2009 was the first year I remember being consciously interested in movies. I had friends over for the Oscars, I had peer-pressured most people in my life to spend countless hours at the local Regal, and I began to get into reading film criticism and listening to podcasts, of course. The past ten years have represented essentially my entire young adult life, so when Brian asked for a best of the decade list, I thought it would be a nearly impossible task. It was.

Originally published on Mad About Movies.

I’m standing on the street at midnight on day ten of the South by Southwest Film Festival, working on my third or fourth wind. My flight boards in… five hours. Maybe this screening wasn’t my best idea. But after eavesdropping on some random people claiming that something called “The Peanut Butter Falcon” should be sweeping the Independent Spirits next year, we managed to squeeze in one last showing.

This review was originally published in the Mad About Movies Newsletter

Leading up to Avengers Endgame, Mad About Movies asked if I would be willing to rank all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies up until now. Let’s fight about Iron Man 3, I will die on this hill.

Originally posted on the Mad About Movies Blog.