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Movies/Television Shows I Watched in 2026
I'll admit it, I'm not a great reviewer! However, I will try my best to write something of a review if I feel particularly moved. In the meantime, "*" indicates that I enjoyed it very much.

January
Woman of the Hour (2023, dir. Anna Kendrick)
The Swan (2023, dir. Wes Anderson)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984, dir. Rob Reiner)*
Eddington (2025, dir. Ari Aster)
Pink Flamingos (1972, dir. John Waters)
Serial Mom (1994, dir. John Waters)
Cry-Baby (1990, dir. John Waters)*
[Currently Watching] The Sopranos (1999-2007)*
Dodes'ka-den (1970, dir. Akira Kurosawa)*

February
Call the Cops aka Find the Lady (1976, dir. John Trent)
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011, dir. Jon Foy)*
Space is the Place (1974, dir. John Coney)*
Mermaids (1990, dir. Richard Benjamin)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994, dir. Stephan Elliott)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Twins (1988, dir. Ivan Reitman)

My all-timers. Formative to my being, for better or for worse. Limited to 10.

My Favorite Movies
We Are Little Zombies (2019, dir. Makoto Nagahisa)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977, dir. Jim Henson)
Hairspray (2007, dir. Adam Shankman)
The Host (2006, dir. Bong Joon Ho)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, dir. Joel Coen)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995, dir. Beeban Kidron)
Airheads (1994, dir. Michael Lehmann)
St. Elmo's Fire (1985, Joel Schumacher)
Urban Cowboy (1980, dir. James Bridges)

My Favorite TV Shows
Metalocalypse (Brendon Small, Tommy Blacha 2006-2013)
Mission Hill (Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein 1999-2002)
Twin Peaks (David Lynch, Mark Frost 1990-1991, 2017)
Pee-Wee's Playhouse (Paul Reubens, 1986-1990)
The Golden Girls (Susan Harris, 1985-1992)
Maude (Norman Lear, 1972-1978)
Chibi Maruko-chan (Yumiko Suda, Jun Takagi 1995-)

Recommended Movies/TV
Not in my top ten, but I like and would recommend.

One Cut of the Dead (2017, dir. Shinichiro Ueda)
Be Kind Rewind (2008, dir. Michel Gondry)
Pee-Wee as Himself (2025, dir. Matt Wolf)
Ghost Cat Anzu (2024, dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita, Yoko Kuno)
My Life as a Zucchini (2016, dir. Claude Barras)
Memories of Murder (2003, dir. Bong Joon Ho)
Uzumaki (2000, dir. Higuchinsky)
Rushmore (1998, dir. Wes Anderson)
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969, dir. Toshio Matsumoto)
The Jerk (1979, dir. Carl Reiner)
Eagle vs. Shark (2007, dir. Taika Waititi)
Uncle Buck (1989, dir. John Hughes)

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