2022 was an interesting year for movies here at the Phlipside. I watched and reviewed 46 movies. A couple weeks got lost during the year I did a three week review of my pandemic binge watching, plus the hiatus here are the end of the year. A quick look at the numbers show a single... Continue Reading →
Reviewing The Reviews – 2021 edition
And I thought 2020 was a terrible year!For whatever reason, I watched fewer movies this year than last. I was back at work for most of 2021, so there was less time to watch. That still doesn’t explain why I came in so far under my movie-a-week goal. There were 49 weeks where I schedule... Continue Reading →
My Top 9 (10) Movies of 2020!
So this year’s total for the movies was 55. That included a bunch of documentaries and four movies that were so bad that they got called out for it. But among the rest were some truly great ones. Most years, getting down to my magic number of nine is tough, but there’s an obvious line.... Continue Reading →
My Best of 2019
Best Movies of 2019 With the pause this past summer, my movie numbers for 2019 are down a little. That number is commonly between 75-90. for 2019 it’s closer to 65. Still a lot of movies. Narrowing that to my Top 9 for the year was a challenge. The list ended up with lots of... Continue Reading →
My Top Movies of 2018
Every year I watch around 100 movies. That count includes all the movies I watch from beginning to end. There are dozens more that I watch just part of, usually as I'm channel surfing. I may hit a favorite or something I've never seen before. So I stop and watch for a while. So the... Continue Reading →
Best of the Year – Books
I'm taking a look back at what I've watched (the movies post went up on Monday) and read in 2016. My total stands at 25 books this year. As with the movies, this is less about being "The BEST of the Year" and more about stories that stayed with me after I closed the... Continue Reading →
My Best of the Year – Movies
I spend a lot of time each year watching movies and reading books. The fruit of all that effort shows up each week here. This week I traditionally "take off" from doing the usual reviews. So I thought for 2016 I'd take a look at what reviewed over the last twelve months and pick out... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 