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So get off my case, that's evidence.

Cool, yea it makes sense. I wasn't following the thread so close with the holidays, so I'm happy for another week to get these done too

ooh i was wondering what the 'w/ Once' meant in the title! i love the Once soundtrack but actually never watched it. I will try to watch both films this weekend

I apologize for taking so long to respond. We were talking about Joey but I confused the issue by also referencing the dreams I felt he was giving Jimmy and the others. Let's split them.

And that is how women constantly get left out of the running

Not sure if I totally agree but I do respect your process my friend.

Oh, I have zero desire. The only reason I am is I feel like it would be disingenuous to rank it on my list without watching it again first.

Oof but like... do you have to?

(I specifically haven’t rewatched it yet because I don’t want to. I’ll get to it...soon.)

Finally got around to watching this as my first movie of 2020. Boy... that sure was a movie...

Typically the Golden Globe nominations are our glimpse into the future and it is.... bleak...

Numbers are the language of calculators. I wonder what it thinks I'm saying when I keep typing in "80085" and giggling.

Doesn’t matter if you swipe left on me, swipe right on me. I’m just happy someone’s cleaning my butthole.

If Marie Kondo taught me one thing it was that. If she taught me two things it was that and Japanese.

Truck nuts for the orphan soul

They just announced the next three: 1/9 - Dr. Strangelove 1/16 - The Gold Rush 1/23 - The Wild Bunch

Just finished Us. I would probably put it just above Midsommar.

The demographic of Hispanics who identify as white wasn't really the demographic I grew up around. So I feel like me making any pronouncements about that demographic and how it fits into the US and its concept of race or ethnicity would be me pontificating on a subject I don't feel like I have the appropriate knowledge to talk about (and the impression Roma leaves me is Cuaron would identify himself as White, Hispanic). I'm content with leaving it at, "it's complicated," for here.

I liked Us but felt the main story is a bit muddled. Shaft is especially terrible. I didn't expect much but it was really homophobic, racist, and misogynist. It also had a lot of "lol millennials and boomers/gen x sure are different!" kind of lazy jokes that almost always sided against young people. I also really hated Aladdin but I was never a huge fan of that to begin with. So, a weaker version in every aspect wasn't going to win me over. I didn't hate Brightburn or The Dead Don't Die but I definitely wouldn't recommend them. Maybe if they were both 45 minutes long so they didn't just drag on forever. I like most of the movies you picked. I agree there were a ton of great movies directed by women this year. I think Greta Gerwig has a chance to be nominated but I don't really follow that kind of buzz. So, maybe I'm just being hopeful. If you want some more female directed films this year, I recommend A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, The Souvenir, Atlantics, Little Woods, Honey Boy, Blinded By The Light and Queen & Slim are all worth anyone's time.

Also, for next year, there’s only one choice really... It’s got your 12 Days connection, your Saved by the Bell connection, and it was, like Holiday in Handcuffs, an ABC Family movie. (Special shout-out to @SaraK for introducing us to this wonderful film)

The studio has announced they are updating the special effects for the movie a week into its theatrical run. That has to be the fastest update in movie history.

Based on the delightfully hilarious reviews, this "film" seems like a purr-fect choice for the show!

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