As I’ve said a few times on the site, I’m kind of purposefully spending 2020 focusing on sci-fi and fantasy novels, just trying to experience a little comfort food genre stuff while the world falls apart around me. And, while I’ve come across some really fun […]
The random number generator gods have spoken, and it looks like this week we’re taking a look at another film that I’ve seen before, and that I’m quite fond of. However, unlike most of the movies that I’ve seen before in the course of this project, I […]
As someone who usually went to the movie theater just about every single weekend, I usually end up seeing just about everything. Really the only reason that I won’t end up seeing a movie is if there’s already something better coming out that weekend, or it’s just […]
In the face of…you know, everything, I’ve decided to lean into a sort of self-care mode. Lots of guilty pleasures, and finding any sort of comfort media I can get my hands on. Which, has taken the form of me kind of deciding that a big chunk of this […]
I’ve found myself with a real craving for fantasy stories lately. Perhaps it’s to hide from the bleak horror of reality, or perhaps it’s because I’ve been listening to a staggering amount of D&D podcasts lately, but for whatever reason I’ve been needing something a little fantastical. […]
Two years ago I found myself completely blown away by a film I really anticipated to dislike quite a bit. And that film was Andy Muschietti’s It: Chapter One. I talked about this when I discussed the first film, but I generally became worried that the film was going […]
I feel like no matter what movie I chose as my favorite film of 2001, it was going to be a bit of a downstep after last week. We talked about what may be my favorite film of all time last week, from a year full of […]
I tend to write about most things that I experience on this website. Whenever I watch, read, or play something I generally feel the need to write it up, especially if it illicit a strong reaction, either positive or negative in me. But, sometimes it just works […]
The last couple of weeks have maybe featured some strange picks here on this Cinematic Century project. I’ve kind of bucked expectations and really embraced the central idea of this project, choosing my favorite movies of the year, not necessarily the “best” film of any given […]
Every now and then I find myself with with a strong desire to dive into some dorky fantasy. I’ve talked about this before, but my love for books began as a little kid when I started to get obsessed with fantasy. Stuff like the Lord of the Rings, the […]