer in the Dark (2000
320.  Please Stand By (2018)
321. The Big Year (2011)
322.  The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
323.  Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
324.  Music and Lyrics (2007)
325.  Sister Act (1992)
326.  The Abyss (1989)
327.  The Breakfast Club (1985)
328.  Places in the Heart (1984)
329.  Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
330.  Klaus (2019)
331.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
332.  In Time (2011)
333.  Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
334.  Galaxy Quest (1999)
335.  Minority Report (2002)
336.  Swiss Family Robinson (1960)337.  Scrooged (1988)
338.  A Monster Calls (2016)
339.  Wuthering Heights (1970)
340.  Coma (1978)
341.  The Peanuts Movie (2015)
342.  Trading Places (1983)
343.  Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
344.  Remember the Titans (2000)
345.  Seven Samurai (1954) / The Magnificent Seven (1960/2016)
346.  Citizen Kane (1941)
347.  The Conjuring (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)
348.  Sneakers (1992)
349.  Dave (1993)
350. Captain Marvel (2019)
351.  The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
352.  The Majestic (2001)
353.  Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
354.  Baby Boom (1987)
355.  Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003)
356.  The Wind Rises (2013)
357.  Ordinary People (1980) and Rabbit Hole (2010)
358.  A Bug’s Life (1998)
359.  The Last Days (or Los Ultimos Días) (2013)
360.  Chicken Run (2000)
361.  Hercules (1997)
362.  Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
363.  Cloak and Dagger (1984)
364.  The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
365.  Psycho (1960)

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