2017 in Pixels

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Enjoyed on the big screen:

  • Rogue One
  • O le Tulafale (The Orator)
  • Nocturnal Animals
  • The Lobster
  • Get Out
  • The Big Sick
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Lucky Logan
  • Dunkirk
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Honourable mentions: the hilarious and disgusting Girls Trip; David Michôd and Brad Pitt‘s slow burning War Machine;  the chemistry between Samuel L Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in The Hitman’s Bodyguard; and the excellent I, Tonya Harding.

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Binged on the small screen:

  • Goliath
  • American Crime Story: People vs OJ Simpson
  • Legion S01
  • The Knick S01–02
  • The Expanse S02
  • Better Call Saul S03
  • The Handmaid’s Tale S01
  • The Americans S05
  • Stranger Things S01
  • The Punisher S01

Honourable mentions, including those moved here to give new titles a shot: Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin in Apple Tree Yard; the fitfully funny Brooklyn Nine-Nine S01;  creator and showrunner Noah Hawley shows how it’s done in Fargo S03; and, of course, Game of Thrones S07.

Favourite poster of the year? Without a doubt:

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Stand Alone

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Despite feeling burned and scammed by the prequel trilogy, then underwhelmed by the first of the sequel trilogy, I’m finding myself watching and rewatching the Rogue One teaser and trailer.

Why am I returning to this franchise after so much disappointment?

One, it’s directed by Gareth Edwards whose Monsters and Godzilla balanced big-creature spectacle with believable characters and emotions.

Two, it has a scrappy band of rebels that includes Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen, and Jiang Wen.

And three, we know how it ends. The teaser and trailer have a Dirty Dozen or Wild Geese vibe so it’s not so much the destination but the journey.

Hell yeah, I’m in.

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