2016: Movies, shawty.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Such an easy #1. Just look at this kid. I think about this film almost daily. Not like a crazy urge to rewatch it on repeat (although I would happily watch it again at any time) but I just think about it and feel human and nice and I want to hug it so hard. 

Blue Jay. Hoo boy. Mark Duplass & Sarah Paulson aka DREAM TEAM in a Duplass penned black and white talky talky emotional romantic drama.. got me real good, what a surprise <3

Everybody Wants Some!! I can understand why people might hate this (too many bros, waah waah) but I did not! Bonus points for the glorious lil cinema in London we saw it in.

Train To Busan. Was not expecting much from this Korean zombie thriller set on a train, but it was pretty fun! Plus the school girls next to me in the cinema did a lot of jumping and watched through their hands which was very cute.

10 Cloverfield Lane. I would probably love anything starring John Goodman to be honest. I like Elizabeth Mary Winstead too. This was good enough to even make me forget (but not forgive) The Newsroom for a while.

Tallulah. The description google offers of this makes it sound like all wacky hijinks: "A dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife tired of caring for her toddler hires a stranger to baby-sit." which is so way off. This film was lovely and a great reminder that Allison Janney is the greatest.

Special mentions to films I liked released before 2016: The Diary of a Teenage Girl, American Ultra, The End of the Tour, Manson Family Vacation.

Finally the hugest thumbs down I can manage to Miss Peregrine's (ughhhhh) Home for (ughhhhh) Peculiar Children (ughhhhhgggggggggghhhh). And some very unfortunate thumbs down also to The Island Funeral & By The Time It Gets Dark - two Thai films which were just both so fkn slow and/or arty and aghhhhhh Thailand you get ONE more chance and then I'm only gonna see your teen horror or wackadoo sound effect heavy nonsense.

PS Documentaries aren't included in this list because they are the greatest and deserve their own thing. Here!