Continuing the tradition, year 3:

Did I support the Fascist Media (i.e., did I go to the movies) in 2014? Yep. As often as possible. Here’s the list of those that I saw in the theater in 2014. Not ones I watched at home or ones I rented, just ones I sat in a squeaky seat and dealt with teen texters. Here are the ones I paid money for:

1. Philomena
2.  Lee Daniels’ The Butler
3.  Nebraska
4. Thor: The Dark World
5. Saving Mr. Banks
6. Frozen
7. The Monuments Men
8. The Amazing Spiderman 2
9. Million Dollar Arm
10. X-Men, Days of Future Past
11. Belle
12. Divergent
13. Wish I Was Here
14. The Hundred Yard Journey
15. Malificent
16. How to Train Your Dragon 2

It occurs to me that I only paid full price for about three of these, it was mostly a “What’s at the Byrd this week” kind of year.  Which is sad.  There are still a lot I want to see, but time just didn’t work out for me this year.  I got a lot more budget conscious, as there was a brief bout of unemployment and a lot of catching up still to do.  But it was a good movie year!  I still have a lot on my Tivo that were released earlier in the year but then have made it to cable: Continue reading →