This may become an “every February” thing, since most Best Picture nominees are dramas. I rarely see any of the nominated movies, so this is a great opportunity to rectify that. Also, since I am trying to play the Oscar game again, this can help me make my predictions. If you want to see my predictions, you can head over to that post. In any event, here is the list of Best Picture movies I watched.
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For Science Fiction month, I decided to finally watch all of the Terminator movies. This series has quite the tumultuous history. The first two movies are written and directed by James Cameron. He wanted to do a third movie, but he lost the rights in an auction in 1997. After the release of the third film, the rights were sold again.
Terminator Salvation was released in 2003, and then the company filed for bankruptcy. Terminator Genisys was initially intended to be the first installment of a new trilogy before James Cameron regained the rights in 2019. However, the idea was scrapped after its low performance at the box office. Terminator: Dark Fate is produced by James Cameron and was also intended to be the first installment of a new trilogy. The project was scrapped for the same reason.
As a result of all this, the franchise is disjointed and incongruent. Does that affect their entertainment value?
Another Christmas in the books; it always goes too fast. I did get a chance to watch several movies this year and a decent mix of selections. This is also the inaugural year for a new special event movie, Elf Celebration Day (on December twELFth). Let’s get the list of default movies.
- White Christmas
- 8-Bit Christmas
- Scrooged
- A Christmas Story
- A Christmas Story Christmas
- Christmas Vacation
- Four Christmases
We watched Four Christmases again this year, so it’s now pretty much a default choice. Believe it or not, we did not watch Spirited this year, which surprises me since my daughter enjoys it so much. Now let’s get to the non-default choices, including a 2025 Christmas movie.
Yes, you read that right. This month I watched musicals. In the spirit of full disclosure, musicals are also kind of a secret indulgence of mine. A good musical is hard to dislike and even harder not to sing along to. If you’re into that kind of thing. I realize they may not be everyone’s cup of tea. One of the things I enjoy about most modern musicals is learning about all the actors who can actually sing. I’m delighted with the selections I made, and you can see them below, including the bonus movies I fit in this month.
- Chicago (2002)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Doctor Dolittle (1967)
- Moulin Rouge! (2001)
- A Star Is Born (2018)
- The Producers (2005)
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
- Bonus/Special Event Movies
Sorry for the delay; the end of the year is always busy. It was scary movie season. Granted, I don’t watch many scary movies, but I do enjoy the occasional creepy flick. As I’ve mentioned in the past, there are several default movies that I watch every October, if I can fit them in, because I enjoy checking out other films. Here are the default (perhaps even classic?) films I watched this Halloween month.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Psycho
- Army of Darkness
- Gremlins
- Ghostbusters
- Beetlejuice
I love martial arts movies, and Jackie Chan is the major reason behind that. I’ve been watching Jackie Chan movies before Rush Hour, when the only movies he was in were dubbed. Fun fact: Jackie Chan dubs himself in his non-US movies (e.g., the Police Story franchise, Who Am I, etc.). The selections this month are some of my favorite Jackie Chan films in the US.
Also, September was an ambitious month this year due to the numerous special event movies; it’s almost as busy as May.