Harry had a lot of feelings that year. Not even The Boy Who Lived can escape his annoying teen phase.

Yep. Friends who still watch swear it's rebounded but very few things were more depressing than the mess of season 6 after loving the first fives seasons. I couldn't go back.

The fact that Charlie died for nothing still bothers me. Either have a prophetic character or don't, but don't half ass it!

In my mind Battlestar Galactica ended with all of them on the bleak ice planet that they thought was Earth.

The first hour of The Village is a great movie. The second hour of the village is one of the worst movies. If you shut off the film right before Joaquin Phoenix gets stabbed it becomes a nice love story in a creepy setting.

I'm glad I did it. It was (mostly) fun to do and I watched films I probably wouldn't have watched on my own. There are a few duds and a few films that don't play as well today but there were some nice surprises as well.

haha, yeah I just wrote the first three movies I could think of from the 80s that I love and then I remembered Raging Bull was nominated in 1980 so I should add that to the list as well.

Completely agree. A few years ago I went through and watched all the Best Picture winners and it becomes very clear that there is a set formula for what wins. The innovation and fun films are usually the ones that get Original Screenplay awards or nominations.

I agree. There are great movies that got nominations (my top three: Broadcast News, Working Girl, Moonstruck, and we can never forget Raging Bull even though I hated everyone in that film) but most of what sunk into the cultural landscape are moments rather than whole films. So, you have Michael Douglas' "Greed is…

It lost to The Last Emperor.

Yeah, another one. You know, how they keep rebooting Batman and Superman and 5,000 other characters. Why not The Shadow? It's not like 1994 was known for its comic book films and, you know, Alec Baldwin isn't the end-all-be-all of performances.

After reading The Lost City of Z I was surprised to realize how much of UP's Charles Muntz makes direct reference to Henry Percy Fawcett's adventures.

I keep waiting for someone to take another crack at making The Shadow work for the comic book movie age. If Batman can continue to be viable I don't know why The Shadow wouldn't.

I definitely remember realizing I would like the first Captain America film when I learned Johnston was at the helm. The man understands WWII nostalgia and that era's propaganda so well. It'd be great to see more period pieces from him.

There is a standing rule in my family that says we must tell my brother when anything related to The Rocketeer happens. He likes other movies more but I think he loves this movie the most.

Currently reading:
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivaldi.

This sucks. I had been expecting him to be the next go-to lead any day now. He seemed really focused on art rather than celebrity (if I recall correctly, he was also a photographer who had his work displayed in a museum at least once).

I agree about Vice. I probably shouldn't have read the book first but I walked away from the movie bored and disappointed. I keep meaning to rewatching it to see if I misjudged it.

This reminded me that Peter Falk is dead and now I'm sad.

Just finished:
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
Well-written history of the Salem community and the witch trial crisis. The focus on the Salem community made the interpersonal connections and accusations more grounded in reality. She comes down strong on the idea that the accusers were a mix of people faking it…