#22: A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

A love letter to depressed black girls.

This may be a very popular book - It's not one I ever read personally - but I have heard how difficult it is to make a movie out of. There was a previous attempt by Disney in the early 2000's that didn't do so hot.

There's a lot of flurry online about how there will not be genuine reviews for this movie because no one wants to stomp on diversity.

As a black, female film critic, I say go ahead.

No one can improve without honest, thoughtful, helpful criticism. If you're being vitriolic to be a jerk, that's your cue to shut up.

#21: Train to Busan

Holy fuck why did this take me so long to watch.

My second perfect score of the year.

Welcome to 2018

Hey, there's a lot more people (read - maybe twenty a day) checking out my space here. Welcome!

Check out me watching every movie with my favorite actors in it this year at this tag.

I finally got a letterboxd! And a twitter!

Feel free to comment, I'm sure you won't be, well, stupid. Go ahead and disagree, all film is subjective.

(I guess I should change my icon here to match my Twitter profile).

Star Vs The Forces Of Evil S3 E28: Total Eclipsa The Moon

Should I have started this from the first season and episode?

Yeah, probably, but anyway!

A cursory look at The Bog Beast of Boggabah - it exists. Nothing wrong with it, but I have never been fond of those episodes where Star was pulled away from discovering her history to go on a wild goose chase (See; "Starfari").

I will give River's speech to Star near the end as a special moment.

"You have so much greatness in you, dear, I don't want anything to stand in your way. Especially yourself."

Me and Star are so similar, I love her so much.

Onto "Total Eclipsa The Moon"!

"I had a daughter. I'd like to know what happened to her."

#20: Banking on Bitcoin

A recurring theme in each of the three documentaries I've watched so far this year have been "...and then the US government comes in and fucks it up!"

The consequences of the government's poor ability to protect and serve the people is not as bad as in Abacus. At its heart, in this movie (which is an impressive rundown), that uses its time effectively - it takes a while to explain this stuff and move us through the pieces.

Some of the speaker's voices do drone on and simply aren't engaging to listen to.

Book 2: Return to Omashu / The Swamp / Avatar Day

Just kidding; Omashu has been occupied by the Fire Nation.

Aang, Katara and Sokka head to Omashu to ask King Bumi to teach Aang earthbending, only to discover upon their arrival that the city has fallen to the Fire Nation. 

Meanwhile, Azula decides to get rid of the royal procession and assemble a small, elite team of fighters to capture Zuko and Iroh. 

#19: Doom (2005)

A bunch of people shoot guns in a dark-ass room trying to hunt aliens.