August 2022 Recap

Summer is wrapping up as the the site concludes its first full month since the July 9 launch. Let’s take a look at my movie-watching month in August.

Last month: July 2022 Recap

Reviews:

• The Goods published 31 reviews in August. The average “Is It Good?” score was a 4.7, or a low-end “Good”
• New releases reviewed included Nope, Zombies 3, Luck, and Not Okay. I also caught up with 2022 releases Top Gun: Maverick, Crush, The Batman, and Lightyear. More misses than hits.
• Best new release reviewed: Top Gun: Maverick
• Worst new release reviewed: Luck
• Best classic first-time watch reviewed: The ‘Burbs
• Best rewatch reviewed: The Prestige
• Ongoing Review Projects include my a Tom Hanks retrospective and a catch-up of 2022 movies I’ve missed. I also dipped my toes back into the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list (review project page forthcoming).

Podcast:

• The Goods: A Film Podcast continued its weekly episodes, including a double feature of Bedazzled movies

Site News and Updates:

• I completed two Review Projects: my 2009 Top 100 Rewatch and the Baz Luhrmann Retrospective
• I tidied up the front page a bit and added links to recent Review Projects
• According to my Letterboxd account, I watched 26 feature films and 8 shorts in August
• Today’s banner comes from the most popular new review this month… The Batman
• This month we had 53 unique readers. Thanks, all!

Next Month:

• I’m going to continue focusing on catching up on 2022 films during September with my daily reviews. Then, on to Spooktober!
• I also will continue to address my backlog of movies watched but waiting for reviews, and might try to publish two reviews some days.
• I will also hope to flesh out the Review Index to make it easier to find past reviews