#9: God's Own Country

A story about a gay man that's not about the struggles of being a gay man. For once. He's struggling with being a better person instead. Huzzah!

The story just happens; A man who works on his family's sheep farm is basically a wayward fuckup who deals with the monotony of his life in self destructive ways, and goes to a responsible person when he falls in love with the Romanian immigrant who has been hired to help out for a week.

#8: Roman Holiday

Charm essential.

I'm not big on old classic movies - my limit was a short French film from 1898 or something about a vampire - I'm a very future-looking toward person.

But when Roman Holiday was set to air, I had to check out a legendary film.

Book 1: Bato of The Water Tribe / The Deserter

Land of the One-Shots. 

Actually, Jun comes back in the series finale.

#7: Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)

You might have seen it before.

As a fan of the television show, not so much the comics (They're fine, just never read them.), seeing a different bunch of Teen Titans (besides Starfire, Raven and Terra) was a real hoot. I like Jaime, Raven and Nightwing, adore Starfire, and I just loved Damien, a smart ass kid who takes this very seriously.

This is a storyline I remember from the show but with some changed characters, including a religious cult with a guy trying to ascend to a higher power. I love evil fake religions in superhero media.

Animation is really frame-heavy (A plus) in some points and a bit lacking in others, one thing I really love about the DCAU is everything feels so heavy, it feels like there are so many stakes, even though they're superheroes and the reset button is pushed after every time. Because in the end, there is a continuity (depending on what thread you follow), and the characters do learn and keep growing.

Soundtrack For: Jan 2018

Including a new album from an old favorite, an old album from a new favorite, and an original musical.

The 90th Oscar Nominations

Check the entire list here.

I'm going to talk about the categories I'm most familiar with, starting with a few bullet points -

• The Shape of Water steals the show with thirteen nominations, yet none of those really single out Doug Jones as The Asset. 
• The only accolades for Molly's Game and Logan (!!!) is Best Adapted Screenplay. I know many people of the Reddit persuasion was hoping the latter would get more attention, but I've not seen it so I can't attest to it's quality.
• Original Screenplay is 90% 'The directors wrote this movie,' with the only exception being The Big Sick.
• Beauty and The Beast production design? Really? AND COSTUMES? They fit the style of the movie but a lot of it looked very cheap. It's only nomination should have been the original song for Evermore.
• Christopher Plummer got nominated for All The Money in the World out of spite, let's not kid ourselves. I love it.

Book 1: The Blue Spirit / The Fortuneteller

It's all about Aang this time around. When is it not, when your show is called The Last Airbender.