These are the best movies and series I watched in 2023, in no particular order. Five stars: the best of the best KimiThis overlooked thriller is as taut and suspenseful as it gets. Zoƫ Kravitz is brilliant as the agoraphobic tech worker who must face her fear in order to
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wmtc: we movie to canada: best of "what i’m watching" 2022
Here are the best movies and series I watched in 2022. They’re not in order — it’s not a countdown — just a list of all the really good stuff. Five stars: the best of the best BoJack Horseman re-watchMy favourite show of all time. I’m trying not to call
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As I mentioned here, I’ve decided to stop posting my entire “what i’m watching” list for the year. Instead I’m going to do an annual best-of. I’m also realigning this with the calendar. For 2021, I’m starting with April, where last year’s 2020-21 list left off. Next year I’ll be
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Last year, I realized that the new format of my annual movie awards was problematic. Beginning with 2018-19, rather than grouping movies by rating (all the 5s together, all the 4s together, and so on), I started listing all the titles alphabetically, showing the rating for each. As a personal
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Like everyone in the time of Covid, I’m watching a lot! I’m also reading a lot and walking more than ever, so I have zero qualms about an increase in screen time. The annual recap has started to use too much real estate, so this year, I’m putting it at
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It’s that time of year again. With no baseball, and home most nights, even before the lockdown, I spent a lot of time watching. First, my annual recap. (This is killing me because these posts had hundreds of comments.)– Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and 2007-08)– my beverage of choice
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Time to change things up. I’ve (finally) gotten tired of my silly movie award categories, and need a change. I decided to go with a conventional one-to-five rating scale. But I wanted to use a good symbol, something other than stars (too common), thumbs-up (too cliched) or a maple leaf
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The list of movies I want to see gets longer and longer, as I watch more series and fewer films. Even so, the 2017-18 list is impressive. First, the annual recap:– Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and 2007-08)– my beverage of choice (2008-09)– famous people who died during the past
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I’m actually getting to the annual wmtc movie awards while the baseball season is still young — a sign that I have a bit more time to myself, as our new local ticks along under the guidance of an awesome team. First, the annual recap:– Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07
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From the I Have Too Much Going On, Systems Are Breaking Down department, this year’s we move to canada awards omitted a big chunk of viewing. I was very surprised — and a bit disturbed — to discover this!Leaving aside questions about my mental c…
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I’m posting my annual movie awards later and later every year. I’m also watching fewer movies, because I’m watching more TV shows. When I come home on Friday or Saturday, exhausted and needing total downtime, sometimes even a movie is too much mental e…
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Thanks to everything-on-demand media, and no thanks to my schedule that doesn’t permit me nearly enough time for baseball, Movie Season now runs all year, at least marginally. These annual awards now document the movies and TV series we’ve seen from Opening Day to Opening Day. To recap my silly
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It’s time, once again, for the wmtc annual movie awards. To recap, my silly rating systems so far: – Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and 2007-08)– my beverage of choice (2008-09)– famous people who died during the past year (2009-10)– where I’d like to be (2009-10)– vegetables (2010-11) (I was
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It’s time for the wmtc annual movie awards. For my silly rating systems, so far I’ve done:– Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and 2007-08)– my beverage of choice (2008-09)– famous people who died during the past year (2009-10)– where I’d like to be (2009-10)– and last year, vegetables (2010-11). Yes,
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