UPDATE! 2022 New Movie Goal

One of my Bold Predications in 2022 is to watch 150 new to me movies.

I’m on track to succeed, so far having watched 98/150 movies through July. Only five months left!

See the list of movies I watched so far, along with a progress report based on the list I started with at the bottom.

Also, please feel free to recommend MORE movies for me to watch!

Movies Watched

Red = Saw in theatres

Green = Recommended by someone

Fun Facts

I went a little crazy the first month. I had to pause the last week of January, so I wouldn’t ‘seem’ crazy. Don’t think it worked.

I watched 11 (of 22) movies that people recommended to me! 50% success, unless someone wants to add to the list!

I saw five Marvel movies, and three DC Comics movies.

I watched 8 (of 10) of the 2022 Best Picture Nominees this year. I saw Dune last year, and the only one left is the actual winner, CODA.

Original List

In the Theater 2022

1. Spider-man: No Way Home (released 2021)
2. Matrix 4 (released 2021)
3. Scream
4. Jackass Forever
5. Moonfall
6. The Batman
7. The Lost City
8. The Northman
9. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
10. John Wick 4
11. Top Gun: Maverick 
12. Jurassic World: Dominion
13. Lightyear
14. Thor: Love and Thunder
15. Black Adam
16. Mission Impossible 7
17. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2
18. The Flash
19. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
20. Avatar 2
21. Sherlock Holmes 3
22. 65
23. Distant
24. Three Thousand Years of Longing

Streaming

1. The Eternals 
2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+)
3. Last Night in Soho
4. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
5. Oxygen (Netflix)
6. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
7. The Forgotten Battle (Netflix)
8. The Outpost (Netflix)
9. Concrete Cowboy (Netflix)
10. Mortal Combat (HBO Max)
11. Godzilla vs. Kong (HBO Max)
12. Many Saints of Newark (HBO Max)
13. Zack Synder’s Justice League (HBO Max)
14. Without Remorse (Amazon)
15. The French Dispatch

Music Films

1. Let There Be Rock
2. The Song Remains the Same
3. A Hard Day’s Night
4. Pearl Jam Twenty

Best Picture Nominees

2022

1. Belfast
2. CODA
3. Drive My Car
4. King Richard
5. Licorice Pizza
6. West Side Story

2010’s

1. Phantom Thread
2. War Horse
3. Amour

2000’s

1. Atonement

1990’s

1. Secrets & Lies

1980’s

1. The Mission

1970’s

1. Barry Lyndon
2. All That Jazz

Old School Science Fiction

1. The Man Who Fell To Earth
2. THX 1138
3. Alphaville
4. Solaris (1972)
5. Phase IV
6. Coherence
7. Quintet
8. Outland
9. The Dead Zone
10. Krull
11. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
12. The Last Man on Earth

Others

1. Backcountry
2. Farewell, My Lovely
3. Being There
4. Come and See
5. Wake in Fright
6. Fitzcarraldo
7. The Love Witch (Reid)
8. Hud (Ryan) 
9. Le Diner des Cons (The Dinner Game) (Annie)
10. La Grande Seduction (Seducing Dr Lewis) (Annie)
11. If Beale Street Could Talk (Itzbeth)
12. I Am Not Your Negro (Itzbeth)
13. Poetic Justice (Itzbeth)
14. Higher Learning (Itzbeth)
15. Love Jones (Itzbeth)
16. American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (Itzbeth)
17. Land of Mine (Napoleon)
18. Elle (Napoleon)
19. Ordinary People (Filipino) (Napoleon)
20. Uncle Frank (Napoleon)
21. The Counselor (Napoleon)
22. Captain Hagen’s Bed & Breakfast (Napoleon)
23. The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Mary) (YouTube)
24. In America (Mary)
25. Forks Over Knives (Mary)
26. The Power of One (Mary)
27. Big Night
28. Encanto
29. Fisherman’s Friends (Mike)
30. Hard to Be a God (Ryan)
31. Attack the Block
32. The Endless
33. Colossal
34. Turning Red
35. Eden Lake

Bold Predictions for 2022

Like water cascading over a clogged toilet, I’m ready to give you a steady stream of questionable content in the form of goals and boldness.

2022 Movie Watch List

One of my ‘Bold Predictions’ in 2022 will be to watch 150 (new to me) movies. About three per week.

Give your movie suggestions, and if I haven’t seen it yet, I’ll add it to the list!

Here is a start!

(Last updated 2/20/22)

In Theaters

1. Spider-man: No Way Home (released 2021)
2. Matrix Resurrections (released 2021)
3. Nightmare Alley (released 2021)
4. Scream (2022)
5. Jackass Forever
6. Death on the Nile
7. Moonfall
8. The Batman
9. Lost City of D
10. The Northman
11. Studio 666
12. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
13. John Wick 4
14. Top Gun: Maverick 
15. Jurassic World: Dominion
16. Lightyear
17. Thor: Love and Thunder
18. Nope
19. Black Adam
20. Mission Impossible 7
21. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Part One
22. The Flash
23. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
24. Avatar 2
25. Sherlock Holmes 3
26. 65
27. Distant
28. Three Thousand Years of Longing
29. Avatar 2

Streaming

1. Free Guy
2. The Eternals (Disney+)
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney+)
4. Last Night in Soho
5. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
6. Oxygen (Netflix)
7. Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
8. The Forgotten Battle (Netflix)
9. The Outpost (Netflix)
10. Concrete Cowboy (Netflix)
11. Mortal Combat (HBO Max)
12. Godzilla vs. Kong (HBO Max)
13. Many Saints of Newark (HBO Max)
14. Zack Synder’s Justice League (HBO Max)
15. Without Remorse (Amazon)

Music Films

1. Let There Be Rock
2. The Song Remains the Same
3. A Hard Day’s Night

Best Picture Nominees

2022

1. Belfast
2. CODA
3. Drive My Car
4. King Richard
5. Licorice Pizza
6. West Side Story

2010’s

1. Phantom Thread
2. War Horse
3. Amour

2000’s

1. Atonement

1990’s

1. Secrets & Lies

1980’s

1. The Mission

1970’s

1. Barry Lyndon
2. All That Jazz

Old School Science Fiction

1. The Man Who Fell To Earth
2. THX 1138
3. Alphaville
4. Solaris (1972)
5. Phase IV
6. Coherence
7. Quintet
8. Outland
9. The Dead Zone
10. Krull
11. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
12. The Last Man on Earth

Others

1. Backcountry
2. Farewell, My Lovely
3. Being There
4. Come and See
5. Wake in Fright
6. Fitzcarraldo
7. Love Witch (Reid)
8. Hud (Ryan)
9. Le Diner des Cons (The Dinner Game) (French original) (Annie)
10. La Grande Seduction (Seducing Dr Lewis) (Annie)
11. If Beale Street Could Talk (Itzbeth)
12. I Am Not Your Negro (Itzbeth)
13. Poetic Justice (Itzbeth)
14. Higher Learning (Itzbeth)
15. Love Jones (Itzbeth)
16. American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (Itzbeth)
17. Land of Mine (Napoleon)
18. Elle (Napoleon)
19. Ordinary People (Filipino) (Napoleon)
20. Uncle Frank (Napoleon)
21. The Counselor (Napoleon)
22. Captain Hagen’s Bed & Breakfast (Napoleon)
23. Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (Mary)
24. In America (Mary)
25. Forks Over Knives (Mary)
26. The Power of One (Mary)
27. Big Night
28. Encanto
29. The French Dispatch
30. Fisherman’s Friends (Mike)
31. Hard to Be a God (Ryan)

Bold Predictions for 2021

Hmmm. My annual version of bold predictions. What a treat.

Bold Predictions for 2020

Well, 2019 was a some sort of year. 2020 has to be better, right? A new decade should signal good things.

My 11th incredibly sought after, absolutely viral, never repeated set of bold predictions is here! You may feel dirty after reading this, but who doesn’t these days?

What might I try to achieve in the upcoming year?

12 for December 2019: To Do List

My seventh annual December To Do List! What a time to be alive!

If ONLY you had clicked on anything else, you might have found yourself with a few productive minutes. Instead of ogling puppies or Baby Yodas, all you get are a few ill-placed words. As long as your eyes are glued to the screen anyway, go right ahead and scan down to greet this legendary listicle.

As I will spend about half of December in Washington State and half in DC, what will I do?

The December List, and Other Shady Facts About 2018

Another year, another successful complete and total take-down of my December To Do List.

Bold Predictions for 2019

So…2019, eh? Well, let’s get after it.

My 10th annual, and fantastically original, set of bold predictions is dropping on your lap today like a hot splash of spilled coffee. Enjoy, but do go towel off after.

What might I try to achieve in the upcoming year?

 

12 for December 2018: To Do List

2018 went by in a blur. But let’s not sleep yet. There are still a few days left!

I’ve returned to Washington State for the holidays, so I’m puttering around looking for things to do.

So now in its sixth year, my annual December To Do List drops like a hammer on the big toe. Very painful and thoroughly unwelcome.

Watch your toes and proceed at your own risk.

Tarantino Movies Ranked

I enjoy Quentin Tarantino’s movies, most of them are very good, if not excellent.

Since his first movie in 1992, Reservoir Dogs, and his huge follow-up in Pulp Fiction, he’s only directed seven more movies.

So it makes it easy to rank them.

I also recently re-watched them all (within the last couple years) and finally got around to witnessing the turd that is Death Proof.

Let the sparks fly!

Not Good
9) Death Proof – Nope.

Good
8) Jackie Brown

Very Good
7) Kill Bill Vol. 1 – Enjoyable, but I’m not a fan of over the top battle scenes. (Never got into martial arts B movies.)
6) The Hateful Eight – This gets a bit long in the tooth, but the scenes are great to re-watch a second time when you already know the twist.

Great
5) Kill Bill Vol. 2 – A slow burn, the final requiem is a treat.
4) Django Unchained – Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio are all just great.
3) Reservoir Dogs – Still enjoy putting on the soundtrack, and will never get the scene with Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck In the Middle With You” out of my ear (oops, sorry).

Excellent
2) Pulp Fiction – Bring out the gimp! Ah, memories of college.
1) Inglorious Basterds – Did I like this more than Pulp Fiction? Yes, yes I did. One of my favorite scenes is Brad Pitt trying to pass as ‘Eye’talian at the final chapter’s Nazi movie premiere and Christoph Waltz gleefully exposing him.

Bold Predictions for 2018

When you absolutely, positively, truly must have a list of New Year’s Resolutions, call them bold predictions.

Sounds fancier. Probably not.

What might I try to accomplish in the upcoming year? Let’s find out!

In 2018, I predict I will…

The December List, and Other Ugly Facts About 2016

I crushed my December To Do List! I did 12 out of 11 things! Wait, what?

It’s 2017, so I’m bending the rules, along with hearts and minds.

Hop on board, this new year is about to get interesting! Let’s leave all the ugliness behind us.

 

Goal for December 2016: Do all 11 items on my painstakingly (for you) curated To Do List.

Result: Success! 12/11

 

December 2016 To Do List

Sip at three new (to me) breweries – Always looking to have a brew or three, see. Of course! Beer is good! I went to Odd Otter Brewing Co. (Tacoma), Populuxe Brewing and Maritime Pacific Brewing Co. (Seattle).

Take a road trip – But where to? Buckle up. Did a few short trips around Washington State; to Mt. Rainer, Seattle and Arlington/Marysville.

Attend a Seattle Seahawks game – Boom! December 24th vs. the Cardinals. And…they lost a wild and crazy game.

Experience two Oscar buzz movies in theaters – Someone has to do it. Well, I kind of did it. I saw Arrival and tried to see La La Land (but it was sold out). I saw Rogue One, which should get 3-4 noms for music and special effects. So there, I’m claiming it!

Eat a Dick’s Drive-In (Seattle) Deluxe burger – As always. Burp.

Eat or drink at four new (to me) places, like coffee shops, bars or restaurants – Keeping up on my goal from Oct/Nov on trying new things. Did it! No sweat.

Get some snow on me – What is winter without wonderful white snow? I threw a few iceballs and did a five mile snowshoeing trek in Mt. Rainer National Park.

Hike! 20 miles at least! – Walk it off. I already achieved and more the hiking goal I made this year (read: hike 250 total miles), this is gravy. Done! And done!

Get rid of some stuff – I have clothes to donate, and some other things that need to go. Unclutter. Tidy. I organized a bunch of things to get rid of. I only managed to donate a few things to the 9:30 Club’s holiday charity. Plus I chucked some stuff still at my parents house.

Watch the Washington Huskies in the College Football Playoff Game (Peach Bowl) – I won’t go to the actual game in Atlanta, but I’ll be watching. Oh yes. Go Dawgs! I watched it at The Loose Wheel in Puyallup (which was surprisingly packed out with UW fans). Did not like the result, no I did not.

Wild Card – Something that in hindsight, should have been on this list! I went to visit the Tahoma National Cemetery near Kent and Covington, where 3 of my grandparents are buried in honor of military service. Jack Parker (1921-2006), Walter Bailey (1919-2016) and Verla Bailey (1927-2013).

Bonus Wild Card – I attended my sister’s wedding at The Rustin Chapel in Tacoma!

11 for December 2016: To Do List

I present to you my so rare, it’s annual December To Do List!

Get comfy and grab a buttery fistful of popcorn. If no popcorn is within reach, re-evaluate your life choices.

December is here, I’ll be in Washington State for the last 11 days, and in DC for the first 20 days!

Goal for December: Do all 11 items on my painstakingly (for you) curated To Do List.

 

December 2016 To Do List

1. Sip at three new (to me) breweries – Always looking to have a brew or three, see.
2. Take a road trip – But where to? Buckle up.
3. Attend a Seattle Seahawks game – Boom! December 24th vs. the Cardinals.
4. Experience two Oscar buzz movies in theaters – Someone has to do it.
5. Eat a Dick’s Drive-In (Seattle) Deluxe burger – As always.
6. Eat or drink at four new (to me) places, like coffee shops, bars or restaurants – Keeping up on my goal from Oct/Nov on trying new things.
7. Get some snow on me – What is winter without wonderful white snow?
8. Hike! 20 miles at least! – Walk it off. I already achieved and more the hiking goal I made this year (read: hike 250 total miles), this is gravy.
9. Get rid of some stuff – I have clothes to donate, and some other things that need to go. Unclutter. Tidy.
10. Watch the Washington Huskies in the College Football Playoff Game (Peach Bowl) – I won’t go to the actual game in Atlanta, but I’ll be watching. Oh yes. Go Dawgs!
11. Wild Card – Something that in hindsight, should have been on this list!