The Bat Cave

Movies – I went crazy again in February and watched a movie almost every day. I will probably do something similar in March, but by the start of April, I will be fully vaxxed and cleared for takeoff (back to my day job of playing poker) and my days of watching 25 movies a month will be coming to an end. Still, I have the expectation that I can watch every feature film, documentary, and international film that gets an Oscar nomination before the Oscars air in late April and that’s something I’ve never done before.

• Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
• Framing Britney Spears (2021)
• Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
• Malcolm & Marie (2021)
• Map of Tiny Perfect Things, The (2021)
• Alone (2020)
• Another Round (2020)
• Da 5 Bloods (2020)
• First Cow (2019/2020)
• Minari (2020)
• Nomadland (2020)
• Psycho Goreman (2020)
• Spontaneous (2020)
• 12 Years a Slave (2013)
• We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
• Halloween II (2009)
• Marley & Me (2008)
• Intruder (1989)
• Breakfast Club, The (1985)

Movies I watched, but didn’t review:

• Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) – 7/10 (Highly Enjoyable)
• Tinker Tailor Solider Spy (2011) – did not rate cause I had a hard time following it
• In the Mood for Love (2000) – 8/10 (Great/Must See)
• Re-Animator (1985) – 7/10 (Highly Enjoyable)

2020 Best Feature Films: My top 25 of 2020 through February
2020 Best Documentaries/Docu-Series: My top documentary style films of the year
2020/2021 Oscar Watch: My list of favorites for the major Oscar categories
Focused Watchlist: A list of 30 movies that are at the top of my watchlist with a breakdown of how I formulate my picks
March 2021 – New to Streaming Ranking of new and old movies I want to see coming to streaming this month

I also went crazy and made a best films of the year list for every year from 2020 to 1982, the year I was born. I ranked 25 films for 2000 and later and 10 films for 1999 to 1982. I started fizzling out on my lists in the early 90s as I just haven’t seen most of the important films from those early years when I was a kid. I have all the lists on my blog here. Enjoy!

T.V. Shows

• Succession – Season 2 (2019) – HBO Max – 5/5
• Succession – Season 1 (2018) – HBO Max – 5/5
• Pen15 – Season 2 (2020) – Hulu – 3/5
• Schitt’s Creek – Season 1 (2015) – Netflix – 4/5

Music

• MC Eiht – Lessons (2020, Rap)
• Eminem – Music To Be Murdered By – Side B (2020, Rap)