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It's 2023, which means this is #MovieThread IV: #MovieThread Lives!

In 2020 I watched 239 movies.
In 2021 I watched 391 movies.
In 2022 I watched 413 movies.

Which math says is 1043 movies, instead of the 1063 my own count was at, so evidently I'm: Not Very Good At Counting.

Is this even #MovieThread IV? Could it have been released as #MovieThread II in America?

Let's not think about it too much.

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#MovieThread, 2022 edition!

In 2020 I watched 239 movies.
In 2021 I watched another 391,
for a total of 650 movies since very early into first lockdown.

That's probably all the movies, right?

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in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

For the past two years my first movie of the year has been one set in the new year, so I guess let's keep doing that and see if I can wake myself up with:

#1, or #1044, 2014's "The Purge: Anarchy."
#1 #1044
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in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Before this came out, people who'd read the book were talking about how weird this would be as a movie. Now that it's out, the tone seems to be, this is weird as a movie.

Let's see for myself, #2, or #1045, 2022's "White Noise."
#2 #1045
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Made myself some tea, now just putting on a totally random Yule log video that I'm sure is totally normal for no reason on January 3rd.

#3, or #1046, 2022's "Adult Swim Yule Log."
#3 #1046
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Let's watch something a little more... normal?

#4, or #1047, 2010's "Shutter Island."

I think I might-a heard the twist in this one, but it's been long enough that I'm not entirely sure I have?
#4 #1047
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The first thing I was gonna watch I turned out not to have in the original Russian, the second thing I forgot to download, so I guess I'm watching-- *slaps the top of Netflix, a movie rolls out*

2017's "Downsizing." #6, or #1049.
#6 #1049
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I'm doing this to myself, the Year of Three Pinocchios finally comes to an end, it's,

#7, or #1050, 2021's "Pinocchio: A True Story."
#7 #1050
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

From one Russian film to the next, I do not know what this one is about:

#8, or #1051, 1983's "Nostalghia."
#8 #1051
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The most popular thing on Letterboxd I haven't seen, I do not know a thing about this one, though I assume Rosamund Pike plays a lady whose relationship to goneness evolves over the runtime of the film,

#10, or #1053, 2014's "Gone Girl."
#10 #1053
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's Friday the 13th, you know what that means: I gotta get through three of these fuckers. It's out with the old blood, and in with --

#11, or #1054, 1988's "Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood."
#11 #1054
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

In this one, much like the Muppets, Jason takes Manhattan. But where does he take it? Out to sea? To hell? Out on a nice date? Let's find out, in --

#12, or #1055, 1989's "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan."
#12 #1055
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Today I've witnessed this man fail to conquer the new blood, and fail to take Manhattan -- he barely passed through -- but surely going to Hell has to be the one thing he can do.

> He notably gets resurrected at the start of most instalments.

That motherfu--

#13, or #1056, 1993's "Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday."
#13 #1056
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Once again, the top thing on Letterboxd I haven't seen. I haven't seen a lot of Studio Ghibli, and I feel like people kind of overhype those movies, but anyway, it's --

#14, or #1057, 2001's "Spirited Away."
#14 #1057
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I've seen every movie by the Wachowskis except this one, and I really gotta, all I know about this one is it's a... lesbian... heist... movie...? It's --

#15, or #1058, 1996's "Bound."
#15 #1058
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I've been watching this in chunks over the past few days, but I guess it counts, I've got about half an hour left, it's --

#16, or #1059, 2004 hoax documentary "The Buried Secret of M Night Shyamalan."
#16 #1059
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

First proper 2023 movie, first post-having watched all the Cage movies new Cage flick, though I'm pretty sure this cowboy movie's a Cage's giant tax debt era holdover, that's right, it's --

#17, or #1060, 2023's "The Old Way."
#17 #1060
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I've been aimlessly clicking around streaming services for too long, I guess I'll just watch --

#18, or #1061, 2022's "The Pale Blue Eye."
#18 #1061
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

In this one, Forest Whittaker plays a man named Ghost Dog, it's --

#20, or #1063, 1999's "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai."
#20 #1063
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Sometimes I spend ages interrogating whether I should watch something or not and sometimes I see a title and a poster on a new releases list and go, yeah, sure, why not, it's --

#21, or #1064, 2023's "Snow Falls."
#21 #1064
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Yesterday I watched Regular Size Magical Michael, today he's been supersized, it's --

#23, or #1064, 2015's "Magic Mike XXL."
#23 #1064
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's another Judy Greer movie because another episode of "96 Greers" is out, it's --

#24, or #1065, 2020's "Good Boy."

(Which is technically 2x09 of an anthology show called "Into the Dark," which I'd never even heard of.)
#24 #1065
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's been a while since the last one of these, and it's been a while since I last went to the cinema this late, leaving now, it's --

#25, or #1068, movie to be determined, it's the first Sneak Preview screening of 2023.
#25 #1068
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in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I sigh a weary sigh, and put on the next most popular thing on Letterboxd I haven't seen, it's --

#26, or #1069, 2009's "Inglourious Basterds."
#26 #1069
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I do not know what this one is about, but let's hope I enjoy this Brad Pitt movie more than I did yesterday's, it's --

#27, or #1070, 1995's "Se7en."
#27 #1070
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Let's again see what's the next most popular thing on Letterboxd I haven't watched, it's --

#28, or #1071, 2017's "Baby Driver."
#28 #1071
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The year is 1941 and Hollywood still has absolutely no idea how to make a biopic work, but by god, they're gonna keep trying, it's --

#29, or #1072, 1941 Best Picture nominee "Blossoms in the Dust."
#29 #1072
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

From one Best Picture nominee to the next, Spielberg is at it again, leaving now to go see —

#30, or #1073, 2022's "The Fabelmans."
#30 #1073
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The first thing I was gonna watch got stinker reviews to a point that I won't bother, the second thing hasn't finished downloading, so once again I return to the well of the most popular thing on Letterboxd I haven't seen, it's --

#32, or #1075, 2010's "Black Swan."
#32 #1075
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The second thing I was gonna watch yesterday has finished downloading, it's --

#33, or #1076, 1985's "Fletch."
#33 #1076
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's Shyamalan's first new one since "Old," which was my first one of his, and also it's his first new one since I watched all of his, leaving now to go see --

#34, or #1077, 2023's "Knock at the Cabin."
#34 #1077
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The most popular thing on Letterboxd I haven't seen again, it's --

#35, or #1078, 2017's "Call Me by Your Name."
#35 #1078
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's very simple, you schedule a classic 90s romcom screening, I attend the classic 90s romcom screening, leaving now to go see --

#37, or #1080, 1993's "Sleepless in Seattle."
#37 #1080
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I've had this one sitting in my downloads for ages, and I no longer remember why, though I guess I do occasionally have one of those phases where I'm super fascinated by cruise ships, so that's probably it, it's --

#38, or #1081, 1936 boat movie "The Princess Comes Across."
#38 #1081
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's Tuesday and I don't know what movie I'm seeing tonight, that's right, leaving in a bit for --

#39, or #1082, Sneak Preview again.
#39 #1082
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I feel like I should have watched this a long time ago, but I was probably Mad about the cultural place of Evil Superman stories at the time, so, okay, it's --

#40, or #1083, 2019's "Brightburn."
#40 #1083
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

All I know about this one is the Dean from off "Community" and Jackie's husband from off "The Conners" won an Oscar for writing it, it's --

#41, or #1084, 2011's "The Descendants."

(Because there's a new @96greers out.)
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

With the exception of "Vanilla Sky" a long time ago, the only other Cameron Crowe movie I've seen is the one where they buy a zoo, but this is --

#42, or #1085, 1989's "Say Anything..."
#42 #1085
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in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Another Cameron Crowe -- I'm catching up on the podcast "Blank Check," so I'm working through the same directors they are -- and though I thought "Say Anything..." was kinda basic, this one should at least be very 90s also, it's --

#42, or #1086, 1992's "Singles."
#42 #1086
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

If I lived on Elm Street I would simply have nice dreams instead, it's --

#43, or #1087, 1989's "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child."
#43 #1087
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I think everything I knew about this one was in the "Sleepless in Seattle" box in my head for some reason, so I have no idea if I know anything about this one, it's --

#44, or #1088, 1996's "Jerry Maguire."
#44 #1088
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Two Tuesdays in a row? What is this, 2019? (And in screen 9??) That's right, leaving now for --

#45, or #1089, don't know what yet, it's Sneak Preview.
#45 #1089
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I find it frustrating to talk about these online, so prepare for me to come back and say nothing more than "Enjoyed it," that's right, leaving now to go see --

#46, or #1090, 2023's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania."
#46 #1090
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The polls were pretty clear not to bother with the extended cut, but then I couldn't find the theatrical anywhere that had seeders, so I guess I've plunked down €4 on Pathé Thuis for this one, it's --

#47, or #1091, 2000's "Almost Famous."
#47 #1091
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Following up Cameron Crowe's first good movie, this is probably Cameron Crowe's last good movie, it's --

#48, or #1092, 2001's "Vanilla Sky."
#48 #1092
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Stepmoms have a bad enough reputation, it's time for stepdads to take some more of the heat, that's right, it's --

#51, or #1095, 1989's "Stepfather II."
#51 #1095
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I've heard some things about this one and they all boil down to an extended "oof" sound, that's right, it's --

#52, or #1096, 2005's "Elizabethtown."
#52 #1096
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I did consider rewatching "We Bought A Zoo," but I think I'm more the kind of person who'll put on "We Bought A Zoo" as a bit once than the kind of person who voluntarily watches "We Bought A Zoo" twice, so instead, wrapping up Cameron Crowe, it's --

#53, or #1097, 2015's "Aloha."
#53 #1097
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I never really got who Steven Seagal was meant to be for, he always seemed like a discount version of a type of guy Hollywood already had enough of that somebody was really trying and failed to make happen. Anyway, it's --

#55, or #1099, 1992's "Under Siege."
#55 #1099
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

This is going to be more nonsense about implausible terrorists stealing superweapons, but fuck it, train movie, it's --

#56, or #1100, 1995's "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory."
#56 #1100
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

All the reviews I've seen say this one is as dead as its titular character, but I dunno, maybe I'll like it, it's --

#57, or #1101, 2023's "We Have a Ghost."
#57 #1101
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Valentine's Day refuses to die at the movies, I guess, so leaving now for a screening of --

#58, or #1102, 2018's "A Star is Born."
#58 #1102
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I've been told this Egyptian online challenge game urban myth thriller has a Twist that I will have A Reaction to, it's --

#59, or #1103, 2020's "The Blue Whale."
#59 #1103
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's the third part in a franchise trilogy and the third part in the director's trilogy, though I think the franchise and the director disagree on what the middle movie is, it's --

#60, or #1104, 1990's "The Exorcist III."
#60 #1104
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I'm at the bear movie, I'm at the cocaine movie, I'm at the combination cocaine bear movie, leaving now to go see —

#61, or #1105, 2023's "Cocaine Bear."
#61 #1105
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

All I know about this one is it's McConaughey and JLo, and how these usually work is they fall in love only he turns out to be her client's fiancé.

Also here: Judy Greer. ( @96greers )

It's --

#62, or #1106, 2001's "The Wedding Planner."
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in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Guess I'm finally bored enough to leave the house for this one, leaving now to go see --

#63, or #1107, 2023's "A Man Called Otto."
#63 #1107
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Momentum, momentum, momentum, let's watch another Best Picture nominee, it's --

#65, or #1109, 1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan."
#65 #1109
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Like any sensible person, I'm very excited for "Shin Kamen Rider," but that's not out yet and even if it was, let's be real, it won't ever play here, meaning it's months away at best, so instead, it's --

#66, or #1110, 2005's "Kamen Rider: The First."
#66 #1110
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Every Monday for the immediate future I have a very late evening class, followed by a very early morning class on Tuesday. I know myself, and will be too sleepy an hour from now to watch a feature length film.

Instead, every Monday for the immediate future --

#67, or #1111, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la Lune," or "A Trip to the Moon."
#67 #1111
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

All I really know about this one is the main character is meant to be an absolute two-story brick shithouse of a man, so exactly nobody and a half was happy they cast Tom Cruise, it's --

#68, or #1112, 2012's "Jack Reacher."
#68 #1112
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Can't wait to find out what the fuck the "Stab" franchise is up to, leaving now for a lunchtime screening of --

#69, or #1113, 2023's "ScreaIVI," or "Scream VI."
#69 #1113
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I will report live from the scene (as it were) on the status of Freddy's deadness as I watch this, it's --

#71, or #1115, 1991's "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare."
#71 #1115
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I should check a few more of this year's nominees off before Sunday, I'm not doing else today, it's --

#72, or #1116, 2022 Best Picture nominee "All Quiet on the Western Front."
#72 #1116
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Another two and a half hour gun movie I've been putting off, but it's also my last James Cameron, that's right, it's --

#73, or #1117, 1994's "True Lies."
#73 #1117
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I'm not bothering with "Toppest Gun" and "Tár" should be playing here in April, so that only leaves one from this year's Best Picture nominees, it's --

#74, or #1118, 2022's "Women Talking."
#74 #1118
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The Brother went to see this on my recommendation the week he moved back here, but there was a power outage halfway through, so he only saw "Everything," but it's back in the cinema today, leaving now to go see --

#75, or #1119, 2022's "Everything Everywhere All At Once."
#75 #1119
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Saw this once as a kid, absolutely did not get it at all, it's --

#76, or #1120, 1981's "History of the World: Part I."
#76 #1120
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

On Mondays for the immediate future I have a late evening class, and then a very early morning class on Tuesday. Watching a full feature length movie would not do it justice.

Instead, every Monday --

#77, or #1121, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la Lune," or "A Trip to the Moon."
#77 #1121
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I guess I should watch a leaked while film while it's still a topical thing and not wait a full year, it's --

#79, or #1123, "Scooby-Doo and Krypto Too."
#79 #1123
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The problem is if I don't watch these I won't have finished the man's filmography and if I do watch these I'll have watched nearly 5 hours of dull water footage, which he's gonna do to me again in December 2024, anyway, it's --

#84, or #1128, 2002 TV documentary "Expedition: Bismarck."
#84 #1128
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's Monday, so once again we return, it's --

#85, or #1129, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la Lune," or "A Trip to the Moon."
#85 #1129
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I watched the first two of these pre-Movie Thread and then stopped because I found the violence in them unpleasant, but there's a fourth one out soon so let's try this again, it's --

#86, or #1130, 2014's "John Wick."
#86 #1130
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The first movie stood totally alone but did very well so naturally it turns out it was actually the first chapter of a bigger story, that's right, its --

#87, or #1131, 2017's "John Wick: Chapter 2."
#87 #1131
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I should wrap up this trilogy, that's right, it's --

#88, or #1132, James Cameron's third wet doc, 2005's "Aliens of the Deep."
#88 #1132
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Let's wrap up another trilogy, that's right, it's --

#89, or #1133, 2019's "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum."
#89 #1133
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The thing that's been on my Letterboxd watchlist the longest that's also easily available on a streaming service, it's --

#90, or #1134, 1996's "Irma Vep."
#90 #1134
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in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

After the first comes the next, which is how counting works, it's --

#91, or #1135, 2007's "Kamen Rider: The Next."
#91 #1135
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

number Ninety-Two,
or Eleven Thirty-Six,
it's Nineteen Oh Two

the short and silent French
sci-fi adventure film,
"A Trip to the Moon."

for this fourth time in
just as many weeks, haikus.
refrigerator.
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Oh, you've only seen two Avatar movies? Couldn't be me. It's --

#93, or #1137, a 2016 taping of the Avatar-inspired Cirque du Soleil show "Toruk: The First Flight."
#93 #1137
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Watching this so I'm good for listening to another dozen episodes of the Blank Check movie podcast, it's --

#96, or #1140, 1994's "Blank Check."
#96 #1140
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Dungeons AND dragons? In the SAME movie? Wow.

Already seated for —

#97, or #1141, 2023’s “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.”
#97 #1141
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I don't know what Bo did to deserve getting Rammed, but leaving now to go see --

#99, or #1143, 1982's "First Blood."
#99 #1143
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Considering how terrific I thought Rebecca Hall was in "The Night House" it's weird I never got around to this one, it's --

#100, or #1144, 2022's "Resurrection."
#100 #1144
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's been long enough since I last watched one of these again that I no longer remember how I feel about Bette Davis, it's --

#102, or #1146, 1941 Best Picture nominee "The Little Foxes."

#102 #1146
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

John Carpenter's at it again, with his scariest premise yet: An invisible Chevy Chase! Yikes! It's --

#104, or #1148, 1992's "Memoirs of an Invisible Man."

#104 #1148
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

This biopic about extremely real conductor Lydia Tár is finally playing here, so leaving now for —

#106, or #1150, 2022's "Tár."

#106 #1150
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I meant to go see this when it was playing but then I saw absolutely nobody talk about it and it was always kinda bottom of the list, but I guess I'm sneaking onto the flight late, anyway, it's --

#110, or #1154, 2022's "Ticket to Paradise."

#110 #1154
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

"Weathering With You" and "Your Name" were Emotionally Destructive Events for me, and as such, I must go and be destroyed once again, leaving now to go see --

#112, or #1156, 2022's "Suzume."

#112 #1156
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

This one has been in my VLC for so long I no longer remember what it's about or why I downloaded it, but I think Adam Driver's in it, it's --

#113, or #1157, 2021's "Annette."

#113 #1157
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Just got back from the Mushroom Kingdom, and boy, are my arms tired, I saw --

#114, or #1158, the Year of Luigi 2023's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie."

#114 #1158
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I don't know what this one's about but it's been sort of vaguely hovering at the edge of my pop cultural awareness since it came out, it's --

#116, or #1160, 2022's "Kimi."

#116 #1160
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's Monday and the only class that wasn't cancelled was the evening one, which means once again it's --

#118, or #1162, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la lune," or "A Trip to the Moon."

#118 #1162
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Leaving now for Sneak Preview, that's right, it's --

#119, or #1163, probably 2023's I do not know yet because it's Sneak Preview.

(Best guess: "Mafia Mamma" is out on Thursday.)

#119 #1163
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Whenever I'm forced to think about the Pope I think the Pope should be forced to think about me, but I suppose I can make some time to meet with --

#121, or #1165, 2023's "The Pope's Exorcist." (Leaving now.)

#121 #1165
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I already had this one lined up for today before I saw everyone say it was DOA, so with my expectations in the morgue, it's --

#122, or #1166, 2023's "Ghosted.

#122 #1166
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Right, essay finished, time for the far more important business of Da Movies, but it should probably be something disposable, so, the Kutcher/Witherspoon house swap romcom it is, it's --

#123, or #1167, 2023's "Your Place or Mine."

#123 #1167
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

This time instead of the terrific score by Air, I'm watching with the soundtrack to 2014's "Interstellar" on shuffle. That's right, it's Monday, which means it's --

#125, or #1169, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la Lune," or, "A Trip to the Moon."

#125 #1169
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Two goobers mistakenly accused of a crime, and their cousin, a very bad lawyer? The only way for me to relate to them more is if they're also all very sleepy, it's --

#126, or #1170, 1992's "My Cousin Vinny."

#126 #1170
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I already have all the clues. A runny nose, leaky eyes, a trail of snot-filled handkerchiefs in my wake. I know it's my hay fever that's killing me. But does Michael Fassbender have all the clues? It's --

#128, or #1172, 2017's "The Snowman."

#128 #1172
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How good a deal this is really depends on whose death it is, I guess, it's --

#130, or #1174, 2018's "Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)."

#130 #1174
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Let's just keep barreling through the Kathryn Bigelows, I have no idea what this one's about, it's --

#137, or #1181, 1995's "Strange Days."

#137 #1181
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It's bad hit rate for Bigelow for me so far, but let's just check another one off, it's --

#138, or #1182, 2000's "The Weight of Water."

#138 #1182
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(I wasn't joking.) Time to finally do a deep anthropological dive into that beloved keystone of modern cinema, it's --

#139, or #1183, 2001's "Shrek."

#139 #1183
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Literally the only thing anyone ever talks about when this one comes up is how bad everyone's Russian accents are, it's --

#140, or #1184, 2002's "K-19: The Widowmaker."

#140 #1184
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Time to catch up on this coronation business I've been hearing about all day, it's --

#142, or #1185, 1991 documentary "King Ralph."

#142 #1185
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Actually, it's gonna bother me if I don't. That's right, at 2x regular speed, it's --

#145, or #1188, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la Lune," or, "A Trip to the Moon."

#145 #1188
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From the director of "The Green Knight," bafflingly, it's --

#146, or #1189, 2023 live-action Disney remake "Peter Pan & Wendy."

#146 #1189
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It's been a while since I've had to resort to ok dot ru, but my last Best Picture nominee is ages ago and none of these torrents are downloading, it's --

#150, or #1193, 1941's "One Foot in Heaven."

#150 #1193
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I'm pretty sure this is the version of "Lost in Space" everyone wishes would get lost in space, it's --

#151, or #1194, 1998's "Lost in Space."

#151 #1194
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Sneak Preview? Sneak Preview.

#154, or #1197.

Best guess: There's some pre-release screenings of 2023's "Renfield" this week, I'm pretty sure 2023's "Renfield" is Sony-Universal, it's probably 2023's "Renfield."

#154 #1197
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I feel like most movies have both flesh and blood in them, sort of by default, but okay, let's start Paul Verhoeven*, it's --

#156, or #1199, 1985's "Flesh + Blood."

#156 #1199
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All I know about this one is I've seen the clip with the Game of Thrones gag go around a few times, it's --

#158, or #1201, 2017's "Logan Lucky."

#158 #1201
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I wish Jared Leto wasn't in this, it's --

Well, literally any Jared Leto movie, but this time, it's --

#159, or #1202, 2017's "Blade Runner 2049."

#159 #1202
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Maybe I let podcasts dictate what I watch slightly too much? Something to think about. Anyway, it's --

#162, or #1205, 2023's "80 for Brady."

#162 #1205
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It's been a while since I watched it regular-style, let's watch it regular-style, it's --

#163, or #1206, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la Lune" or "A Trip to the Moon."

#163 #1206
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The back half of this totally true documentary about a monster destroying New York happened today, 15 years ago, that's right, it's --

#164, or #1207, 2008's "Cloverfield."

#164 #1207
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Judy Greer, Natasha Lyonne, and Aubrey Plaza in a picture by the director of "But I'm a Cheerleader"? At least worth checking out, it's --

#167, or #1211, 2015's "Addicted to Fresno."

#167 #1211
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It's an American film about Welsh people starring exclusively American, English, Canadian, and Irish actors, based on a book by an English guy who pretended to be a lot more Welsh than he was, that's right, it's --

#169, or #1213, 1941 Best Picture nominee "How Green Was My Valley."

#169 #1213
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Last Verhoeven until I get to the Blank Check about the nun one, though I'm not convinced this French-language French/German co-production by a Dutch director counts as "Verhoeven's Hollywood films," but okay, it's --

#171, or #1215, 2016's "Elle."

#171 #1215
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This is the thing I have lined up that seems most like the exact opposite, in this one Charlie Day and Ice Cube play high school teachers who get into a --

#172, or #1216, 2017's "Fist Fight."

#172 #1216
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I don't know what this is about except that it's a comedy starring Chris Farley and David Spade and that I've been told to watch it, it's --

#173, or #1217, 1995's "Tommy Boy."

#173 #1217
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Yes, all cops are bastards, but what if all cops were buddies? I dunno, I gotta intro these somehow, it's --

#174, or #1218, 1986 buddy cop comedy "Running Scared."

#174 #1218
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It's the cinema members-only night so let me very clear I wouldn't go see this if there wasn't free popcorn involved, leaving now to go see --

#175, or #1219, 2023's "Kandahar."

#175 #1219
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Top thing on Letterboxd I haven't seen that I don't need to watch anything else for, it's --

#177, or #1221, 2009's "Fantastic Mr Fox."

#177 #1221
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I suppose I can guess what this one's about, the news as broadcast on television, it's --

#181, or #1225, 1987's "Broadcast News."

#181 #1225
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Not for the last time, but much closer to it than to the first time, it's --

#182, or #1226, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la lune," or "A Trip to the Moon."

#182 #1226
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I'm not doing anything else today, time to watch this documentary about American politics in the 2020s, that's right, it's --

#184, or #1228, 2016's "The Purge: Election Year."

#184 #1228
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In this one people just decide they like doing crimes and would like to keep doing them outside of Doing Crimes Evening, at which point it's surely just a movie about doing crimes? It's --

#187, or #1231, 2021's "The Forever Purge."

#187 #1231
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I don't know anything about this one but can make an educated guess based on director (James L Brooks), cast (Sandler, Leoni), and title --

#188, or #1232, 2004's "Spanglish."

#188 #1232
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

#192, or #1236, leaving now to go see, well, I don't know yet, because it's Sneak Preview again.

Best guess field very wide this week, could plausibly be thrillers "Hypnotic" or "To Catch a Killer," or dumb-looking "No Hard Feelings." Best case would be "Asteroid City," which feels too big but is only screening here as arthouse? We'll see!

#192 #1236
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Kurt told me to, so I'm watching --

#195, or #1239, 1987 New Zealand comic strip adaptation "Footrot Flats: The Dog's T̶a̶i̶l̶ Tale."

#195 #1239
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

If I let myself count "Cabinet of Curiosities," this show definitely counts. While eating dinner I watched --

#196, or #1240, 2023 "Black Mirror" episode "Joan is Awful."

#196 #1240
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Today was the last school day-school day of the year, and thus my last Monday evening class, and as such, for the twelfth and final time, it's --

#200, or #1244, 1902's "Le Voyage dans la lune," or, "A Trip to the Moon."

#200 #1244
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It's Sneak Preview again. Leaving in a bit.

Best guess: Affleck hypno-thriller "Hypnotic," out this week.

#201, or #1245.

#201 #1245
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I watched another one of these, though barely over dinner, becuase it's 80 minutes long for some reason, it's --

#202, or #1246, 2023 "Black Mirror" episode "Beyond the Sea."

#202 #1246
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Not in the mood for what I had lined up, so, instead, let's check out --

#204, or #1248, 2012's "Hotel Transylvania."

#204 #1248
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

I'm once again full of soup, and while that was happening I watched --

#205, or #1249, 2023 "Black Mirror" episode "Mazey Day."

#205 #1249
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Time to start on another director I just never really think about, it's --

#206, or #1250, Ang Lee's 1992 debut feature "Pushing Hands."

#206 #1250
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

My understanding is this one is gay, it's --

#208, or #1252, Ang Lee's second movie, 1993's "The Wedding Banquet."

#208 #1252
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Watched the last of the new season, it's --

#209, or #1253, 2023 "Black Mirror" epis-- uh, I mean, "Red Mirror" film, "Demon 79."

#209 #1253
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

We're on a real streak of weekly Sneak Preview screenings, leaving now.

Best guess: It's probably 2023's "Maggie Moore(s)," which is out Thursday.

#212, or #1256.

#212 #1256
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

The Neopets forum (a coin I flipped because polls are UNHELPFUL) has decided I'm watching --

#213, or #1257, 2006's "Saw III."

#213 #1257
in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

It obviously exists primarily so the franchise and the character can go out on a high note, (I liked Crystal Skull,) but it's an Indiana Jones movie that looks and feels like an Indiana Jones movie, and it's a great time at the movies at that.

A lovely place to end it.

in reply to Alex Daily! 🏳️‍⚧️:gatwa:

Also appreciate the return to good old-fashioned Nazi punching, Nazi kicking, Nazi throwing, Nazi shooting. That's the spirit. A resilient moral for our times, you see a Nazi, you hurt them.

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